2006 Northeast Certamen Latin I Flashcards
TU: What great Roman general, born in 100 BC, defeated Pompey at the battle of Pharsalus?
B1: What member of the first triumvirate was killed at Carrhae?
B2: Give the exact date for the death of Caesar.
TU: JULIUS CAESAR
B1: CRASSUS
B2: MARCH 15, 44 BC
TU: Salus populi suprema lex esto is the motto of what state?
B1: Translate that motto.
B2: Give the Latin and English for the motto of the state of Michigan.
TU: MISSOURI
B1: THE WELFARE OF THE PEOPLE SHALL BE THE HIGHEST LAW
B2: SI QUAERIS PAENINSULAM AMOENAM CIRCUMSPICE, IF YOU SEEK A PLEASANT PENINSULA, LOOK ABOUT YOU
TU: Translate the verb in the sentence: Nautae ab Italiā navigāvērunt.
B1: What is the case and use of Italiā in that sentence? B2: Identify the ablative use in this sentence: Gaius gladiō pugnabit?
TU: THEY (HAVE) SAILED
B1: ABLATIVE / PLACE FROM WHICH
B2: MEANS
TU: Differentiate in meaning between liber and līber.
B1: Differentiate in meaning between terreo and timeo.
B2: Differentiate in meaning between praemium and proelium.
TU: LIBER, BOOK / LĪBER, FREE
B1: TERREO, FRIGHTEN / TIMEO, FEAR
B2: PRAEMIUM, REWARD / PROELIUM, BATTLE
TU: Where do Sisyphus, Tantalus, and the Danaids dwell?
B1: What was Sisyphus’ punishment in Tartarus?
B2: For what reason was Tantalus punished?
TU: TARTARUS / UNDERWORLD
B1: HE WAS FORCED TO CONTINUALLY ROLL A ROCK UP A HILL
B2: FOR FEEDING HIS SON (PELOPS) TO THE GODS
TU: What hung around a child’s neck in order to protect it from evil spirits?
B1: What was a child called before he or she was named?
B2: What is the child’s naming day called?
TU: BULLA
B1: PUPUS / PUPA
B2: DIES LUSTRICUS
TU: From what Latin verb, with what meaning, is “annouce” derived?
B1: From what Latin word is “sewer” derived?
B2: From what Latin noun is “envoy” derived?
TU: NUNTIO, REPORT
B1: AQUA
B2: VIA
TU: Who was said to have found Rome a city of brick and left it a city of marble?
B1: Give the years of Augustus’ reign as emperor.
B2: What imperial dynasty did Augustus found?
TU: AUGUSTUS
B1: 27 B.C. – A.D. 14
B2: JULIO-CLAUDIAN
TU: Say in Latin: The miserable man will be good.
B1: Say in Latin: The people are great.
B2: Say in Latin: The camp was wide.
TU: MISER VIR ERIT BONUS
B1: POPULUS EST MAGNUS
B2: CASTRA ERANT LATA
TU: What room in the Roman household was used as a dining room?
B1: How many people did the triclinium typically seat?
B2: What are the names of the hole in the roof of the atrium and the ditch that caught rain water that fell through this hole?
TU: TRICLINIUM
B1: NINE
B2: COMPLUVIUM & IMPLUVIUM
TU: Give the 2nd Person Plural Future Active Indicative of video.
B1: Change vidēbitis to the Perfect.
B2: Make vīdistis Future Perfect.
TU: VIDEBITIS
B1: VIDISTIS
B2: VIDERITIS
TU: What Greek hero was aided by Athena and Hermes in his quest to kill Medusa?
B1: What did Athena give to Hermes?
B2: Give the names of Medusa’s two sisters.
TU: PERSEUS
B1: A SWORD
B2: STHENO & EURYALE
TU: What woman would only marry the man who could beat her in a race?
B1: Who was this man who finally defeated her?
B2: What goddess aided Hippomenes in this victory?
TU: ATALANTA
B1: HIPPOMENES / MELANION
B2: VENUS / APHRODITE
TU: Give the correct form of “sons” in this sentence: We have given money to the sons of the farmers.
B1: Translate the entire sentence into Latin.
B2: Make filiīs agricolarum singular.
TU: FILIIS
B1: PECUNIAM FILIIS DEDIMUS
B2: FILIO AGRICOLAE
TU: Where did Rome win its first naval victory in 260 B.C.?
B1: Who was the victorious Roman commander at Mylae?
B2: How did the Romans honor Duilius for this victory.
TU: MYLAE
B1: C. DUILIUS
B2: THEY ERECTED A COLUMN IN THE FORUM
TU: You have all survived the first round. Congratulations! Give the Latin adjective from which we derive “congratulations.”
B1: Derivatives questions are usually easier than they appear. Give the Latin preposition from which “derivative” is derived.
B2: From what Latin verb, with what meaning, do we derive “interrogate”?
TU: GRATUS
B1: DE
B2: ROGO, ASK
TU: The islands Cythera and Cyprus were sacred to what greek goddess whose name means “foam-born”?
B1: Who was sometimes said to be the mother of Aphrodite?
B2: Who was usually said to be Aphrodite’s husband?
TU: APHRODITE
B1: DIONE
B2: HEPHAESTUS
TU: What part of a Roman meal was called gustus?
B1: Give another name for the appetizer?
B2: What was the dessert course called?
TU: THE APPETIZER
B1: ANTECENA / GUSTATIO / PROMULSIS
B2: SECUNDA MENSA
TU: Give the Latin and English for the motto of Yale University.
B1: …for the motto of Brown University.
B2: …for the motto of John’s Hopkins University.
TU: LUX ET VERITAS, LIGHT AND TRUTH
B1: IN DEO SPERAMUS, IN GOD WE TRUST
B2: VERITAS VOS LIBERABIT, THE TRUTH SHALL SET YOU FREE
TU: List, in order, the first five kings of Rome.
B1: During the reign of which king did Rome conquer Alba Longa?
B2: Which of the first five kings was Etruscan?
TU: ROMULUS, NUMA POMPILIUS, TULLUS HOSTILIUS, ANCUS MARCIUS, TARQUINIUS PRISCUS
B1: TULLUS HOSTILIUS
B2: TARQUINIUS PRISCUS
TU: Who was punished by the gods for stealing fire by being chained to a mountain and having an eagle peck at his liver?
B1: To what mountain was he bound?
B2: Who finally rescued Prometheus?
TU: PROMETHEUS
B1: CAUCASUS
B2: HERACLES / HERCULES
TU: Translate: Proserpina used to dwell under the earth.
B1: Translate: Poet, tell a story to your daughters!
B2: Translate: The man had saved his son.
TU: PROSERPINA SUB TERRA HABITABAT
B1: NARRA, POETA, FABULAM FILIABUS
B2: VIR FILIUM SERVAVERAT
TU: What Roman emperor launched an invasion of Britain in A.D. 43
B1: What earlier emperor had ordered an invasion of Britain, but then asked his soldiers to fill their helmets with pebbles and return to Rome?
B2: What popular general was the father of Caligula and brother of Claudius?
TU: CLAUDIUS
B1: CALIGULA
B2: GERMANICUS
TU: Give the dictionary entry for the Latin noun meaning “punishment.”
B1: Give the dictionary entry for the adjective which means “bad” or “evil.”
B2: Give the dictionary entry for 2nd declension word meaning “rock.”
TU: POENA, POENAE, F,
B1: MALUS, A, UM
B2: SAXUM, I, N
TU: Many kinds of animals were eaten by the Romans, but what was the favorite meat of the Romans?
B1: What animal was rejected by wealthy Romans and only eaten by the poor?
B2: Which of the following was unknown to the Romans: the cherry, the orange, the apple, or the date?
TU: PORK/BEEF
B1: GOAT
B2: ORANGE
TU: Who was the first of the Flavian emperors?
B1: What son of Vespasian was responsible for the sack of Jerusalem in A.D. 70?
B2: Who was the last of the Flavian emperors, and in what year did he die?
TU: VESPASIAN
B1: TITUS
B2: DOMITIAN, A.D. 96
TU: What is the meaning of the Latin adverb mox?
B1: …of the Latin conjunction enim?
B2: …of the Latin conjunction quod?
TU: SOON
B1: FOR
B2: BECAUSE
TU: What fruit changed its color from white to scarlet after the deaths of Pyramus and his beloved?
B1: Who was the beloved of Pyramus?
B2: The story of Pyramus and Thisbe was used by Shakespeare in his Midsummer Night’s Dream. It is also the basis of the tale told in what Shakespearean tragedy of star-crossed lovers?
TU: MULBERRY
B1: THISBE
B2: ROMEO & JULIET
TU: In the sentence, “I have read many books,” translate “many books.”
B1: In the sentence, “I long to be free, “ said Zenobia” translate “free” into Latin.
B2: Zenobia had revolted against Roman rule to guarantee the right of her son to rule. Mothers will do amazing things for their children. Translate “for childen” into Latin.
TU: MULTOS LIBROS
B1: LIBERA
B2: LIBERIS
TU: What English verb, derived from spectō, spectāre, literally means “to look around”?
B1: What English verb, derived from spectō, spectāre, literally means “to look under”?
B2: What English verb, derived from spectō, spectāre, literally means “to look back”
TU: CIRCUMSPECT
B1: SUSPECT
B2: RESPECT
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