Certamen Rounds Flashcards by WSHS Certamen

Give the case and use of the Latin word for “son” in the following English sentence: Māter ad templum cum fīliō currēbat.

ACCUSATIVE OF PLACE TO WHICH

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What three distinct Latin prepositions are commonly used to express the ablative of place from which?

AB / Ā; EX / Ē; DĒ

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Which of the Greeks at Troy convinced Agamemnon to abandon Philoctetes and also convinced Clytemnestra to send Iphigeneia to Aulis by telling her that she would be the bride of Achilles?

ODYSSEUS

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What enemy did Odysseus convince the Greeks to execute as vengeance for his role in revealing Odysseus’ scheme to stay out of the war?

PALAMEDES

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Odysseus was also adamant that no descendant of Priam should survive the war, and thus insisted that whose infant son Astyanax be thrown from the walls?

HECTOR’S

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Give the case and use of the Latin word for “son” in the following English sentence: Māter ad templum cum fīliō currēbat.

ABLATIVE OF ACCOMPANIMENT

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What two-word Latin phrase might be found in a document denying a lawyer’s motion because the conclusion did not logically follow from the arguments?

NŌN SEQUITUR

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What three-word Latin phrase might be found on a power-of-attorney document enabling another person to make decisions for a child in place of a parent?

IN LOCŌ PARENTIS

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What two-word Latin phrase is found on legal documents in which the accused does not wish to contest the charges brought against him?

NŌLŌ CONTENDERE

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What famous Roman patrician first distinguished himself while serving as quaestor under Marius, when he succeeded in negotiating the surrender of Jugurtha?

(LUCIUS CORNELIUS) SULLA (FELIX)

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In what year did Sulla hold his first consulship?

88 BC

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The tribune Sulpicius Rufus stripped Sulla of his command in the war against what Eastern king?

MITHRIDATES (IV EUPATOR)

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Translate this sentence from Latin to English: Aurēlia lentē ad vīllam ambulāvit

AURELIA SLOWLY WALKED / HAS WALKED TO THE (COUNTRY) HOUSE

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In the sentence Aurēlia Rōmam ambulāvit, what is the best translation for the word Rōmam?

TO ROME

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Now translate this sentence: Familia magna domum ambulābit.

THE LARGE FAMILY WILL WALK TO THE HOUSE / HOME

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What Roman emperor summoned the famous physician Galen to Italy in the middle of a plague brought back from the East by Roman legions around 168 AD?

MARCUS AURELIUS

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What patron of the young Marcus Aurelius gave him the nickname Vērissimus?

(PUBLIUS AELIUS) HADRIAN(US)

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To what cousin of his, and daughter of the previous emperor, was Marcus Aurelius married?

FAUSTINA (THE YOUNGER)

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The Eridanus river became the final resting place of what mythological figure after he fell from the sky when struck by a lightning bolt by Zeus?

PHAETHON

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Who were the parents of Phaethon?

CLYMENE & HELIOS / APOLLO

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The taunting of what son of Zeus and Io prompted Phaethon to attempt to prove his divine heritage?

EPAPHUS

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What is the meaning of potestās?

POWER

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Match the eight verbs on the left with the letter that gives their correct definition.

1-G, 2-C, 3-D, 4-E, 5-H, 6-A, 7-B, 8-F

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Match the eight animals on the left with the letter that gives their correct definition.

1-F, 2-A, 3-H, 4-E, 5-D, 6-C, 7-G, 8-B

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What building in the Forum was burned down by a mob in 52 BC, rebuilt by Julius Caesar in 44 BC, and served as the meeting place for the Roman Senate?

CURIA

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What king is thought to have built the original Curia in the mid-7th century BC?

TULLUS HOSTILIUS

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Who had the Curia demolished in 80 BC in order to construct a larger building where he could accommodate the growing number of senators?

(LUCIUS CORNELIUS) SULLA (FELIX)

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Give the Latin noun and its English meaning from which we derive “denominator.”

NŌMEN, NAME

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From what Latin verb does the word “fraction” derive?

FRANGŌ / FRANGERE

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Give the Latin adjective and its meaning from which we derive “equations.”

AEQUUS, EQUAL

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Passage: Aeschylus erat clārus Graecus et senex poēta, quī capillōs in capite nōn habēbat.
Ūnō diē, in agrō sedēbat. Aquila in caelō volābat. Aquila testūdinem tenēbat. Aquila rem albam in terrā vidēbat et cogitābat, “Ecce! Est saxum in terrā! Testūdinem in eō frangere possum!” Testūdō in caput Aeschylī incidit et eum necāvit.

Question: Where was Aeschylus sitting when the events of this passage take place?

IN A FIELD / FARM

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Question: What was the eagle’s goal in dropping the turtle?

HE WAS TRYING TO BREAK ITS SHELL (ON A ROCK)

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Question: Why did the eagle think that Aeschylus’ head was a rock?

IT LOOKED WHITE / AESCHYLUS WAS BALD

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What man, the first over the walls of Carthage in 146 BC, was a cousin and brother-in- law of Scipio Aemilianus as well as the ill-fated tribune in 133 BC?

TIBERIUS (SEMPRONIUS) GRACCHUS

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During Tiberius’ tribunate, where was his younger brother Gaius fighting with Scipio
Aemilianus?

NUMANTIA / SPAIN

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Who led the mob that surprised and killed Tiberius Gracchus on the Capitol?

(PUBLIUS CORNELIUS) SCIPIO NASICA (SERAPIO)

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Who were said to be in the employ of Poseidon, rescuing ships in distress, although they could do so only every other day as they spent half their time as shades in the Underworld?

CASTOR & POLLUX

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Explain Castor & Pollux’s odd situation of half-immortality.

CASTOR DIED (HE WAS MORTAL), AND POLLUX WAS SO UPSET THAT HE OFFERED HALF OF HIS IMMORTALITY SO THAT HE COULD SPENDALL HIS TIME WITH HIS BROTHER

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Although Pollux is the son of Zeus, Castor and Pollux were often called the Tyndaridae,
indicating them to be the sons of what man?

TYNDAREUS

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When recognized by the spotter, perform the following Latin commands: Surge et pōne
digitōs in aurēs.

STUDENT SHOULD STAND AND PLACE FINGERS ONTO / INTO EARS

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Now follow these commands: Surgite, duo comitēs, et rīdēte.

TWO (AND TWO ONLY) OF THE TEAM SHOULD STAND AND SMILE / LAUGH

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Now follow these commands: Dīc mihi Anglicē, “Rēspondēre nōn possumus; nōs terrēs!”

THE CAPTAIN SHOULD SAY, “WE CANNOT ANSWER; YOU FRIGHTEN US!”

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Using the Latin verb habitō, say in Latin, “They live.”

HABITANT

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Using the Latin verb vīvō, say in Latin, “They live.”

VĪVUNT

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Change vīvunt to the imperfect tense, keeping everything else the same.

VĪVĒBANT

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What emperor of Rome, a native Dalmatian of low birth, unprecedentedly left the throne alive when he abdicated in 305 AD?

(GAIUS AURELIUS VALERIUS) DIOCLETIAN(US)

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What term is given to Diocletian’s division of power into an Eastern and a Western Augustus and an Eastern and a Western Caesar?

TETRARCHY

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Who was Diocletian’s Caesar?

(GAIUS) GALERIUS (VALERIUS MAXIMIANUS)

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The name of what Roman god indicated the vast wealth that he controlled buried underneath the Earth?

PLUTO / DIS

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Although Pluto was known as the god of the dead, he was not the personification of death itself. What was the Greek name for this personification?

THANATOS

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Thanatos was the brother of the god of sleep. Name him.

HYPNOS

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In the sentence “We showed the gold to the famous sailor,” translate “famous sailor.”

(PRAE)CLĀRŌ / NŌTŌ NAUTAE

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Make the phrase (prae)clārō/nōtō nautae plural.

(PRAE)CLĀRĪS / NŌTĪS NAUTĪS

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Translate this sentence: “The famous sailor was carrying the gold to the ship.”

(PRAE)CLĀRUS / NŌTUS NAUTA AURUM AD NĀVEM PORTĀBAT / FERĒBAT

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Who was able to trick the daughters of Pelias into killing their own father by rejuvenating an old ram before their very eyes?

MEDEA

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What son of Pelias drove Jason and Medea out of the city after his father’s murder?

ACASTUS

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After leaving Iolcus, to what city did Jason and Medea flee, where they were welcomed by its king Creon?

CORINTH

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Which of the five basic cases is lacking from all Latin reflexive pronouns?

NOMINATIVE

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Give the forms of the 3rd person reflexive pronouns.

SUĪ, SIBI, SĒ (SĒSĒ), SĒ (SĒSĒ)

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What reflexive adjective means “his, her, or its own”?

SUUS (SUA, SUUM)

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What Roman king supposedly received advice from a water nymph?

NUMA (POMPILIUS)

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What was the name of the nymph from which Numa supposedly received advice?

EGERIA

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Numa was supposedly a native of what tribe?

SABINES

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Passage: Iūlia et Claudia prope templum ambulābant. “Ubi est Mārcus?” inquit Claudia. “Agricola Mārcum in Forum Rōmānum mīsit,” inquit Iūlia. “Agricola iussit eum pānem et septem ōva emere.” Tum subitō Mārcum vīdērunt. “Mārce!” magnā vōce clāmāvērunt. “Tē amāmus.”

Question: Quis Mārcum in Forum Rōmānum mīsit?

AGRICOLA

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Question: Quae Mārcum amant?

IŪLIA ET CLAUDIA / IŪLIA CLAUDIAQUE

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Question: Quot rēs Mārcus emere iubēbātur?

OCTŌ (PĀNEM ET SEPTEM ŌVA) / DUĀS (PĀNEM ET ŌVA) / DUO

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Translate this sentence: Multī in forō Cicerōnem audiēbant.

MANY (MEN / PEOPLE) WERE LISTENING / USED TO LISTEN / LISTENED TO CICERO IN THE FORUM

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Translate this sentence: Cicerō in forō nōn iam dīcēbat.

CICERO WAS NO LONGER SPEAKING IN THE FORUM

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Now translate this sentence: Cicerō in forō nōbīs nōn dīcet

CICERO WILL NOT SPEAK TO US IN THE FORUM

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Eioneus was the victim of the first murder of kin in Greek mythology. Name his son-in- law, who had killed him by throwing him into a fiery pit and so was eternally punished in the Underworld by being strapped to a fiery wheel.

IXION

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Ixion had been invited to Olympus by Zeus, who was planning on purifying him for this murder. How did Ixion promptly betray Zeus’ kindness?

HE TRIED TO SEDUCE HERA / SEDUCED HERA’S LIKENESS (IN THE FORM OF A CLOUD)

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Ixion lay with a cloud resembling Hera. According to some sources, this cloud gave birth to the progenitor of what race of monsters?

CENTAURS

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Where on his body would a Roman wear mulleī, sculpōneae, cothurnī, soleae, caligae,
and calceī?

ON HIS/HER FEET

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You are looking at a picture of various types of Roman footwear. Which of these pictures represents the shoes known as caligae?

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What type of footwear is illustrated by picture “B”?

SOLEAE

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The abbreviation AD (a-period-d-period) is used to reckon modern years. Give the Latin and the English for that abbreviation.

ANNŌ DOMINĪ – (IN) THE YEAR OF THE/OUR LORD

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Give the Latin and the English for the abbreviation used by Romans to reckon the specific dates of events, A.U.C. (a-period-u-period-c-period)

AB URBE CONDITĀ / ANNŌ URBIS CONDITAE – FROM THE FOUNDING OF THE CITY / FROM THE CITY HAVING BEEN FOUNDED

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An abbreviation found on some tombstones is aet. (a-e-t-period) What does that abbreviation indicate about the deceased?

HIS/HER AGE AT THE TIME OF DEATH

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Which island in mythology is described here? It was the site to which Dionysus took Ariadne after he rescued her from Naxos. Its entire male population was murdered by its dissatisfied women. Name this island, where Hephaestus landed after being thrown from heaven.

LEMNOS

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What daughter of the Lemnian king Thoas spared her father’s life during the women’s uprising by setting him afloat?

HYPSIPYLE

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To what later visitor to Lemnos did Hypsipyle bear two sons?

JASON

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The blood vessels known as “capillaries” are so named because of their physical resemblance to what body part?

HAIR

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The Latin word for what body part can be found in the word “frontal”?

FOREHEAD / FACE

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The Latin word for what body part is found in the word “supercilious”?

EYEBROW / EYELID

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Using a preposition, say in Latin “around the fields.”

CIRCUM AGRŌS / CAMPŌS

IUXTĀ & PROPE ARE ACCEPTABLE, BUT LAME

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Using a preposition, say in Latin “on behalf of the senator.”

PRŌ SENĀTŌRE

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Use a preposition and one other word to say in Latin “at the home of the merchants.”

APUD / AD MERCĀTŌRĒS

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Who was Julius Caesar’s lēgātus and most trusted subordinate in Gaul?

(TITUS) LABIENUS

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Who was co-consul with Julius Caesar in 59 BC?

(MARCUS CALPURNIUS) BIBULUS

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Who was co-consul with Julius Caesar in 44 BC?

MARC ANTONY / MARCUS ANTONIUS

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When the Trojans awoke to find the horse sitting outside their city, they found only one man with it. Who was this supposedly abandoned Greek soldier?

SINON

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What two Trojan prophets unsuccessfully warned their countrymen about the horse – one with dire warnings, the other by launching a spear into its side?

CASSANDRA & LAOCOON

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Sinon’s convincing story was that he had been abandoned by the contrivance of Odysseus and one of the Greek prophets. What Greek prophet was implicated in Sinon’s lie?

CALCHAS

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Which of the following Latin words, if any, does not belong because of gender: multitūdō, mare, nāvis, lūx, fēmina?

MARE

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Which of these Latin words, if any, does not belong because of gender: somnium, vulnus, cornū, carmen?

NONE / ALL THE SAME GENDER (NEUTER)

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Which of the following Latin words, if any, is a different declension from the others:
aedificium, stilus, puer, tumultus?

TUMULTUS

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Silenus, the companion of Dionysus, is sometimes said to be the brother and sometimes the son of what Greek woodland deity?

PAN

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Silenus, who was usually too drunk to walk, is often depicted riding what kind of animal?

DONKEY / ASS

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Silenus is also said to be the father of what centaur accidentally killed by Hercules?

PHOLUS

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In the sentence “Marcus warned his brother Quintus,” translate “brother Quintus” into Latin.

FRĀTREM QUĪNTUM

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What is the term for this grammatical construction, in which two words or phrases define or refer to each other and appear in the same Latin case?

APPOSITION / APPOSITIVES

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Now translate this sentence: “Quintus has scolded Marcus with great anger.”

QUĪNTUS MĀRCUM MAGNĀ (CUM) ĪRĀ VITUPERĀVIT

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What Roman emperor’s nōmen was Ulpius?

(MARCUS ULPIUS) TRAJAN(US)

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What Roman emperor’s nōmen was Cocceius?

(MARCUS COCCEIUS) NERVA

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What Roman emperor was born Lucius Aelius Aurelius, but upon his ascension to the throne changed his first two names to Marcus Aurelius after his father?

(MARCUS AURELIUS) COMMODUS (ANTONINUS)

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What mythological husband and wife were turned into kingfishers after the husband drowned on his way to Delphi?

CEYX & ALCYONE

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Apollodorus tells a much different tale of Ceyx and Alcyone, one in which he claims that their transformation was a punishment for what transgression?

THEY CALLED EACH OTHER ZEUS & HERA

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In life, Ceyx had been known as a hospitable man, famously hosting a hero who repaid him by driving the Dryopes from his kingdom. Who was this hero?

HERACLES

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Give the comparative form of the adjective trīstis.

TRĪSTIOR

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Give the comparative form of the adjective form lātum.

LĀTIUS

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Give the comparative form of the adjective form magnum.

MAIUS

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What derivative of the Latin noun lēx means “faithful adherence to a person, cause, or concept; fidelity”?

LOYALTY

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What other derivative from the Latin noun lēx means “an associate or co-worker”?

COLLEAGUE

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What other derivative of the Latin noun lēx means “a right, immunity, or benefit enjoyed by a person beyond the advantages of most others”?

PRIVILEGE

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Nero Claudius Drusus was the brother of what Roman emperor?

TIBERIUS (JULIUS CAESAR AUGUSTUS)

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Who was Tiberius’ first wife?

VIPSANIA (AGRIPP(IN)A)

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How many children were born to Tiberius and his second wife Julia?

ONE (WHO DIED IN INFANCY)

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What are the case and use of the personal pronoun in the Latin sentence: Sunt mihi trēs
sorōrēs?

DATIVE OF POSSESSION

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What use of the dative case other than possession can be found in the sentence: Meae sorōrēs simillimae deābus fōrmā sunt?

DATIVE WITH SPECIAL ADJECTIVES

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What use of the dative can be found in this sentence: Sorōrēs pecūniam sibi obtinēbant?

DATIVE OF REFERENCE / (DIS)ADVANTAGE

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Give the Latin adjective and its English meaning from which we derive “assimilate.”

SIMILIS, LIKE / SIMILAR

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Give the Latin adjective and its English meaning from which we derive “potential.”

POTĒNS,, POWERFUL / MIGHTY

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Give the Latin adjective and its English meaning from which we derive “abbreviate.”

BREVIS, SHORT / BRIEF

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With what general are the battles of Heraclea, Asculum, and Beneventum associated?

PYRRHUS

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What country was Pyrrhus’ homeland?

EPIRUS (prompt on “Greece”)

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In what year was the battle of Beneventum, after which Pyrrhus withdrew from Italy and
returned to Epirus?

275 BC

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What deity, the offspring of the Titan Thaumas and the Oceanid Electra, served as the messenger used by Juno in the Aeneid, and was the goddess of the rainbow?

IRIS

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In the Argonautica, Iris appears in the nick of time to keep what two men from harming her sisters the Harpies?

ZETES & CALAIS

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Zetes and Calais had been pursuing the Harpies to save what king of Salmydessus?

PHINEUS

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What use of the ablative case can be found in the sentence: Hodiē sextā horā amīcam vidēbō?

TIME WHEN / WITHIN WHICH

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Which TWO sentences illustrate the ablative of manner?

1 & 3

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What use of the ablative case is found in sentence #2?

CAUSE

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After defeating a rival at Issus and another at Lugdunum, who gained undisputed possession of the imperial throne in 197 AD?

(LUCIUS) SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS

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What two rival claimants for the throne were defeated by Severus?

PESCENNIUS NIGER (AT ISSUS) & CLODIUS ALBINUS (AT LUGDUNUM)

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In the same year he defeated Albinus, Severus mounted an expedition against whatpeople, sacking their capital at Ctesiphon and carrying off thousands of slaves?

PARTHIANS

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Translate the sentence: Mea māter mē numquam vocat

MY MOTHER NEVER CALLS ME

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Now translate this sentence: Māne exsurgere nōn possum.

I AM NOT ABLE TO GET UP IN THE MORNING

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Now translate this sentence: Crās ā meā mātre diū vīsitābor

TOMORROW I WILL BE VISITED BY MY MOTHER FOR A LONG TIME

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Which of the Olympians gave oracles via the rustling of oak leaves at the Greek city
Dodona?

ZEUS

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What deity, called the mother of Aphrodite by Homer, was worshipped alongside Zeus at
Dodona?

DIONE

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Athena once harvested an oak at Dodona to make what part of the Argo with what
unusual characteristic?

TALKING BEAM / MAST

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Of the words īnsula, arēna, patria, ager, and portus, which is best described by this
Latin sentence? Est māteria super quam gladiātōrēs in Colossēō pugnant

ARĒNA

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Of the words īnsula, arēna, patria, ager, and portus, which is best described by this
Latin sentence? Est locus prope terram in quem nāvēs ē marī nāvigant

PORTUS

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Of the words īnsula, arēna, patria, ager, and portus, which is best described by this
Latin sentence? Est locus in marī cuius fīnēs ā nūllā terrā tanguntur.

ĪNSULA

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What was the name of Julius Caesar’s mother?

AURELIA

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What astounding discovery did Aurelia make at the festival of the Bona Dea in 62 BC?

SHE FOUND CLODIUS PULCHER DRESSED AS A WOMAN

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What unusual political move did Clodius Pulcher make in 59 BC?

LTHOUGH HE WAS A PATRICIAN,

HE WAS ADOPTED INTO A PLEBEIAN GĒNS

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What is the Latin dative singular for the phrase “this sacred law”?

HUIC LĒGĪ SACRAE / HUIC IŪRĪ SACRŌ

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Change huic lēgī sacrae to the nominative plural.

HAE LĒGĒS SACRAE

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Change hae lēgēs sacrae to the genitive plural.

HĀRUM LĒGUM SACRĀRUM

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When sent to the court of King Strophius at Phocis, who met his best friend and
companion Pylades?

ORESTES

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As recounted in Aeschylus’ Eumenides, where did Apollo send Orestes to stand trial for
the murders of Clytemnestra and Aegisthus?

ATHENS / THE AREOPAGUS

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Although acquitted at his trial, Orestes was still hounded by the Furies. Apollo promised
that he would regain his sanity if he recovered what item from the land of the Taurians?

(A WOODEN) STATUE OF ARTEMIS

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What kind of authority of one person over another is described by the Latin phrase
dominica potestās?

POWER OF MASTER OVER SLAVE /

PATERFAMILIĀS OVER THE HOUSEHOLD

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What similar Latin phrase described the authority that the paterfamiliās held over his
family?

PATRIA POTESTĀS / PATRIA MAIESTĀS /

PATRIUM IŪS / IMPERIUM PATERNUM

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Although women in Rome were usually in potestāte, it was possible for a woman to be in
control of her affairs. What Latin phrase describes such a woman?

SUĪ IŪRIS

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What Latin word can be found in the mottoes of both Johns Hopkins University and Yale
University?

VĒRITĀS

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Give the full motto of Yale, and translate

LŪX ET VĒRITĀS, LIGHT AND TRUTH

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Give the full motto of Johns Hopkins, and translate.

VĒRITĀS VŌS LĪBERĀBIT, THE TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE

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What was the name of the first mortal-born woman in Greek mythology, the daughter of
Epimetheus and Pandora?

PYRRHA

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Who was the eldest son of Pyrrha and her husband Deucalion who gave his name to the
peoples of Greece?

HELLEN

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Deucalion and Pyrrha were the only survivors of the flood sent against humanity. Upon
what mountain did their boat run aground?

MOUNT PARNASSUS

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Passage: In oppidō erat puella, nōmine Fulvia. Fulvia equum in agrō habēbat. Mārcus autem, amīcus Fulviae, equum nōn amābat sed Fulviam. Quid fēcit Mārcus? Mārcus equum necāvit. Ubi Fulvia hoc cognōvit, statim ad praetōrem fūgit quod
Mārcum timēbat.

Question: Whom did Marcus love?

FULVIA

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Question: Why did Marcus kill the horse?

HE DIDN’T LIKE IT / HE LOVED FULVIA

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Question: What did Fulvia do when she discovered what Marcus had done?

SHE FLED TO THE PRAETOR (BECAUSE SHE WAS AFRAID OF MARCUS)

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Which of the following words, if any, does NOT come from the same Latin root as the
others: libel, liberal, liberty, libertine?

LIBEL

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From what Latin noun with what meaning is “libel” derived?

LIBER (LIBRĪ), BOOK

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What other derivative of the Latin noun liber means “the text of a work for a musical
production or opera”?

LIBRETTO

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What Roman emperor became the first to succeed his own brother when he ascended to
the throne in 81 AD?

(TITUS FLAVIUS CAESAR) DOMITIAN(US)

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In what year was Domitian assassinated?

96 AD

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Almost immediately after his death, the new emperor Nerva ordered that all public mention of Domitian’s name be obliterated. What is the Latin term for this action?

DAMNĀTIŌ MEMORIAE

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Audī dīligenter et respondē Latīnē. Tū es servus et lavās sub lectō in quō dominus cottīdiē dormit. In quā parte domūs ades?

(IN) CUBICULŌ

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Respondē Latīnē. Nunc ambulās et prope implūvium stās. In quā parte domūs ades?

(IN) ĀTRIŌ

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Respondē Latīnē. Nunc es domina, spectāns ancillās quae cēnam parant. In quā parte domūs ades?

(IN) CULĪNĀ

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Say in Latin: “The children cannot find the horses.”

LĪBERĪ EQUŌS INVENĪRE / REPERĪRE NŌN POSSUNT

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Now, say in Latin: “The children could not find the horses.”

LĪBERĪ EQUŌS INVENĪRE / REPERĪRE NŌN POTERANT / POTUĒRUNT

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In the sentence “One of the girls finally found the horses,” translate “one of the girls” into Latin.

ŪNA Ē (EX) PUELLĪS

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In mythology, whose father is given alternately as Iasus or Schoeneus, although it is
agreed that this father abandoned her in a forest where she was reared by a she-bear?

ATALANTA’S

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Two names are also given to the man who successfully won Atalanta’s hand by defeating
her in a footrace. Give both names for this man

HIPPOMENES & MELANION

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Atalanta gave birth to one child of disputed paternity. Name this child, who went on to
become one of the Seven Against Thebes

PARTHENOPAEUS

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When Telemachus first encountered his father upon his return to Ithaca, Odysseus was
staying in the hut of what loyal Ithacan swineherd?

EUMAEUS

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Odysseus learned from Eumaeus that his father Laertes was also living in a hut, because
he was disgusted at the behavior of the suitors and grieving his wife’s death. Who was
his wife, the mother of Odysseus?

ANTICLEIA

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In the conclusion of the Odyssey, Laertes killed Eupeithes, the father of which most
arrogant of Penelope’s suitors?

ANTINOUS

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Third-declension nouns ending in –ns or –rs, one-syllable third-declension nouns whose
stems end in two or more consonants, and third-declension nouns ending in –is or –ēs
with the same number of syllables in the nominative and genitive singulars are part of
what subset of third-declension nouns?

I-STEMS

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Name the three endings that signal that a third-declension neuter noun is definitely an istem

-E, -AL, -AR

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There are exceptions to every rule. What common third-declension noun for an animal
fits the rules for i-stem nouns, but is NOT in fact an i-stem?

CANIS

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At the beginning of the First Punic War, Appius Claudius Caudex and Marcus Valerius
Messalla conducted a successful Roman offensive against what king of Syracuse?

HIERO (II) / HIERON

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By the end of the First Punic War, what Carthaginian was the commander of his
country’s fleet?

HAMILCAR (BARCA)

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Name the three sons of Hamilcar Barca, all of whom held positions of leadership against
the Romans during the Second Punic War

HANNIBAL, HASDRUBAL, MAGO

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To what group do all of the following mythological figures belong: Eurytus, Agrius,
Mimas, Porphyrion, Alcyoneus, Enceladus?

GIANTS / GIGANTES

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What usually peaceful trio killed Agrius during the Gigantomachy by beating him to
death with bronze clubs?

FATES / MOIRAE / PARCAE

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In some stories, Enceladus was not killed but imprisoned. What mountain was thrown on
top of him?

MT. ETNA

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Passage: Dum barbarī Rōmam oppugnant, cōnsul cum duābus legiōnibus pugnat et barbarōs superat. Tum cōnsul inquit, “Nunc patriam servāvistis, mīlitēs. Nōs, quī timidī nōn sumus, vērī Rōmānī semper vīvēmus, optimī virī huius urbis et mundī.”

Question: Quot legiōnēs cum cōnsule pugnant?

DUAE

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Quid mīlitēs servāvērunt?

PATRIAM / RŌMAM / URBEM

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Cuius locī cōnsul crēdit mīlitēs virōs optimōs esse?

(HUIUS) URBIS / MUNDĪ / RŌMAE

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What form of the Latin adjective dulcis would be needed to modify the noun form
poētam?

DULCEM

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What form of the Latin adjective dulcis would be needed to modify the noun form
diērum?

DULCIUM

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What form of the Latin adjective dulcis would be needed to modify the noun form
praemium?

DULCE

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What number on the map corresponds to the region of Etruria?

VII (7)

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What number on the map shows where the Romans were defeated at the battle of the Trebia River?

IX (9)

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What number on the map shows the region in which Bovianum, the ancient Samnite capital, was found?

IV (4)

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Which two of the following Latin verbs are synonymous: cōnsūmō, ostendō, impellō,
dēmōnstrō, saliō?

OSTENDŌ & DĒMŌNSTRŌ

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What are the meanings of the other verbs in the tossup – cōnsūmō, impellō, and saliō?

CŌNSŪMŌ – TO CONSUME / EAT; IMPELLŌ – TO FORCE / STRIKE / PUSH; SALIŌ – TO LEAP, JUMP

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Give the principal parts of saliō

SALIŌ, SALĪRE, SALUĪ, SALTUS/-UM

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The Isthmian games were instituted by Sisyphus in honor of his nephew, the child of
Athamas and Ino, who died when his mother jumped into the sea with him. Name this
child.

MELICERTES

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Melicertes and Ino were transformed into sea deities. By what names were they then
known?

PALAEMON & LEUCOTHEA

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Ino had jumped into the sea because she had been driven mad by what goddess?

HERA

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With one Latin word, translate into Latin the word “writing” in this sentence: “Marcia
watched the senator writing letters.”

SCRĪBENTEM

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With one word, translate “written” in this sentence: “The senator gave the written letters
to Marcia.”

SCRĪPTĀS

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Now translate this sentence: “Marcia saw many things about the war in the written
letters.”

MARCIA MULTĀS RĒS / MULTA DĒ BELLŌ

IN LITTERĪS / EPISTULĪS SCRĪPTĪS VĪDIT / VIDĒBAT

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What would the name centēnārius signify about a racing horse?

HE HAD WON 100 RACES

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Added during the reign of Augustus were the factions veneta and prasina. What colors
represented these two factions?

BLUE & GREEN

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What Latin word is used to describe the most common racing chariot, one that yoked four
horses together?

QUADRĪGA

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What youth, inspired by either the spine of a fish or the jawbone of a snake, invented the
saw, an achievement that made his uncle Daedalus so envious that he threw the young
man off the Acropolis?

PERDIX / TALUS

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Into what kind of bird did Athena change Perdix?

PARTRIDGE

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Perdix is sometimes given credit for having invented two other useful items. Name either
one.

COMPASS / POTTER’S WHEEL

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The Latin form capite can be both a noun and a verb. Identify both forms.

PLURAL IMPERATIVE (SECOND PERSON, PRESENT ACTIVE OF CAPIŌ), ABLATIVE SINGULAR (NEUTER OF CAPUT)

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Make the form capite negative.

NŌLĪTE CAPERE

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Now, in Latin, order Publius and Sextus to sleep the entire day

DORMĪTE, PUBLĪ ET SEXTE, TŌTUM / OMNEM DIEM!

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Why was Marius elected to a new consulship for 104 BC before he had even returned to
Rome from Africa?

TO DEAL WITH THE INVADING NORTHMEN / GERMANS
(CIMBRI & TEUTONES) // BECAUSE OF THE DISASTER AT
ARAUSIO / ORANGE

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Marius defeated the Cimbri and Teutones one at a time. Where did he defeat the Cimbri?

VERCELLAE

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What king of the Cimbri, victorious at Arausio, was later killed in the Roman victory at
Vercellae in 101 BC?

BOIORIX

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It’s time to compete in the Olympics! When recognized by the spotter, perform the
following commands: Surge et in sitū curre.

STUDENT SHOULD RISE AND RUN IN PLACE

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Perform the following commands: Surgite, omnēs, et celeriter natāre simulāte!

ALL STUDENTS SHOULD RISE AND PRETEND TO SWIM QUICKLY

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Perform the following command: Dīc mihi Anglicē tē novem praemia aurea accēpisse.

CAPTAIN SAYS IN ENGLISH

THAT (S)HE HAS WON NINE GOLD MEDALS (GOLDEN AWARDS)

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Which of the following states does NOT have a Latin motto that is exactly three words
long: Mississippi, Colorado, Wyoming, Arkansas, Oregon?

ARKANSAS

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Give the three-word motto and its meaning for Wyoming.

CĒDANT ARMA TOGAE, LET ARMS YIELD TO THE TOGA

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Give the three-word motto and its meaning for Mississippi.

VIRTŪTE ET ARMĪS, BY VALOR AND ARMS

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What emperor issued the Cōnstitūtiō Antōnīniāna, thus granting Roman citizenship to
all the empire’s freedmen, although he is more unfavorably known for devaluing the
dēnārius and ordering the murder of his younger brother Geta?

(MARCUS AURELIUS SEVERUS ANTONINUS) CARACALLA

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What praetorian prefect succeeded Caracalla?

(MARCUS OPELLIUS SEVERUS) MACRINUS

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Macrinus fled from a defeat at Antioch in 218 AD and was killed shortly thereafter.
What Severan was then installed as emperor?

(MARCUS AURELIUS ANTONINUS) ELAGABALUS /

HELIOGABALUS / (VARIUS AVITUS) BASSIANUS

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Give the meaning of the Latin word from which we derive all of the following: chance,
decay, casualty, accident.

TO FALL

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What English word is derived from two Latin verbs, “to fall” and “to prepare”?

PARACHUTE

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What other English word derived from the verb “to fall” describes the beat, rhythm, or
measure of music or dancing?

CADENCE

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Translate this sentence: Quīnque mēnsibus, dictātor rem pūblicam servāverit.

(WITH)IN FIVE MONTHS, THE DICTATOR WILL HAVE SAVED THE REPUBLIC / STATE

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Translate: Dictātor cīvitātem magnō perīculō līberābit.

THE DICTATOR WILL FREE THE STATE FROM / WITH / BY GREAT DANGER

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Translate: Dictātor vir maximae prūdentiae esse vidētur.

THE DICTATOR SEEMS TO BE A MAN OF GREATEST PRUDENCE / CAUTION

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What Greek was blinded in his youth by his father Amyntor, had his sight restored by the
centaur Cheiron, took part in the Calydonian Boar Hunt, went to Troy with Achilles, and,
with Ajax and Odysseus, comprised the embassy sent to Achilles to convince him to
rejoin the fight?

PHOENIX

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Although Phoenix died along the way, with whom did he set out for Greece after the end
of the war?

NEOPTOLEMUS / PYRRHUS

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What king of Phthia and father of Achilles had earlier installed Phoenix as king of the Dolopians?

PELEUS

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Give the form of the Latin verb cōnferō for the following sentence: The rather sad
women have been carried out of the sea into the harbor

COLLĀTAE SUNT

Give the Latin for the entire subject of that same sentence.

MISERIŌRĒS / TRĪSTIŌRĒS FĒMINAE / MULIERĒS

Give the Latin for both prepositional phrases in that sentence

Ā / AB / Ē / EX MARĪ, IN PORTUM

The Social War had its roots in the plans of what Roman tribune to offer citizenship to all
of the Italian allies?

(MARCUS) LIVIUS DRUSUS / DRUSUS THE YOUNGER

In what year was Drusus assassinated?

91 BC

Drusus transferred control of the courts from the equestrians to the senators because of
the equestrians’ unfair conviction of what man in 92 BC?

(PUBLIUS) RUTILIUS RUFUS

The official known in Republican Rome as the praefectus annōnae was in charge of
what commodity?

GRAIN / GRAIN SUPPLY

What other staple was added to the annōna in the 3rd century AD?

WINE

Until the institution of the praefectus annōnae in the late Republic, what other official
took on the duties of overseeing the grain supply?

AEDILE

Give an antonym of the Latin verb neglegō

CŪRŌ / CUSTŌDIŌ / CĀVEŌ / PRŌVIDEŌ / INVIGILŌ / TUEOR / PARCŌ

Give an antonym of the Latin verb cōnsīdō.

SURGŌ / STŌ / MIGRŌ / ABEŌ / DISCĒDŌ

Which of the following is NOT an antonym for the verb pūniō: parcō, laudō, laedō, and
the idiom poenam dare?

LAEDŌ

Translate the following sentence into English: Proelium ācriter inter trēs gladiātōrēs
contendēbātur.

THE BATTLE WAS BEING FOUGHT FIERCELY

AMONG THE THREE GLADIATORS

Translate this sentence into English: Post mortem duōrum ē tribus gladiātōribus,
reliquus clāmōrēs populī audīvit.

AFTER THE DEATH OF TWO OF THE THREE GLADIATORS,
THE REMAINING (ONE) HEARD THE SHOUTS OF THE PEOPLE

Translate: Gladiātor putat sē frūstrā laudārī.

THE GLADIATOR THINKS THAT HE IS BEING PRAISED IN VAIN

Passage: Ōlim erat flūmen lātum quod magister et uxor trānsīre volēbant. Pōns, autem, trāns flūmen nōn erat. Itaque magister sīc anxiae uxōrī “Cāra uxor,” inquit, “stā super umerōs meōs. Ambulābō sub aquā flūminis et hōc modō domum vīvī perveniēmus.” Sed magister in mediō flūmine ā magnīs piscibus oppugnābātur.

Question: What did the teacher tell his wife to do?

STAND ON HIS SHOULDERS

Question: Give one reason why he told her to stand on his shoulders.

SHE WAS WORRIED / HE WANTED TO CROSS THE RIVER

Question: What happened to the teacher in the middle of the river?

HE WAS ATTACKED BY (BIG) FISH

Which of the Argonauts was so young that his uncle Laocoön was sent by his father
Oeneus as a chaperon?

MELEAGER

Although most authors do not mention any great deeds of Meleager while he was an
Argonaut, Diodorus Siculus claims that Meleager killed what enemy of the Argonauts?

AEETES

What daughter of Idas and Marpessa was the wife of Meleager?

CLEOPATRA

What Roman emperor precipitated his own assassination when he named Lucius
Calpurnius Piso as his successor instead of one of his major early supporters, Otho?

(SERVIUS SULPICIUS) GALBA

During Galba’s short reign, where did legions rebel and proclaim Vitellius as their
emperor?

THE RHINE / GERMANIA / (LOWER) GERMANY

At what battle did the forces of Vitellius defeat the forces of Otho?

FIRST BATTLE OF CREMONA / BEDRIACUM

In the Latin sentence “Clientēs Caesaris magnum timōrem barbarōrum habuērunt”,
what are the case and use of the word barbarōrum?

OBJECTIVE GENITIVE

In the Latin sentence Caesar clientibus dīxit magnam partem barbarōrum
amīcissimam esse”, what are the case and use of the word barbarōrum?

PARTITIVE GENITIVE / GENITIVE OF THE WHOLE

In the Latin sentence “Barbarōrum vestēs sordidae cruentaeque erant”, what are the
case and use of the word barbarōrum?

GENITIVE OF POSSESSION

Which one of the seven Pleiades’ lights is said to be dim because she is blushing at
having married a mortal, Sisyphus, while her six sisters all had dalliances with gods?

MEROPE’S

Who was the single offspring of Sisyphus and Merope?

GLAUCUS

The other account of the dim Pleiad says that it was not Merope, but which of her sisters,
who is mourning the destruction of Troy and her son Dardanus?

ELECTRA

(Visual, ignore and mark as five for now)
What one mythological character is depicted in each
scene?

HERCULES (NOT Heracles)

(Visual, ignore and mark as five for now)

Identify the labor depicted in the scene labeled “A”.

LERNEAN HYDRA

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Identify the labor depicted in the scene labeled “B”.

STYPMHALIAN BIRDS

Which of the following words, if any, is derived from the same Latin word as “somber”:
insomnia, soundless, umbrella, consumption?

UMBRELLA

Give the Latin noun and its meaning from which “insomnia” is derived

SOMNUS, SOMNĪ – SLEEP / SOMNIUM, SOMNĪ – DREAM

Give the ultimate verb from which we derive “consumption.”

SUMŌ

What consul of 503 BC was awarded a triumph for his defeat of the Sabines, but is better
known for a speech he made in 494 BC in which he compared the patrician class in Rome
to the stomach?

MENENIUS AGRIPPA

What specific type of laws were the plebeians protesting when they seceded to the Mōns
Sacer?

DEBT LAWS

In what year did the plebs secede a second time after the patricians balked at adopting the
Twelve Tables?

449 BC

What Latin quotation, ascribed to Juvenal, urges people to train their mental and physical
abilities to the highest degree possible?

MĒNS SĀNA IN CORPORE SĀNŌ

In another famous quotation, Juvenal refers to the scarcity of virtuous women in his time.
Give that two-word Latin phrase.

RĀRA AVIS

To what actual rare bird is Juvenal referring with the quotation rāra avis?

A BLACK SWAN

What native Italian claimed descent from Danae, the mother of Perseus, was the son of
Daunus and Venilia, and had been engaged to the princess Lavinia before she was offered
to Aeneas?

TURNUS

Turnus’ fate in the Aeneid is sealed after he despoils the body of what son of Evander?

PALLAS

In the climactic battle between Turnus and Aeneas, Turnus loses all of his strength and
sinks to his knees after attempting to kill Aeneas in what way?

THROWING A ROCK (A HUGE ROCK, A HUGE ANCIENT ROCK) AT HIM

What Latin verb is at the root of “grant” and “incredulity”?

CRĒDŌ / CRĒDERE

Give the Latin verb at the root of “provost” and “postage”?

PŌNŌ / PŌNERE

Give the Latin verb at the root of “ravish” and “usurpation”?

RAPIŌ / RAPERE

What Roman emperor opened his reign by naming his son Gallienus as Caesar, and
closed it with a disastrous defeat at the battle of Edessa, after which he was captured by
the Persian king Shapur?

(PUBLIUS LICINIUS) VALERIAN(US)

How did Shapur use his captive Valerian for the remainder of the Roman emperor’s life?

AS A MOUNTING BLOCK / TO HELP HIM GET ON HIS HORSE

Before the disaster with Shapur, Valerian had successfully recovered what Eastern city
from Sassanid rebels?

ANTIOCH

What is the meaning of the verb faveō?

TO FAVOR / SUPPORT / BEFRIEND

What is the meaning of the verb lātrō?

TO BARK / SNARL (AT)

What is the meaning of the verb cēlō?

TO HIDE / CONCEAL / DARKEN

Before being killed by Achilles, Memnon achieved a moment of glory by killing what
son of Nestor?

ANTILOCHUS

Eos begged Zeus to show Memnon some special favor after his death, so what happened
to the smoke from his funeral pyre?

IT FORMED INTO BIRDS

Memnon had become a Trojan ally because he was directly related to Priam. How was
he related to Priam?

MEMNON WAS PRIAM’S NEPHEW

THROUGH PRIAM’S BROTHER TITHONUS

Using a dative, say in Latin: “In every town, the Romans had soldiers.”

IN OMNĪ OPPIDŌ/URBE / OMNIBUS OPPIDĪS/URBIBUS

ERANT / FUĒRUNT MĪLITĒS RŌMĀNĪS

Change the phrase in omnī oppidō to the plural.

IN OMNIBUS OPPIDĪS

Now, with three words, say in Latin: “Where did the soldiers come from?”

UNDE MĪLITĒS VĒNĒRUNT?

Using the 3rd conjugation verb “currō,” say in Latin “We used to run.”

CURRĒBĀMUS

Now say in Latin, “We will run.”

CURRĒMUS

Now say in Latin, “They had run.”

CUCURRERANT

Which of the following words, if any, IS derived from cēdō: cascade, cheat, incident, chance, success?

SUCCESS

From what root Latin verb are the others, cascade, cheat, incident, chance, derived?

CADŌ/CADERE

What English verb meaning “to occupy the same place in space or time” is also a
derivative of cadō?

COINCIDE

By what name do we know the coalition responsible for influencing the consular
elections for 59 and 55 B.C., which later saw all three of its members die unnatural
deaths?

FIRST TRIUMVIRATE

Who gained his first consulship in 59 B.C. thanks to the influence of the First
Triumvirate?

(GAIUS JULIUS) CAESAR

Pompey and Crassus, the other two members of the triumvirate, had both served
as lieutenants under what previous dictator?

(LUCIUS CORNELIUS) SULLA (FELIX)

Give a first- and second-declension adjective meaning “small.”

PARVUS (-A, -UM) / EXIGUUS / MINŪTUS

Give a third-declension antonym of parvus.

INGĒNS (INGENTIS) /

GRANDIS (-E) / IMMĀNIS (-E)

You probably first thought of the first- and second-declension adjective that is an
antonym of parvus. What is that adjective?

MAGNUS (-A, -UM)

Name a god who is said to have been a son of Zeus and Hera.

ARES or HEPHAESTUS

Name a goddess said to have been the daughter of Zeus and Hera.

EILEITHYIA or HEBE

Name one goddess with whom Ares had an affair.

APHRODITE or EOS

The Five Good Emperors give us many firsts when it comes to Roman emperors. Who
was the first born to a family outside of Italy?

(MARCUS ULPIUS) TRAJAN(US)

Who was the first Roman emperor with a beard?

(PUBLIUS AELIUS) HADRIAN(US)

Who was the first Roman emperor chosen by the Senate?

(MARCUS COCCEIUS) NERVA

For the sentence “The girl was walking with her mother,” translate the prepositional
phrase.

CUM (SUĀ/EIUS/ILLĪUS) MĀTRE

What ablative construction does “cum mātre” exemplify in that sentence?

ACCOMPANIMENT

Translate the ablative in this sentence and identify its use: “Marcus washed his
hands with water.”

AQUĀ / ABLATIVE OF MEANS/INSTRUMENT

Which of the following is NOT found in the Forum Rōmānum: the Temple of Vesta,
the Curia, the Column of Trajan, or the Basilica Julia?

COLUMN OF TRAJAN

Of the Arch of Titus, the Curia, the Column of Trajan, or the Basilica Julia, which
was built first?

THE CURIA

Which of these structures, the Arch of Titus, the Curia, the Column of Trajan, or the Basilica Julia, was built to celebrate a victory over the Dacians?

TRAJAN’S COLUMN

Translate the word “quod” into English for the following sentence: Īnfēlīcēs erant
mīlitēs quod nūllum cibum habēbant.

BECAUSE

(Visual, ignore and mark as five for now)
You are looking at a small Latin passage. How many of the words in line 3 are in
the accusative case?

THREE

(Visual, ignore and mark as five for now)

In the entire passage, how many prepositional phrases are there?

THREE

Respondē Latīnē: Quis erat prīmus rēx Rōmānus?

RŌMULUS (ERAT PRĪMUS RĒX RŌMĀNUS)

Respondē Latīnē: Quot frātrēs Rōmulō erant?

ŪNUS (ERAT EĪ/RŌMULŌ)

Respondē Latīnē: Quis erat Rōmulī pater?

MĀRS (ERAT RŌMULĪ PATER)

Whose daughter had to be sacrificed to Artemis in order for the Greeks to obtain
favorable winds to sail to Troy?

AGAMEMNON’S / CLYTEMNESTRA’S

At what port city did this sacrifice take place?

AULIS

Who was this unfortunate maiden?

IPHIGENEIA

Give the accusative singular of the phrase hostis clārus

HOSTEM CLĀRUM

Change hostem clārum to the dative plural.

HOSTIBUS CLĀRĪS

Change hostibus clārīs to the ablative singular.

HOSTE CLĀRŌ

What did Heracles study under Linus?

MUSIC/ LYRE-PLAYING

What was Linus’ fate at the hands of that irascible demigod?

KILLED WITH HIS OWN LYRE

What stepfather of Heracles taught him how to drive a chariot?

AMPHITRYON

What imperial dynasty consisted solely of a man and his two sons, who ruled from 69 to
96 A.D.?

FLAVIAN

What two Flavian emperors fought in Judaea?

(TITUS FLAVIUS) VESPASIAN(US) and TITUS (FLAVIUS VESPASIANUS)

What Flavian emperor presided over the opening of the Flavian Amphitheater,
also known as the Colosseum?

TITUS (FLAVIUS VESPASIANUS)

Passage: Poēta carmina sua in forō decem hōrās recitābat, sed haec carmina erant pessima. Audientēs, quī haec carmina ferre nōn poterant, poētam ad flūmen trāxērunt et in aquam eum iēcērunt.

Question: For how long was the poet reading his poems in the forum?

TEN HOURS

Question: How are the poems described in this story?

THE WORST / VERY BAD

Question: What happened to the poet?

HE WAS THROWN INTO THE RIVER / WATER /

THE LISTENERS DRAGGED HIM TO THE RIVER AND THREW HIM IN

What set of Alban triplets were sent to fight against Rome during the reign of Tullus
Hostilius?

CURIATII

What triplet set was their adversary?

HORATII

Why did the surviving Horatius kill his sister Horatia?

SHE MOURNED / WEPT FOR HER LOVER/FIANCÉ

(NOT HER BROTHER)

Which of the following English words is not related by etymology: terrace, disinter,
deter, territory, or terrier?

DETER

From what Latin root verb is “deter” derived?

TERREŌ

From what Latin noun are the others derived?

TERRA

Whom did King Alcinous and Queen Arete help after hearing of his disastrous attempts
to return home?

ODYSSEUS

What daughter of Alcinous and Arete was the princess of the Phaeacians?

NAUSICAA

What was the name of the island over which Alcinous ruled?

SCHERIA

What do all of the following have in common: merenda, vesperna, ientāculum,
prandium, and cēna?

THEY ARE ALL MEALS / INVOLVE FOOD

Put the following meals in the order they would appear in a typical Roman’s day,
from earliest to latest: cēna, ientāculum, prandium.

IENTĀCULUM, PRANDIUM, CĒNA

Which meal might consist of a gustātiō, mēnsa prīma, mēnsa altera, and
secunda mēnsa?

CĒNA

What Latin phrase, easily applied to a person who can go on talking endlessly, literally
means “to infinity”?

AD ĪNFĪNĪTUM

Sometimes we get rather bored with people who just can’t stop talking, and might
describe their monologues with a Latin phrase meaning “to the point of disgust.”
What is that phrase?

AD NAUSEAM

Indeed, we might, while listening politely, make a breach of etiquette and say
something unkind aloud in a “slip of the tongue.” What Latin phrase would
describe this?

LAPSUS LINGUAE

What praenōmen was abbreviated M?

MARCUS

What praenōmen was abbreviated C?

GAIUS

What praenōmen was abbreviated M’?

MANIUS

Pallas, Narcissus, and Polybius were all notorious freedmen of what emperor, who ruled
from 41 to 54 A.D.?

(TIBERIUS) CLAUDIUS (NERO GERMANICUS)

Claudius is said to have been too influenced by his freedmen and his wives. How
many wives did Claudius have in total?

FOUR

Which wife of Claudius was the father of his children Britannicus and Octavia?

(VALERIA) MESSALINA

For the Latin verb meaning “to be able,” give the third person singular, present indicative
form.

POTEST

Change potest to the imperfect indicative.

POTERAT

Change poterat to the pluperfect indicative.

POTUERAT

Some abbreviations can stand for more than one set of words. Give one of the common
sets of Latin words for which I.H.S. is an abbreviation.

IN HŌC SIGNŌ / IĒSUS HOMINUM SALVĀTOR

Give the other set of Latin words for which I.H.S. is an abbreviation.

IN HŌC SIGNŌ / IĒSUS HOMINUM SALVĀTOR

Give the meanings of both sets of Latin words for which I.H.S. is an abbreviation.

IN THIS SIGN / JESUS, SAVIOR OF MEN

Name the two Atridae.

AGAMEMNON AND MENELAUS

Why were Agamemnon and Menelaus referred to by this name?

THEIR FATHER WAS ATREUS / THEY ARE THE SONS OF ATREUS

What twin giants, eventually killed by Apollo, were the sons of Aloeus and thus
known as the Aloidae?

OTUS AND EPHIALTES

Translate the following sentence into English: Aurēlia multōs cīvēs in templō vīdit.

AURELIA SAW MANY CITIZENS IN THE TEMPLE

Translate: Deum in illō aedificiō vidēre voluerat.

(S)HE/IT HAD WANTED TO SEE (A) GOD IN THAT BUILDING

Translate: Nūllī deī, tamen, ē caelō dēscendērunt, tantum statuae.

NO GODS, HOWEVER/NONETHELESS, DESCENDED FROM HEAVEN / THE SKY, ONLY STATUES

What neighboring Etruscan city did the Romans sack after a ten-year siege in 396 B.C.?

VEII

What legendary Roman commander was responsible for the sack?

(MARCUS FURIUS) CAMILLUS

Whose sack of Rome only six years later caused some Romans to consider a
move to the then-vacant site of Veii?

BRENNUS’ / SENONES’ / THE GAULS’

To what root Latin verb can all the following English words trace their origins: identify,
certificate, affection, putrefaction, confectionary?

FACIŌ / FACERE

What English adjective derived from faciō means “defective or incomplete”? It is
also the name of a tense in Latin.

IMPERFECT

What English verb derived from faciō literally means “to make by hand”?

MANUFACTURE

Whose fourteen children were killed by Apollo and Artemis?

NIOBE’S

Into what did Niobe turn because of grief for her stricken children?

A (WEEPING) ROCK

Why did Apollo and Artemis kill the children of Niobe?

SHE HAD BRAGGED THAT SHE WAS SUPERIOR TO LETO

DUE TO HER GREATER AMOUNT OF CHILLUNS / CHICKLETS

Passage: Pauper, quī in oppidō Graecō habitābat, saepe dīvitem in viā ambulantem vidēbat.Ūnō diē pauperī, quī lacrimābat quod pānem nōn habēbat, pecūniam dīves dedit.

Question: Ubi habitābat pauper?

IN OPPIDŌ GRAECŌ / IN GRAECIĀ

Passage: Pauper, quī in oppidō Graecō habitābat, saepe dīvitem in viā ambulantem vidēbat.Ūnō diē pauperī, quī lacrimābat quod pānem nōn habēbat, pecūniam dīves dedit.

Question:

PAUPERĪ

Passage: Pauper, quī in oppidō Graecō habitābat, saepe dīvitem in viā ambulantem vidēbat.Ūnō diē pauperī, quī lacrimābat quod pānem nōn habēbat, pecūniam dīves dedit.

Question:

(QUOD/QUIA) PĀNEM NŌN HABĒBAT FAMEM HABĒBAT / ĒSURIĒBAT

Who, in 312 A.D., supposedly saw a cross and a sign in a dream and used his newfound
faith to slaughter the troops of his opponent?

(FLAVIUS VALERIUS CONSTANTINUS) / CONSTANTINE (I / THE GREAT)

Where did this battle in 312 A.D. take place?

MILVIAN/MULVIAN BRIDGE / SAXA RUBRA

Who was Constantine’s opponent in this battle of 312 A.D.?

(MARCUS AURELIUS VALERIUS) MAXENTIUS

Count backwards from ten to six in Latin using cardinal numbers.

DECEM, NOVEM, OCTŌ, SEPTEM, SEX

Now count backwards using ordinal numbers from ninth to fifth.

NŌNUS, OCTĀVUS, SEPTIMUS, SEXTUS, QUINTUS

Count by fives to twenty-five.

QUĪNQUE, DECEM, QUĪNDECIM, VĪGINTĪ, VĪGINTĪ (ET) QUĪNQUE / QUĪNQUE ET VĪGINTĪ

Which of the following English words is NOT derived from the Latin adjective līber:
livery, liberal, lever, deliver, or liberty?

LEVER

From which Latin adjective is “lever” derived?

LEVIS

What English noun derived from levis means “any substance used to produce
fermentation, especially in bread dough”?

LEAVEN(ING)

What Thessalian mountain tribe is best known for its battle against the centaurs?

LAPITHS

At the wedding of what couple did that battle take place?

PIRITHOUS AND HIPPODAMEIA

What best friend of Pirithous helped him to drive the centaurs from Thessaly?

THESEUS

When recognized, perform this command: Mōnstrā mihi manum sinistram

PLAYER DEMONSTRATES/LIFTS LEFT HAND

When recognized, perform this command: Nunc surge et pōne duōs digitōs in fronte tuā.

ONE PERSON PUTS TWO FINGERS ON HIS/HER FOREHEAD

When recognized, perform this command: Nunc surgite vōs omnēs et tangite genua

WHOLE TEAM STANDS AND TOUCHES THEIR KNEES

Using the dative case, say in Latin “for one sailor.”

ŪNĪ NAUTAE

Now use the dative case to say in Latin “for two sailors.”

DUŌBUS NAUTĪS

Now use the genitive case to say in Latin “of five sailors.”

QUĪNQUE NAUTĀRUM

In what modern-day country is Mount Olympus located?

GREECE

(Visual, ignore and mark as five for now)

What god is illustrated in picture A?

DIONYSUS / BACCHUS

(Visual, ignore and mark as five for now)
What sea animals are shown in picture B, which were originally men, but
transformed by Dionysus for kidnapping him?

DOLPHINS

In ancient Rome, who would play with lūnulae and crepundia and perhaps even his
bulla after being fed by a nūtrīx?

A BABY

What were a baby’s lūnulae shaped like?

(HALF/CRESCENT) MOONS

What was a Roman baby boy called until his name was chosen on the diēs lūstricus?

PŪPUS

What Ithacan is usually said to be Odysseus’ father?

LAERTES

Who is the mother of Odysseus?

ANTICLEA

Some stories, however, say that what cunning mythological thief seduced
Anticlea and was the actual father of Odysseus?

AUTOLYCUS

Translate into Latin: The leader was showing the ship to the sailors.

DUX/IMPERĀTOR NĀVEM NAUTĪS OSTENDĒBAT / (DĒ)MŌNSTRĀBAT

What case and use is “nautīs” in the sentence: The leader was showing the ship to the sailors.

DATIVE, INDIRECT OBJECT

Translate into Latin: The sailors have brought food to the ship.

NAUTAE CIBUM AD NĀVEM TULĒRUNT/PORTĀVĒRUNT

“Meanwhile, back at the ranch” was a standard phrase in 1940s serial movies. How
would you say the word “meanwhile” in Latin?

INTERIM / INTEREĀ / INTERDUM

Adverbs confuse Latin students every day. What is the Latin adverb for “every
day” or “daily”?

CO(T)TĪDIĒ

Indeed, sometimes I feel that I study them in vain. Give the Latin for “in vain.”

FRŪSTRĀ / NĒQUĀQUAM / NĒQUĪQUAM / (IN)CASSUM

Clodius Albinus and Pescennius Niger were the two major obstacles that what man had to
overcome to become the first Roman emperor born in Africa?

(LUCIUS) SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS

Besides Albinus, Niger, and Severus, name one of the two other emperors of 193
A.D.

(PUBLIUS HELVETIUS) PERTINAX /

(MARCUS) DIDIUS JULIANUS

What two sons of Severus succeeded their father, but could not coexist for long
after his death?

CARACALLA AND GETA

For the verb vocō, give the second person singular, perfect active indicative form.

VOCĀVISTĪ

Translate vocāvistī.

YOU (HAVE) CALLED / DID CALL

Change vocāvistī to the passive.

VOCĀTUS /-A /-UM ES

Egyptian troops under Tiberius Alexander, Syrian troops under Mucianus, Danubian
troops under Antonius Primus, and his own Judaean troops all successfully declared what
man emperor in July and August of 69 A.D.?

(TITUS FLAVIUS) VESPASIAN(US)

How many emperors were recognized by the Senate in that year?

FOUR

What emperor had died in 68 A.D., precipitating this rash of short-lived
emperors?

NERO (CLAUDIUS CAESAR AUGUSTUS GERMANICUS)

What son of Autonoe was torn apart by his own hounds as punishment for seeing Artemis
as she bathed nude?

ACTAEON

Who were the parents of Autonoe, as well as Agave, Ino, Semele, and Polydorus?

CADMUS AND HARMONIA

Who were the parents of Harmonia?

ARES AND APHRODITE

In the sentence “Pater suīs fīliīs favet,” what case and use is pater?

NOMINATIVE, SUBJECT

Now, give me the case and use of fīliīs for that sentence “Pater suīs fīliīs favet.”

DATIVE WITH SPECIAL VERBS

Change the sentence to mean “Fathers will favor their daughters”.

PATRĒS (SUĪS) FĪLIĀBUS FAVĒBUNT

What king of Rome, an immigrant from Etruria who was originally named Lucumo,
initiated a number of building projects including the Cloaca Maxima?

(LUCIUS) TARQUINIUS PRISCUS

Who was Tarquinius Priscus’ wife, who was an accomplished interpreter of
signs?

TANAQUIL

Who murdered Tarquinius Priscus?

SONS OF ANCUS (MARCIUS)

When recognized, perform this command: Fac sonum canis!

PLAYER SHOULD MAKE A SOUND SUCH AS RUFF / GRRR / BARK / WOOF

Optimē! Nunc trēs – et trēs sōlī, facite sonōs asinōrum.

THREE PLAYERS SAY “HEE HAW”

Illud erat rīdiculōsum! Nunc duo, et duo sōlī, facite sonōs fēlium

TWO PLAYERS SAY “MEOW”

Who had once been a beautiful girl, but was made hideous with hair of serpents and a
truly stony glare by an enraged Athena?

MEDUSA

Why was Athena so angry at Medusa?

MEDUSA AND POSEIDON WERE INTIMATE IN ATHENA’S TEMPLE

What two other immortal Gorgons did Medusa join?

STHENO AND EURYALE

Translate the following Latin sentence into English: Cōnsulēs fābulās dē proeliō
magnō narrābant.

THE CONSULS USED TO TELL / WERE TELLING /

TOLD STORIES ABOUT A GREAT BATTLE

Translate: “Barbarī,” inquit cōnsul, “urbem cēpērunt.”

“(THE) BARBARIANS,” SAID/SAYS THE

CONSUL, “(THEY HAVE) CAPTURED THE CITY.”

Translate: Subitō mīles sōlus in ponte stetit et urbem servāvit.

SUDDENLY A LONE / THE ONLY SOLDIER STOOD ON THE BRIDGE AND SAVED THE CITY

Where would you be if you saw people reciting versūs Fescennīnī to a woman who was
wearing a tunica rēcta and a flammeum?

A WEDDING

What would Romans throw during the procession?

NUTS / NUCĒS

What color was a bride’s flammeum?

FLAME-COLORED / RED / YELLOW

By what name did the Romans call farmhouses or country houses?

VILLA(S) / VĪLLA(E) (RŪSTICA(E))

(Visual, ignore and mark as five for now)

What Latin term did the Romans give to the type of dwelling shown in picture A?

ĪNSULA(E)

(Visual, ignore and mark as five for now)
Picture B shows a cross-cut section of a Roman domus. What is the Latin word
for the room of the domus that is highlighted?

ĀTRIUM

What queen’s last moments were presided over by Iris, who cut a lock of hair after the
queen committed suicide while watching the Trojan ships sail away from Carthage?

DIDO’S

What sister of Dido was distraught to discover that Dido had killed herself?

ANNA

What African chieftain had wanted to marry Dido, but had been rejected?

IARBAS

What is the Latin motto of Yale University?

LŪX ET VĒRITĀS

What university has as its motto lūx, hominum vīta?

NEW MEXICO

The University of Michigan also has a three-word Latin motto meaning “the arts,
knowledge, truth.” What is this Latin motto?

ARTĒS, SCIENTIA, VĒRITĀS

What king of Troy was famous for never keeping his word?

LAOMEDON

What two gods helped Laomedon to build Troy’s walls, but went unpaid by the
king?

APOLLO AND POSEIDON/NEPTUNE

What was one of the punishments which Apollo and Poseidon sent for this breach
of contract?

PLAGUE, SEA-MONSTER

Say in Latin “the short war.”

BELLUM BREVE

Change bellum breve to the genitive plural.

BELLŌRUM BREVIUM

Change bellōrum brevium to the comparative and to the genitive singular.

BELLĪ BREVIŌRIS

In the indicative mood, how many tenses are there?

SIX

Name the two normally used voices in Latin.

ACTIVE & PASSIVE

Name six of the cases that Latin uses.

SIX OF THE FOLLOWING: NOMINATIVE, GENITIVE, DATIVE,

ACCUSATIVE, ABLATIVE, LOCATIVE, VOCATIVE

What villain, sometimes known as Polypemon or Damastes, was thwarted by Theseus,
who stretched him upon his own bed?

PROCRUSTES

What villain, also bested by Theseus, kicked people over a cliff to their
death?

SCIRON

Sciron’s victims did not always die by landing on the rocks below. What other
danger lurked in the waters below?

(MAN-EATING SEA) TURTLE

Passage: Prūdēns est fēmina quae scientiam cāram habet. Prūdentior quae aliōs docet. Prūdentissima quae aliōs linguam Latīnam docet.

Question: According to this passage, there are three types of wise women. What does a
merely wise woman hold dear?

KNOWLEDGE / WISDOM / SCIENCE

Passage: Prūdēns est fēmina quae scientiam cāram habet. Prūdentior quae aliōs docet. Prūdentissima quae aliōs linguam Latīnam docet.

Question: What does a wiser woman do?

SHE TEACHES OTHERS

Passage: Prūdēns est fēmina quae scientiam cāram habet. Prūdentior quae aliōs docet. Prūdentissima quae aliōs linguam Latīnam docet.

Question: And, finally, what does the wisest woman of all do?

SHE TEACHES OTHERS LATIN

From what third declension Latin noun is “capitalism” derived?

CAPUT

Which of the following is NOT derived from caput: captain, code, precipice,
mischief, or chattel?

CODE

From what Latin noun is “code” derived?

CAUDEX / CŌDEX

What was the occupation of Machaon and Podalirius?

DOCTOR / PHYSICIAN / MEDICINE

Who was the father of both of Machaon and Podalirius?

ASCLEPIUS / AESCULAPIUS

What Greek warrior did either Machaon or Podalirius cure of a festering snakebite
during the Trojan War?

PHILOCTETES

Complete this analogy: cēnō is to cēnābō as veniō is to what?

VENIAM

Change veniam to the 3rd person plural, perfect active indicative.

VĒNĒRUNT

Change vēnērunt to the future perfect.

VĒNERINT

What Carthaginian general, who led guerilla raids in Sicily and southern Italy near the
end of the First Punic War, had his son swear everlasting enmity towards the Romans?

HAMILCAR (BARCA)

Where did Hamilcar spend a large amount of time after the First Punic War,
expanding Carthaginian holdings to make up for the loss of Sicily, Sardinia, and
Corsica?

SPAIN / HISPĀNIA

Who took over command of the Carthaginian troops in Spain upon the death of
Hamilcar?

HASDRUBAL (prompt on “Hamilcar’s son-in-law”)

What are the Latin and English for the familiar abbreviation M.D., often seen in
hospitals?

MEDICĪNAE DOCTOR, DOCTOR OF MEDICINE

Give both the abbreviation and the Latin that a doctor might use for a prescription
he intended to be taken twice a day.

B.I.D. – BIS IN DIĒ

Give both the abbreviation and the Latin that a doctor might use for a prescription
that should be taken orally.

P.O. – PER ŌS

What giant guarded the island of Crete?

TALUS

Of what material was Talus made?

BRONZE

Who drained the life-sustaining ichor from Talus’ body?

MEDEA

Use a form of the verb sum, esse to translate this sentence: “The king does not have a
kingdom.”

RĒGĪ RĒGNUM NŌN EST

What case and use is “rēgī” in that sentence: “The king does not have a
kingdom.”?

DATIVE OF POSSESSION

In the sentence “The thirsty man could not drink enough water,” what case and
use would be used to translate “water”?

GENITIVE, PARTITIVE/OF THE WHOLE

Which of the following English words, if any, is not related by etymology: definition,
confine, final, feign, or unfinished?

FEIGN

From what Latin noun are the others words in that list, confine, final, and unfinished derived?

FĪNIS

From what Latin verb is “feign” derived?

FINGŌ / FINGERE

Respondē Latīnē: Da mihi nōmen Latīnum huius animālis. Hoc animal semper in
aquā vīvit et nātat. Numquam āēr spīrat. Quod animal est?

PISCIS

Respondē Latīnē: Hoc animal quoque in aquā vīvit, sed āēr spīrat. Quod
animal est?

DELPHĪNUS, BĀLAENA, PHOCA

Respondē Latīnē: Hoc animal magnum vīvit in Āfricā Asiāque, et nāsum
longissimum habet. Quod animal est?

ELEPHANTUS / ELEPHĀ(N)S

What was physically unusual about Zetes and Calais?

THEY HAD WINGS / COULD FLY

What wind carried off the nymph Oreithyia, on whom he sired the twins Zetes
and Calais?

BOREAS

What other wind was responsible for the death of Hyacinthus?

ZEPHYR(US)

What king of Rome killed a rival king Acron in single combat, consecrated the temple of
Jupiter Feretrius, created the Senate, and instigated the rape of the Sabine women?

ROMULUS

After his victory over Acron, Romulus dedicated the spoils to Jupiter Feretrius.
What was the name given to the spoils won when a commander killed an enemy
commander in single combat, an honor only bestowed three times in the history of
Rome?

SPOLIA OPĪMA (prompt on “spoils of honor” or similar)

Name Romulus’ Sabine wife.

HERSILIA

(Visual, ignore and mark as five for now)
You are looking at a visual of provincial allegiances from 69 A.D. in which all of the
provinces loyal to Vespasian have been marked in purple. What was the southernmost
province loyal to Vespasian, whose capital lay in the city of Alexandria?

EGYPT / AEGYPTUS

(Visual, ignore and mark as five for now)

Name one of the other purple provinces, all of which were loyal to Vespasian.

SYRIA, IUDEA, MOESIA, DALMATIA, PANNONIA

(Visual, ignore and mark as five for now)
Of the provinces Syria, Iudea, Moesia, Dalmatia, and Pannonia, in which did
Vespasian crush a rebellion in 67 and 68 A.D.?

JUDAEA / IUDEA

Give the genitive plural of rēs.

RĒRUM

Give the accusative singular of vīs, meaning “force or violence.”

VIM

Make “vim” plural.

VĪRĒS / VĪRĪS

What woman was placed in the heavens on a chair, but sitting upside-down as further
punishment for the pride that had almost cost her the life of her daughter Andromeda?

CASSIOPEIA

What god had sent the monster to kill Andromeda and had turned Cassiopeia into
a constellation?

POSEIDON / NEPTUNE

Who was the husband of Cassiopeia?

CEPHEUS

Who took part in a missus, where the curricula were counted with ōva et delphīnī?

CHARIOTEER / AURĪGA / ĒDITOR

What was the Latin term for the structure in the middle of the circus that divided
one side from the other?

SPĪNA

How would a mappa be used during a chariot race?

(DROPPED TO) START THE RACE

Passage: Imperātor Rōmānus contrā barbarōs pugnābat ubi vīdit elephantōs maximōs in silvā errantēs. Timōrem autem nūllum habēbat quod mīlitēs fortēs erant. Itaque imperātor exercitum Rōmānum animālia oppugnāre iussit. Magnō clāmōre elephantōs perterritōs in fugam dedērunt.

Question: Quid faciēbant elephantī in silvā?

ERRĀBANT / AMBULĀBANT etc.

Question: Vērum an falsum, elephantī effūgērunt?

VĒRUM

Question: Quōmodo elephantī perterritī sunt?

(MAGNŌ) CLĀMŌRE

Give all the principal parts of the Latin verb meaning “to drag.”

TRAHŌ, TRAHERE, TRĀXĪ, TRACTUS/-UM

Give all the principal parts of the Latin verb meaning “to force,” from which we
derive the English word “cogent.”

CŌGŌ, CŌGERE, COĒGĪ, COĀCTUS/-UM

AGŌ, AGERE, ĒGĪ, ĀCTUS/-UM

Give me the principal parts of the Latin verb meaning “turn,” from which we
derive the English word “introverted.”

(INTRŌ)VERTŌ, VERTERE, VERTĪ, VERSUS/-UM

Who was the daughter of the Aeolian king Thestius, the wife of Tyndareus, and the
mother of two children by Zeus, who came to her as a swan?

LEDA

Name the two children of Zeus and Leda.

POLLUX/POLYDEUCES AND HELEN

Helen, being divinely beautiful, had a correspondingly godly number of suitors.
What oath did all of these suitors have to take?

TO SUPPORT HER FUTURE HUSBAND /

TO COME TO HER AID IF SHE WERE EVER IN TROUBLE

What year in the third century saw six different emperors?

238 A.D.

What name was shared by three of those six emperors?

GORDIAN(US)

Which two emperors of 238 A.D. were chosen by the Senate to rule jointly?

(MARCUS CLODIUS) PUPIENUS (MAXIMUS) &

(DECIUS CAELIUS CALVINUS) BALBINUS

From what Latin noun do we derive “mortal”?

MORS

What English noun, also derived from mors, means “a pledge of property as a
security for the repayment of debt”?

MORTGAGE

What Latin adjective, etymologically related to mors, means “dead”?

MORTUUS

Translate the following sentence into English: Senex clāmōrēs trium iuvenum nōn
amat.

THE OLD MAN DOES NOT LIKE THE SHOUTS

OF THE THREE YOUTHS / YOUNG MEN / YOUNGUNS

Translate: Clāmat senex, “Tacēte aut discēdite, iuvenēs!”

“BE QUIET OR LEAVE, YOUNG MEN,” SHOUTS THE OLD MAN

Translate: Respondent iuvenēs, “Sī nōbīs vīnum dederis, discēdēmus.”

“IF YOU (WILL HAVE) GIVE(N) US WINE, WE WILL LEAVE,” REPLY THE YOUNG MEN.

West Virginia, a state that borders Kentucky, has a well-known Latin motto. Give that
Latin motto.

MONTĀNĪ SEMPER LĪBERĪ

What does that motto mean?

MOUNTAINEERS (ARE) ALWAYS FREE

Another bordering state has as its Latin motto Salūs populī suprēma lēx estō.
Give the meaning of that phrase as well as the state for which it is the motto.

MISSOURI/ THE SAFETY OF THE PEOPLE
SHALL BE THE SUPREME LAW
… or LET THE SAFETY OF THE PEOPLE…

What English derivative of the third conjugation Latin verb for “to conquer” means
“unable to be conquered or subdued”?

INVINCIBLE

What derivative of vincō is now used to mean “to make evident” or “to display as
a quality or trait”?

EVINCE

Vincō has a first conjugation synonym which also gives us a derivative that
means “unable to be conquered or subdued.” Name it.

INSUPERABLE

Of the Roman careers publicānus, medicus, mīles, rhētor, and tabernārius, which is
described in this Latin sentence? Ego puerōs Rōmānōs, quī ā paedagōgīs ad mē ductī
sunt, causās dīcere doceō.

RHĒTOR

Of the Roman careers pūblicānus, medicus, mīles, rhētor, and tabernārius,
which is described in this Latin sentence? Prō rē pūblicā labōrō, sed in meā
prōvinciā nēmō mē amat quod pecūniam postulō.

PŪBLICĀNUS

Of the Roman careers pūblicānus, medicus, mīles, rhētor, and tabernārius,
which is described in this Latin sentence? Prīmā lūce vēndere incipiō, et ad
multam noctem vēndō. Multa bona prō pecūniā mūtō.

TABERNĀRIUS

Give me the nominative, genitive, and gender for the Latin noun meaning “summer.”

AESTĀS, AESTĀTIS, FEMININE

Now do the same for the 3rd declension noun meaning “winter.”

HIEMS, HIEMIS, FEMININE

Now do the same for the 3rd declension noun meaning “spring.”

VĒR, VĒRIS, NEUTER

What Thracian king was fed his own son for dinner after he raped and mutilated his
wife’s sister?

TEREUS

Who was this sister, an Athenian princess who eventually was transformed into a
nightingale?

PHILOMELA

What specific act of mutilation did Tereus perform upon Philomela?

DETONGUED HER

To whom did Augustus, when he was seriously ill in 23 B.C., hand his signet ring as a
sign that he had chosen him as his successor?

(MARCUS VIPSANIUS) AGRIPPA

Who was Augustus’s named successor and son-in-law at this time, whom he
passed over in favor of Agrippa?

(MARCUS CLAUDIUS) MARCELLUS

Augustus outlived both Agrippa and Marcellus. Marcellus died in 23 B.C. In
what year did Agrippa die?

12 B.C.

For the verb pellō, give the second person plural, perfect active indicative.

PEPULISTIS

Change pepulistis to the passive voice.

PULSĪ /-AE /-A ESTIS

Translate pulsī estis

YOU (ALL) HAVE BEEN PUSHED / DRIVEN AWAY

What ability did Periclymenus, Vertumnus, Proteus, and Achelous have in common?

SHAPE-SHIFTING (or similar)

In the Odyssey, how did Menelaus and three companions disguise themselves in
order to trick Proteus into falling asleep in front of them so they could bind him?

AS SEALS

Why did Menelaus want to talk to Proteus so much?

(PROTEUS’ DAUGHTER EIDOTHEA TOLD HIM THAT) PROTEUS
KNEW WHAT MENELAUS HAD TO DO TO GET HOME (TO SPARTA) /
TO FIND A WAY OUT OF THE DESERT

What priests of Mars received their name from ritual dancing?

SALIĪ

What was the Latin term for the sacred item, protected by the Saliī, that
supposedly fell from the sky during the reign of Numa?

ANCĪLE / ANCĪLIA

What other group of Saliī were dedicated to Quirinus?

SALIĪ COLLĪNĪ

Passage: Omnēs iuvenēs bibere et bene et laetē vītam agere dēbent quod mox omnia negōtia et rēs quae cīvibus bonīs necessāriae sunt appropinquābunt. Agite vītās vestrās, iuvenēs, dum potestis!

Question: Quandō appropinquābunt negōtia et rēs cīvīlēs?

MOX

Question: Quōmodo iuvenibus necesse est vītās agere?

(ET) BENE ET LAETĒ

Question: Now translate the last sentence of this passage into English.

LIVE YOUR LIVES, YOUTHS / YOUNG MEN, WHILE YOU CAN / ARE ABLE!

Which of the following is derived from the first conjugation verb parō?
repair, repartee, partake, parcel, depart

REPAIR

From what Latin adjective is “compare” derived?

PĀR (EQUAL)

“Partake”, “parcel”, “depart” are all derived from what 3rd declension noun?

PARS (PART)

A boat race, a footrace, and a wrestling match all figured in whose funeral games, held in
Sicily by Aeneas and his men?

ANCHISES

What king of Eryx in Sicily had extended hospitality to the Trojans?

ACESTES

Despite burying his father, Aeneas was able to speak to him again in the
Underworld. What woman guided Aeneas through the Underworld?

(CUMAEAN) SIBYL / DEIPHOBE

What half-Vandal general effectively ruled the Western Roman Empire from 395 A.D.
until 408 A.D., when he was beheaded on the order of the emperor?

(FLAVIUS) STILICHO

What emperor gave the order to behead Stilicho?

(FLAVIUS) HONORIUS

To what town in northern Italy, located on the Adriatic, had Stilicho retired before
Honorius gave this order?

RAVENNA

The animosity between what divinity and what hero resulted in the formation of the
Milky Way?

HERA & HERACLES

What city was the center of the worship of Hera on the Greek mainland?

ARGOS

What island was the center of Hera’s worship in the Aegean?

SAMOS

Translate the following sentence into English Agricola bovēs diū quaerēbat, sed eōs
nōn invēnit

THE FARMER LOOKED FOR THE OXEN/COWS/BULLS FOR A

LONG TIME BUT (HE) DID NOT FIND THEM

Translate: Ubi agricola bovēs invēnerit, eōs in agrōs dūcet.

WHEN THE FARMER FINDS / WILL HAVE FOUND

THE OXEN/COWS/BULLS, HE WILL LEAD THEM INTO THE FIELDS

Translate: Uxor agricolae clāmat, “Tuum fīlium in agrōs cum bovibus mīsī.”

THE FARMER’S WIFE SHOUTS / THE WIFE SHOUTS TO THE FARMER,

“I SENT YOUR SON INTO THE FIELDS WITH THE OXEN.”

Latin inscriptions quite often contain a large number of words. Nevertheless, students
who are new to the Latin language are capable of extracting important information from
an inscription without having to translate it entirely. What was the occupation of the man
who erected this epitaph for his wife?

ACTOR

Please keep examining the inscription on page 1. For how many years and days
did Callippus’ wife live?

27 YEARS, 33 DAYS

Now turn to page 2, which contains a picture whose inscription shows in just the
first two lines what type of object it is. The original object would have contained
much more information. What is the purpose of this inscription?

(AGRICULTURAL) CALENDAR / FĀSTĪ

What king was warned by the Delphic oracle that Aeolus’ descendant, a man with one
sandal, would one day cause his death?

PELIAS

What god’s annual festival was chosen by Jason as the occasion at which he
would declare his right to the throne of Iolcus?

POSEIDON’S

Where had Jason been until his twenty-first year?

MT. PELION / MAGNESIA (prompt on “with Chiron”)

Give the nominative plural form of the phrase “similar hands”.

MANŪS SIMILĒS

Change manūs similēs to the superlative genitive plural.

MANUUM SIMILLIMĀRUM

Similis is one of six adjectives that form their superlatives in the same way.
Name three more.

DIFFICILIS (-E - DIFFICULT),
DISSIMILIS (-E - DISSIMILAR), FACILIS (-E - EASY),
GRACILIS (-E - SLENDER), HUMILIS (-E - HUMBLE)

Respondē Anglicē: Quattuor animālia in eōdem agrō erant: leō, ovis, testūdō, lepus.
Quod animal ovem cōnsūmet?

THE LION

Respondē Anglicē: Quod animal celerrimē currit: ovis, testūdō, lepus?

HARE / THE LITTLE FURRY BUNNY WABBIT

Respondē Anglicē: In fābulā Aesōpī dē lepore testūdineque, quod animal hoc
certāmen vincit?

TORTOISE / TURTLE

Postumius Albinus, Caecilius Metellus, and Gaius Marius were all sent to deal with what
foreign enemy of Rome?

JUGURTHA

What lieutenant of Marius orchestrated the capture of Jugurtha in 106 B.C.?

(LUCIUS CORNELIUS) SULLA (FELIX)

What Numidian chieftain, a father-in-law of Jugurtha, facilitated the capture?

BOCCHUS

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