# Round Two 1.1-42

Virginia Certamen Questions, Round Two, Lines 1.1-1.42. Latin.

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2 nd ANNUAL CAPITAL CERTAMEN – FEBRUARY 2002
Sponsored by the Maryland Senior Classical League
LEVEL III & IV
ROUND II
1. Translate "not to go" in the following sentence. He persuaded us not to go. NE IREMUS
A. Translate the subjunctive verb in this sentence: He asked me where I was going. IREM
B. Translate the subjunctive verb in this sentence: I will urge him to follow. SEQUATUR
2. What Roman king is said to have laid out the Circus Maximus for chariot racing? TARQUINIUS PRISCUS
A. How were the factiones identified? BY COLOR
B. During the Empire, there were four factiones identified by what colors?
BLUE, GREEN, RED, WHITE
3. In 667 B.C. Alba Longa and Rome decided to settle a matter of power with a duel. What two families participated in the duel? HORATII AND CURIATII
A. Which family fought for Rome? HORATII
B. How many Horatii brothers were killed? 2
4. Complete this analogy. Astyanax : _____ : : Ascanius : Aeneas. HECTOR
A. _____ : Hector : : Creusa : Aeneas ANDROMACHE
B. Hector : _____ : : Aeneas : Anchises PRIAM
5. Which of the following metrical feet is NOT used in dactylic hexameter: dactyl, iamb, spondee, or trochee?
IAMB
A. A trochee will be used - if at all - only in one foot of a line of dactylic hexameter. Which one?
THE SIXTH (OR LAST)
B. How many dactyls are in the first line of the Aeneid? THREE
6. What deponent verb is a synonym for tempto? CONOR
A. Give the gerund of conor in the genitive case. CONANDI
B. Give the present imperative plural of conor. CONAMINI
7. Give the nomen of the famous Roman whose praenomen was Marcus and whose cognomen was Cicero.
TULLIUS
A. Give the cognomen of the author whose name begins Publius Ovidius. NASO
B. Give the praenomen of the author whose name finishes Vergilius Maro. PUBLIUS
8. What Latin phrase signified a man who was the first in his family to achieve senatorial rank?

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