2011 Oak Hall Certamen Latin I Final Round Flashcards
TU: What goddess tried to immortalize a baby by placing him in a fire and anointing him with ambrosia?
B1: What was the name of this child?
B2: What was the name of this child’s mother, who snatched him from the flames?
TU: Demeter/Ceres
B1: Demophoon
B2: Metaneira
TU: What state has as its motto “Virtute et Armis”?
B1: Translate that motto.
B2: Give the Latin and English for the motto of North Carolina.
TU: Mississippi
B1: By valor and arms
B2: Esse quam videri - To be rather than to seem
TU: During the reign of what emperor did the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius occur?
B1: Titus’ reign was short lived. Give the years of his reign.
B2: Who succeeded Titus?
TU: Titus
B1: 79-81 A.D.
B2: Domitian
TU: Translate the following sentence into English: Poeta fabulas multis viris narrat.
B1: …Poetae gladios non tenebant.
B2: …Cum meis amicis in Foro ambulo.
TU: The poet tells stories to many men.
B1: The poets were not holding swords.
B2: I walk with my friends in the forum.
TU: In Roman society, what maidens were charged with keeping the sacred fire of the goddess of the hearth?
B1: How many Vestal Virgins were there?
B2: Who was the chief priest in Roman religion?
TU: Vestal Virgins
B1: Six
B2: Pontifex Maximus
TU: Differentiate in meaning between latus and laetus.
B1: Differentiate in meaning between notus and novus.
B2: Differentiate in meaning between the adjectives inimicus and iratus.
TU: Latus - Wide ; Laetus - Happy
B1: Notus - Well-Known ; Novus - New
B2: Inimicus - Unfriendly ; Iratus - Angry
TU: What mythological group was comprised of Allecto, Megaera, and Tisiphone?
B1: Give another name for the furies.
B2: Complete this mythological group: Stheno, Euryale,
TU: Furies
B1: Erinyes
B2: Medusa
TU: What man, responsible for driving the last king from Rome, became the first Consul of the Roman Republic?
B1: Who was the last king of Rome?
B2: What does the name Superbus mean?
TU: (L. Iunius) Brutus
B1: Tarquinius Superbus
B2: Proud/Arrogant
TU: What Latin verb means “try”?
B1: What Latin verb means “warn”?
B2: What Latin verb means “laugh”?
TU: Tempto
B1: Moneo
B2: Rideo
TU: From what Latin verb, with what meaning, do we derive “endeavor” and “debt”?
B1: …do we derive “survey”?
B2: …do we derive “permonition”?
TU: Debeo - Owe
B1: Video - See
B2: Moneo - Warn
TU: What hundred-eyed guardian was placed in charge of Io by Hera?
B1: Which god killed Argus?
B2: What story did hermes tell Argus to lull him to sleep?
TU: Argus
B1: Hermes
B2: Pan & Syrinx
TU: What type of gladiators fought with a fish-crested helmet?
B1: What type of gladiators fought with a net and trident?
B2: What type of gladiators fought from a chariot?
TU: Myrmillones
B1: Retiarii
B2: Essedarii
TU: Change the phrase altus magister to the genitive singular.
B1: Change alti magistri to the plural.
B2: Change altorum magistrorum to the ablative.
TU: Alti Magistri
B1: Altorum Magistrorum
B2: Altis Magistris
TU: What courageous Roman earned the nickname “Lefty” after he thrust his right hand into a fire?
B1: What Etruscan king was Scaevola trying to kill?
B2: What Roman defended a bridge against Porsenna’s advancing Etruscan army?
TU: (Gaius Mucius) Scaevola
B1: (Lars) Porsenna
B2: Horatius (Cocles)
TU: For the verb video, give the second person, singular, present active indicative.
B1: Change vides to the imperfect.
B2: Change videbas to the future.
TU: Vides
B1: Videbas
B2: Videbis
