Level 4 Flashcards
Bacchus is not really the Roman name for Dionysus, the Greek god of wine. Bacchus, in fact, is simply another Greek name for Dionysus. With what purely Roman god was he associated? Bonus: Give me the name for this god’s main festival and the month in which it occurs.
LIBER LIBERALIA, MARCH
You’re in the countryside, looking at a beautiful landscape. You say to your friend, Locus est amoenius. Now change that to the plural. Bonus: Now distinguish between the plural nominatives loca and loci.
LOCA SUNT AMOENIA LOCA REFERS TO PLACES and LOCI REFERS TO PASSAGES IN A BOOK
What marshes, south of Rome along the coast, remained the haunt of highwaymen and robbers until well into the Empire? Bonus: What emperor of the 2nd century attempted in vain to have the Pomptine Marshes drained?
POMPTINE MARSHES TRAJAN
Why people have double names in the ancient is a real puzzle. But, in any case, what were the names by which the son of Achilles was known? Bonus: What common circumstance did Neoptolemus share with Philoctetes?
PYRRHUS AND NEOPTOLEMUS THE PROPHECY THAT TROY WOULD NOT FALL UNTIL NEOPTOLEMUS FOUGHT ON THE GREEK SIDE
Sometimes a Roman general was denied a triumph by the Senate and held one anyway, paid for out of his own pocket. Where were such triumphs usually held? Bonus: Sometimes a general was awarded a lesser form of triumph, in which he entered Rome not in a chariot but on horseback. What was this called?
ON THE ALBAN MOUNT OVATION (OVATIO)
Welcome to the Upper Level Finals of the Ad Fontes Certamen. Participles yet again. We all know that the dative of agent is regularly used with the gerundie or the Future Passive Periphrastic construction. But with what participle is the dative of agent commonly seen? Bonus 1: Keeping that in mind, translate the following sentence, which might have come from the mouth of a tyrant or king: Mihi deliberatum et constitutum est. Bonus 2: In poetry, the use of the dative of agent was even more widely used, appearing commonly with what type of verb?
PERFECT PASSIVE PARTICIPLE IT HAS BEEN DECIDED AND DELIBERATED BY ME PASSIVE VERBS
When the Gauls attacked Rome in 390 B.C., who led the Roman garrison in repelling the attack on the citadel? Bonus 1: Who was appointed dictator to drive the Gauls out of Rome? Bonus 2: With what title was Camillus rewarded for this service to Rome?
M. MANLIUS CAPITOLINUS CAMILLUS THE SECOND FOUNDER OF ROME
Adrastus, Polynices, Tydeus, Capaneus, Parthenopaeus, Mecisteus, and Amphiaraus are all part of what group? Bonus 1: What Greek playwright immortalized this group by a play of the same name? Bonus 2: What poet of the Silver Age of Latin recounted the same story in his epic Thebaid?
THE SEVEN AGAINST THEBES AESCHYLUS STATIUS
A comitia of course is an assembly of the Roman people, but what was the name of the place where the comitia normally met? Bonus 1: Tell me the names of the three comitia under the Republic. Bonus 2: Which of these had the duty of formally conferring imperium by means of a lex de imperio on the magistrates and later on the emperors?
COMITIUM COMITIA CURIATA, CENTURIATA, TRIBUTA COMITIA CURIATA
Translate this verse and tell me it’s author: Exegi monumentum aere perennius. Bonus 1: In what work did Horace say this line? Bonus 2: In that same poem, what does Horace consider his greatest poetic achievement to be?
I HAVE BUILT A MONUMENT MORE LASTING THAN BRONZE and HORACE THE ODES TO HAVE ADAPTED GREEK METER INTO LATIN POETRY
The perfect tense tetuli makes its appearance in Plautus, but how would Cicero have written it? Bonus 1: If tetuli had survived it would have made fero what type of verb? Bonus 2: Petronius is famous for odd verb forms. How would Cicero have written his fellitus sum?
TULI A REDUPLICATIVE FALSUS SUM
The games that Aeneas held in Sicily were in honor of whom? Bonus 1: In which book of the Aeneid does these games occur? Bonus 2: Who was the Trojan king of Eryx who entertained Aeneas and his followers during their stay in Sicily?
ANCHISES 5 ACESTES
Who was the worshiper of the deus Sol invictus, an odd emperor of Rome who did himself no good with the conservative Roman establishment by instituting orgiastic ceremonies of his Syrian cult? Bonus 1: Elagabalus was actually related to the Severan dynasty. His mother Iulia Bassiana was niece to what powerful woman, the wife of Septimius Severus and mother of Caracalla and Geta? Bonus 2: When dynasties changed in Rome, new emperors often adopted the name of some predecessor by spurious adoption. Elagabalus was a Varius by birth, a Severan by maternal blood, but what was the gens name he adopted (as Caracalla had done before him) in his official nomenclature?
ELAGABUS IULIA DOMNA AURELIUS
A few unfortunates in the ancient world were marked out for special punishment in the Underworld. What was the crime and punishment of Ixion? Bonus: 1: How was Ixion tricked? Bonus 2: Ixion had once been the proud king of what region of Greece?
HE TRIED TO SEDUCE HERA and WAS TIED TO A TURNING WHEEL FOR ETERNITY ZEUS FORMED A CLOUD IN HERA’S LIKENESS THESSALY
Tombstone Latin is sometimes grim. Translate this inscription found on a Roman gravestone near a road: Viator, viator! Quod tu es, ego fui; quod nunc sum, et tu eris. Bonus 1: This fellow must have a delightful soul with a keen sense of humor. Translate his tomb inscripton: Vixi quem ad modum volui; quare mortuus sum, nescio. Bonus 2: This inscription, a common one, may have a Christian meaning: Ego cum eo eo eo.
TRAVELLER, TRAVELLER! WHAT YOU ARE, I WAS; WHAT I AM NOW, YOU ALSO WILL BE I LIVED HOW I WANTED, WHY I AM DEAD NOW, I DO NOT KNOW I AM GOING THERE WITH HIM
Who am I? I was a disciple of Plato and brought my master to Syracuse in 367. I was banished later by the tyrant of Syracuse, but then returned in 357, captured Syracuse and ruled there off and on until my assassination in 357. You all know so much about me because Plutarch wrote my biography. Bonus 1: Which Dionysius was this, the First or Second? Bonus 2: In his parallel lives, Plutarch matched this man with this historical figure, a man who also fought against tranny and created chaos in his homeland.
DION FIRST BRUTUS
What author established hexameter as the meter for Roman poetry? Bonus 1: Well, we don’t have much poetry of Lucilius, but we have a number of Satires of Juvenal? In fact, how many have come down to us? Bonus 2: One of these Satires is a famous tirade against women. Which one was it?
LUCILIUS 16 SATIRE VI
If you saw a bottle that said q.i.d., you might be able to give me the Latin of abbreviation and tell me what it means. Bonus 1: What kind of number is quater? Bonus 2: Now give me the distributive of this number.
QUATER IN DIE and 4 TIMES A DAY NUMERICAL ADVERB QUATERNI
The earliest assembly at Rome was called the comitia curiata, instituted under the kings. It eventually lost its legislative and electoral functions to the comitia centuriata, but apart from passing the lex de imperio what function did it retain until late in the Empire? Bonus 1: What official probably presided over the meetings of the comitia curiata in the late Republic? Bonus 2: What momentous change was made concerning electoral assemblies during the reign of Tiberius?
THE VALIDATION OF WILLS/CONFIRMATION OF PRIESTS/CONFIRMATION OF ADOPTIONS THE PONTIFEX MAXIMUS THE ELECTION OF MAGISTRATES WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE SENATE
Who was the king of Thebes, talented at the lyre? Bonus 1: Who gave Amphion his lyre? Bonus 2: What task did Amphion accomplish with the lyre?
AMPHION HERMES HE PUT THE STONES OF THE CITY WALLS IN PLACE
Being completely alliterative say in Latin “I will dedicate the teeth of the dragons, gifts to the gods”. Bonus 1: Say alliteratively: “Decius slept sweetly at home”. Bonus 2: That was easy. But now say alliteratively: “Rabarius again looks back at the royal pyre”.
DICABO DENTES DRACONUM DONA DEIS DECIUS DULCITER DORMIT DORMI RABIRIUS RURSUS RESPEXIT ROGUM REGIUM
What are the modern names of these ancient cities? Watch out - it starts easy, but gets harder! Londinium, Lugdunum, Augusta Treverorum. Bonus 1: How about these? Antium and Masillia. Bonus 2: Now what were these modern cities called by the Romans: Rhodes and Perugia?
LONDON, LYONS, TRIER ANZIO and MARSEILLE RHODOS and PERUSIA
What general lost his command by the lex Manilia? Bonus: Lucullus had invaded Armenia in pursuit of Mithridates and his army revolted and refused to march further. Who was the ringleader of this revolt? Bonus: At what new capital of Armenia being founded by Tigranes did this revolt occur?
LUCULLUS P. CLODIUS PULCHER TIGRANOCERTA
What is a noun called, such as domus, which varies between declensions? Bonus 1: How about a noun that varies in gender, like dies? Bonus 2: Some nouns are found in only one case. What are these nouns called?
HETEROCLITE HETEROGENOUS MONOPTOTES
When recognized, perform the following command: Sta et primam partem fabulae trium ursorum anglice narra mihi. Bonus: Now perform this command: State uno pede et cantate modo gallinae.
STAND AND SAY IN ENGLISH THE FIRST PART OF THE STORY OF THE THREE BEARS STAND ON ONE FOOT AND SING LIKE A CHICKEN
Listen to the following passage. I will read it twice. Then answer the question concerning that passage. Coriolänus malus cïvis erat sed bonus mïles. Römänï nüllum frümentum habëbant et timëbant magnam famem. Iam rëx in Siciliä Römänïs multum frümentum dederat sed Coriolänus frümentum pauperibus nön dabat. Itaque pauperës Coriolänum ex urbe exturbävërunt. Why was Coriolanus driven from Rome? Bonus: From where had that grain come?
BECAUSE HE DID NOT SHARE THE GRAIN WITH THE POOR FROM THE KING IN SICILY
Welcome to the Upper Level Finals of the Ad Fontes Certamen. Let’s start with a little geography. In what region would you find the cities Utica, Cirta, and Zama? Bonus 1: Where would you find the cities Ilerda, Gades, and Corduba? Bonus 2: Where would you find the cities Pergamum, Smyrna, and Ephesus?
AFRICA SPAIN ASIA MINOR
With what great confederation of tribes did Rome fight a long series of war between 340 and 285 B.C. resulting in their conquest of the moutainous interior of Italy? Bonus 1: The Romans were not always successful. What was the name of the area where a Roman army was surrounded by the Samnites in 323 B.C. and forced to surrender? Bonus 2: When the Samnites wars were over, it wasn’t long before the Romans faced a more dangerous antagonist in Southern Italy, who always defeated them but could never win the decisive victory. Who was he?
SAMNITES THE CAUDINE FOLKS PYRRHUS
Participles yet again. Listen carefully to this sentence: Ab oppido discessuri videmus hostes advenientes. What are the two tenses of the participles in that sentence? Bonus 1: Please translate that sentence. Bonus 2: Now make everything singular in that sentence.
FUTURE AND PRESENT WE, ABOUT TO LEAVE THE TOWN, SAW THE ENEMY ARRIVING AB OPPIDO DISCESSURUS, VIDEO HOSTIS ADVENIENTEM
Ancient warships weren’t much for fighting. What was their standard weapon for sinking an enemy’s ship? Bonus 1: The Romans improved on this by use of a corvus. What kind of device was this? Bonus 2: Much later the Romans developed a frightening weapon to defend Constantinople against the Arabs, a secret weapon that burned on water and could not be extinguished. What was it called?
RAM BOARDING PLANK GREEK FIRE
Being completely alliterative, say in Latin “Kings ruled at Rome”. Bonus 1: Now the same for “The boys fought beautiful pigs”. Bonus 2: Now the same for “Why does Crassus kill the swift stag”.
REGES ROMAE REXERUNT PUERI PULCHROS PORCOS PUGNAVERUNT CUR CRASSUS CELEREM CERVUM CAEDIT
What is the central event of Book VI of the Aeneid? Bonus 1: What is the central event of Book V? Bonus 2: What is the central event of Book IV?
AENEAS’ JOURNEY TO THE UNDERWORLD GAMES IN HONOR OF ANCHISES THE ROMANCE OF AENEAS AND DIDO, THE DEATH OF DIDO
It was certainly tragic, but had the virtue of being quick and often painless. By what means did two great enemies of Rome, Hannibal and Cleopatra, end their lives? Bonus 1: Hannibal was handy with snakes, too. By what means did he defeat the Roman fleet off Asia Minor in 190 B.C.? Bonus 2: Some of Rome’s greatest enemies were not killed in battle, but captured and taken to Rome for execution. Who was the leader of the Gallic revolt of 52-51 who suffered this fate?
POISON JARS FULL OF VIPERS WERE CATAPULTED ONTO THE ROMAN SHIPS VERCINGETORIX
Women never fared well after the fall of a city. To whom was Cassandra given as a concubine? Bonus 1: To whom was Hecuba given as a slave? Bonus 2: To whom was Andromache given?
AGAMEMNON ODYSSEUS NEOPTOLEMUS (PYRRHUS)
Here’s a word to the wise: Qui a multis timetur, multos timet. What does that mean? Bonus 1: How about this little nugget of wisdom: Quae sunt maximae divitiae? Non desiderare divitias. Bonus 2: Along the same lines: Est difficillimum se ipsum vincere.
HE WHO IS FEARED BY MANY, FEARS MANY WHAT IS THE GREATEST WEALTH? NOT TO DESIRE WEALTH THE MOST DIFFICULT THING IS TO CONQUER YOURSELF
Place these coins in order of value, from least to greatest: quadrans, denarius, sestertius. Bonus 1: What was the denarius minted from? Bonus 2: What is the literal meaning of quadrans?
QUADRANS, SESTERTIUS, DENARIUS SILVER A FOURTH PART
What early Roman writer, who might have been a freed slave, is well known for his comedy Pseudolus? Bonus 1: Another of Plautus’ famous plays is Miles Gloriosus. Translate that title into English. Bonus 2: Plautus was followed by another Roman writer of comedies, more sophisticated and less well known. Who was he?
PLAUTUS THE BRAGGART SOLDIER TERENCE
If you saw a bottle with the abbreviation t.i.d., you might be able to give me the Latin of abbreviation and tell me what it means. Bonus 1: What kind of number is quater? Bonus 2: Now give me the distributive of this number.
TER IN DIE, THREE TIMES A DAY NUMERICAL ADVERB TERNI
At the Battle of Cynoscephalae in 197 B.C. T. Quinctius Flamininus utterly defeated what Macedonia king, who shared his name with the father of Alexander the Great? Bonus 1: Flaminius won that victory because his legions were more flexible than the rigid Macedonian battle formation. What was the Macedonian formation called? Bonus 2: After ending the war, Flaminius proclaimed the freedom of the Greeks at what Greek city?
PHILIP PHALANX CORINTH
Who resolved the dispute between Zeus and Hera about which gender, men or women, enjoys sex more? Bonus 1: What was Teiresias’ answer? Bonus 2: Why would he know?
TEIRESIAS WOMEN HE HAD BEEN BOTH MAN AND WOMAN
What do the Latin nouns coma and crinis mean? Bonus 1: What is your frons? Bonus 2: What are your supercilia?
HAIR FRONS EYEBROWS
In what Roman province would you find the city Alesia? Bonus 1: In what province would you find Munda? Bonus 2: Where would you find Thapsus?
GAUL SPAIN AFRICA
What general took over the command against Mithridates by the lex Manilia? Bonus 1: From whom did he take it over? Bonus 2: What handsome Roman youth had led the mutiny against Lucullus as prelude to the loss of his command?
POMPEY LUCULLUS P. CLODIUS PULCHER
Why is humus an unusual noun? Bonus 2: What other large category of 2nd declension nouns are feminine?
IT TAKES THE LOCATIVE AND IT’S FEMININE THE NAMES OF TREES
When recognized, perform the following command: Sta et primam partem fabulae de tribus porcis parvis mihi narra. Bonus 1: Now perform this command: Sta et primam partem fabulae de Nivea et septem homunculis narra mihi. Bonus 2: Now perform this command: Sta et narra mihi primam partem fabulae de Auricoma et tribus ursis.
STAND AND SAY THE FIRST PART OF THE STORY ABOUT THE THREE PIGS STAND AND SAY THE FIRST PART OF THE STORY ABOUT SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARVES STAND AND SAY THE FIRST PART OF THE STORY ABOUT GOLDILOCKS AND THE THREE BEARS
What English word derives from the Latin word that means “things that must be done”? “A—–” is just one of many future passive participles that have come to English unchanged. For your bonus, give these English words that are Latin future passive participles. Bonus 1: “Something that must be brought back (to the people)” Bonus 2: “Something that must be remembered”
AGENDA REFERENDUM MEMORANDUM
What was Dido’s dead husband’s name? Bonus 1: When Dido finally dies in the Aeneid, whom does Juno send to take a lock of her hair as an offering in the underworld? Bonus 2: Who was Dido’s evil brother?
SYCHAEUS IRIS PYGMALION
Translate “leader” in the following sentence: He knew that the leader would come to Rome. Bonus 1: From the same sentence, translate “would come.” Bonus 2: Make the phrase above a perfect infinitive.
DUCEM VENTURUM ESSE VENISSE
Give the Latin comparative adjective and meaning from which the English word “ameliorate” comes. Bonus 1: What is the comparative of “malus?” Bonus 2: Make the adjective above superlative.
MELIOR- BETTER PEIOR PESSIMUS
What woman with powers of sorcery helped Jason obtain the Golden Fleece? Bonus 1: What Trojan woman had the power of prophecy? Bonus 2: What Greek king killed his father while trying to avoid a prophecy that said he’d do just that?
MEDEA CASSANDRA OEDIPUS
Use an ablative absolute to translate the subordinate clause in this sentence: “After dinner was prepared, everyone sat down to eat.” For your bonus, translate the subordinate clauses in the following sentences as ablative absolutes: Bonus 1: When Augustus was leader, Rome thrived. Bonus 2: If peace is made, all nations will rejoice.
CENA PARATA AUGUSTO DUCE PACE FACTA
What figurative device is evident in the first 3 words of the Aeneid? Bonus: What two poetic devices are used in the phrase: “magno cum murmure montis?”
METONYMY ALLITERATION, ONOMATOPOEIA, PERSONIFCATION
What lyric meter has each line consist of eleven syllables? Bonus 1: What poet wrote this line of hendecasyllabic? “Vivamus mea Lesbia atque amemus.” Bonus 2: What Greek poet was the poet above honoring by naming his lover Lesbia?
HENDECASYLLABIC CATULLUS SAPPHO
What Roman orator was considered the best advocate of all? Bonus 1: His most famous oration was against which conspirator? Bonus 2: What rhetorical device is illustrated by his famous words: “O tempora, O mores!”
CICERO CATILINE APOSTROPHE
What ablative is illustrated in this sentence? “Miles erat fortior ullo homine.” Name the uses of ablative in the following sentences: Bonus 1: Caesar vir humili genere erat. Bonus 2: Captivus gladio interfectus est.
ABLATIVE OF COMPARISON ABLATIVE OF DESCRIPTION ABLATIVE OF MEANS
What case would “we” be in this sentence? We had to do the work. Bonus 1: Say in Latin: It had to be seen. Bonus 2: Translate “working” in this sentence: We did it by working hard.
DATIVE VIDENDUM ERAT LABORANDO
Who took Aeneas to the underworld? Bonus 1: Who was Aeneas’ faithful companion? Bonus 2: Whom did Aeneas have to defeat in Latium?
SIBYL ACHATES TURNUS
What Shakespearean tragedy would the Romans have called “Labor amoris amissus?” Bonus 1: What classic would this be? “ Fortis novus orbis terrarum” Bonus 2: How about this one? “Murum et hominum”
LOVE’S LABOR LOST BRAVE NEW WORLD OF MICE AND MEN
Give the genitive singular endings from 1st through 5th declension. Bonus 1: Now give the ablative singular endings. Bonus 2: Now give the genitive plural endings.
AE, I, IS, US, EI A, O, E, U, E ARUM, ORUM, UM, UUM, ERUM
What mythological father and son were the first to fly? Bonus 1: What famous winged horse flew?
DAEDALUS and ICARUS PEGASUS
What Roman holiday was similar to our Christmas? Bonus 1: To what deity was the holiday of Lupercalia dedicated? Bonus 2: What happened to some slaves during the Roman Christmas?
SATURNALIA FAUNUS THEY COULD EXCHANGE ROLES WITH THEIR MASTERS/BECOME FREE TEMPORARILY
What use of the subjunctive is illustrated in this sentence? Miratus est quid puellae in casa agerent. Bonus 1: Translate the above sentence. Bonus 2: Make “agerent” pluperfect.
INDIRECT QUESTION HE WONDERED WHAT THE GIRLS WERE DOING IN THE HOUSE EGISSENT
What do the verbs obliviscor and memini have in common? Bonus 1: What else is special about “obliviscor?” Bonus 2: Give 3 deponent verbs that take the ablative case.
BOTH TAKE THE GENITIVE CASE IT IS A DEPONENT VERB UTOR, FRUOR, FUNGOR, POTIOR, VESCOR
Where would you be if you were floating down the river Phlegethon? Bonus: What river were souls who had not received proper burial forbidden to cross?
THE UNDERWORLD STYX
This round is over, but don’t shout for joy! Say in Latin “Don’t shout.” Bonus 1: Say in Latin “Come, my son.” Bonus 2: What command in Latin is the first person sg. personal pronoun in English?
NOLI CLAMARE/NOLITE CLAMARE VENI, MI FILI I
Translate “not to go” in the following sentence. He persuaded us not to go. Bonus 1: Translate the subjunctive verb in this sentence: He asked me where I was going. Bonus 2: Translate the subjunctive verb in this sentence: I will urge him to follow.
NE IREMUS IREM SEQUATUR
What Roman king is said to have laid out the Circus Maximus for chariot racing? Bonus 1: How were the factiones identified? Bonus 2: During the Empire, there were four factiones identified by what colors?
TARQUINIUS PRISCUS BY COLOR BLUE, GREEN, RED, WHITE
In 667 B.C. Alba Longa and Rome decided to settle a matter of power with a duel. What two families participated in the duel? Bonus 1: Which family fought for Rome? Bonus 2: How many of this families’ brothers were killed?
HORATII AND CURIATII HORATII TWO
Complete this analogy. Astyanax : _____ : : Ascanius : Aeneas. Bonus 1: _____ : the man above : : Creusa : Aeneas Bonus 2: the first man above : _____ : : Aeneas : Anchises
HECTOR ANROMACHE PRIAM
Which of the following metrical feet is NOT used in dactylic hexameter: dactyl, iamb, spondee, or trochee? Bonus 1: A trochee will be used - if at all - only in one foot of a line of dactylic hexameter. Which one? Bonus 2: How many dactyls are in the first line of the Aeneid?
IAMB THE SIXTH (OR LAST) THREE
What deponent verb is a synonym for tempto? Bonus 1: Give the gerund of conor in the genitive case. Bonus 2: Give the present imperative plural of conor.
CONOR CONANDI CONAMINI
Give the nomen of the famous Roman whose praenomen was Marcus and whose cognomen was Cicero. Bonus 1: Give the cognomen of the author whose name begins Publius Ovidius. Bonus 2: Give the praenomen of the author whose name finishes Vergilius Maro.
TULLIUS NASO PUBLIUS
What Latin phrase signified a man who was the first in his family to achieve senatorial rank? Bonus 1: What phrase signified the regular order of offices that formed the Roman political ladder? Bonus 2: What phrase was used by Cicero to address the Senate?
NOVUS HOMO CURSUS HONORUM PATRES CONSCRIPTI
Who in mythology killed a series of bandits, including Procrustes, on his way to see his father? Bonus 1: To what city was Theseus going? Bonus 2: Who was Theseus’ father, the king of Athens?
THESEUS ATHENS AEGEUS
What genre of literature often begins in medias res? Bonus 1: What epic begins with the wrath of Achilles? Bonus 2: What epic begins with the wrath of Juno?
EPIC POETRY THE ILLIAD THE AENEID
In the phrase mirabile dictu, what grammatical form is dictu? Bonus 1: Translate mirabile dictu. Bonus 2: Translate the supine in the phrase “awful to see.”
SUPINE WONDROUS TO SAY VISU
What member of Rome’s First Triumvirate ran the fire brigade? Bonus 1: Who was the wealthiest member of the First Triumvirate? Bonus 2: Who was the first member of the triumvirate to die?
CRASSUS (x3)
Give the meaning of the idiom res novae. Bonus 1: Give the idiom using res that means “accomplishments.” Bonus 2: Who wrote a book named with the idiom above, in which he bragged about finding Rome a city of brick and leaving it a city of marble?
REVOLUTION RES GESTAE AUGUSTUS
Take the number of the Muses, add the number of the Graces, and give the total in Latin. Bonus 1: Take the number of children Rhea Silvia had, multiply by the number of children Leto had, and add the number of sons Niobe had. Give your answer in Latin. Bonus 2: Responde Latine. Quot sorores Iupiter habebat?
DUODECIM DUODEVIGINTI TRES
What literary device is illustrated in this line from Ovid? Sonuerunt cymbala toto litore et attonita tympana pulsa manu. Bonus 1: What literary device is defined as “the use of the conjunction to add each member in a series”? Example: et color et Theseus et vox. Bonus 2: What literary device is defined as “the omission of the conjunction in a series”?
ONOMATOPOEIA/CONSONANCE POLYSYNDETON ASYNDETON
What particular Latin verbal construction is illustrated by the following sentence? Hoc est faciendum mihi. Bonus 1: Translate hoc est faciendum mihi. Bonus 2: Use a passive periphrastic to say in Latin, “We must do that.”
PASSIVE PERIPHRASTIC/FUTURE PASSIVE PARTICIPLE PLUS THE VERB “TO BE” I MUST DO THIS/THIS MUST BE DONE BY ME ILLUD (ID) FACIENDUM/AGENDUM NOBIS
One famous Roman author died and another was born in the year 43 B.C. Name them both. Bonus 1: Who was responsible for this author’s death? Bonus 2: After this author’s death, how did Marc Antony get revenge on him for the Philippics?
CICERO DIED AND OVID WAS BORN SECOND TRIUMVIRATE (MARC ANTONY) HE HAD CICERO’S HEAD AND HANDS CUT OFF AND DISPLAYED ON THE ROSTRA
Translate the following line. Vivamus, mea Lesbia, atque amemus. Bonus 1: “Lesbia” was the pseudonym for what Roman woman? Bonus 2: What kind of animal was Lesbia’s pet?
LET US LIVE, MY LESBIA, AND LET US LOVE. CLODIA SPARROW
Of the mythological women Alcmene, Amphitrite, Demeter, and Semele, which one did not bear a child of Zeus? Bonus 1: Of these women, which one was the mother of Heracles? Bonus 2: In what form did Zeus appear to Semele, and what was the result?
AMPHITRITE ALCMENE AS HIS TRUE FORM, AND IT KILLED HER
In Book I of the Aeneid, who says these words? Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit. Bonus 1: In the same book, who says “dux femina facti”? Bonus 2: Who says, “O fortunati, quorum iam moenia surgunt”?
AENEAS VENUS AENEAS
What is the nomen of the author of poems to Lesbia? Bonus 1: What is his praenomen? Bonus 2: In what city was Gaius Valerius Catullus born?
VALERIUS GAIUS VERONA
After what mythological characters are mosaics named? Bonus: Who was the muse of epic poetry?
THE MUSES CALLIOPE
Translate this sentence into Latin: he hated me. Bonus 1: Try this one: He will hate me. Bonus 2: And this one: He carried it away today. (Using aufero)
ODERAT ME ODERIT ME ABSTULIT HODIE
We are all familiar with the famous Latin phrase, “seize the day.” Please make both words in this phrase plural. Bonus 1: Now make the phrase “Beware of the dog” plural. Bonus 2: Do the same for “That is.”
CARPITE DIES CAVETE CANES EA SUNT
What wildly popular series of books would the ancient Romans have called: “Figulus Pilosus”? Bonus 1: Professor Severus Snape is Harry’s least favorite teacher. What is the meaning of Professor Snape’s first name? Bonus 2: One of the passwords to the Gryffindor tower is “Caput Draconis.” Please translate this phrase.
HARRY POTTER GRAVE, STRICT, STERN HEAD OF A DRAGON
Who was the first Etruscan king of Rome? Bonus 1: Who was his wife? Bonus 2: With what special power is this king generally associated?
(LUCIUS) TARQUINIUS PRISCUS TANAQUIL PROPHECY
What structures might one find lining the Via Appia outside of the city walls? Bonus 1: What did the Romans call the line that demarcated the sacred boundaries of the city? Bonus 2: What road, lined with temples, ran through the Forum Romanum?
TOMBS POMERIUM VIA SACRA
The paint for frescoes was applied on top of what white substance? Bonus 1: What Pompeiian house includes brilliantly colored frescoes depicting unidentifiable religious practices? Bonus 2: One Pompeiian fresco depicts a figure with an extremely large phallus. This figure is so proud of his phallus that he is weighing it. Who is he?
PLASTER VILLA OF THE MYSTERIES PRIAPUS
In Latin, instruct Marcus to speak! Bonus 1: Now instruct Cornelius to do it! Bonus 2: Now tell Marcella to lead!
MARCE, DIC CORNELI, FAC MARCELLA, DUC
Give the 1st person singular present active subjunctive form of “esse.” Bonus 1: Make “sim” imperfect. Bonus 2: Make “essem” indicative.
SIM ESSEM ERAM
What rhetorical device is evident in the sentence, “Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.”? Bonus 1: The repetition of the “p” sound could indicate what other rhetorical device? Bonus 2: What is the repetition of vowel sounds known as?
ALLITERATION/CONSONANCE CONSONANCE/ALLITERATION ASSONANCE
Imagine that you are a diehard Certamen player from a powerhouse Certamen school. You live, breathe, and eat Certamen. You practice Certamen for 3-hours a day after school. You only date fellow Certamen players. You cry like a baby when you lose Certamen matches. You want to be married in your Latin teacher’s room, so that your Certamen trophies will surround you. To what goddess would you undoubtedly have prayed prior to this competition, in order to ensure that you will be victorious? Bonus 1: Say in Latin, “I cry like a baby when I am conquered in Certamen.” Bonus 2: Say in Latin, “I wish to be married in my Latin teacher’s classroom.”
NIKE FLEO UT INFANS CUM VINCAR IN CERTAMINE VOLO IUNGERI IN CAMERA MAGISTRI/MAGISTRAE LINGUAE LATINAE
There is a painting by Goya in the Museo del Prado in Madrid that depicts a Roman god consuming a headless, bloody child. This painting shares its name with what god? Bonus 1: Which child survived the filial cannibalism of Saturn? Bonus 2: How did he survive Saturn?
SATURN JUPITER HIS MOTHER WRAPPED A ROCK IN BLANKETS AND GAVE THE ROCK TO SATURN, WHO ATE IT THINKING THAT IT WAS JUPITER
In what meter is Vergil’s Aeneid written? Bonus 1: In what meter is much of Catullus poetry, including the poem that begins with the word “Vivamus.” Bonus 2: Please parse the word “vivamus.”
DACTYLIC HEXAMETER HENDECASYLLABIC 1ST PLURAL PRESENT ACTIVE SUBJUNCTIVE
Catullus uses the word “Vivamus” in his fifth poem. What type of subjunctive does this word employ? Bonus 1: Say in Latin, “May y’all hear me.” Bonus 2: Now say in Latin, “Let me love!”
VOLITIVE/JUSSIVE ME AUDIATIS AMEM
Name the mythological hottie who fell in love with his own reflection. Bonus 1: Which nymph, clearly interested only in looks, pined away for this dude? Bonus 2: Into what kind of flower was Narcissus transformed?
NARCISSUS ECHO NARCISSUS
Which Roman Emperor, who ruled from 193-211 AD, was from Africa? Bonus 1: What dynasty of emperors did this emperor found? Bonus 2: What emperor, who built a complex of baths in Rome, succeeded the above emperor?
SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS SEVERANS ANTONINUS/CARACALLA
Who ignored Aeneas when he attempted to visit her in the Underworld? Bonus 1: Who was the sister of this woman? Bonus 2: What Latin phrase, recited by Cato, urged the demise of Carthage?
DIDO ANNA CARTHAGO DELENDA EST
Who received the agnomen “Africanus” for his defeat of Hannibal? Bonus 1: From what island in the Mediterranean did Africanus invade Africa? Bonus 2: In what battle did he defeat the Carthaginian general Hannibal?
(PUBLIUS CORNELIUS) SCIPIO SICILY ZAMA
What famous Egyptian queen did Marc Antony fancy? Bonus 1: In what city, famous for its library and lighthouse, was Cleopatra born? Bonus 2: At what battle were Antony and this queen defeated?
CLEOPATRA (VII) ALEXANDRIA ACTIUM
