Certamen Set 1
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- What is the first person singular pluperfect active indicative of "amo"?
- amaveram
- How can amaveram be translated into English?
- I had loved, I had been loving
- Give the future perfect form of amaveram, keeping person, mood and voice the same
- amavero
- What prominent Roman, a contemporary of Julius Caesar, was married to Terentia? (Marcus Tullius)
- Cicero
- What is the meaning of the Latin word "cicero"?
- Chickpea
- In what year did Cicero die?
- 43 B.C.
- In the sentence "deo volente, Brutus mox aderit" what is the name for the construction "deo volente"?
- Ablative absolute
- What form of participle is "volente" in the sentence "deo volente, Brutus mox aderit"? (give tense and voice)
- present active
- Change "volente" to the plural, keeping the case the same.
- volentibus
- Name the muse of empic poetry.
- Calliope
- Of what was Thalia the muse?
- comedy
- Who was the mother of the Muses?
- Mnemosyne
- What poetic device is illustrated by the words "magno cum murmure montis"?
- Alliteration or onomatopoeia
- The words "magno cum murmure montis" come from the Aeneid. What is the name for the meter of that poem?
- Dactylic hexameter
- Give the full name of the poet of the Aeneid.
- Publius Virgilius Naso
- What Roman writer, renowned for his letters, witnessed the destruction of Pompeii?
- Pliny the Younger
- In what year did the destruction of Pompeii occur?
- 79 A.D.
- Name the famous volcano on the island of Sicily.
- Mt. Etna
- Who wrote a poem beginning "vivamus, mea Lesbia, atque amemus"?
- Catullus
- In what meter is the poem beginning "vivamus, mea Lesbia, atque amemus" written?
- Hendecasyllabics
- Give the person, tense and mood of "vivamus."
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First person plural
Present
Subjunctive - What is the genitive singular of "mater bona"?
- matris bonae
- What English word meaning "motherly" comes from mater?
- maternal
- What legal Latin expression means "in good faith"?
- bona fide
- Name Hercules' first wife.
- Megara
- What terrible fate befell Hercules's first wife?
- Hercules killed her in a fit of madness.
- Who was the second wife of Hercules.
- Deianeira
- Translate into Latin: The bad sailor sleeps.
- nauta malus dormit (in any order)
- Give the imperfect of "dormit" (same person, mood)
- dormiebat
- How would you say "Let us sleep" in Latin?
- dormiamus
- What culinary delights were called "glires" in Latin?
- dormice
- What Latin noun is the root of "culinary" and what does the noun mean?
- culina, kitchen
- What would be the genitive of "glires"?
- glirum
- Give the perfect passive participle (masculine singular) of audio.
- auditus
- How would you translate "vox magistri auditus erat"?
- The teacher's voice (the voice of the teacher) had been heard.
- How would you give this command in Latin: "Listen, Claudius!"
- audi, Claudi!
- What was the name of the man who got into the rites of the Good Goddess disguised as a woman?
- Clodius Pulcher
- At whose house did Clodius Pulcher get into the rites of the Good Goddess disguised as a woman?
- Julius Caesar's
- Caesar famously divorced his wife after Clodius Pulcher's trick. Whom did Caesar marry next?
- Calpurnia
- What is the meaning of the expression "ceteris paribus"?
- Other things being equal
- Which of the following numbers might be described as "par"? tres, quinque, octo?
- octo (par meaning even)
- Express in Roman numerals 689.
- DCLXXXIX
- Translate into Latin: we use swords
- gladiis utimur
- Change "gladiis utimur" to "we can use swords"
- gladiis uti possumus
- Change "gladiis uti possumus" to the future.
- gladiis uti poterimus
- What was the name of Dido's first husband?
- Sychaeus
- Who killed Dido's first husband?
- Her brother/Pygmalion
- What was the name of Dido's sister?
- Anna
- Which emperor succeeded Tiberius?
- Caligula (Gaius)
- What does the nickname Caligula mean?
- "Little boots"
- What was the name of Caligula's favorite racehorse?
- Incitatus
- What is the name of the official who interprets the entrails of birds?
- haruspex
- On what hill were the Sacred Geese kept?
- Capitoline
- The Sacred Geese achieved their status originally by warning the city of attackers. Who were those attackers?
- Gauls
- St. Augustine heard the voice of a child saying "Tolle, lege." What does that mean?
- Pick up and read/pick it up and read it
- What are the principle parts of tollo?
- tollo, tollere, sustuli, sublatum/us
- What is the gerundive (future passive participle) of tollo? (give the nominative singular masculine)
- tollendus
- What is the meaning of Carthago delenda est?
- Carthage should be destroyed/ought to be destroyed, is to be destroyed
- Who said Carthago delenda est?
- (Marcus) Cato (the Elder)
- When was Carthage destroyed as Cato had demanded?
- 146 B.C.