2011 Oak Hall Certamen Latin Advanced Round 2 Flashcards
TU: Where would an ancient Roman have heard the cry of “talassio!”?
B1: Romans would most likely have heard this at a confarreatio. How many witnesses would have been required for this event?
B2: What name was given to the young boy at the confarreatio who carried the cumera?
TU: At a wedding
B1: Ten
B2: Camillus
TU: Give the perfect passive infinitive of sciō.
B1: Change scītum esse to the active.
B2: Change scīvisse to the future.
TU: Scītum esse
B1: Scīvisse
B2: Scīturum esse
TU: Complete the following analogy: Lucretius : Dē Rerum Naturā :: Livy :
B1: What event, occuring in 9 B.C., is the last recorded event in Livy’s history?
B2: How many books comprise Livy’s monumental history?
TU: Ab Urbe Condita
B1: The death of Drusus
B2: 142
TU: What minor sea god, who became a parton of sailors, rejected the love of Circe?
B1: Circe, in turn, transformed what love of Glaucus into a sea monster?
B2: Glaucus had been transformed into a sea god after doing what?
TU: Glaucus
B1: Scylla
B2: Eating an herb/plant
TU: What emperor of Rome was captured by the Parthians in the 3rd century?
B1: What Persian king captured Valerian?
B2: Who succeeded Valerian as emperor?
TU: Valerian
B1: Shapur (I)
B2: Gallienus
TU: Which of the Greeks was said to have invented dice and other useful objects, but is most famous for having tricked Odysseus into coming to Troy?
B1: Odysseus framed Palamedes in order to exact revenge. How did the Greeks then kill him?
B2: What father of Palamedes then inducted the wives of many Greek chieftans to commit adultery?
TU: Palamedes
B1: Stoned him
B2: Nauplius
TU: Quid anglicē significat “instar”?
B1: …“coram”?
B2: …“penes”?
TU: Like/In the likeness of
B1: In the presence of
B2: In the power of
TU: What 1st century A.D. author from Comum wrote an encyclopedic work entitled Naturalis Historia?
B1: How many books are contained in the Naturalis Historia?
B2: To which emperor did Pliny dedicate his Naturalis Historia?
TU: Pliny the Elder
B1: 37
B2: Titus
TU: What law of 43 B.C. legalized the Second Triumvirate?
B1: What law of 180 B.C. mandated a ten year interval for holding the consulship?
B2: What law of 137 B.C. established a voting system akin to the secret ballot?
TU: Lex Titia
B1: Lex Villia Annalis
B2: Lex Gabinia
TU: For the verb absum, give the 3rd person plural, imperfect subjunctive.
B1: Change abessent to the pluperfect.
B2: Change afuissent to the present.
TU: Abessent
B1: Afuissent
B2: Absint
TU: What Plebeian author and novus homo pioneered the use of the historical monograph in the first century B.C.?
B1: Give Sallust’s full name?
B2: Give the Latin title of Sallust’s first monograph.
TU: Sallust
B1: Gaius Sallustius Crispus
B2: Bellum Catilinae / De Coniuratione Catilinae
TU: What derivative of the Latin verb premō means “a sharp rebuke”?
B1: …means “the reduction in volume of the fuel mixture in an internal combustion engine before ignition”?
B2: …means “a wrench or twist of the ligaments of a joint”?
TU: Reprimand
B1: Compression
B2: Sprain
TU: What barbarian tribe sacked Rome in 410 A.D.?
B1: Who led the Visigothic attack on Rome?
B2: The emperor of the West at the time had moved the capital of the Roman Empire to Ravenna. Who was this emperor?
TU: Visigoths
B1: Alaric
B2: Honorius
TU: What member of Aeneas’ crew was induced into a slumber by Somnus, fell into the sea, and drowned?
B1: What member of his crew did Aeneas have to bury before he could enter the
underworld?
B2: What member of Aeneas’ crew acted as a herald and was the first to speak to
Dido in Book 1 of the Aeneid?
TU: Palinurus
B1: Misenus
B2: Ilioneus
TU: Translate: “Sumus cupidī discendī.”
B1: … “Discere cupimus ut meliorēs fiāmus.
B2: … “Nostra studia numquam oblīviscāmur.”
TU: We are desirous of learning.
B1: We want to learn to (in order to) become better (people).
B2: Let us never forget our studies.
