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2011 LUPERCALIA CERTAMEN TOURNAMENT LOWER LEVEL ROUND 1 1. Welcome to the 2011 Lupercalia Tournament. Think about this sentence: We hope that you play well. Translate “we hope” in that sentence into Latin. SPERĀMUS B1. How would the whole sentence translate into Latin? Nos SPERĀMUS TĒ/VŌS BENE LUDERE B2. Change that sentence to mean, “We wished that you had won.” CUPĪVIMUS/VOLUIMUS TĒ/VŌS VICISSE/SUPERAVISSE 2. In 59 BC, this man married a woman named Julia. He also had a son whom history remembers as a pirate, and was killed in Egypt after being defeated in battle by Julius Caesar. What man gave himself the name Magnus? Gn. POMPEIUS (POMPEY) Magnus B2. Caesar was married three times, but which of those was Julia’s mother? CORNELIA B1. Give the name of Pompey’s son who harassed Italy’s grain supply from Sicily. SEXTUS POMPEIUS (POMPEY) 3. The oldest Latin inscription of substantial length outlawed the worship of this Roman deity in Italy except by decree of the senate. Who was this god known to carry the thyrsus and responsible for ritual madness and wine? BACCHUS, LIBER B1. In Greek mythology, Dionysus is the son of Zeus and what mortal who was incinerated when she tricked Zeus into revealing himself to her? SEMELE B2. Bacchus' tutor was Silenus, the chief of what mythological creatures known as bearded, pipe-playing, companions of Bacchus and Pan? SATYRS 4. Given the name Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus, which is the man’s nomen? B1. According to Roman customs of naming, what would his daughter’s name be? B2. If Cornelius is his nomen, what is Africanus? CORNELIUS CORNELIA AGNOMEN 5. The ancient biographer Suetonius gives us quite a few famous quotes from his subjects. What Roman emperor apparently said, at the moment of his death, “Qualis artifex pereo,” which translates to “Oh what an artist dies in me”? So too did his dynasty, because he was the last Julio-Claudian emperor. NERO B1. Which other Julio-Claudian is quoted on his deathbed saying, “Acta est fabula. Plaudite”? AUGUSTUS B2. What other Julio-Claudian couldn’t believe he was actually dying and said, “Adhuc vivo!” This is probably because he thought he was Jupiter reincarnate. CALIGULA 6. This Roman king ruled from 673-642 BC and oversaw the destruction of Alba Longa. He also is credited with building the first curia, which bore his name until it burned down and was rebuilt by Julius Caesar and Augustus. Name Rome’s third king. TULLUS HOSTILIUS B1 and B2. Name both Tullus’ predecessor and successor. NUMA POMPILIUS, ANCUS MARCIUS 7. Give the second person, plural, imperfect, passive, indicative form of audiō, audīre. AUDIĒBAMINI B1. Translate that form. YOU WERE (BEING) HEARD B2. Change audiēbāmini to the pluperfect active subjunctive AUDĪVISSETIS 8. Name the father of these mythical sons: Polydorus, Polites, Helenus, Troilus, Paris, and Hector. PRIAM B1. Name the daughter of Priam who was cursed with the gift of prophecy? CASSANDRA B2. Who was both Cassandra’s mother and Priam’s wife? HECUBA 9. Distinguish in meaning between the verbs morior and moror. MORIOR = TO DIE; MOROR = TO STAY B1. What about solus and soleō? SOLUS = ALONE/ONLY; SOLEŌ = TO BE ACCUSTOMED B2. What about servō and serviō? SERVŌ = TO SAVE, GUARD, PROTECT; SERVIO = TO SERVE, BE A SLAVE 2011 LUPERCALIA CERTAMEN TOURNAMENT 10. This city took six years to build and was fully settled in 330 AD. It was modeled on the city of Rome and its name persisted all the way into the twentieth century, when the Turkish leaders renamed it Istanbul. Name this capital of the Eastern Roman Empire. CONSTANTINOPLE B1. The name apparently lasted a lot longer than the Empire for which it was the capital. In what year did the Eastern Roman Empire fall? 1453 AD B2. By what other name do historians refer to the Eastern Roman Empire? BYZANTINE 11. This meal replaced the cena in later times as the main meal eaten at mid-day for many Romans. Name the meal that often consisted of breads, cheeses, and (if you were lucky) cured meat. PRANDIUM B1. What did Romans call breakfast? IENTACULUM B2. In early Rome, cena was the mid-day meal and not the nighttime dinner we might think of. What Roman meal is this that gets its name from the Latin word for evening? VESPERNA 11. The year is AD 2011. Express this year in Roman numerals. MMXI B1. On which day of this month (we’re in February, if you’re not sure!) does the Ides fall? 13TH B2. Today's date is February 12th. How would the Romans have rendered this date (Latin or English)? A.D. II IDIBUS FEBRUARIIS/the SECOND DAY BEFORE THE IDES OF FEBRUARY 12. What case is used to show place where with the names of cities and towns? LOCATIVE B1. The locative looks like what two noun cases? One in the singular and one in the plural. SINGULAR = GENITIVE; PLURAL = ABLATIVE B2. “Titus decided to stay at Athens.” Translate the place construction in that sentence into Latin. ATHENĪS 13. Cadmus was sent by his father King Agenor to look for this sister, and in doing so founded Thebes. Name this young girl who was abducted by Zeus in the guise of a white bull. EUROPA B1. What constellation did Zeus create in the shape of that white bull? TAURUS B2. In addition to turning himself into a bull, Zeus also turned which other of his love affairs into a bull to hide her from Hera? IO 14. Give the correct form of the relative pronoun in this sentence: “Certamen, which you are playing, is a lot of fun.” QUOD B1. Give the correct form of the relative pronoun in this sentence. “Every year there are several certamina in which you can participate. (IN) QUIBUS B2. Now, give the correct form of the indefinite pronoun in this sentence. “I saw someone playing certamen.” ALIQUEM 15. Much like a resumé, give the full Latin phrase for which c.v. is an abbreviation. CURRICULUM VITAE B1. Translate curriculum vitae into English. COURSE OF LIFE (or similar) B2. Perhaps on your c.v. one day will be the letters, M.A. Give the Latin phrase for which this is an abbreviation. MAGISTER ARTIUM 2011 LUPERCALIA CERTAMEN TOURNAMENT LOWER LEVEL ROUND 2 1. What famous Roman was consul when Gaius Octavius, later to be known as Augustus, was born? Name this famous ego-maniac who later spoke frequently about how he saved Rome from certain destruction. Marcus Tullius CICERO B1. In what year was Cicero consul and Octavian born? 63 BC B2. What man attempted to overthrow the state and have Cicero killed during his consulship? Lucius Sergius CATILINA (CATILINE) 2. Give the Latin for the abbreviation R.I.P. REQUIĒSCAT IN PACE B1. What is the full English translation of that phrase? MAY HE/LET HIM REST IN PEACE (prompt if the response is “rest in peace”) B2. What use of the subjunctive is this? JUSSIVE 3. From Roman history, in what city would you have found the following figures: Gaius Clulius, Mettius Fufetius, Numitor, Amulius, and Rhea Silvia? ALBA LONGA B1. Who is credited by Livy as the founder of Alba Longa? ASCANIUS B2. How were the kings Numitor and Amulius related? They were BROTHERS 4. Originally, these ludī only took place during the Consualia, an agricultural celebration. Quickly though, Romans became captivated by their loyalties to the different factionēs. Name this popular Roman pastime that took place in the Circus Maximus. LUDĪ CIRCENSES/CHARIOT RACING B1. Give the Latin term and its English meaning for the item used to signal the start of a chariot race? MAPPA, NAPKIN/HANDKERCHIEF B2. Which emperor tried to add two additional chariot factions, purple and gold? DOMITIAN 5. Had Hera not intervened and provoked several Amazons to violence, what hero would have stolen a girdle from the queen of the Amazons? HERAKLES (HERCULES also acceptable) B1. Give the answer to this math problem in Latin: Take the number of Hercules’ labors, subtract number of Cerberus’ heads, and subtract again the number of heads on the hydra. NIHIL/NĪL B2. Hera also tried to attack Heracles while he was fighting the Lernaean Hydra. Give the Latin for the name of the creature Hera sent, which was later a constellation after Hercules crushed it. CANCER 6. Listen to the following story which I will read twice and then answer the question that follows in English. Lucius, praefectus castrōrum, centuriōnibus iussa dedit quī militēs parārent. Deinde legatus multa consilia capere coepit. Itaque, legatus cum Luciō conversatiōnem habēbat. Lucius eī respondit, “Rex inimicus mē corrumpere temptāvit, sed sum vir summae fideī.” Lucius, quī blanditiās rēgis spernēbat, omnia legatō patefēcit. Here’s the question: What two men are speaking to each other? LEGATUS and LUCIUS B1. What were Lucius’ orders to the centurions? TO GET THE SOLDIERS READY (or similar) B2. Why does Lucius describe himself as vir summae fideī? HE WOULDN’T ALLOW THE KING TO BRIBE HIM (or similar) 7. This Roman god was known as Sethlans by the Etruscans, but to the Romans sometimes as Mulciber. His more common Latin name is thought possibly to derive from the Latin noun fulmen. The Greeks call him Hephaestos. What deity was the focus of the August 23rd celebration, the Vulcanalia? VULCANus B1. What does the Latin noun fulmen mean in English? LIGHTNING B1. All major gods in the Roman pantheon had priests to look after them. What Latin word, similar to fulmen, is used for this priestly position? FLAMEN 2011 LUPERCALIA CERTAMEN TOURNAMENT 8. It is about time for the Oscars, so let’s try some Cinema Romana. What film out in theaters now would the Romans have called Cygnus Niger? BLACK SWAN B1. Keeping with the colorful theme, what film would be Crabo Viridis? THE GREEN HORNET B2. What film, also in theaters, would the Romans have called Nulla Fila Adhaesita? NO STRINGS ATTACHED 9. In 33 BC, Octavian had his ally Agrippa elected to this position so he could do things like build five hundred water fountains, construct a new aqueduct, and give free games to the people of Rome. What government position was in charge of public works and putting on games? AEDILE B1. The aedileship was not considered a true part of the standard course of offices in the Roman world. How did the Romans refer to this sequence of positions in the government? CURSUS HONŌRUM B2. Name the three positions of the cursus honōrum in order from lowest to highest. QUAESTOR, PRAETOR, CONSUL 10. Distinguish in meaning between the nouns virī and virēs. VIRĪ = MEN; VĪRĒS = POWER, STRENGTH B1. Give the nominative singular for the word that means “strength” or “violence.” VĪS B2. What term, roughly translated to “concerning violence,” was used as a charge in Roman law courts? DĒ VĪ 11. What is the perfect active infinitive of the verb from which we derive the English noun "spectator"? SPECTĀVISSE B1. Change spectāvisse to the present passive. SPECTĀRĪ B2. Translate spectārī in this sentence: Gaius cognoscit filium ā matre spectārī. IS (being) SEEN 12. Using dicere, say, “Marcus, speak!” B1: Using facere, say “Cornelius, do it!” B2: Now, using ferre, say, “Marcus and Cornelius, carry it!” MARCE, DĪC CORNĒLĪ, FĀC MARCE ET CORNĒLĪ, FERTE! 13. Which of the following does not belong: adeptus, locutus, visus, secutus, progressus. VISUS B1. Change visus to the future and translate it. VISŪRUS = ABOUT TO/GOING TO SEE B2. The other verbs on the list, such as locutus, are deponent and so by rule exist only in the passive. However, this is actually not true, as locutūrus, meaning “about to speak,” is active. Provide one more of the two remaining active forms of the deponent verb loquor, loquī, locutus. LOCUTURUS ESSE, LOQUĒNS 14. What mythological musician and crew member of the Argo was so talented he could make rocks weep and animals follow him to hear his music? ORPHEUS B1. What god of music was Orpheus' father? APOLLO B2. Who did Orpheus attempt to bring back form the Underworld? EURYDICE 15. To what office was Cincinnatus appointed in 458 BC to rescue a Roman army from the Aequians? DICTATOR B1. For how long is the constitutional dictatorship allowed to last? SIX MONTHS B2. What Roman assumed the dictatorship for about a year after he marched on Rome and while he reformed and rewrote Roman law from 82-81 BC? SULLA 2011 LUPERCALIA CERTAMEN TOURNAMENT LOWER LEVEL ROUND 3 1. Identify the common bond: camillus, far, pronuba. CONFARREATIO WEDDING (prompt at “wedding”) B1. What is far, to which the name confarreatio relates? GRAIN or MEAL CAKE B2. A confarreatio sealed a type of marriage arrangement which legally bound the woman into the husband’s family. How did the Romans refer to this kind of marriage? CUM MANŪ 2. What Roman emperor built the last of the imperial fora, part of which is sometimes compared to a shopping mall? He is also known for extending the boundaries of the Roman world to its furthest extent during his reign of 98-117 AD. Marcus Ulpius TRAJANus B1. What emperor succeeded Trajan and decided to relinquish the new provinces of Mesopotamia because he thought the empire was too big? Publius Aelius HADRIAN B2. What two countries did Hadrian’s wall roughly separate? BRITANNIA/BRITAIN, SCOTIA/SCOTLAND 3. Most people know that Homer’s Iliad is the story of the sack of Troy, but many forget that the main focus of the poem is the rage of Achilles. What is the name of the girl Agamemnon stole from Achilles to make him angry and withdraw from the war? BRISEIS B1. What other captive was Agamemnon forced to give up, prompting him to go after Achilles’ war prize? CHRYSEIS B2. What is the name of Achilles’ friend whom Hector erroneously killed because the boy was dressed in Achilles’ armor? PATROCLUS/PATROKLOS 4. Distinguish in meaning between rex and regnum. REX = KING; REGNUM = KINGDOM B1. Using the verb rēgō, rēgere meaning "to rule," translate into Latin "The kingdom had been ruled by the king." REGNUM A RĒGE RECTUM ERAT B2. Give the same sentence, but make everything plural. REGNA Ā RĒGIBUS RECTA ERANT 5. King Thyestes was driven out by this future king of Sparta. In the Odyssey, Telemachus visited him when he was searching for his father. Who was with man from whom Helen was taken? MENELAUS B1. Telemachus also visited what king of Pylos, who was also a member of the Argonauts and the famous advisor to Agamemnon and Achilles? NESTOR B2. How did Telemachus' mother try to buy time and fend off the suitors in order to wait for Odysseus to come home? SHE WOVE AND UNWOVE A TAPESTRY 6. What were the four original team colors in a chariot race? RED, GREEN, BLUE, WHITE B1. What two colors were added (and later taken away) at the time of Domitian? PURPLE, GOLD B2. What two methods did the Romans use to keep track of the laps in a chariot race? EGGS, DOLPHINS 7. Which family was the next dynasty to rule imperial Rome after the Julio-Claudians? FLAVIANS B1. Name the three Flavian emperors in order. VESPASIAN, TITUS, DOMITIAN B2. Name all the Julio-Claudian emperors in order. AUGUSTUS, TIBERIUS, CALIGULA, CLAUDIUS, NERO 8. Indentify the common bond of these prepositions: super, in, sub. EACH CAN TAKE THE ACCUSATIVE OR ABLATIVE CASE B1. What does sub taking the accusative case mean? UNDER, UP TO, TO THE FOOT OF B2. Give the meanings of in with both ablative and accusative objects. +ABL = IN, ON; + ACC. = INTO, ONTO, AGAINST 2011 LUPERCALIA CERTAMEN TOURNAMENT 9. Dim the lights and grab the popcorn, because it is Cinema Romana time. Give the Latin for the film “127 Hours.” CENTUM et VIGINTI et SEPTEM HORAE (or HORĀS) B1. Now, give the same number is Roman numerals. CXXVII B2. What film would the Romans know as Līberī Sunt Bonī? THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT 10. This Roman goddess was, by various traditions, known by several names such as Hecate, Trivia, and Phoebe, due to her relationship to her twin brother Phoebus Apollo. Name this goddess of the hunt. DIANA B1. Although more often associated with her brother, Diana is of course also from this island in the Aegean known to be their birthplace. DELOS B2. Who was the mother of Apollo and Diana? LETO 11. What is the comparative form of diu? DIUTIUS B1. What is the superlative form of facilius? FACILLIMĒ B2. Now, change the Olympic motto citius, altius, fortius to superlative. CITISSIMĒ, ALTISSIMĒ, FORTISSIMĒ (accept citissimum, altissimum, fortissimum) 12. What Greek was punished by being bound to a wheel and kept forever spinning in the underworld? IXION B1. What goddess had Ixion tried to seduce? HERA B2. What other miscreant in the underworld is forever trying to roll a boulder up a hill? SISYPHUS 13. At what battle did the forces of the triumvirs overcome the forces of the conspirators and the Republicans in 43 BC? PHILIPPI B1. How many years was this since the assassination of Julius Caesar? (about) ONE B2. Name a conspirator who committed suicide at Philippi. BRUTUS, CASSIUS 14. Give the comparative adjective form of saevus agreeing with the noun inimicus. B1. Use the comparative adjective of saevus to agree with the neuter noun iter. B2. Now, change the adjective to an adverb. 15. Translate into Latin the phrase, “thousands of soldiers.” B1. What use of the genitive is mīlitum? B2. What use of the genitive is homo magnae honestātis SAEVIOR SAEVIUS SAEVIUS MILIA MĪLITUM QUANTITY or PARTATIVE DESCRIPTION 2011 LUPERCALIA CERTAMEN TOURNAMENT LOWER LEVEL ROUND 4 1. Economists often speak of per capita income. What does per capita mean? FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL, PER HEAD, PER PERSON B1. Rome has been called the caput mundī. What does this mean? CENTER/HEAD OF THE WORLD B2. The general Marius reformed the army by allowing homeless and poor Romans to serve in the legions. By what capital Latin term were these poor known? CAPITE CENSĪ 2. We’re back at Cinema Romana, What movie would the Romans have called “Erit Sanguis”? THERE WILL BE BLOOD B1. What movie would they refer to as "Nulla Patria Sēnibus"? NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN B2. What movie would they call “Oratiō Rēgis”? THE KING’S SPEECH 3. Give the correct form of the infinitive in this sentence: "Titus says that he is happy with the new arrangements." B1. What would the infinitive be if the sentence began, “Titus says that he was happy…” B2. In that same sentence, how would you translate “he” 4. Who was Octavian’s general at the Battle of Actium? B1. In what year was the Battle of Actium? B2. Actium is off the coast of what country? ESSE FUISSE SĒ Marcus Vipsanius AGRIPPA 31 BC GREECE 5. A plague in 293 BC convinced the Romans to adopt the cult of which god who shares the nickname Paean, meaning “healer,” with his father Apollo. ASCLEPIUS/AESCULAPIUS B1. Where in Rome was Aesculapius' temple? TIBER ISLAND B2. Asclepius learned his medicinal skills from what centaur famous for his teaching? CHIRON 6. Which member of the first triumvirate died first, at the hands of the Parthians at Carrhae? M. Licinius CRASSUS B1. Over what province did Caesar become governor after his consulship of 59 BC? GAUL B2. In a previous round, we hear that Pompey married Caesar’s daughter Julia to cement his partnership in the first triumvirate. Since history has a way of repeating itself, whom did Antony marry in order to ally himself with Octavian as part of the second triumvirate? OCTAVIA 7. Distinguish in meaning between tamen and tandem. TAMEN = HOWEVER; TANDEM = FINALLY B1. Distinguish in meaning between tam and tum? TAM = SO; TUM = THEN B2. Distinguish in meaning between quidem and quidam? QUIDEM = INDEED, IN FACT, AT LEAST, ALL RIGHT; QUIDAM = CERTAIN 8. "Sextus remained in Rome for seven days." Translate the time construction in that sentence into Latin: SEPTEM DIĒS B1. Now, translate the time construction in, “Sextus will be in Rome in three days.” TRIBUS DIĒBUS B2. Now, translate the time construction in, “Sextus will be in Rome on the third day.” TERTIŌ DIĒ 2011 LUPERCALIA CERTAMEN TOURNAMENT 9. What woman was the daughter of Helios, the sister of Pasiphae, lived on the island Aeaea, and turned Odysseus' men into pigs? CIRCE B1. Circe suggested one way back to Ithaca for Odysseus was between what two infamous dangers for sailors, a classical “rock and a hard place”? SCYLLA and CHARYBDIS B2. What body of water between Sicily and Italy, leading to the dispute that started the Punic Wars, does Vergil say is the location of the Scylla and Charydis in his Aeneid? STRAIT OF MESSINA 10. What subjunctive construction is found in this sentence: Agrippina timēbat nē necārētur. FEAR CLAUSE B1: Translate that sentence into Latin: AGRIPPINA FEARED/WAS FEARING THAT SHE WOULD BE KILLED/LEST SHE BE KILLED B2: Translate into English: “Nero timēbat ut Agrippina necārētur.” NERO WAS FEARING/FEARED THAT AGRIPPINA WOULD NOT BE KILLED. 11. What disaster befell southern Italy on August 24, 79 AD? B1. Who was the emperor when Vesuvius erupted and buried Pompeii? B2. What other disaster did Titus have to handle in his short reign? ERUPTION OF VESUVIUS TITUS Flavius Vespasianus a FIRE in Rome 12. Translate this Latin sentence into English: Poeta, auditus ā mē, poemam recitāvit. THE POET, HEARD BY ME, RECITED THE POEM. B1. Now, translate this sentence into Latin: “The poet, whom I heard, recited the poem.” POETA, QUEM ego AUDĪVĪ, POEMAM RECITĀVIT. B2. Finally, translate this into Latin: “I heard the poet reciting the poem.” Ego POETAM POEMAM RECITĀNTEM AUDĪVĪ. 13. What woman was so fleet on foot that she challenged her suitors to race her, but they were to lose their heads if she beat them? ATALANTA B1. Who defeated Atalanta? HIPPOMENES or MELANION B2. What goddess helped him by providing three gold apples? APHRODITE 14. What Latin verb and its meaning is at the root of our word “statistics”? B1. From what Latin noun and its meaning is “imperil” derived? B2. From what Latin noun and its meaning is “vitreous” derived? STĀRE = STAND PERICULUM = DANGER VITRUM = GLASS 15. What grammatical construction is used in the term, magnā cum laude? ABLATIVE OF MANNER B1. What construction is in Catō oppugnāvit magnīs tēlīs? ABLATIVE of MEANS (INSTRUMENT) B2. Say in Latin, "It was done by Marcus with great care." FACTUM EST Ā MARCŌ MAGNĀ (CUM) CURĀ 2011 LUPERCALIA CERTAMEN TOURNAMENT LOWER LEVEL FINAL ROUND 1. Give the Latin adjective derived from the word for “night” and meaning “of or occurring at night.” NOCTURNUS (< nox) B1. Give the Latin adjective derived from the word for “day” and meaning “of or occurring in the daytime.” DIURNUS (< diēs) B2. Give the Latin adjective derived from the word for “noon” or “midday” and meaning “of or occurring at noon.” MERIDIANUS (< meridiēs) 2. Quis ego sum? Sum filius Iapeti et hominēs ē lutō creāvī. PROMETHEUS B1. Quid erat nomen huius feminae? Vulcanus, iussū Iovis, ex lutō effigiem huius mulieris fecit. Deinde, haec femina in orbem terrārum omnia mala aperuit. PANDORA B2. Quid erat nomen fratris Prometheī? EPIMETHEUS 3. Give the perfect indicative active second-person plural form of the verb capiō. B1. Leaving the tense, voice, person and number the same, make cēpistis passive. B2. Now make captī estis pluperfect. 4. Who wore the tunica recta cinched with the knot of Hercules? B1. How many braids did she wear, parted with a spear? B2. Who helped her undress on her wedding night? CĒPISTIS CAPTĪ/AE/A ESTIS CAPTĪ ERĀTIS BRIDE SIX PRONUBA (accept univira) 5. Fāc ita ut iubeō. Ostende digitōs duōs dextrae manūs. (player shows TWO FINGERS OF RIGHT HAND) B1. Fācite ita ut iubeō. Ostendite digitum minimum sinistrae manūs. (ALL show the LITTLE FINGER OF THE LEFT HAND) B2. Fācite ita ut iubeō. Ostendite digitōs pollicēs ambōrum manuum. (ALL show the THUMBS OF BOTH HANDS) 6. What mute nymph could only reply to others and was unable to speak on her own? ECHO B1. Who took away Echo's normal speech? HERA (JUNO) B2. Echo fell in love with a vain youth, but when he did not return her love, she wasted away until only her voice remained. Who was this youth who also wasted away while admiring himself? NARCISSUS 7. On the first day of what month did the dancing priests of Mars Gradivus perform a war dance? It is the first day of the old calendar. MARCH B1: Who were these priests of Mars, whose name derives from their leaping about? SALIĪ B2: What object, said to have fallen from the heavens during the reign of Numa, was carried in solemn procession each March by the Saliī? SHIELD (ancile) 8. Whose head was represented on a coin issued by L. Plaetorius Cestianus which, on the reverse, showed a pilleus flanked by two pugiones and the legend EID MAR, referring of course to the Ides of March (the pilleus was a cap worn by manumitted slaves, and pugiones were daggers, so the coin celebrated the liberation of the Republic from the autocracy of C. Julius Caesar)? Marcus Junius BRUTUS B1. Where was a battle fought in which Brutus was defeated by M. Antonius late in the year 42 B.C.? PHILIPPI B2. Name the brother-in-law of Brutus who had been defeated by Octavian a few weeks earlier at Philippi. Gaius Cassius LONGINUS 2011 LUPERCALIA CERTAMEN TOURNAMENT 9. Translate the motto of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is Mens et manus. MIND AND HAND B1. Harvard's motto, Veritas, is probably not quite in the same spirit as this famous Roman quip, in vinō veritas. What is the meaning of this statement of veracity? IN WINE (THERE IS) TRUTH B2. Translate the motto of Barton College, Habēbunt Lumen Vitae. THEY WILL HAVE THE LIGHT OF LIFE 10. Give the sweet-toothed Latin noun and its meaning at the root of the English adjective “mellifluous.” MEL, mellis = HONEY B1. Now, give the Latin verb and its meaning that forms the other part of “mellifluous.” FLUŌ, FLUERE = TO FLOW B2. What English adjective, also from fluere, relates to one’s ability to speak a language well. FLUENT 11. Translate the following sentence into English: Senator, orationem audiēns, in Curiā sedet. THE SENATOR, LISTENING TO THE SPEECH, IS SITTING IN THE CURIA. B1. Now, give the Latin sentence so that it translates, “The Senator, sitting in the Curia, is listening to the speech.” SENATOR, IN CURIĀ SEDĒNS, ORATIONEM AUDIT. B1. Now, give the same sentence, but make the subject plural. SENATORĒS, IN CURIĀ SEDĒNTĒS, ORATIONEM AUDIUNT. 12. Give the proper Latin relative pronoun that would be found in the following sentence: “I want to see the man who can conquer Rome.” QUĪ B1. Give the relative pronoun found in this sentence: “I want to see the girl with whom the man can conquer Rome.” cum QUĀ/QUĀCUM B2. Give the plural for the answers to the toss-up question (quī) and the first bonus question (quā). QUĪ; QUIBUS 13. Let’s take in one more showing at Cinema Romana. What movie would the Romans know as Rītus? THE RITE B1. How about the movie Contubernālis? THE ROOMMATE B2. Our last stop at the Cinema Romana is to see an older movie, what would we call Eques Obscurus? THE DARK KNIGHT 14. What Etruscan was driven out of Rome because his son raped the wife of a Roman nobleman? TARQUINIUS SUPERBUS B1. What was his son’s name? SEXTUS TARQUINIUS B2. What was the name of the wife raped by Sextus? LUCRETIA 15. Complete the following analogy concerning adjectives and their respective interrogatives: tantus is to quantus as tot is to what ? QUOT B1. Now, complete this one: talis is to qualis as inde is to what? UNDE B2. Finally, this one: ibi is to ubi as eō is to what? QUŌ 16. Sometimes called Argeiphontes, what god wore the petasus, talaria, and carried a caduceus? HERMES (MERCURY) B1. What instrument did Hermes invent when he was just one day old? LYRE B2. From whom did Hermes steal cattle on that very same day? APOLLO 2011 LUPERCALIA CERTAMEN TOURNAMENT 17. What is the modern name for the river Rhenus, over which Caesar built bridges in 55 and 53 B.C. to impress the Germans? RHINE B1. What is the modern name for the Albis, the river that from A.D. 5 to the clades Variana in A.D. 9 was the eastern boundary of the province of Germania? ELBE B2. What is the Latin name for the river Danube? DANUVIUS 18. Agnoscō veteris vestigia flammae. Who thus confesses to her sister Anna her feelings of love for a Trojan refugee at the beginning of Book 4 of Vergil’s Aeneid? DIDO B1. Who was Dido’s “old flame,” who was treacherously murdered by her greedy brother? SYCHAEUS B2. Name Dido’s brother. PYGMALION 19. Name this daughter of Priam and first wife of Aeneas. B1. With what Carthaginian woman did Aeneas fall in love? B2. Whom did Aeneas eventually marry when he came to Italy? CREUSA DIDO LAVINIA 20. Who, according to Sophocles, was brought to Troy from Scyros by Odysseus and Phoenix because an oracle had said that Troy could not be captured without his help? One of his names is Pyrrhus, but his other name is Greek for “new soldier.” NEOPTOLEMUS (accept Pyrrhus if response precedes that portion of the question) B1. Who was the father of Neoptolemus? ACHILLES B2. Name the daughter of Priam who, according to Euripides, was sacrificed by Neoptolemus at the bidding of Achilles’ ghost? POLYXENA