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Lines 1.19-1.41
Virginia Certamen Questions, Round Two 1.19-41
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Bonus: Who was the leader of the Amazons? Hippolyta.
11. What is the future tense of sunt ? Erunt.
Bonus: Now make that future perfect. Fuerint.
12. What year saw the formation of the First Triumvirate? 60 B. C.
Bonus: What famous Roman was asked to join the First Triumvirate, refused, and lived to regret it? Cicero.
13. What would you be eating if you were having perna et ova ? Ham and eggs.
Bonus: How about mala et pira ? Apples and pears.
14. Responde Latine. Dic mihi nomen hunc latine (hold up one thumb). Pollex.
Bonus: What is the Latin word for "knee"? Genu.
15. What Trojan leader, founder of the Roman race, sailed to Italy and married that daughter of Latinus. Aeneas.
Bonus: Who was the daughter of King Latinus whom Aeneas married? Lavinia.
16. Give the genitive singular of the phrase unus vir. Unius viri.
Bonus: Name another adjective that follows the unusual pattern of unus. Solus, totus, nullus, ullus, alius, alter, neuter, uter.
17. Responde Latine: Take the number of consuls each year, add the number of the kings of Rome, and multiply by the number of Julio-Claudian Emperors. 45.
Bonus: Speaking of Julio-Claudian emperors, which one was the nephew of Tiberius and the uncle of Caligula? Claudius.
18. What case follows the indeclinable noun satis ? Genitive.
Bonus: What type of genitive is this? Partitive genitive (genitive of the whole).
19. In ancient Rome the officials had different functions. What was the primary function of the quaestor? Treasurer.
Bonus: The quaestors were normally young men just starting their career. To which higher officials of the state were they attached? The consuls.
20. Give me two irregular singular imperative verbs. Duc, dic, fac, fer.