# Round Two 1.1-43 Virginia Certamen Questions, Round Two, Lines 1.1-1.43. Latin. Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/latin/virginia-certamen-questions/round-two-6/1.1 2 nd ANNUAL CAPITAL CERTAMEN – FEBRUARY 2002 Sponsored by the Maryland Senior Classical League LEVEL I ROUND II 1. What is a famous Latin quotation reportedly made by Caesar as he lay dying? Et tu, Brute? Bonus A: We have all come from various schools and states to the 2 nd annual Capital Certamen. Julius Caesar is famous for a statement about ‘coming’. What is this Latin quotation? Veni, Vidi, Vici Bonus B: What is the English translation for this quote? I came, I saw, I conquered. 2. How would you say in Latin: They have seen? viderunt (NOT spectaverunt) Bonus A: Name the tense of this verb form. Perfect Bonus B: How would you say in Latin: They will see? Videbimus 3. Sum nuntius deorum Romanorum. Quis sum? Mercurius (Mercury) Bonus A: Quod nomen Graecum est deo Mercurio? Hermes Bonus B: What name is given to the staff that Hermes carries? Caduceus 4. Say in Latin: We live in France. In Gallia habitamus. Bonus A: What part of speech is the Latin word “in”? preposition Bonus B: In Latin, how would you say “in Spain”? in Hispania 5. The room in the Roman domus named for its three couches is what? Triclinium Bonus A: These couches themselves are called what? Lecti Bonus B: The room originally named for the black soot that covered its walls was what? Atrium 6. In what year is Rome thought to have been founded? 753 B.C. Bonus A: Give the month and day of Rome’s founding. April 21 st Bonus B: On what exact date was Julius Caesar killed? March 15, 44 B.C. 7. Give the singular imperative for the verb ‘to give’? Da/Dona Bonus A: What would the vocative singular be for the name ‘Flaccus’? Flacce Bonus B: What would the vocative singular be for the name ‘Flavius’? Flavi 8. What hill gave its name to the building that houses our senators? Capitoline Boni A & B: Name two other Roman hills. Aventine, Caelian, Esquiline, Palatine, Quirinal, Viminal 9. Translate the verb in the following sentence into Latin: “My son praises the happy farmer.” laudat Bonus A: In the same sentence, translate ‘My son’. Filius meus --- Virginia Certamen Questions, Round Two. Text: The Latin Library (thelatinlibrary.com), used with permission. Changes: HTML markup removed and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea. License: Used with permission (https://www.thelatinlibrary.com/about.html). Source: https://www.thelatinlibrary.com/certamen/capital2002.1.2.html.