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2007 Northeast Certamen Latin I Flashcards

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TU: From what Latin noun do we derive “puerile?”
B1: From what Latin noun do we derive “astronaut?”
B2: From what Latin noun do we derive “peculiar?”

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TU: PUER
B1: NAUTA
B2: PECUNIA

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TU: Name the Roman emperors who came immediately before and after Caligula.
B1: …before and after Vitelleus.
B2: …before and after Hadrian.

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TU: TIBERIUS & CLAUDIUS
B1: OTHO & VESPASIAN
B2: TRAJAN & ANTONINUS PIUS

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TU: Translate the Latin phrase “exemplī gratiā
B1: What is the Latin phrase for “something for something?”
B2: What is the English and Latin for the abbreviation N.B.?

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TU: FOR THE SAKE OF AN EXAMPLE
B1: QUID PRO QUO
B2: NOTA BENE / NOTE WELL

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TU: To which Greek goddess was the myrtle tree sacred?
B1: Aphrodite’s most common birth is said to be from the sea foam, however there is another
version that says she is the daughter of Zeus and which deity?
B2: What lame god of fire is said to be the husband of Aphrodite?

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TU: APHRODITE
B1: DIONE
B2: HEPHAESTUS

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TU: What case is used to show Possession?
B1: Give the case and use of Marcus in the following sentence: Amica Marco librum dat?
B2: Translate that sentence.

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TU: GENITIVE
B1: DATIVE, INDIRECT OBJECT
B2: THE FRIEND GIVES A BOOK TO MARCUS

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TU: What is the name for the master’s study in a house?
B1: In that room were the imagines, what were they?
B2: In the main room of the house, the atrium, was a hole in the ceiling and a basin in the floor
to catch rain water, name these two things.

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TU: TABLINUM
B1: WAX BUSTS OF ANCESTORS
B2: COMPLUVIUM & IMPLUVIUM

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TU: After being overthrown by his son, Jupiter, to which place did Saturn flee?
B1: Which Titan’s name means Memory?
B2: Which of the Titans was the father of Atlas and Prometheus?

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TU: ITALY
B1: MNEMOSYNE
B2: IAPETUS

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TU: What is the meaning of the latin noun silva?
B1: Make silva accusative
B2: Change silvam to the plural.

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TU: FOREST
B1: SILVAM
B2: SILVAS

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TU: From what Latin verb with what meaning do we derive “announce” and “renounce?”
B1: From what Latin verb with what meaning do we derive “respect?”
B2: From what Latin verb with what meaning do we derive “interrogate?”

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TU: NUNTIO-REPORT
B1: SPECTO-WATCH
B2: ROGO-ASK

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TU: What Roman king of Etruscan origin was deposed in 510 B.C.?
B1: For both “bonī,” tell us the names first two consuls of the Roman Republic.
B2:

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TU: TARQUINIUS SUPERBUS
B1: (L. IUNIUS) BRUTUS & (L. TARQUINIUS) COLLATINUS
B2:

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TU: Translate: Ubi est tuus filius?
B1: Translate: Amicus meus in foro manebat.
B2: Translate: Agricola in villa cum familia habitabat.

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TU: WHERE IS YOUR SON?
B1: MY FRIEND REMAINED/STAYED IN THE FORUM
B2: THE FARMER LIVED IN THE FARMHOUSE WITH (HIS) FAMILY

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TU: Who wore the Toga Candida?
B1: Who wore the tunica recta?
B2: Who wore the toga picta?

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TU: CANDIDATES
B1: BRIDE
B2: VICTORIOUS GENERALS

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TU: Give an antonym of ante.
B1: Give an antonym of ad.
B2: Give an antonym of cum.

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TU: POST
B1: AB
B2: SINE

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TU: Which goddess, daughter of Saturn and Ops, was brought up by Tethys and Oceanus?
B1: One of Juno’s daughters aided in the delay of Heracles’ birth, who was this
goddess of childbirth?
B2: Name two animals that were sacred to Juno?

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TU: JUNO
B1: EILEITHYIA (ILITHYIA)
B2: COW & PEACOCK

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TU: What important Roman political organization was formed by Caesar, Pompey,
and Crassus in 60 B.C.?
B1: Which member of this triumvirate died at the battle of Carrhae in 53 B.C.?
B2: Who were the members of the Second Triumvirate?

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TU: FIRST TRIUMVIRATE
B1: CRASSUS
B2: OCTAVIAN, MARK ANTONY, & LEPIDUS

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TU: Give the Latin motto for Yale University.
B1: …for Johns Hopkins University.
B2: …for the University of Florida.

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TU: LUX ET VERITAS
B1: VERITAS VOS LIBERABIT
B2: CIVIUM IN MORIBUS REI PUBLICAE SALUS

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TU: What Roman emperor defeated his main rival at the Mulvian Bridge in A.D. 312?
B1: What Latin phrase, reportedly revealed to Constantine in a dream by God, told him
that he would win the battle.
B2: To what eastern city did Constantine move the capitol of Rome?

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TU: CONSTANTINE
B1: IN HOC SIGNO VINCES
B2: CONSTANTINOPLE / BYZANTIUM

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TU: What son of Poseidon and Amphitrite is the “Trumpeter of the Seas?”
B1: Why is he given this name?
B2: To what group of sea nymphs does Amphitrite belong?

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TU: TRITON
B1: HE CONTROLS THE SEAS USING HIS CONCH SHELL
B2: NEREIDS

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TU: From what latin noun do we derive “equine?”
B1: From what latin noun de we derive “aquiline?”
B2: From what latin noun do we derive “asinine?”

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TU: EQUUS
B1: AQUILA
B2: ASINUS

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TU: Differentiate in meaning between liber and līber.
B1: …between cēna and cura
B2: …between officium and oppidum

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TU: LIBER- BOOK, LĪBER-FREE
B1: CENA-DINNER, CURA-CARE
B2: OFFICIUM-OFFICE, OPPIDUM-TOWN

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TU: To what category do the following belong: coemptio, confarreatio, and usus?
B1: What was the color of a bride’s veil?
B2: What did a bride dedicate to her Lar on the eve of her wedding?

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TU: MARRIAGES
B1: SAFRON
B2: BULLA

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TU:What Roman farmer-patriot left his plow to defeat the Aequians in 458 B.C.?
B1: What Roman patriot thrust his right hand into a fire in order to defy the Etruscan king
Lars Porsenna?
B2: What Roman patriot fufilled his promise to return to his Carthaginian captors although
it meant certain death?

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TU: CINCINNATUS
B1: (MUCIUS) SCAEVOLA
B2: REGULUS

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TU: Which of these nouns does not belong by case: pueri ,equōrum, dono, and auxiliī?
B1: Which word does not belong by declension: ager, campus, regnum, fabula?
B2: Which word does not belong by meaning: luna, castra, caelum, and stella?

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TU: DONO
B1: FABULA
B2: CASTRA

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TU: What is the meaning of the Latin word iniuria?
B1: …incito
B2: …occupo

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TU: WRONG, INJUSTICE
B1: AROUSE, URGE ON
B2: SEIZE

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TU: To which mythological group do the following belong: Thalia, Aglaia, and Euphrosyne?
B1: Who are the parents of the Graces?
B2: According to Homer, what god is the husband of Aglaia?

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TU: GRACES
B1: ZEUS AND EURYNOME
B2: HEPHAESTUS

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TU: Which Greek hero discovered his identity after he removed a sword and a pair of
sandals from underneath a rock?
B1: On his journey to Athens Theseus encountered many bandits. Which of these bandits
punished their victims by using various beds?
B2: Which of these bandits killed travelers by tying them to pine trees?

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TU: THESEUS
B1: PROCRUSTES
B2: SINIS

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TU: What Roman emperor, preceded by his father and suceeded by his brother, ruled from
A.D. 79-81.
B1: What natural disaster occured on August 24th A.D. 79 during the reign of Titus?
B2: What famous Roman building was dedicated by Titus in A.D. 80?

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TU: TITUS
B1: THE ERUPTION OF MT. VESUVIUS
B2: COLOSSEUM

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TU: What is gramatucally unusual about scriba, incola, agricola, nauta
B1: Name another first declension masculine noun.
B2: Name another.

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TU: THEY ARE ALL MASCULINE, BUT ARE 1ST DECLENSON
B1: PIRATA, POETA, AURIGA
B2: SEE ABOVE

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TU: On what day was a child given his Roman name?
B1: How many days after birth is the dies lustricus?
B2: What was a child called before this day?

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TU: DIES LUSTRICUS
B1: NINE / EIGHT
B2: PUPUS / PUPA

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TU: What derivative of the Latin word bellum is “a fight between two people?”
B1: What derivative of bellum means “aggressive” or “hostile?”
B2: What derivative of bellum means “to revolt or rise against?”

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TU: DUEL
B1: BELLICOSE / BELLIGERENT
B2: REBEL

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TU: What pair of tribune reformers introduced various measures of agrarian and social reform
during the 2nd century B.C.?
B1: What mother of the Gracchi lovingly called them “her jewels”?
B2: How were the Gracchi related to Scipio Africanus?

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TU: THE GRACCHI
B1: CORNELIA
B2: GRANDSONS

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TU: What Greek musician lost his wife, Eurydice, on the night of their wedding?
B1: How did Eurydice die?
B2: How did Orpheus make it into the Underworld, past Cerberus?

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TU: ORPHEUS
B1: BITTEN BY A SNAKE
B2: HE PLAYED HIS LYRE AND CERBERUS FELL ASLEEP

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TU: What was the name of the slave who accompanied a child to and from school?
B1: Who was the slave who cooked meals?
B2: What was a runaway slave called?

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TU: PAEDAGOGUS
B1: COQUUS
B2: FUGITIVUS

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TU: Translate: Lucius multōs amīcōs in viā vidēbat.
B1: Translate: Verba puellae erant clara.
B2: Translate: Servus dominum dē perīculō monēbit.

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TU: LUCIUS SAW MANY FRIENDS IN THE ROAD
B1: THE GIRL’S WORDS WERE CLEAR
B2: THE SLAVE WILL WARN THE MASTER ABOUT THE DANGER

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TU: What is the meaning of the Latin adjective vērus?
B1: What is the meaning of the Latin adjective īrātus?
B2: What is the meaning of the Latin adjective inimicus?

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TU: TRUE
B1: ANGRY
B2: UNFRIENDLY

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TU: Give the Latin motto for the state of Maine.
B1: …for the state of Michigan.
B2: Translate that motto.

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TU: DIRIGO
B1: SI QUAERIS PAENINSULAM AMOENAM CIRCUMSPICE
B2: IF YOU SEEK A PLEASANT PENISULA LOOK ABOUT YOU

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TU: Which case in Latin is used for Direct Address?
B1: Give the vocative of the phrase mea puella.
B2: Give the vocative of the phrase carus amīcus

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TU: VOCATIVE
B1: MEA PUELLA
B2: CARE AMICE

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TU: To which mythological group do Enyo, Pemphredo, and Deino belong, all of whom shared one eye and one tooth?
B1: What famous Greek hero came to them for help?
B2: How did Perseus finally get them to help him?

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TU: GRAEAE/GRAIAE
B1: PERSEUS
B2: HE STOLE THEIR EYE

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TU: Give the principal parts of the Latin verb vocō
B1: …of the Latin verb sum.
B2: …of the Latin verb do.

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TU: VOCO, VOCARE, VOCAVI, VOCATUM
B1: SUM, ESSE, FUI, FUTURUM
B2: DO, DARE, DEDI, DATUM

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TU: By what collective name are Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Antoninus Pius, and Marcus
Aurelius known?
B1: By what collective name are Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, and Nero
known?
B2: By what collective name are Septimius Severus, Caracalla, Elagabalus, and Alexander Severus known?

A

TU: FIVE GOOD EMPERORS
B1: JULIO-CLAUDIANS
B2: SEVERAN EMPERORS / DYNASTY

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TU: What were the Roman baths called?
B1: In the baths, what was the frigidarium?
B2: What was the caldarium?

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TU: THERMAE / BALNEAE
B1: ROOM WITH COLD WATER
B2: ROOM WITH HOT WATER

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TU: What lovely maiden is the wife of Cupid?
B1: For both boni name two of the tasks that Venus made Psyche perform and name the
thing that helped her in each one.
B2:

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TU: PSYCHE
B1: 1)SORT A ROOMFUL OF GRAINS, ANTS HELPED HER, 2) GET WOOL FROM
MAN-KILLING SHEEP, HELPED BY A TALKING REED, 3) GET WATER FROM THE
STYX, HELPED BY AN EAGLE, 4) BRING A BOX OF PERSEPHONE’S BEAUTY
OINTMENT, HELPED BY A TALKING TOWER.
B2:

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TU: Give the Latin and English for the abbreviation rx.
B1: …for the abbreviation R.I.P.
B2: …for the abbreviation pro tem.

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TU: RECIPE, TAKE (AS DIRECTED)
B1: REQUIESCIT IN PACE / MAY HE/SHE REST IN PEACE
B2: PRO TEMPORE / FOR THE TIME BEING

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TU: What king of Epirus agreed to aid the city of Tarentum against the Romans in 280 B.C.?
B1: Where did Pyrrhus defeat the Romans in 280 B.C.?
B2: Where did the Romans defeat Pyrrhus in 275 B.C.

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TU: PYRRHUS
B1: HERACLEA
B2: BENEVENTUM

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TU: Change the phrase malum bellum to the accusative plural.
B1: Change mala bella to the genitive
B2: Change malorum bellorum to the ablative singular.

A

TU: MALA BELLA
B1: MALORUM BELLORUM
B2: MALO BELLO

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TU: Who held the title of dictator perpetuus when he was assasinated on the Ides of March
44 B.C.?
B1: In what year did Caesar hold the consulship for the first time?
B2: What river in Italy did Caesar cross in January of 49 B.C., an act which led to
civil war in Rome?

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TU: JULIUS CAESAR
B1: 59 B.C.
B2: RUBICON

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TU: What hero in mythology was the son of Zeus and Alcmena?
B1: Who was Hercules’ twin brother whom he saved from snakes which were sent into
their craddle while the boys were babies?
B2: How did Zeus disguise himself when visiting Alcmena?

A

TU: HERCULES
B1: IPHICLES
B2: IN THE FORM OF HER HUSBAND (AMPHITRYON)

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TU: Complete the following grammatical analogy: sum: eram:: teneō:
B1: Complete this grammatical analogy: doceō: docuī:: stō
B2: Complete this grammatical analogy: est: erit:: habet:

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TU: TENEBAM
B1: STETI
B2: HABEBIT

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TU: What type of gladiator fought with a net and a trident?
B1: What type of gladiator fought with a helmet with impaired his vision?
B2: What type of gladiator fought from a chariot?

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TU: RETIARIUS
B1: ANDABATA
B2: ESSEDARIUS

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TU: Give the meaning of the Latin preposition sub.
B1: …of the Latin preposition per.
B2: …of the Latin preposition circum

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TU: UNDER
B1: THROUGH
B2: AROUND

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TU: What Latin phrase is used to designated an unwelcome person?
B1: What Latin phrase is used to indicate and illogical conclusion?
B2: What Latin phrase is used to say that something is done for the public good?

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TU: PERSONA NON GRATA
B1: NON SEQUITUR
B2: PRO BONO PUBLICO

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TU: In what year did the Germanic king Odoacer sack Rome ending the Western Roman
Empire?
B1: Who was the last Roman emperor in the West?
B2: Some historians argue that the Roman Empire effectively ended when it was
Christianized in the 4th century A.D. Who was the first Roman emperor to
accept Christianity?

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TU: 476 A.D.
B1: ROMULUS AUGUSTULUS
B2: CONSTANTINE

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TU: What youth died because he wanted to drive his father’s chariot across the sky?
B1: Who was Phaethon’s mother?
B2: How did Phaethon die?

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TU: PHAETHON
B1: CLYMENE
B2: STRUCK BY ZEUS’ THUNDERBOLD

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TU: Differentiate in meaning between the nouns regnum and regina
B1: …between novus and notus.
B2: …between the adjectives meus and malus.

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TU: REGNUM / KINGDOM, REGINA / QUEEN
B1: NOVUS / NEW, NOTUS, WELL-KNOWN
B2: MEUS / MY, MALUS / EVIL

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TU: In what three ways must an adjective agree with the noun it modifies?
B1: In what way must a subject agree with its verb?
B2: In what way must an appositive agree with the noun it modifies?

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TU: CASE, NUMBER, GENDER
B1: NUMBER
B2: CASE

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TU: Identify the use of the ablative case in the following sentence: Virī malī in hortō pulchrō
stabant.
B1: Translate that sentence.
B2: Say in Latin: The teacher teaches the students in school.

A

TU: PLACE WHERE
B1: THE BAD MEN WERE STANDING IN THE BEAUTIFUL GARDEN
B2: MAGISTER DISCIPULOS IN SCHOLA / LUDO DOCET

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TU: What disastrous defeat did the Romans suffer at the hands of the Gauls in 390 B.C.?
B1: What Roman general had captured the Etruscan city of Veii just six years prior
to the battle of Allia River?
B2: How long did the Romans fight to capture the city of Veii?

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TU: ALLIA RIVER
B1: CAMILLUS
B2: TEN YEARS

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TU: Which of the following, if any, is not derived from the same Latin root as the
others: “monument, admonish, permanent, monster”
B1: From what Latin verb, with what meaning, is “permanent” derived?
B2: From what Latin verb, with what meaning, are “monument” and “admonish”
derived?

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TU: PERMANENT
B1: MANEO / STAY
B2: MONEO / WARN

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TU: Where in ancient Rome could one find carceres, metae, and the spina?
B1: What were the carceres?
B2: After the reign of Domitian, how many factiones or racing companies were there in
Rome?

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TU: CIRCUS
B1: STARTING GATES
B2: SIX

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TU: Who am I? Born in Corinth to a woman named Eurynome, I grew to become famous
in mythology. One night, on the advice of the seer Polyidus, I slept in Athena’s
temple. There I was given a bridle with which I tamed the winged horse Pegasus.
B1: What monster, part lion, serpent, and goat, did Bellerophon kill with the help of
Pegasus?
B2: What king of Argos purified Bellerophon after he had murdered his brother?

A

TU: BELLEROPHON
B1: CHIMERA
B2: PROETUS

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TU: From what Latin adjective, with what meaning, do we derive “beautiful”?
B1: From what Latin noun, with what meaning, do we derive “sewer”?
B2: From what Latin adjective, with what meaning, do we derive “haughty” and the
musical instrument “oboe”?

A

TU: BONUS / GOOD
B1: AQUA / WATER
B2: ALTUS / HIGH, DEEP

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TU: Who was the second king of Rome?
B1: Numa was said to have been Sabine in origin, though he was not the first Sabine to rule
Rome. With what Sabine king did Romulus co-rule.
B2: Besides Numa and Titus Tatius what other king was said to be Sabine?

A

TU: NUMA POMPILIUS
B1: TITUS TATIUS
B2: ANCUS MARTIUS

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TU: Identify the use of the Ablative in the sentence “Clodia cibum carrō portabat.”
B1: Identify the use of the Ablative in the sentence “Vir ad forum cum suis filiīs
ambulabat.”
B2: Identify the use of the Ablative in the sentence “Suum amicum magnā cum
curā necabat.”

A

TU: MEANS
B1: ACCOMPANIMENT
B2: MANNER

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TU: Give the third person plural imperfect active indicative of gustō
B1: Give the same form for doceō.
B2: Translate docēbant.

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TU: GUSTABANT
B1: DOCEBANT
B2: THEY WERE TEACHING

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TU: In which city did Demeter stay while searching for her daughter Persephone?
B1: The queen of Eleusis was very kind to Demeter. Name this queen?
B2: What son of Metaneira did Demeter attempt to make immortal?

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TU: ELEUSIS
B1: METANEIRA
B2: DEMOPHOON

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TU: Who am I? I was born Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus. My mother, whom I eventually
killed during my reign as emperor, was Agripinna the Younger. Many critics
believe that I was bad ruler on account of the belief that I “fiddled while Rome
burned.”
B1: Give the years of Nero’s reign?
B2: How did Nero die?

A

TU: NERO
B1: A.D. 54-68
B2: SUICIDE

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TU: What Latin adverb means “there?”
B1: What Latin adverb means “afterwards?”
B2: What Latin adverb means “then?”

A

TU: IBI
B1: POSTEA
B2: TUM

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TU: Give the correct form for daughter in the following sentence “The queen’s
daughters were beautiful.”
B1: Give the correct form for daughter in this sentence “The man loved his daughter.”
B2: Give the correct form of daughter in this sentence “The farmer gave his daughters
money.”

A

TU: FILIAE
B1: FILIAM
B2: FILIABUS

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TU: What Roman building lies between the Palatine and the Aventine Hills?
B1: What type of event took place at the Circus Maximus?
B2: In what period of Roman History was the Circus Maximus built?

A

TU: CIRCUS MAXIMUS
B1: CHARIOT RACES
B2: MONARCHY

70
Q

TU: Name one of the three judges of the Underworld?
B1: For both bonī, name the other two.
B2:

A

TU: MINOS, AEACUS, AND RHADAMANTHUS
B1: SEE ABOVE
B2:

71
Q

TU: What did the big cat do when approached by the little dog?
B1: What was the dog’s reaction to the shouting cat?
B2: Responde Latine. Ubi canis manet?

A

TU: IT SHOUTED/BECAME SCARED
B1: IT BECAME SCARED/RAN OUT THE FORUM
B2: IN CASA (SUA) / DOMI

72
Q

TU: Who was Alcyone’s lover who died at sea?
B1: Who was Ceyx’s father?
B2: Into what were Ceyx and Alcyone transformed?

A

TU: CEYX
B1: LUCIFER/EOSPHOROS
B2: SEA BIRDS (KINGFISHERS)

73
Q

TU: Say in Latin “the great camp.”
B1: Change “castra magna” to the dative.
B2: Change “castris magnis” to the genitive.

A

TU: CASTRA MAGNA
B1: CASTRIS MAGNIS
B2: CASTRORUM MAGNORUM

74
Q

TU: Differentiate in meaning between poena and pugna.
B1: Differentiate in meaning between mando and monstro.
B2: Differentiate in meaning between praeda and probo.

A

TU: POENA-PUNISHMENT, PUGNA-FIGHT/BATTLE
B1: MANDO-ENTRUST, MONSTRO-SHOW
B2: PRAEDA-LOOT/BOOTY, PROBO-TEST/APPROVE/PROVE

75
Q

TU: What emperor established the Tetrarchy in A.D. 293 after being emperor for ten years?
B1: Who was Diocletian’s co-augustus?
B2: What emperor, hailed as Restitutor Orbis, ruled from A.D. 270-275?

A

TU: DIOCLETIAN
B1: MAXIMIAN
B2: AURELIAN

76
Q

TU: Complete this mythological analogy: Orpheus: Calliope:: Zeus:
B1: Daedalus: Icarus::_____: Phaethon.
B2: Helius: Hyperion:: Orpheus:_______.

A

TU: RHEA
B1: CLYMENE
B2: HELIUS/APOLLO
APOLLO

77
Q

TU: What political official had the power to veto laws?
B1: For how long did a tribune hold office?
B2: How many tribunes were elected annually?

A

TU: TRIBUNE
B1: ONE YEAR
B2: TEN

78
Q

TU: From what Latin noun, with what meaning, do we derive “envoy,” “obvious,”
“deviate,” and “trivial”?
B1: Which of those derivatives means “to stray”?
B2: Which of those derivatives means “insignificant”?

A

TU: VIA / ROAD, WAY, STREET
B1: DEVIATE
B2: TRIVIAL

79
Q

TU: Make the noun agricola agree with the adjective grātī.
B1: Make agricola agree with the adjective form gratōrum
B2: Give two forms of agricola that can agree with the adjective gratō.

A

TU: AGRICOLAE
B1: AGRICOLARUM
B2: AGRICOLĀ /AGRICOLAE

80
Q

TU: During which war did the following battles occur: Baecula, Ilipa, Campi Magni, Lake
Trasimene, Metaurus River, Ticinus River, Trebia River, Zama, and Cannae?
B1: Name three battles from the previous list that were Roman victories?
B2: In what year was Carthage finally sacked for good?

A

TU: SECOND PUNIC WAR
B1: ZAMA, BAECULA, CAMPI MAGNI, ILIPA, METAURUS RIVER
B2: 146 B.C.

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