2011 Oak Hall Certamen Latin Advanced Round 3 Flashcards
TU: What Roman author wrote about his love for Lesbia in many of his poems?
B1: How many poems are contained within Catallus’ Carmina?
B2: Whom does Catallus address with the words ave atque vale?
TU: Catullus
B1: 116
B2: His brother
TU: Give both supine forms of spectō.
B1: Using a supine, translate the dependent clause in this sentence: “Aurelia has traveled to the city to watch the games of Jupiter.”
B2: Translate that clause by using the particle ut.
TU: Spectatum & Spectatu
B1: Spectatum ludos Iovis
B2: Ut ludos iovis spectet
TU: Which member of the Seven Against Thebes died when a chasm opened in the earth and swallowed his chariot?
B1: What son of Poseidon was chasing Amphiaraus?
B2: What son of Amphiaraus led the Epigoni in a second attack on Thebes?
TU: Amphiarius
B1: Periclymenus
B2: Alcmeon
TU: What tribune, following in the footsteps of his brother, agitated the senatorial party and became the first victim of the Senatūs Consultum Ultimum?
B1: Where did Gaius Gracchus attempt to set up a colony called Junonia?
B2: What tribune authorized the creation of this colony?
TU: C. Gracchus
B1: Carthage
B2: Rubrius
TU: What festival in ancient Rome featured the triple sacrifice of a pig, sheep, and a bull?
B1: What fertility festival celebrated on February 15th featured boys in loincloths striking women with goatskin whips?
B2: What festival in ancient Rome was the equivalent of Mother’s Day?
TU: Suovetaurillia
B1: Lupercalia
B2: Matronalia
TU: What last survivor of the bronze race was given to Europa by Zeus in order to guard Crete?
B1: What divine substance ran through Talus’ body in a single vein?
B2: What traveling companion of the Argonauts defeated Talus with magic?
TU: Talus
B1: Ichor
B2: Medea
TU: What Silver Age author called Martial the “supreme guide of wayward youth” and wrote the Institutio Oratoria?
B1: In what Spanish town was Quintilian born?
B2: What is Quintilian’s full name?
TU: Quintillian
B1: Calagurris
B2: M. Fabius Quintilianus
TU: What is the meaning of the Latin verb from which we derive “orientation”?
B1: What is the meaning of the Latin verb from which we derive “repertoire”?
B2: What is the meaning of the Latin verb from which we derive “oblivion”?
TU: To rise
B1: To be born
B2: To forget
TU: Identify the use of the subjunctive in the following sentence: Mater fīliōs rogāvit ubi domum venīrent.
B1: Translate that sentence.
B2: Translate this indirect question: Volō scīre quid Publius in latrīnā agat.
TU: Indirect question
B1: The mother asked her sons when they were coming home.
B2: I want to know what Publius is doing in the bathroom.
TU: At what battle did Valens become the first Roman emperor to die in combat?
B1: In what year did this battle take place?
B2: Whom did Constantine defeat near Adrianople in 324 A.D. to become sole emperor?
TU: Adrianople
B1: 378 A.D.
B2: Licinius
TU: Identify the figure of speech illustrated in the phrase concordia discors.
B1: Identify the figure of speech illustrated in the phrase ore locutus.
B2: Identify the figure of speech illustrated in the phrase vī et armīs.
TU: Oxymoron
B1: Pleonasm
B2: Hendiadys
TU: What Roman author from Madaura was accused of witchcraft by his wife’s family?
B1: Who was Apuleius’ wife?
B2: What work of Apuleius, styled after a work of Plato, was his defense against this charge?
TU: Apuleius
B1: Aemilia Pudentilla
B2: Apologia/Apology
TU: What is the meaning of the Latin noun scelus?
B1: …supellex?
B2: …scopulus?
TU: Crime
B1: Furniture
B2: Rock
TU: What Roman goddess of fruit trees scorned the love of Vertumnus?
B1: According to Ovid, what ability did Vertumnus possess?
B2: Into what shape did did Vertumnus transform in order to plead his own case with Pomona?
TU: Pomona
B2: He could change shape
B2: An old woman
TU: What Roman general sacked Corinth in 146 B.C.?
B1: What did the Romans call the province of Greece as it was constituted after 146 B.C.?
B2: What Roman general defeated Andriscus and constituted Macedonia into a province in 148 B.C.?
TU: (L.) Mummius
B1: Achaea
B2: (Q. Caecilius) Metellus Macedonicus
