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MASSACHUSETTS CERTAMEN
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Please supply the correct personal pronoun to complete the following sentence:
_____ in hortō labōrāvī.
...: _____ cucurristī.
...: _____ terruistis.
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EGO
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What Roman defied the traditions of Roman politics and served as cōnsul 7 times during his career?
(C.) MARIUS
In what year did Marius assume his first consulship?
107 BC
What Latin term denotes people like Marius who became the first in their family to hold the consulship?
NOVUS HOMŌ
Quid Anglicē sīgnificat: cervus?
Quid Anglicē sīgnificat: cinis?
Quid Anglicē sīgnificat: caupō?
DEER, STAG
ASH
INNKEEPER
What goddess of strife threw an apple of discord at the wedding of Peleus and Thetis?
ERIS
What was inscribed on the apple?
FOR THE MOST BEAUTIFUL / FOR THE FAIREST
Name the goddesses that claimed the apple.
HERA/JUNO, ATHENA/MINERVA, & APHRODITE/VENUS
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What is the meaning of the Latin word at the root of “penult”?
ALMOST/LAST
What is the meaning of the Latin word at the root of “reservoir”?
TO GUARD, KEEP, SAVE, PROTECT, WATCH
What is the meaning of the Latin word at the root of “nuance”?
CLOUD
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What do the following verbs have in common: crēdō, faveō, impero, noceo, and respondeō have in
common?
THEY TAKE THEIR (DIRECT) OBJECT IN THE DATIVE CASE
Say in Latin: I don’t trust the senator.
SENĀTŌRĪ NŌN CRĒDŌ
Say in Latin: Marcus, do not harm the enemy
MARCE, NOLI NOCERE HOSTI
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What daughter of the river god Inachus was transformed into a heifer by Hera?
IO
What creature was given the task of guarding Io?
ARGUS (PANOPTES)
Who killed Argus?
HERMES
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Give the Latin term that refers to a slave who has been manumitted.
LĪBERTUS / LĪBERTĪNUS
What cap of freedom would a slave receive as a sign of his manumission?
PILLEUS
In order to be manumitted, a Roman slave must reach what minimum age?
30
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Please translate the following sentence into English: mea mater nōn est celerior quam tua.
MY MOTHER IS NOT SWIFTER THAN YOURS/YOUR MOTHER
...: tua vīlla nōn est maior quam mea.YOUR HOUSE ISN’T BIGGER THAN MINE / MY (HOUSE)
...: meus frāter celerius quam servī currit.
MY BROTHER RUNS FASTER / MORE QUICKLY/SWIFTLY THAN THE SLAVES
What daughter of king Acrisius was destined to have a son who would slay his grandfather?
DANAE
Because of this prophecy, what did Acrisius do with his daughter Danae?
IMPRISONED HER IN A TOWER/ UNDERGROUND CHAMBER
In what form did Zeus visit Danae in this prison?
A GOLDEN RAIN/SHOWER
Please listen to the following sentences, which I shall read twice; then answer the question that follows
in English:
puerī per viās ad amphitheātrum currēbant quod multī gladiātōrēs in arēnā pugnābant.
puerī, postquam gladiātōrēs intrāvērunt, plaudēbant. (repeat)
The question: Where were the boys running to?
Who were fighting in the amphitheater?
When did the boys clap?
TO THE AMPHITHEATER
GLADIATORS
AFTER THE GLADIATORS ENTER
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Which son did Vespasian appoint as his commander of the praetorian guards?
TITUS
Which city did Titus conquer in 70AD?
JERUSALEM
What office did Titus share with his father Vespasian that allowed them to alter the composition of the
Senate?
CENSOR(SHIP)
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NOVICE DIVISION – ROUND I
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EXTRA QUESTIONS
Please put an X through the ones you already used
LANGUAGE SKILLS
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Give the comparative form for the adjective nōbilis.
Give the comparative form for the adjective stultus.
Give the comparative form for the adjective trīstis.
NŌBILIOR
STULTIOR
TRĪSTIOR
MYTHOLOGY
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What monster did Iobates ask Bellerophon to kill?
What creature did Bellerophon capture to aid in this task?
What goddess gave Bellerophon a golden bridle to capture Pegasus?
THE CHIMERA
PEGASUS
ATHENA / MINERVA
HISTORY & LIFE
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Who was the mother of the Gracchi brothers?
What name did Cornelia use to refer to the Gracchi brothers?
What daughter of Cornelia married Scipio Aemilianus?
CORNELIA
“HER JEWELS”
SEMPRONIA
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NOVICE DIVISION – ROUND II
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Who fought with Paris in single combat in an attempt to end the war?
What goddess saved Paris from being killed by Menelaus?
How did Aphrodite save Paris?
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Give the dative singular of the phrase hic magnus exercitus.
HUIC MAGNŌ EXERCITUĪ
Change huic magnō exercituī to the genitive.
HUIUS MAGNĪ EXERCITŪS
Change huius magnī exercitūs to the plural.
HŌRUM MAGNŌRUM EXERCITUUM
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MENELAUS
APHRODITE / VENUS
HID HIM IN A CLOUD
What is the Latin term for a primary school teacher?
LUDĪ MAGISTER / LITTERĀTOR
What is the Latin term for a secondary school teacher?
GRAMMĀTICUS
What is the Latin term for the slave that was responsible for escorting pupils between home and school?
PAEDAGŌGUS
Give the Latin root and its meaning from which “miscreant” is derived.
CRĒDŌ – TO BELIEVE, TRUST
What is the Latin root and its meaning of the English word “flamingo”?
FLAMMA - FLAME
What derivative of gēns means “a class or category of artistic endeavor having a particular form,
content, or technique”?
GENRE
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Quid Anglicē significat: iam?
Quid Anglicē significat: igitur
Quid Anglicē significat: frustrā?
NOW, ALREADY
THEREFORE, AND SO
IN VAIN
What fierce Italian tribe fought a series of wars against the Romans in the 4th century BC? SAMNITES
Where did the Samnites defeat the Romans in 321 BC?
CAUDINE FORKS
What act of humiliation did the Romans have to undergo after this defeat?
MARCH UNDER THE YOKE (OF SPEARS)
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Please give the comparative and superlative forms for the adjective fortis.
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Please give the comparative and superlative forms for the adjective miser.
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MISERIOR, MISERRIMUS
Please give the comparative and superlative forms for the adjective malus.
PEIOR, PESSIMUS
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What Trojan youth had been abducted by Zeus to be the cupbearer of the Gods?
GANYMEDE(S)
What goddess of youth was also a cupbearer?
HEBE
What sister of Hebe is the goddess of childbirth?
EILEITHYIA/ILITHYIA
FORTIOR, FORTISSIMUS
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What is the Latin root and its meaning of the following words: sever, parasol, parade?
PARŌ – TO PREPARE
What is the meaning of the Latin root of the English word “notary”?
WELL-KNOWN, FAMOUS
What are the two Latin root of the English word “factotum”?
FACIŌ AND TŌTUS
What hero from Iolchus assembled a crew to retrieve the Golden fleece?
JASON
Who was the uncle of Jason who denied him the throne of Iolchus until this task was completed?
PELIAS
What goddess aided Jason because she wanted Jason to bring about the eventual destruction of Pelias?
HERA / JUNO
Please translate the following sentence into English:
cīvēs senātōribus nōn crēdidērunt quod senātōrēs nōn labōrāvērunt.
THE CITIZENS DIDN’T TRUST/BELIEVE THE SENATORS BECAUSE THE SENATORS
DIDN’T WORK
B1:spectātōrēs gladiātōrī nōn favēbant quod leōnēs nōn mortuī erant.
THE SPECTATORS WEREN’T SUPPORTING/FAVORING // DIDN’T FAVOR/SUPPORT
THE GLADIATOR BECAUSE THE LIONS WEREN’T DEAD
B2: ...: gladiātor mihi nōn respondit quod umbra erat.
THE GLADIATOR DIDN’T RESPOND TO/ANSWER ME BECAUSE HE WAS A GHOST
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What philosopher was partially responsible for what’s called the quīnquennium Nērōnis, the first five
years of Nero’s reign, during which the young emperor appeared capable of becoming a competent
ruler?
SENECA (THE YOUNGER)
Name the Praetorian Prefect who also provided sound advice to Nero during this period.
BURRUS
What did Nero order Seneca to do after he was implicated in an assassination plot against the emperor?
COMMIT SUICIDE
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NOVICE DIVISION – ROUND II
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EXTRA QUESTIONS
LANGUAGE SKILLS
If you have gingivitis, what do you have an inflammation of?
GUMS
B1: Where in your body do you find costal cartilage?
RIBS
B2: While there are many veins in the body, one of the most prominent is the jugular. From what Latin noun
with what meaning is the word “jugular” derived?
IUGULUM meaning THROAT
MYTHOLOGY
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What nine daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne were the patronesses of literature and the arts?
THE MUSES
What three daughters of Zeus and Themis controlled the destiny of mortals? THE FATES/ MOIRAI
What group of goddesses punished sinners in the Underworld?
THE FURIES/ THE ERINYES / SEMNAI THEAI / EUMINIDES
HISTORY & LIFE
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Who assassinated Domitian?
STEPHANUS
What action, taken by the Senate after the assassination of Domitian, showed the unpopularity of the
emperor among the senators?
DAMNĀTIŌ MEMORIAE /DAMNATION OF MEMORY /
REMOVAL OF HIS NAME FROM ALL PUBLIC RECORDS
What chamberlain of Domitian was the chief instigator behind this conspiracy?
PARTHENIUS
MASSACHUSETTS CERTAMEN
NOVICE DIVISION – ROUND III
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TU: What is the meaning of the Ciceronian idiom “ex tempore”?
B1: What is the meaning of the Ciceronian idiom “fidem facere”?
B2: What is the meaning of the Ciceronian idiom “fructum capere”?
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EXTEMPORANEOUSLY
TO CONVINCE
TO REAP THE REWARD
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What daughter of Priam was cursed with the gift of prophecy that would never be believed?
CASSANDRA
Who raped Cassandra at the sack of Troy?
AJAX OILEUS / AJAX THE LESSER
In whose temple did Cassandra try to find sanctuary?
ATHENA’S / MINERVA’S
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Please give the dative singular and plural forms for vir.
Please give the dative singular and plural forms for senex.
Please give the dative singular and plural forms for tū.
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VIRŌ & VIRĪS
SENĪ & SENIBUS
TIBI & VŌBĪS
Against whom was the first senātūs cōnsultum ultimum passed?
GAIUS GRACCHUS
What was a senātus cōnsultum ultimum?
(ULTIMATE) DECREE OF THE SENATE
THAT ALLOWED THE CONSULS TO USE FORCE TO TAKE CARE OF EMERGENCIES/
(EMERGENCY) DECREE OF MARTIAL LAW
What cōnsul was the recipient of the first senātūs cōnsultum ultimum against Gaius Gracchus?
OPIMIUS
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In a Roman villa, what Latin term refers to the colonnaded garden?
What is the name for the shrine of the household gods?
What is the name for the backdoor used mainly by slaves?
PERISTȲLIUM
LARĀRIUM
POSTĪCUM
What would an Arizonan mean if he says to you in Latin "Dītat Deus"?
GOD ENRICHES
How would an Oklahoman tell you in Latin that "Toil overcomes all obstacles"?
LABOR OMNIA VINCIT
How would a North Carolinian tell you in Latin that "To be rather than to seem"?
ESSE QUAM VIDĒRĪ
What monster was born of Gaea and Tartarus to attack Zeus?
What monster was the mate of Typhon?
What offspring of Typhon and Echidna was used by Hades as his sentry?
TYPHON
ECHIDNA
CERBERUS
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NOVICE DIVISION – ROUND III
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Translate the following sentence into Latin: We will have worked diligently in the kitchen.
IN CULĪNĀ DĪLIGENTER LABŌRĀVERIMUS
...: You (plural) had seen the mountain yesterday.
MONTEM HERI VĪDERĀTIS
...: You (singular) will listen to the teacher tomorrow.
MAGISTRUM / MAGISTRAM / RHĒTOREM / LITTERĀTŌREM / GRAMMATICUM
CRĀS AUDIĒS
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Give an antonym of iūstitia.
Give an antonym of clēmēns.
Give an antonym of vāstō.
INIŪRIA (accept other variations that means crime or injury)
CRŪDĒLIS
(CŌN)SERVŌ
What Roman emperor presided over the re-construction of the Pantheon?
Where in Italy did Hadrian construct an elaborate villa?
What double temple standing opposite the Colosseum is Hadrian rumored to
have designed himself?
HADRIAN
TIVOLI / TIBUR
VENUS ET ROMA
What princess of Joppa was boasted by her mother to be more beautiful than the Nereids, and as such
was compelled to be chained to a rock and devoured by a sea monster?
ANDROMEDA
What hero saved Andromeda from this sea monster?
PERSEUS
Who were the parents of Andromeda?
CEPHEUS & CASSIOPEIA
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Please listen to the following sentences, which I shall read twice; then answer the question that follows
in Latin:
senēs et puellae, postquam actōrēs in theātrō spectāvērunt, ad vīllās suās redībant. subitō
terra tremuit. senēs et puellae, quod erant perterritī, ad portum statim cucurrerunt. (repeat)
The question: To where were the old man and girls returning?
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TO THEIR HOMES
When did the old man and girl return to their villas?
AFTER THEY SAW THE ACTORS IN THE THEATER/
AFTER THEY SAW THE SHOW
Why did the old man and girl run to the gate?
THEY WERE SCARED
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EXTRA QUESTIONS
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Quid Anglicē sīgnificat: dīmittō?
Quid Anglicē sīgnificat: praemittō?
Quid Anglicē sīgnificat: intermittō?
TO SEND OFF, DISMISS
TO SEND AHEAD
TO INTERRUPT, STOP
HISTORY & LIFE
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What Roman praenōmen is abbreviated T.?
What Roman praenōmen is abbreviated Ti.?
What Roman praenōmen is abbreviated A.?
TITUS
TIBERIUS
AULUS
MYTHOLOGY
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Who shot the arrow that killed Achilles?
Where did Paris hit Achilles?
What Greek killed Paris?
PARIS
HIS HEEL
PHILOCTETES
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What grandson of Masinissa came into direct conflict with the Romans when many Italian citizens were
slaughtered after the city of Cirta was sacked by the Numidian ruler?
JUGURTHA
Name one of the Roman consuls who was sent against Jugurtha.
(CALPURNIUS) BESTIA /
(POSTUMIUS) ALBINUS /
CAECILIUS METELLUS (NUMIDICUS)
What king of Mauretania and father-in-law of Jugurtha finally betrayed the Numidian to the Romans?
BOCCHUS
For the verb ferō, give the third person plural, perfect active indicative.
Change tulērunt to the passive.
Change lātī sunt to the future.
TULĒRUNT
LĀTĪ (-AE, -A) SUNT
FERENTUR
Which of the following words is not derived from the same Latin root?
doubt duet arduous duplex dubloon
Which of the following words is not derived from the same Latin root?
resent present absent essential representative
Which of the following words is not derived from the same Latin root?
amateur paramour amorphous enamore amorous
ARDUOUS
RESENT
AMORPHOUS
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After the death of Achilles, what possession of his was fought over by the Greek chieftains?
HIS ARMOR
Name the two primary contenders for the armor of Achilles.
ODYSSEUS & AJAX TELEMON
What did Ajax refuse to do in the Underworld because of the outcome of this contest?
HE REFUSED TO SPEAK TO ODYSSEUS
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Please distinguish in meaning between cēdō and cadō.
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Please distinguish in meaning between vincō and vinciō.
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Please distinguish in meaning between item and iter.
CĒDŌ – TO YIELD, GO /
CADO-TO FALL
VINCŌ – TO WIN, CONQUER /
VINCIŌ – TO BIND, TIE UP
ITEM – LIKEWISE /
ITER - JOURNEY
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Please supply the correct form of the relative pronoun for the following sentence: The girls, whose
books we borrowed, were very beautiful.
QUĀRUM
...: The senators, whom we supported, were the best candidates.
QUIBUS
...: The governor, whom the emperor placed in charge of the town, was corrupt.
CUI
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NOVICE DIVISION – FINALS
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What would a Roman do in the ūnctōrium of a thermae?
RUBBING / ANOINTING WITH OIL / MASSAGE
What instrument did the Romans use to scrape off the oil from the skin?
STRIGILIS
To whom would a Roman have paid the entrance fee to get into the thermae?
OSTIĀRIUS
What creatures plagued the blind king Phineus by fouling his food every time it was set before him?
THE HARPIES
Zetes and Calais, the winged sons of what god of the North Wind, chased away the Harpies? BOREAS
What gift allowed Phineus to repay his debt to the Argonauts?
PROPHECY
Please translate into Latin using the verb faveo: We will not support the senator because you are better.
CANDIDĀTŌ NŌN FAVĒBIMUS
QUOD (TŪ) ES MELIOR
Please translate into Latin: After you had seen me, why didn’t you answer me?
POSTQUAM MĒ VĪDERĀS / VĪDERĀTIS,
CŪR MIHI NŌN RESPONDISTĪ / RESPONDISTIS?
Please translate into Latin: We left from the forum as quickly as possible after we heard the shout.
POSTQUAM CLĀMŌREM AUDĪVIMUS, (NŌS) Ē FORŌ
QUAM CELERRIMĒ DISCESSIMUS
Which of the following words, if any, is not derived from the same Latin root as the others:
libretto, libel, liberal, library?
LIBERAL
Which of the following words, if any, is not derived from the same Latin root as the others:
mess, miss, muss, moss?
MOSS
Which of the following words, if any, is not derived from the same Latin root as the others:
fund, fundamental, funeral, profundity?
FUNERAL
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Who, harboring a hatred for her father like no other, drove a chariot over his body after her husband
murdered him in the streets of Rome?
TULLIA
Who was this husband of Tullia?
TARQUINIUS SUPERBUS
What name was given to the street on which this gross act occurred?
VIA SCELERATA / VĪCUS SCELERĀTUS / “STREET OF SHAME/INFAMY/CRIME”
Who guessed Odysseus' identity while bathing him?
EURYCLEIA
How?
SCAR ON HIS THIGH
How did Odysseus get the scar? GASHED BY A BOAR AS A YOUNG MAN WHILE HUNTING
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Quid Anglicē significat: aeger?
Quid Anglicē significat: agmen?
Quid Anglicē significat: aliquis?
SICK
COLUMN
SOMEONE
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From what Latin verb does the English word “elite” come from?
From the same Latin root, what English noun means “a reading desk”?
What Latin verb does the English word “ally” come from?
LEGŌ
LECTERN
LIGO
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Please listen to the following sentences, which I shall read twice; then answer the question that follows
in English:
Listen carefully to the following passage, which I will read twice, and answer in English the
question that follows: Titus Manlius appellatus est Torquatus quod semper gerebat torquem ex
auro detractam ex hoste quem occiderat. Olim exercitus Romanus cum Gallis acerrime
contendebat, et quidam Gallus processit qui viribus magnitudine et virtute omnibus ceteris
praestabat. Titus Manlius processit. Scuto gladioque armatus, contra ingentem Gallum constitit.
Confisus virtute magis quam arte, Gallum petivit evertitque. Duobus exercitibus spectantibus,
Manlius torquem Galli detraxit et eam sibi imposuit. (repeat)
Question: How did Titus Manlius get his necklace?
TOOK IT OFF A GAUL
What was the necklace made of?
Who was watching when Titus Manlius took his necklace?
GOLD
TWO ARMIES
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What type of gladiators carried a large, oblong shield and was often distinguished by the feathers they
wore on their helmets?
SAMNITES
What type of gladiators carried a small, round shield and a curved sword?
THRACIANS / THRĀX
What type of gladiators was often armed only with a vēnābulum?
BĒSTIĀRIUS
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Who, in Book IV of the Iliad, breaks the truce between the Trojans and the Greeks?
PANDARUS
How does he do so?
HE SHOOTS AN ARROW AT MENELAUS
What goddess prompts him to do this?
ATHENA
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What would a student at University of Oregon mean if he told you "mēns agitat mōlem"?
MIND MOVES THE MASS
How would a student at the University of Missouri say in Latin "By valor and arms"?
VIRTŪTE ET ARMĪS
How would a student at City College of New York tell you in Latin to "Look back, look to the present,
look to the future"?
RESPICE, ADSPICE, PROSPICE
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NOVICE DIVISION – FINALS
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What son of Hermes and Dryope was half man and half goat?
What girl, pursued by Pan, was transformed into marsh reeds?
What girl, pursued by Pan, was transformed into a pine tree?
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PAN
SYRINX
PITYS
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Which emperor was responsible for the distribution of cash to the people of Rome in 99, 102, and
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TRAJAN
What province was Trajan responsible for conquering in 106 AD?
DACIA
Where in Spain was Trajan born?
ITALICA
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MASSACHUSETTS CERTAMEN
INTERMEDIATE DIVISION – ROUND I
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After departing from Troy, where was the first place where Odysseus landed?
Who lived there?
When they sacked the city, what priest did they allow to live?
ISMAROS
THE CICONES
MARON
Please translate the following sentence: rēx tibi interficiendus est.
YOU MUST KILL THE KING / THE KING MUST BE KILLED BY YOU
...: tibi perficiendum est quod incēpistī.
YOU MUST FINISH WHAT YOU STARTED
...: tibi puer numquam mittendus est quī labōrem virī faciat.
YOU MUST NEVER SEND A BOY TO DO A MAN’S WORK
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The months of January and February were added to the Roman calendar by which king of Rome?
NUMA (POMPILIUS)
What group of sacred priestesses was introduced to Roman society by Numa Pompilius?
VESTAL VIRGINS
What nymph was rumored to have been Numa’s consort?
EGERIA
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What is the Latin expression that means “a slip of the tongue”?
What is the Latin expression that means “with a grain of salt”?
What is the Latin expression that means “not of sound mind”?
B1:
LAPSUS LINGUAE
CUM GRĀNŌ SĀLIS
NŌN COMPOS MENTIS
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Distinguish in meaning between lītus and locus.
LĪTUS = SHORE / LOCUS = PLACE
Distinguish in meaning among mors, mōs, mox.
MORS = DEATH / MŌS = CUSTOM / MOX = SOON
Distinguish in meaning among prope, properō, and prōpōnō.
PROPE = NEAR / PROPERŌ = TO HURRY / PRŌPŌNŌ = TO SET FORTH, OFFER
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Please complete this analogy: mandās : mandāris :: mandātis : _______.
...: mandātis : mandābimini : spernitis :: _______
...: mandō : mandābor :: ferō : _______
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What two mythological lovers were turned into a pair of kingfishers?
CEYX & (H)ALCYONE
Who was Ceyx’s brother who was turned into a hawk when he jumped off of a cliff?
DAEDALION
Who was the father of Ceyx and Daedalion, known as Lucifer by the Romans?
EOSPHOROUS
MANDĀMINĪ
SPERNĒMINI
FERAR
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Who in 68 AD approached Galba to gain support for his rebellion against the emperor Nero?
(C. IULIUS) VINDEX
What capable general in Upper Germany was responsible for putting down the rebellion of Vindex?
VERGINIUS RUFUS
What capital of the Sequani was the scene of the decisive battle that ended the rebellion of Vindex?
VESONTIO (modern BESANÇON)
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Whose tomb became infested with snakes at the instigation of his sister Medea?
ABSYRTUS / APSYRTUS
B1:
What aunt of Medea purified her and Jason for the murder of Apsyrtus?
CIRCE
B2:
What epithet of Apsyrtus refers to the quality which distinguished him so much among the Colchians
that they pursued Jason even after his defense by Alcinous?
PHAETHON
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What was the Latin term for a bride’s flame colored veil?
FLAMMEUM
What other article worn by the bride was flame colored?
SHOES
What was the band of wool tied around the tunica recta?
KNOT OF HERCULES / NŌDUS HERCULĀNEUS
What type of ablative is used in the following sentence: Augustus ā multīs cīvibus laudātus est?
(PERSONAL) AGENT
...: multī mercātōrēs cum celeritāte currēbant.
MANNER
...: imperātor pīrātās trībus mēnsibus vīcit.
TIME WITHIN WHICH
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What is the meaning of the Latin root of “requiem”?
What is the meaning of the Latin root of “jeopardy”?
What is the meaning of the Latin root of “nuisance”?
[FINAL SCORE]
REST
JOKE
TO HARM, HURT
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LANGUAGE SKILLS
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Change eadem magna vīs to the accusative.
Change eadem magna vīs to the ablative.
Change eadem magna vīs to the plural.
EANDEM MAGNAM VIM
EĀDEM MAGNĀ VĪ
EAEDEM MAGNAE VĪRĒS
MYTHOLOGY
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Whose form did Athena take to advise Telemachus the first time?
Whose form did Athena take to advise Telemachus the second time?
Where did Athena advise Telemachus to go to seek news of his father?
MENTES
MENTOR
PYLOS AND SPARTA
HISTORY & LIFE
TU:
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Which Julio-Claudian emperor was the first to insist that he be addressed as a “living god”?
GAIUS / CALIGULA
Which emperor began his reign with his brother & ended his reign with his son? MARCUS AURELIUS
By the influence of what empress was Hadrian appointed to ascend the throne?
PLOTINA
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Which of the following words, if any, is not derived from the same Latin root as the others:
augur, august, auxiliary, author, auditor?
AUDITOR
What English noun meaning “a blacksmith” comes from “ferrum”?
FARRIER
What creature, most often associated with fairy tales, is derived from the Latin noun meaning “body”.
LEPRECHAUN
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Who captured Corinth in 146 BC?
What league did Mummius also defeat in 146 BC?
What Corinthian dictator also overran central Greece in 146 BC?
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Who wrestled with Hercules for the hand of Deineira?
What was the final transformation of Achelous in his struggle with Hercules?
What part of Achelous’ body did Hercules break off?
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MUMMIUS
ACHAEAN LEAGUE
CRITOLAUS
ACHELOUS
A BULL
HORN
Please complete the following analogy: dēscendēbant : dēscenderent :: dēscenderant : ___________.
DĒSCENDISSENT
...: dēscendēbant : dēscenderent :: mīseram : ___________.
MĪSISSEM
...: dēscendēbant : dēscenderent :: tulimus : ___________.
TULISSĒMUS
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Give the Latin word for “act of kindness”.
Give the Latin word for “on all sides”.
Give the Latin word for “to march”.
BENEFICIUM
UNDIQUE
INCĒDŌ, EO, GRADIOR,
PROGREDIOR, ITER FACIO
Translate into English: crēdō hostēs urbem trībus diēbus captūrōs esse.
I BELIEVE (THAT) THE ENEMIES WILL CAPTURE
THE CITY (WITH)IN THREE DAYS
Translate into English: putāsne puellam quae sub arbore sedeat pulcherrimam esse?
DO YOU THINK (THAT) THE GIRL, WHO IS SITTING UNDER THE TREE,
IS VERY/MOST BEAUTIFUL?
Translate into English: videō vōs omnēs dīligentissimē ut hoc certāmen vincātis studuisse.
I SEE THAT ALL OF YOU / YOU ALL HAVE STUDIED VERY DILIGENTLY IN ORDER
TO WIN THIS CERTAMEN/CONTEST/COMPETITION
What son of Eupeithes was the most insolent of all the suitors?
ANTINOUS
Who killed Eupeithes after he showed up at Odysseus’ palace to avenge the death of his son?
LAERTES
Who eventually intervened, scaring the families of the suitors away and avoiding conflict?
ATHENA
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From where in the Forum Rōmānum would politicians make public speeches?
ROSTRA
Whose arch was closest to the Rostra?
SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS’
Whose arch was at the eastern edge of the Forum Rōmānum?
TITUS’
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Change the phrase quīdam fortis agricola to the genitive.
CUIUSDAM FORTIS AGRICOLAE
Change cuiusdam fortis agricolae to the plural.
QUŌRUNDAM FORTIUM AGRICOLĀRUM
Change quōrundam fortium agricolārum to the dative. QUIBUSDAM FORTIBUS AGRICOLĪS
On the staff of what Roman general did Cicero and Catiline serve during the Social War?
(CN.) POMPEIUS STRABO
What city did Pompeius Stabo capture to end the fighting in the northern theater of the Social War?
ASCULUM
In 88 BC, Pompeius Strabo was guilty of complicity in the murder of what consul who was supposed to
take over his command?
(Q.) POMPEIUS RUFUS
According to Sophocles, what Athenian Hero, the slayer of the Minotaur, was present when Oedipus
died?
THESEUS
Near what town did the death of Oedipus occur?
COLONUS
Who were the two daughters of Oedipus?
ANTIGONE AND ISMENE
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Which of the following does not belong due to meaning: opēs, laetitia, metus, īra?
Of the above list, which would you most likely experience if you were gaudeō?
Of the above list, which would you most likely experience if you were pallidus?
[FINAL SCORE]
OPĒS
LAETITIA
METUS
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EXTRA QUESTIONS
LANGUAGE SKILLS
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Quid Anglicē significat: marmor?
Quid Anglicē significat: identidem?
Quid Anglicē significat: massa?
MARBLE
AGAIN & AGAIN
BLOCK, MASS
MYTHOLOGY
TU:
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Who transformed Eurylochus’ companions into pigs?
Who met Odysseus on his way to Circe’s palace?
What magical herb did Hermes give Odysseus?
CIRCE
HERMES
MOLY
HISTORY & LIFE
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What is a comissātiō?
DRINKING PARTY
Who was the master of the comissātiō?
REX BIBENDĪ
What was one of the duties of the rex bibendī?
DETERMINE RATIO OF WATER TO WINE / RULES FOR DRINKING /
IMPOSE PENALTIES FOR BREAKING RULES
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For the verb moror, give the 2nd person plural, present subjunctive.
Change morēminī to the imperfect.
Change morārēminī to the perfect.
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In a Roman fortress, what was the prīncipia?
What was the valētūdinārium?
What was the vallum?
HEADQUARTERS
HOSPITAL
RAMPART
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Quid Anglicē significat: taedet?
Quid Anglicē significat: scelus?
Quid Anglicē significat: augeo?
TO BE TIRED OF
CRIME; CHARGE
TO INCREASE
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What son of Ctesius and Ithacan swineherd offered Odysseus hospitality?
While in Eumaeus’ hut, to whom did Odysseus reveal his identity?
Who was the faithful cowherd of Odysseus?
MORĒMINĪ
MORĀRĒMINĪ
MORĀTĪ (-AE, -A) SĪTIS
EUMAEUS
TELEMACHUS
PHILOETIUS
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Which of the following words, if any, is not derived from the same Latin root as the others:
manner, manure, mansion, manual, manifesto?
MANSION
What derivative of “manus” means “sleight of hand”?
LEGERDEMAIN
What English noun derived from “manus” means “a shackle for the hand”?
MANACLE
Please translate into Latin: The mother thinks that the children are coming home now.
MĀTER PUTAT LĪBERŌS DOMUM NUNC VENĪRE
Please translate into Latin: The children suddenly saw that three dogs had appeared on the street.
LĪBERĪ SUBITŌ VĪDĒRUNT TRĒS CANĒS IN VIĀ APPARUISSE
Please translate into Latin: The children also noticed that one of the dogs had been wounded by a rock.
LĪBERĪ QUOQUE ANIMADVERTĒRUNT ŪNUM Ē CANIBUS SAXŌ
VULNERĀTUM ESSE
What brother-in-law of Tiberius Gracchus persuaded the Roman senate to reject a peace treaty between
the Romans and the people of Numantia that was negotiated by Tiberius himself?
(P. CORNELIUS) SCIPIO AEMILIANUS
Who, because of his defeat at the hands of the Numantines, was prosecuted for cowardice and was
ordered by Furius Philus, the consul of 136 BC and a close friend of Scipio Aemilianus, to be
stripped, bound in chains, and handed over to the Numantines?
(C. HOSTILIUS) MANCINUS
What did the Numantines do with Mancinus to show their contempt for the Romans after they refused to
ratify the peace treaty negotiated by Tiberius Gracchus?
HE WAS SENT BACK TO ROME
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Athena was about to grant what member of the Seven Against Thebes immortality before she witnessed
him eating brains?
TYDEUS
Who convinced Tydeus to do this?
AMPHIARIUS
Whose brains was Tydeus eating?
MELANIPPUS’
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TU: Quid Anglicē significat: īdem?
B1: Quid Anglicē significat: profīcīscor?
B2: Quid Anglicē significat: exīstimō?
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THE SAME
TO SET OUT
TO THINK
What emperor of 69 AD brought Verginius Rufus out of retirement to hold a second consulship? OTHO
Name one of Otho’s generals who advised him against fighting against the forces of Vitellius at
Bedriacum.
(SUETONIUS) PAULINUS / (ANNIUS)
GALLUS / (MARIUS) CELSUS
Name one of Otho’s supporters who advocated that the decisive battle against the Vitellian forces must
take place before their troops could melt away, or before Vitellius himself could arrive.
(OTHO) TITIANUS / (LICINIUS) PROCULUS
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TU: Who was the son of Cephisus and Liriope who eventually fell in love with his own reflection?
NARCISSUS
B1: What Theban seer warned Narcissus’ parents that their son should “never know himself”? T(E)IRESIAS
B2: Who was the mother of Tiresias
CHARICLO
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What use of the dependent subjunctive clause is in the following sentence: omnēs adeō obstupefactī
sunt ut nihil dīceret possent?
RESULT CLAUSE
...: timeō ut veniat?
FEARING CLAUSE
...: accidit ut puer domō sine pecūniā discēsserit?
SUBSTANTIVE CLAUSE OF RESULT
[FINAL SCORE]
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Mythology
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Name the bard at Alcinous’ court.
DEMODOCUS
Name the bard at Odysseus’ court.
PHEMIUS
What story does Phemius sing at the beginning of the Odyssey when Penelope asks him to sing on
another topic?
THE HOMECOMING OF THE ACHAEANS FROM TROY
Language
TU:
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Give the passive participles for the verb moneō.
MONITUS, MONENDUS
Change monitus to the future active participle.
MONITŪRUS
Say in Latin: I am about to warn the dictator about the danger.
DICTĀTŌREM DĒ PERĪCULŌ MONITŪRUS (-A) SUM
History/Life
TU: What emperor defied tradition by making himself censor perpetuus, named an eques governor of Asia,
and encouraged the Roman people to address him as Dominus et Deus?
DOMITIAN
B1: Whose severed head was sent back to Rome after his failed rebellion against Domitian in 89AD? L.
ANTONIUS SATURNINUS
B2: What former butler of Domitian’s cousin Flavia Domitilla, assassinated Domitian, after pretending to have
information about a secret conspiracy against the emperor?
STEPHANUS
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Please listen to the following sentences, which I shall read twice; then answer the question that follows
in English:
Graecōs, quī historiam scrīpsērunt, in duo genera dīvidere possumus. aliī enim nōn sōlum
facta sed etiam mōrēs hominum, ōrācula deōrum, multaque fābulīs similiōra quam historiae
nārrāre solēbant; aliī, quī incertā cum cūrā investīgābant rēsque lēvēs neglegēbant, opera
composuērunt, quibus vēra potius quam iūcunda scrībere cōnābantur. (repeat)
The question: What literary genre is being written by the Greeks?
HISTORY
Name two of the things that some of the Greek historians wrote to make their stories more entertaining.
THE CUSTOMS OF PEOPLE, ORACLES OF GODS, MANY THINGSMORE
SIMILAR TO STORIES THAN HISTORY
What did those who ignored trivial things try to include in their work?
TRUTHS RATHER THAN PLEASANT THINGS
What tribune of 103 BC introduced a law that made it a criminal offense to compromise the honor or
dignity of the Roman people and another law that secured land for Marius’ veterans?
(L. APPULEIUS) SATURNINUS
What censor tried to expel Saturninus from the Senate in 102 BC?
(Q. CAECILIUS) METELLUS NUMIDICUS
What colleague of Saturninus was killed along with him in the Curia by an angry mob?
GLAUCIA
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What English adjective meaning ‘toxic, cancerous, or inoperable’ is derived from the Latin adjective
meaning ‘bad’?
MALIGNANT
B1: What English verb meaning to ‘sympathize, commiserate, or empathize’ is derived from the Latin verb
meaning ‘to grieve, feel pain, or suffer’?
CONDOLE
B2: What English noun meaning ‘ancestry, lineage, or extraction’ is derived from the Latin noun meaning
‘foot’?
PEDIGREE
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What fisherman of Anthedon consumed an herb that made him into a merman?
GLAUCUS
What nymph did Glaucus fall in love with, only to be spurned by her?
SCYLLA
What sorceress eventually fell in love with Glaucus, and due to her jealousy of Scylla, transformed her
into a monster?
CIRCE
In the Forum Rōmānum, what building with a round, conical roof stood near the Temple of Julius
Caesar?
TEMPLE OF VESTA
What other temple also stood near the Temple of Julius Caesar?
TEMPLE OF CASTOR AND POLLUX (THE DIOSCURI)
What arch, no longer standing, used to stand between these temples?
ARCH OF AUGUSTUS
[SCORE CHECK]
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TU: Using the verb sperno translate the following sentence into Latin: The soldiers were being rejected by
the citizens.
MĪLITĒS Ā CĪVIBUS SPERNĀBANTUR
B1:
...: The sleeping guards will be attacked by the enemies.
CUSTŌDĒS DORMIENTĒS AB HOSTIBUS OPPUGNĀBUNTUR
B2:
...: The soldiers about to surround the city were preparing arms.
MĪLITES URBEM CIRCUMVENTŪRĪ ARMA PARĀBANT
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Against what rival beggar did Odysseus box?
IRUS or ARNAUS
Which most insolent suitor, refusing to give away any of his food, threw a stool at Odysseus?
ANTINOUS
Name either the minstrel or the herald that Odysseus spared when he revealed his disguise.
PHEMIUS / MEDON
Give the Latin root and its meaning from which we derive the English word “nice”. SCIŌ – TO KNOW
Give the Latin root and its meaning from which we derive the English word “bus”.
OMNIS – ALL
Give the Latin root and its meaning from which we derive the English word “suite”.
SEQUOR – TO FOLLOW
Where in 82 BC did Sulla win his final battle against his rivals which brought Rome under his complete
control?
COLLINE GATE(S) / PORTA COLLĪNA
What Italian tribe, under the leadership of Pontius Telesinus, fought bitterly against the forces of Sulla at
the Battle of Colline Gate before being completely routed?
SAMNITES
Which member of the so-called “First Triumvirate” won considerable notoriety by defeating the enemy
on his wing and ultimately won the Battle of Colline Gate for Sulla?
(M. LICINIUS) CRASSUS
Quid Anglicē significat: praeda?
Quid Anglicē significat: discrīmen?
Quid Anglicē significat: rīma?
BOOTY, PLUNDER, LOOT
CRISIS
CRACK, CHINK
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What two uses of the ablative case can be found in the following sentence: senex multō tardius amīcīs
suīs ambulābat?
DEGREE OF DIFFERENCE & COMPARISON
What two uses of the ablative case can be found in the following sentence: senex, Mārcus nōmine, ad
forum cum amīcīs ambulābat?
RESPECT / SPECIFICATION & ACCOMPANIMENT
What two uses of the ablative case can be found in the following sentence: Marcus ē forō timōre
cucurrit?
PLACE FROM WHICH & CAUSE
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TU: What bastard son of Priam was turned into a diver bird after the death of his lover Hesperia? AESACUS
B1:
What river was the father of Hesperia according to Ovid?
CEBREN
B2: What first wife of Priam was the mother of Aesacus?
ARISBE
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Differentiate in meaning among nātiō, nātūra, and nauta.
NĀTIŌ = NATION, TRIBE // NĀTŪRA = NATURE // NAUTA = SAILOR
Differentiate in meaning among praesidium, studium, and praemium.
PRAESIDIUM = PROTECTION, GUARD // STUDIUM = ZEAL, EAGERNESS, ENTHUSIASM
// PRAEMIUM = REWARD, PRIZE
Differentiate in meaning among dēligō, dīmittō, and discēdō.
DĒLIGŌ = TO CHOOSE, ELECT // DĪMITTŌ = TO DISMISS, SEND AWAY, LET GO //
DISCĒDŌ = TO LEAVE, DEPART
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TU: What emperor adopted the name Severus, and co-ruled the Roman empire with his son Diadumenianus
from 217-218 AD?
MACRINUS
B1:
What predecessor of Macrinus had killed his brother so that he could become sole ruler? CARACALLA
B2:
What mother of Caracalla and Geta had asked her two disputing sons how they intended to divide their
mother?
JULIA DOMNA
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Who was the savage king of the Rutulians that Aeneas slays to end the Aeneid?
Who is the charioteer of Turnus?
Who is Turnus’ divine sister?
TURNUS
METISCUS
JUTURNA!
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Which of the following words, if any, is not derived from the same Latin root as the others:
concourse, cursive, cursor, curse, course?
CURSE
Which of the following words, if any, is not derived from the same Latin root as the others:
ireful, irritate, irascible, irate?
IRRITATE
Which of the following words is not derived from the same Latin word as the others?
Suitor sequel execute insect sect
INSECT
What use of the subjunctive can be found in the following sentence: rogābāmus vōs ut discēderētis?
INDIRECT COMMAND
Say in Latin using a subjunctive: He persuaded us to kill the animal.
NŌBĪS PERSUĀSIT / PERSUĀDĒBAT UT ANIMAL INTERFICERĒMUS / NECĀRĒMUS
Say in Latin using a subjunctive: The slave-girls have been sent by the woman to buy new dresses.
ANCILLAE Ā FĒMINĀ MISSAE SUNT QUAE STOLĀS NOVĀS EMERENT
Give a synonym of strepitus.
Give a synonym of scelus.
Give a synonym of haud.
CLĀMOR
FACINUS, CRĪMEN
NŌN
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Which emperor successfully restored Palmyra’s territory to the Roman Empire?
AURELIAN
Who had deftly carved out of Rome the territory of Palmyra?
QUEEN ZENOBIA
What did Aurelian do at Rome when the city was threatened by barbarian invasions?
BUILT MASSIVE WALLS AROUND THE CITY
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Who was the son of Ino and Athamas that was deified as the god Palaemon?
Who was the other son of Ino and Athamas that Athamas slaughtered in his madness?
Who was the sister of Ino that was the mother of Actaeon?
[FINAL SCORE]
MELICERTES
LEARCHUS
AUTONOE
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What use of the subjunctive can be found in the following: vehementer certēmus?
...: falsus utinam vātēs sim?
...: an ego nōn venīrem?
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HORTATORY
OPTATIVE
DELIBERATIVE
Against whom did the Romans wage the First Illyrian War?
(QUEEN) TEUTA
After seeing the arrival of a fleet of 200 Romans ships off the island of Corcyra in 229 BC, who
betrayed Teuta and the Illyrians by surrendering to the Romans?
DEMETRIUS
What was Teuta’s capital city?
SCADRA
With what Grace does Hera bribe Morpheus?
PASITHEA
What does Hera want Hypnos to do?
PUT ZEUS TO SLEEP
Why was Hypnos hesitant to do this?
ZEUS HAD ALREADY PUNISHED HIM BEFORE FOR PUTTING HIM TO SLEEP AT
HERA’S BEQUEST
What Roman author was brought to Rome as a prisoner of war in 272 BC from his Tarentum?
(LUCIUS) LIVIUS ANDRONICUS
When Livius Andronicus came to Rome, he was made tutor to the family of what Roman aristocrat?
(MARCUS LIVIUS) SALINATOR
Livius Andronicus desired to bring Greek literature to the Roman people. To this end, he translated the
Odyssey into Latin in what Italian meter?
SATURNIAN
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Please translate into English: multī cīvēs vēnērunt ad lēgēs querendās.
MANY CITIZENS CAME TO COMPLAIN ABOUT / LAMENT THE LAWS
...: puellae ante pompam ambulābant flōrum spargendōrum grātiā.
THE GIRLS WERE WALKING/WALKED/USED TO WALK IN FRONT OF THE PROCESSION
FOR THE SAKE OF SCATTERING / TO SCATTER FLOWERS
...: multīs senātōribus audiendīs, imperātor aptissimum cōnsilium cēpit.
BY LISTENING TO MANY SENATORS, THE EMPEROR / COMMANDER FORMED
A VERY SUITABLE PLAN / HAD A VERY SUITABLE IDEA
During the Republic, how many witnesses were required at a cōnfārreātiō?
10
What did these ten witnesses represent?
THE TEN TRIBES/GENTĒS OF THE CŪRIA
During the Republic, what was the minimum number of witnesses required at a cōemptiō?
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HERACLES
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Who was the only survivor?
NESTOR
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Who was Nestor’s son who won second place in the chariot race during the funeral games of Patroclus?
ANTILOCHUS
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What author wrote Dialogus dē Ōrātoribus, Germania, Agricola, Historiae, and Annēlēs?
(PUBLIUS/GAIUS CORNELIUS) TACITUS
Which two works of Tacitus each contained geographical and ethnographic discussion of a Roman
province?
GERMANIA, AGRICOLA
Which work, only partly extant, covered the period of Roman history from the death of Augustus to the
death of Nero?
ANNĀLĒS
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Differentiate in meaning between “cum…tum” and “tum cum”.
CUM…TUM = NOT ONLY…BUT ALSO //
TUM CUM = AT THE TIME WHEN
Differentiate in meaning between inter and intrā
INTER = AMONG //
INTRA = INSIDE, WITHIN
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What emperor fancied himself as great a gladiator as Hercules himself until he was assassinated in
192 AD?
COMMODUS
Name all the emperors of 193 AD.
PERTINAX, DIDIUS JULIANUS, SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS
Whom did Didius Julianus outbid for the throne of Rome?
SULPICIANUS
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AEOLUS
What is the name of the nymph she offers him for his troubles?
DEIOPEA
Name 2 children of Aelous and Enarete.
SALMONEUS/SISYPHUS/MACAREUS/CANACE
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What Roman author, seven years older than Augustus, received philosophical and rhetorical training at
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the practical agricultural knowledge exhibited in his Georgics?
(PUBLIUS) VERGIL(IUS MARO)
Name the author and the work which served as the primary model for the Georgics.
HESIOD’S WORKS AND DAYS
What other first century Latin author is drawn upon by Vergil for his agricultural knowledge?
(MARCUS TERENTIUS) VARRO
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LITERATURE
TU: What “poet of republican resistance” was born in an equestrian family, wrote under the patronage of
Messalla Corvinus, and never mentions the name of Augustus in his elegies?
(ALBIUS) TIBULLUS
B1:
The authorship of the third book of Tibullus’ elegies has been hotly contested, and the consensus seems
to be that it is a collection of poems by several different poets. Besides Tibullus himself, name one
of these other poets.
SULPICIA, LYGDAMUS
B2:
Toward what love interest does Tibullus direct three of the six elegies in his second book? NEMESIS
LANGUAGE
TU: What use of the ablative is seen in the phrase deā nāte?
ORIGIN / SOURCE
B1:
What use of the genitive is seen in the phrase ferōcissimus omnium? PARTITIVE / OF THE WHOLE
B2:
What use of the accusative is seen in the phrase nūda genū?
SPECIFICATION / RESPECT
MYTH
TU: What princess of Lesbos was turned into an owl in Ovid’s Metamorphoses?
B1:
What deity transformed her into this animal?
B2:
Who was Nyctimine’s evil father who raped her?
NYCTIMINE
MINERVA
EPOPEUS
HISTORY & LIFE
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What Roman, by killing Viridomarus in an one-on-one melee, became the last Roman to win a spolia
opima?
MARCELLUS
At what battle did this occur?
CLASTIDIUM
After the sack of what city did Marcellus establish the precedence of carrying art treasures of a sacked
city to Rome?
SYRACUSE
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Who, with his knowledge of the mountain glens and winding paths in Lusitania, led 10,000 guerrilla
soldiers in resisting the Romans for eight years?
VIRIATHUS
After a decisive victory over the Romans, from what Roman consul did Viriathus procure favorable
peace terms and the status of an ally of the Roman people?
(FABIUS MAXIMUS) SERVILIANUS
What successor of Servilianus persuaded the Roman senate to break the treaty and renew hostility
against Viriathus?
([QUINTUS – OCD 2/ GNAEUS – OCD 3] SERVILIUS) CAEPIO
Of the authors: Vergil, Horace, Ovid, and Propertius; who did not write under the patronage of
Maecenas?
OVID
Who was Ovid’s patron?
(MARCUS VALERIUS) MESSALA CORVINUS
In what work of Ovid, written during his exile in Tomis, did he express in elegiac couplets his despair at
being far from Rome and advocate for his recall?
TRISTIA
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What use of the dative case can be found in the following:
hunc mihi terrōrem ēripe?
SEPARATION
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What use of the ablative case can be found in the following:
puellam vīgintī minīs ēmit?
PRICE
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What use of the accusative case can be found in the following:
tertiam iam aetātem hominum vivēbat?
COGNATE / KINDRED SPECIFICATION /
KINDRED MEANING
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Who was the daughter of Chiron that was transformed into a mare?
OCYRHOE
Who was Ocyrhoe’s mother?
CHARICLO
Why was Ocyhoe transformed?
REVEALED TOO MUCH ABOUT THE FUTURE
In Book 23 of Homer’s Iliad, what Greek lost the chariot race at the funeral games of Patrocles when
Athena broke his yoke?
EUMELUS
In the archery contest at the funeral games, who missed his mark after forgetting to pray to Apollo?
TEUCER
What Greek the quickly grabbed his bow, prayed to Apollo, and thus beat Teucer in the contest?
MERIONE
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Please give all the gerunds for the verb dūcō.
DŪCENDĪ, DŪCENDŌ, DŪCENDUM, DŪCENDŌ
(If dūcere is given, ask the students to explain that the nominative gerund doesn’t really exist)
Please give all the gerunds for the verb mētior.
MĒTIENDĪ, MĒTIENDŌ, MĒTIENDUM, MĒTIENDŌ
What is the difference between a gerund and a gerundive?
GERUND IS A VERBAL NOUN & A GERUNDIVE
IS A VERBAL ADJECTIVE
During the Republic, what was the minimum age requirement for quaestōrēs?
During the Republic, what was the minimum age requirement for praetōrēs?
During the Republic, what was the minimum age requirement for cōnsulēs?
31
40
43
What is the Latin title of the earliest extant work of Latin prose?
DĒ AGRĪ CULTŪRĀ / DĒ RĒ RUSTICĀ
Who is the author of this work and where was he born?
(MARCUS PORCIUS) CATO THE ELDER/CENSOR, TUSCULUM
Into how many books was Cato’s Ōrīginēs divided?
SEVEN
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What son of Triopas was cursed with insatiable hunger?
ERYSICTHON
Who was the daughter of Erysicthon that could shape-shift?
MESTRA
What did Erysicthon do with Mestra and her talents? SOLD HER AGAIN AND AGAIN FOR FOOD
Which word does not belong because of meaning: bracchium, supercilium, vīcus, capillī, oculus?
VĪCUS
Which word does not belong because of meaning: ancora, pīlum, hasta, gladius, ēnsis?
ANCORA
Which word does not belong because of meaning: sagittārius, calō, eques, explōrātor, lepus? LEPUS
Which emperor was married first to Arrecina Tertulla and then to Marcia Furnilla but was better known
for his Jewish mistress?
TITUS
Who was this Jewish princess?
BERENICE
What brother of Berence came to Rome with her in 75 AD and received conspicuous honors?
(KING HEROD) AGRIPPA II
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Beginning around 130 BC, which member of the Scipionic literary circle published thirty books of
satire, twenty-one of which written in dactylic hexameter?
(GAIUS) LUCILIUS
Where was Lucilius born?
SUESSA AURUNCA
What later Roman poet was greatly influenced by Lucilius in his own satires, one of which imitates
Lucilius as the poet describes his journey to Brundisium?
HORACE (QUINTUS HORATIUS FLACCUS)
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EXTRA QUESTIONS
Please put an X through the ones that you have used.
LITERATURE
TU: Place the following works in chronological order, by date of publishing, from earliest to latest:
Propertius’ Monobiblos, Horace’s 1st book of Epodes, Tibullus’ 1st book of elegies, Vergil’s Eclogues.
VERGIL’S ECLOGUES (37 BC), HORACE’S 1ST BOOK OF EPODES (31-0 BC),
PROPERTIUS’ MONOBIBLOS (28 BC), TIBULLUS’ 1ST BOOK OF ELEGIES (26/5 BC)
B1:
What love interest appears prominently in Propertius’ Monobiblos?
CYNTHIA
B2:
What love interest appears prominently in Tibullus’ 1st book of elegies?
DELIA
HISTORY & LIFE
TU: What governor of Lower Germany defeated and killed Saturninus in a battle fought beside the Rhine?
(LAPPIUS) MAXIMUS
B1:
What prevented Saturninus’ German allies from joining him across the Rhine?
A SUDDEN THAW
B2:
What future emperor marched against Saturninus while serving as a legionary legate in Spain? TRAJAN
MYTHOLOGY
TU: In Ovid’s Metamorphoses, who was the only one of Perseus’ allies to be turned into stone during the
fight at Cepheus’ palace?
ACONTEUS
B1:
What was the name of the monster Perseus slew to rescue Andromeda?
CETUS
B2:
What daughter of Perseus was said to be the first widow in mythology to remarry?
GORGOPHONE
LANGUAGE
TU: Is a querulous comment: inquisitive, complaining, seeking, or contentious?
B1:
Is a reverent person: respectful, returning, upright, or musing?
B2:
A recidivist is a criminal who has: ruled over others, received unworthy gains, fallen back into crime,
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What 1st century BC Roman Epicurean, according to Jerome, was driven to madness by a love potion,
and died by his own hand in 44 BC?
(TITUS) LUCRETIUS (CARUS)
What deity does Lucretius invoke as he begins his discussion of philosophy in his Dē Rērum Nātūrā?
VENUS
What theory, perhaps more befitting of modern physics than philosophy, does Lucretius discuss in his
description of the natural world in the Dē Rērum Nātūrā?
ATOMIC THEORY
What type of conditional sentence can be found in the following sentence: nisi dīligentissimē
studuissēs, respondēre nōn potuissēs?
PAST CONTRARY-TO-FACT
Please translate the sentence in the toss-up into English.
UNLESS YOU HAD STUDIED / IF YOU HAD NOT STUDIED VERY DILIGENTLY,
YOU WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLETO RESPOND
Please give, in Latin, the two changes necessary to make that conditional into a present contrary-to-fact
condition.
STUDĒRĒS & POSSĒS
What daughter of Priam did Achilles’ ghost have sacrificed on his own grave?
Who was the prettiest daughter of Priam?
Who was the first wife of Priam?
POLYXENA
LAODICE
ARISBA / ARISBE
Name the college of twenty Roman priests whose chief duties were to perform various religious rites in
connection with the declaration of war and to preside at the formal ratification of peace.
FĒTIĀLĒS
How many augurēs were there during the Republic?
FIFTEEN
What did the quīndecimvirī guard?
SIBYLLINE BOOKS
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ŪNCTĪ (-AE, -A) ESSĒMUS
Change ūnctī essēmus to the active.
ŪNXISSĒMUS
rd
For the verb orior, give the 3 person singular, pluperfect subjunctive.
ORTUS (-A, -UM) ESSET
What city on Sicily was captured by the Romans in 262 BC?
AGRIGENTUM
Who was the Carthaginian commander at Agrigentum?
HANNO
What did the Romans do to Agrigentum, the first time for an event of this type to happen in Roman
history?
(THE CITY WAS SACKED & ITS) CITIZENS
WERE SOLD INTO SLAVERY
Who was the son of Strophius and Anaxibia, and lifelong friend of Orestes?
PYLADES
To what mythical location often thought to be on the black sea did these two men visit in order to save
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Who was the king of this island?
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LAND OF THE TAURIANS
THOAS
What Roman, ridiculed by Catullus in poetry, published his notes from the front lines of his campaign in
Gaul in eight books?
(GAIUS JULIUS) CAESAR
Who is likely the author of the eighth book of Caesar’s commentaries on Gaul?
AULUS HIRTIUS
What is the Latin title of a similar work in three books concerning Caesar’s war against Pompey?
(COMMENTĒRIĪ) DĒ BELLŌ CĪVILĪ
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Give a Latin idiom that is a synonym for senātōrēs.
Give a Latin idiom that is a synonym for cotīdiē.
Give a Latin idiom that is a synonym for ideō.
PATRĒS CŌNSCRIPTĪ
IN DIĒS
QUAM OB REM, QUĀ DĒ CAUSĀ
What trilingual author earned a reputation in Rome for his writing tragedies, but also wrote four books
of satires and an eighteen book epic poem, entitled Annālēs?
(QUINTUS) ENNIUS
What feature of the Annālēs makes this work a turning point in the history of Latin literature?
FIRST LATIN WORK WRITTEN IN DATYLIC HEXAMETER
Ennius begins his poem by recounting a dream, in which what Greek epic writer tells him that he,
Ennius, is his reincarnation?
HOMER
Whom did Vespasian appoint as governor of Lower Germany in 70 AD to take care of the rebellion of
Iulius Civilis?
(PETILLIUS) CERIALIS
How were Cerialis and Vespasian related?
CERIALIS WAS VESPASIAN’S SON-IN-LAW
(CERIALIS HAD MARRIED FLAVIA DOMITILLA, DAUGHTER OF VESPASIAN
Where did Cerialis win a victory against Iulius Civilis before occupying the city of Augusta Treverorum
the next year?
RIGODULUM
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What two sons of Erginus proved to be great architects when they built the world’s largest treasury?
AGAMEDES AND TROPHONIUS
For what king did they build this treasury?
HYREIUS
Agamedes and Trophonius were secretly robbing the treasury they built. How were they able to
accomplish this task? THEY PUT IN A MOVABLE STONE IN THE SIDE OF THE TREASURY
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LITERATURE
TU:
What Latin scholar from Reate is responsible for writing 74 distinct works?
MARCUS TERENTIUS VARRO / VARRO REATINUS
B1. What creative work of Varro Reatinus served as a model for the Apocolocyntosis of Seneca and the
Satyrica of Petronius?
SATURAE MENIPPEAE
B2. What three book extant work of Varro was a treatise on agriculture, cattle, poultry, and bees?
RES RUSTICAE
HISTORY & LIFE
TU: Which road led north of Rome to Umbria?
B1: Which road led north of Rome to Etruria?
B2: Which road led south of Rome to Campania, joining up with the Via Appia?
VIA FLAMINIA
VIA AURĒLIA
VIA LATĪNA
MYTHOLOGY
TU: In Book 4 of Homer’s Iliad, what Trojan breaks the truce with the Greeks by shooting an arrow at
Menelaus?
PANDARUS
B1:
What Goddess had incited Pandarus to commit this act of treachery?
ATHENA
B2:
Which Greek warrior eventually kills Pandarus along with many other Trojans during his aristeia?
DIOMEDES
LANGUAGE
TU: Give a Latin synonym for promittō.
B1:
Give a Latin synonym for fēmina.
B2:
Give a Latin synonym for aula.
POLLICEOR
MULIER
RĒGIA
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POTENTIAL
B1:
Please translate that sentence into English.
PERHAPS YOU (HAVE) PROMISED TOO MUCH
B2:
The subjunctive clause with forsitan is originally what type of dependent subjunctive clause?
INDIRECT QUESTION
(forsitan = fors sit an – “it would be a chance whether...”)
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What treaty did the Romans negotiated with Antiochus III in 188 BC?
TREATY OF APAMEA
The Treaty of Apamea obliged Antiochus III to give up all of his possessions in Asia Minor north of
what mountains?
TAURUS MOUNTAINS
How many talents did Antiochus III have to pay as a result of this treaty?
15,000
What English word derived from the Latin word vestis means “a room attached to a church where the
clergy put on their vestments”?
VESTRY
What English word derived from the same Latin word means “an exaggerated or grotesque imitation”?
TRAVESTY
What English word derived from the same Latin word means “the act of conferring authority of high
office”?
INVESTITURE
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What Roman playwright wrote a tragedy about the contest between Ajax and Ulysses over the arms of
Achilles, and was a nephew of Ennius?
(MARCUS) PACUVIUS
What type of fābula is this work?
COTHURNĀTA
What other artistic profession did Pacuvius hold?
PAINTER
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What goddess injected Laertes with vigor to allow him to kill Eupeithes?
What Taphian chief did Athena like to disguise herself as?
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ATHENA
MENTES
Differentiate in meaning between fugio and mugio.
TO FLEE // TO MOO (OR BELLOW)
Differentiate in meaning between ruo and luo.
TO FALL (OR RUSH) // TO WASH
Differentiate in meaning between paulum and paulātim.
FOR A LITTLE WHILE // LITTLE BY LITTLE
What philosophical work of Cicero, written in 45 BC, is a dialogue concerning Stoic, Epicurean, and
Academic theologies?
DĒ NĀTŪRĀ DEŌRUM
What work of Cicero, highly influenced by the Stoic writings of the Greek Panaetius, consists of moral
advice written for his son Marcus?
DĒ OFFICIĪS
What work, written in six books, is a Socratic dialogue on political science?
DĒ RĒ PŪBLICĀ
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Please translate into Latin: The senator will not fall into the river provided that he didn’t drink too much
wine.
SENĀTOR NŌN IN FLŪMEN CADET/DĒCIDET
DUM/MODO/DUMMODO/TANTUM NĒ NIMIS/NIMIUM VĪNĪ BIBERIT
...: If the senator had not drunk too much wine, he would not have fallen into the river.
NISI NIMIS/NIMIUM VĪNĪ BIBISSET, SENĀTOR IN FLŪMEN NŌN CECIDISSET
Please translate into Latin using a cum clause: Although the senator had drunk too much wine, he still
didn’t fall into the river.
CUM SENĀTOR NIMIS/NIMIUM VĪNĪ BIBISSET, IN FLŪMEN
TAMEN NŌN CECIDIT
Who led the Roman army that captured the city of Eryx circa 248 BC?
(IUNIUS) PULLUS
On the mountain behind Drepana, Pullus captured a temple dedicated to which Greek goddess?
APHRODITE
What Carthaginian admiral had defeated Iunius Pullus at Cape Passaro in 249 BC, a few days after the
disaster at Drepana?
CARTHALO
Who was the father of Alcinous, king of the Phaecians?
Who was Alcinous’ brother?
Who was the daughter of Rhexenor?
NAUSITHOUS
RHEXENOR
ARETE
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APTUS – SUITABLE/ FITTING
What English word from the same Latin root means “expert, or skilled”?
ADEPT
What English word from the same Latin root means “a rope”?
LARIAT
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Whose stolen helmet gleaming in the light gives away Euryalus?
Who is Nisus’ father?
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MESSAPUS’
HYRTACUS
What use of the dative case can be found in the following: locum castrīs dēligit?
PURPOSE
What use of the genitive case can be found in the following phrase from the Aeneid: fessī rērum?
SPECIFICATION
What use of the genitive case can be found in the following: dī immortālēs, mercimōnī lepidī?
EXCLAMATION
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With respect to a Roman wedding, what was a repōtia?
SECOND WEDDING FEAST (GIVEN AT
THE NEW HOME ON THE DAY AFTER THE WEDDING)
What type of verses, full of coarse jokes and personalities, were often sung by the crowd as they watch
the bride marched to her new home?
VERSŪS FESCENNĪNĪ
What did the bridge do with the three coins she carried with her?
GAVE ONE AS AN OFFERING TO THE LARĒS COMPITĀLĒS, ONE TO HER NEW
HUSBAND/GROOM (AS A SYMBLE FOR HER DOWRY), & ONE TO THE LARĒS OF HIS
HOUSE
What Roman poet satirized life in early 2nd century Rome in in 5 books about life?
JUVENAL (DECIMUS JUNIUS JUVENALIS)
Where was Juvenal born?
AQUINUM
What claim about the genre of satire does Juvenal make in Book 1 of his Satires?
DIFFICILE EST SATŪRAM NŌN SCRĪBERE / IT IS DIFFICULT NOT TO WRTE SATIRE
Give a Latin antonym for mōns.
Give a Latin antonym for agger.
Give a Latin antonym for colligō.
VALLĒS / CAMPUS
FOSSA
SPARGŌ / STERNO
Who ordered the death of Rome’s general Stilicho?
HONORIUS
Who sacked Rome in 410 AD after the death of Stilicho?
ALARIC
Name the son of Stilicho who was murdered in Rome shortly after Stilicho’s execution on August 22,
408 AD.
EUCHERIUS
Listen to the following sentences, which I shall read twice; then answer the question that follows in
English:
equitēs, cum ad provinciam pervēnissent, epistulam quandam et captīvum lēgātō trādidērunt.
is, epistulā lectā, cum captīvum rogāvisset ex quā provinciā vēnisset et cognōvisset eum ex
Ciliciā esse, iussit eum in carcere tenērī. (repeat)
The question: What did the cavalry bring to the province?
A (CERTAIN) LETTER & A CAPTIVE
What did the commander ask the prisoner?
FROM WHICH PROVINCE HE HAD COME
What did the commander do as soon as he found out that the prisoner had come from Cilicia?
ORDERED HIM TO BE HELD IN PRISON
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TU:
B1:
B2:
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Which lifelong academic, born in Cisalpine Gaul, wrote a collection of biographies around 32 BC?
(CORNELIUS) NEPOS
To whom is this set of biographies dedicated?
(TITUS POMPONIUS) ATTICUS
Of the following lost works of Latin literature, name the one which was penned by Nepos:
Medea, Chronica, Dē Ōrīgine Linguae Latīnae, Hortensius?
CHRONICA
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TU: In the battle between the gods and the Giants, what Giant is killed after being shot in both eyes by
Heracles and Apollo?
EPHIALTES
B1:
Which of the deities killed the Giant Mimas with molten metal?
HEPHAESTUS
B2:
Name one of the Giants that was killed by the bronze clubs of the Fates?
AGRIUS OR THOAS
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or killed repeatedly?
MYTHOLOGY
HISTORY & LIFE
TU: Which road led north of Rome to Umbria?
B1: Which road led north of Rome to Etruria?
B2: Which road led south of Rome to Campania, joining up with the Via Appia?
VIA FLAMINIA
VIA AURĒLIA
VIA LATĪNA
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