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2010 Oak Hall Certamen Latin I Flashcards

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TU: What Greek god had an oracle at Delphi?
B1: What Greek god had an oracle at Dodona?
B2: How were the prophesies of Zeus revealed at Dodona?

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TU: Apollo
B1: Zeus
B2: The oak leaves

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TU: What Latin noun means island?
B1: What Latin noun means gate or door?
B2: What Latin noun means slave?

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TU: Insula
B1: Porta
B2: Servus

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TU: In what year did the Roman monarchy begin?
B1: How many kings ruled Rome?
B2: In what year did the monarchy end?

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TU: 753B.C.
B1: Seven
B2: 509/510B.C.

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TU: Translate the verb form amamus.
B1: Complete the following grammatical analogy: amo:amamus::laudo:
B2: Translate the following sentence into English: Poetam laudant.

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TU: We Love
B1: Laudamus
B2: They Praise The Poet

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TU: What was the main room of a Roman house?
B1: What was the dining room of a Roman house?
B2: What was the master’s study in the Roman house?

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TU: Atrium
B1: Triclinium
B2: Tablinum

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TU: What political alliance was formed by Caesar, Pompey, and Crassus?
B1: What political alliance was formed by Octavian, Antony, and Lepidus?
B2: What name did the Senate give to Octavian in 27 B.C.?

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TU: First Triumvirate
B1: Second Triumvirate
B2: Augustus

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TU:Change the noun fīlia to the nominative plural.
B1: Make fīliae gentive, keeping the same number.
B2: Make fīliārum accusative.

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TU: Filiae
B1: Filarum
B2: Filias

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TU:What king of the Titans was overthrown by Zeus?
B1: What is Cronus’ Latin name?
B2: To what land did Saturn flee and usher in a Golden Age?

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TU: Cronus
B1: Saturn
B2: Italy

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TU: What is the Latin motto of the state of Maine.
B1: Translate that motto.
B2: What state has the motto Excelsior?

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TU: Dirigo
B1: I point the way
B2: Higher/ Ever Upward

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TU: During the Roman Empire, where did gladiatorial combats take place?
B1: What famous structure, lying between the Palatine and Aventine, hosted chariot races?
B2: Rome was a city famous for having how many hills?

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TU: Colosseum
B1: Circus Maximus
B2: Seven

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TU: In what three ways must an adjective agree with the noun it modifies?
B1: How must a subject agree with its verb?
B2: Identify the case and use of agricola in the following sentence: Meus fīlius est agricola.

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TU: Case, Number, Gender
B1: Number
B2: Predicate Nominative

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TU: What series of wars did Rome fight against Carthage?
B1: How many Punic Wars were there?
B2: What Carthaginian general fought against Rome in the 2nd Punic War?

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TU: Punic Wars
B1: Three
B2: Hannibal

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TU: From what Latin noun, with what meaning, do we derive anniversary?
B1: From what Latin noun, with what meaning, do we derive library?
B2: From what Latin adjective, with what meaning, do we derive longevity?

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TU: Annus - Year
B1: Liber - Book
B2: Longus - Long

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TU: What god of wine is sometimes not considered one of the Olympian gods?
B1: Give Dionysus’ Roman counterpart.
B2: Which Theban woman was the mother of Dionysus?

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TU: Dionysus
B1: Bacchus/ Liber
B2: Semele

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TU: What case is used to show possession?
B1: What case is used for the direct object of a sentence?
B2: What case is used for the indirect object of a sentence?

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TU: Genitive (or Dative)
B1: Accusative
B2: Dative

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TU: What Latin abbreviation means “that is”?
B1: What Latin abbreviation means “in the same place”?
B2: What Latin abbreviation means “namely”?

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TU: I.E.
B1: IBID
B2: VIZ.

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TU: How many Muses where there?
B1: Who was the muse of tragedy?
B2: Who was the muse of comedy?

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TU: Nine
B1: Melpomene
B2: Thalia

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TU: Give the vocabulary entry for the Latin noun that means field.
B1: …for the Latin noun that means war.
B2: …for the Latin noun that means town.

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TU: AGER, AGRĪ, M
B1: BELLUM, BELLĪ, N
B2: OPPIDUM, OPPIDĪ, N

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TU: Which king of Rome was famous for bringing religious institutions to the city?
B1: Which king of Rome succeeded Numa?
B2: Which king of Rome was driven from the city in 510 B.C.?

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TU: Numa Pompilius
B1: Tullus Hostilius
B2: Tarquinius Superbus

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TU: What Latin verb, with what meaning, is at the root of the English words provide, preview, and vision?
B1: What derivative of videō means “not able to be seen”?
B2: What derivative of videō means “to offer suggestions or warnings to someone”?

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TU: Video - see
B1: Invisible
B2: Advise

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TU: How many consuls served at one time?
B1: How often were consuls elected?
B2: What offical could replace the consuls in times of public danger?

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TU: Two
B1: Annually
B2: Dicator

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TU: Translate the verb form monēbās.
B1: Change monēbās to the plural.
B2: Change monēbātis to the future.

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TU: You Were Warning
B1: Monebatis
B2: Monebitis

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TU: Which Titan held the world on his shoulders?
B1: Which Titan’s name means memory?
B2: Which Titan presided over justice?

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TU: Atlas
B1: Mnemoseny
B2: Themis

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TU: Who was Rome’s first Chrisitan emperor?
B1: Which Roman emperor established the Tetrarchy?
B2: How many emperors ruled in the Tetrarchy?

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TU: Constantine
B1: Diocletian
B2: Four

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TU: Differentiate in meaning between the adjectives latus and laetus.
B1: Differentiate in meaning between maneō and moneō.
B2: Differentiate in meaning between terreō and timeō.

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TU: Latus - Wide Laetus - Happy
B1: Maneo - Stay Moneo - Warn
B2: Terreo - To Frightten Timeo - To Fear

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TU: Translate the direct object in the following sentence into Latin: “We tell a story to the
girls.”
B1: Translate the indirect object in that sentence.
B2: Translate the entire sentence.

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TU: Fabulam
B1: Puellis
B2: Fabulam Puellis Narramus

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TU: What were Acheron, Cocytus, Lethe, Phlegethon, and Styx?
B1: Which was the river of forgetfulness?
B2: Which was the river of fire?

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TU: Rivers of the Underworld
B1: Lethe
B2: Phlegethon

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TU: What garment was worn by all Romans?
B1: What garment was assumed by a boy upon becoming a man?
B2: What garment was worn by brides?

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TU: Tunic/ Tunica
B1: Toga Virilis
B2: Tunica Recta

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TU: Which emperor is said to have fiddled while Rome burned?
B1: In what year did a great fire destroy much of Rome in Nero’s reign?
B2: What emperor preceded Nero?

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TU: Nero
B1: 64 A.D.
B2: Claudius

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TU: Say in Latin: “I love to sail.”
B1: Say in Latin: “I taught the sailors.”
B2: Say in Latin: “The farmer remains with a good friend.”

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TU: Amo navigare
B1: Nautas docebam
B2: Agricola cum bono amico manet

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TU: Translate: Puerne multās puellās amat?
B1: Translate: Cum servīs ignāvīs ambulābimus.
B2: Translate: Via ad casam erat longa.

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TU: Does the boy love many girls?
B1: We will walk with the lazy slaves
B2: The road to the house was long

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TU: Which hero in mythology slew the Gorgon Medusa?
B1: How was Medusa different from her Gorgon sisters?
B2: What three sisters of the Gorgons shared one eye and one tooth?

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TU: Perseus
B1: She was mortal
B2: The Graiae

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TU: What year was known as the “Year of the Four Emperors”?
B1: Name the four emperors of 69 A.D.
B2: What imperial dynasty succeeded these emperors?

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TU: 69 A.D.
B1: Galba, Otho, Vitelleus, Vespasian
B2: Flavian

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TU: Which of the following words is NOT derived from the same Latin root as the others: innovation, notation, novice, renovate?
B1: From what Latin adjective, with what meaning, do we derive notation?
B2: From what Latin adjective, with what meaning, do we derive the other words in the toss-up?

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TU: Notation
B1: Notus - well known
B2: Novus - New

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TU: What name was given to the dressing room in the baths?
B1: What was the palaestra?
B2: What did the Romans call the baths?

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TU: Apodyterium
B1: Exercise Area
B2: Thermae/ Balneae

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TU: Say in Latin: “Victory is mine.”
B1: Say in Latin: “It is bad to frighten little boys.”
B2: Say in Latin: “I always love to tell long stories.”

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TU: Victoria est mea
B1: Est malum terrere parvos pueros
B2: Fabulas longas narrare semper amo

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TU: What is the meaning of the Latin noun coquus?
B1: …signum?
B2: …caelum?

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TU: Cook
B1: Sign/ Signal
B2: Sky/ Heaven

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TU: What group of Roman Emperors ruled from 96 to 180 A.D.?
B1: Who was the first of the five good emperors?
B2: Who was the last?

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TU: Five Good Emperors
B1: Nerva
B2: Marcus Aurelius

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TU: In Roman mythology, who was deified as Quirinus?
B1: What were the Manes?
B2: What nymphs of song were the Roman equivalent of the Muses?

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TU: Romulus
B1: Spirits of the dead
B2: Camenae

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TU: In the sentence “Virī ad Italiam navigābant,” what is the case and use of virī?
B1: In the sentence “Nautae fīliam vidēmus,” what is the case and use of nautae?
B2: In the sentence, “In agrīs sunt,” what is the case and use of agrīs?

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TU: Nominative/ Subject
B1: Genitive of Possession
B2: Ablative of Place Where

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TU: What state has a Greek motto?
B1: Give the motto of California.
B2: Translate that motto.

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TU: California
B1: Eureka
B2: I have found it

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TU: What type of gladiator fought with a net and a trident?
B1: What type of gladiator fought blindfolded?
B2: What type of gladiator fought with a fish-crested helmet?

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TU: Retiarius
B1: Andabata
B2: Myrmillo

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TU: Who attempted to make the child Demophoon immortal by placing him in a fire?
B1: Who was Demophoon’s mother who snatched him from the flames?
B2: Who was the husband of Meteneira and father of Demophoon?

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TU: Demeter
B1: Meteneira
B2: Celeus

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TU: What famous Roman held the consulship 7 times?
B1: With what man did Marius fight the first civil war in Roman history?
B2: What two men fought Rome’s 2nd civil war?

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TU: Marius
B1: Sulla
B2: Caesar and Pompey

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TU: What case in Latin is used for direct address?
B1: Give the vocative of the word amīcus.
B2: Give the vocative of the name Tiberius.

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TU: Vocative
B1: Amice
B2: Tiberi

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TU: Translate the prepositional phrase in this sentence: “They flee out of the town.”
B1: What use of the ablative can be found in that sentence?
B2: Translate the prepositional phrase ad regna.

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TU: ex oppido
B1: place form which
B2: to/ toward the kingdoms

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TU: Who were the parents of the Titans?
B1: What children of Uranus and Gaea were one-eyed giants?
B2: What children of Uranus and Gaea had 50 heads and 100 hands?

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TU: Uranus and Gaea
B1: Cyclopes
B2: Hecatoncheires

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TU: From what Latin verb, with what meaning, do we derive documentary?
B1: What derivaitve of doceō means “subdued, calm, or teachable”?
B2: What derivative of doceō means “a belief or set of beliefs taught by a church, political party, or other group.”?

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TU: Doceo - teach
B1: Docile
B2: Doctrine

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TU: What were the turning post called in a Roman circus?
B1: What was the name of the wall which divided the race course?
B2: How many laps were in a chariot race?

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TU: Metae
B1: Spina
B2: Seven

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TU: Which Titan’s name means “forethought”?
B1: Which brother of Prometheus has a name meaning “afterthought”?
B2: What valuable element did Prometheus give to mankind?

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TU: Prometheus’
B1: Epimetheus
B2: Fire

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TU: What Latin expression means “seize the day”?
B1: What Latin expression means “beware of the dog”?
B2: What Latin expression means “word for word”?

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TU: Carpe Diem
B1: Cave Canem
B2: Verbatim

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TU: Provide the correct form of the linking verb in the following sentence: “I am very excited
to play certamen.”
B1: … “The poets were the best.”
B2: … “I want to be the best certamen player.”

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TU: Sum
B1: Erant
B2: Esse

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TU: Complete this analogy: Zeus : Jupiter :: Aphrodite :
B1: … Hermes : Mercury :: Hestia :
B2: … Which Olympian was called Cynthia?

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TU: Venus
B1: Vesta
B2: Artemis

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TU: What Roman single-handedly defended a bridge against an advancing Etruscan army?
B1: What Roman thrust his right hand into a fire in defiance of an Eturcscan king?
B2: Who was this Etruscan king?

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TU: Horatius (Cocles)
B1: (Mucius) Scaevola
B2: Lars Porsenna

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TU: Give an antonym of parvus.
B1: Give an antonym of ager.
B2: Give an antonym of ab.

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TU: Magnus
B1: Campus
B2: Ad

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TU: What Roman praenomen was abbreviated M.
B1: What Roman praenomen was abbreviated T.
B2: What Roman praenomen was abbreviated C.

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TU: Marcus
B1: Titus
B2: Gaius

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TU: Give the accusative singular of the phrase malus puer.
B1: Change malum puerum to the plural.
B2: Change malos pueros to the ablative.

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TU: Malum Puerum
B1: Malos Pueros
B2: Malis Pueris

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TU: What emperor ruled Rome from 14 to 37 A.D.?
B1: Of what imperial family was Tiberius a member?
B2: Give the years for the reign of the first Julio-Claudian emperor.

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TU: Tiberius
B1: Julio-Claudian
B2: 27 B.C. to 14 A.D.

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TU: What creatures in mythology were half-man and half-horse?
B1: What creatures in mythology were half-man and half-goat?
B2: What creature in mythology was half-man and half-bull?

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TU: Centaurs
B1: Satyrs
B2: The Minotaur

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TU: Give the Latin and English for the motto of Arkansas.
B1: Give the Latin and English for the motto of Wyoming.
B2: Give the Latin and English for the motto of Kansas.

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TU: Regnat populi - The people rule
B1: Cedant arma togae - Let arms yield to the toga
B2: Ad astra per aspera - To the stars through difficulties

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TU: What did the Romans call dinner?
B1: At the cēna, what was the gustus or gustatio?
B2: What did the Roman’s call the dessert?

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TU: Cena
B1: The appetizer
B2: Secunda Mensa

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TU: Translate: Iubēbam virōs manēre in regnō.
B1: In that sentence, what form of the verb is manēre?
B2: Translate: Dēbēmus esse bonī puerī puellaeque.

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TU: I ordered the men to stay in the kingdom
B1: Infinitive
B2: We ought to be good boys and girls

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TU: What goddess punished the nymph Echo by taking away her voice?
B1: Why was Juno angry with Echo?
B2: With what youth did Echo fall in love?

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TU: Juno/ Hera
B1: Decause Echo distracted her from Zeus’ affairs
B2: Narcissus

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TU: At what battle in 31 B.C. did Octavian defeat Mark Antony and Cleopatra?
B1: At what battle of 202 B.C. did the Romans defeat Hannibal?
B2: Who was the victorious Roman commander at Zama?

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TU: Actium
B1: Zama
B2: Scipio Africanus

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TU: From what Latin verb, with what meaning, are all of the following derived: enable, exhibition, and habilitate?
B1: What derivative of habeō means “the capacity to do something”?
B2: What English adjective, derived from haveo, means “done or doing constantly as a habit”?

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TU: Habeo - Have
B1: Ability
B2: Habitual

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TU: For the verb gustō, gustāre, give the 2nd person, plural, present active indicative.
B1: Change gustātis to the corresponding imperfect.
B2: Change gustābātis to the corresponding future.

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TU: Gustatis
B1: Gustabatis
B2: Gustabitis

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TU: What man, by using the clever ruse that his name was “no man,” was able to escape
from a cyclops on the island of Sicily?
B1: What was the cyclops’ name?
B2: With what nymph did the cyclops Polyphemus fall in love?

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TU: Odysseus
B1: Polyphemus
B2: Galatea

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TU: What foreign king answered a plea for help from the city of Tarentum and was the first
to use elephants against the Romans?
B1: Of what Greek city was Pyrrhus the king?
B2: Name one of the three battles which Pyrrhus fought against the Romans.

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TU: Pyrrhus
B1: Epirus
B2: Heraclea, Asculum, Beneventum

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TU: Give the Latin and English for the abbreviation cf.
B1: … A.U.C
B2: …M.D.

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TU: Confer - Compare
B1: Ab Urbe Condita - From the founding of the city
B2: Medicinae Doctor - Doctor of Medicine

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TU: Differentiate in meaning between poēta and poena.
B1: Differentiate in meaning between liber and līber.
B2: Differentiate in meaning between spectō and exspectō.

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TU: Poeta - Poet Poena - Punishment
B1: Liber - Book Liber - Free
B2: Specto - Watch Exspecto - Wait for

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TU: Who was known as the philosopher emperor?
B1: In what year did Marcus Aurelius die?
B2: Who succeeded Marcus Aurelius as emperor?

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TU: Marcus Aurelius
B1: 180 A.D.
B2: Commodus

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TU: What is the meaning of the Latin adverb semper?
B1: …of the Latin adverb saepe?
B2: …of the Latin adverb cras?

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TU: Always
B1: Often
B2: Tomorrow

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TU: In many ways school for us was not different from the ancient Romans. What did the Romans call a private elementary school?
B1: What did the Romans call an elementary school teacher?
B2: What slave accompanied children to school and carried their books?

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TU: Ludus
B1: Litterator/ Magister
B2: Paedagogus

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TU: What god accidentally killed Hyacinthus?
B1: How was Hyacinthus killed?
B2: According to one version of the story, which of the winds killed Hyacinthus out of jealousy?

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TU: Apollo
B1: With a discus
B2: Zephyr(us)

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TU: According to the Greeks, what black, formless mass existed in the beginning?
B1: Who were the two children of Chaos?
B2: Who was the child of Erebus & Nyx?

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TU: Chaos
B1: Erebus and Night (Nyx)
B2: Eros (Love)

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TU: Of the words invisible, advice, prudent, and vitality, which does not come from the same Latin root as the others?
B1: From what Latin noun, with what meaning, do we derive vitality?
B2: From what Latin verb, with what meaning, do we derive the rest of the words
in the toss-up?

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TU: Vitality
B1: Vita - Life
B2: Video - See

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TU: What Roman was assassinated on March 15, 44 B.C.?
B1: What office has Caesar assumed for life just one month prior to his assassination?
B2: What territory did Caesar conquer for Rome from 58-52 B.C.?

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TU: Julius Caesar
B1: Dictator
B2: Gaul

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Listen carefully to the following passage, which I will read twice, and answer in ENGLISH the question that follows: Olim erat ignavus puer. Puer in magnā casā habitābat. Quid familia puerī multam pecuniam habet, puer nōn laborābat. Amicus puerī amābat esse in magnā casā, sed nōn amābat esse cum puerō, quod puer erat malus amīcus.
TU: What did the boy’s family have much of?
B1: What did the boy’s friend like?
B2: Why did the friend not like being with the boy?

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TU: Money
B1: To be in the big house
B2: Because the boy was a bad friend

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TU: Give the Latin and English for the motto of the United States of America.
B1: Give the Latin and English for the motto of the U.S. Marine Corps.
B2: Give the Latin and English for the motto of the U.S. Coast Guard.

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TU: E Pluribus Unum - Out of many, one
B1: Semper Fidelis - Always Faithful
B2: Semper Paratus - Always Prepared

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TU: Which of the Graces is sometimes said to be the wife of Hephaestus?
B1: What is the meaning of Aglaia’s name?
B2: Name the other two Graces?

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TU: Aglaia
B1: Splendor
B2: Euphrosyne and Thalia

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