State Novice Questions Flashcards
Quid Anglicē significat caput?
HEAD
B1: Quid Anglicē significat manus? Answer: Hand
B2: Quid Anglicē significat cor? Answer: Heart
Translate the following sentence into Latin: Marcus, run to the city!
CURRE, MARCE, AD URBEM!
B1: Translate this sentence into Latin: Cornelius, why were you yelling in the street?
CŪR, CORNĒLĪ, IN VIĀ VOCĀBĀS/CLĀMĀBĀS?
B2: Translate this sentence into Latin: Marcus and Cornelius, lead the soldiers into the
town.
DŪCITE, MARCĒ ET CORNĒLĪ, MĪLITĒS IN OPPIDUM
For the verb lēgō, legere, give the second person plural perfect active indicative form
LĒGISTIS
B1: Make lēgistis passive.
B2: Change lectae estis to the future perfect.
LECTI/AE/A ESTIS
LECTĪ/AE/A ESTIS
We see the Latin word “ante” in a lot of phrases and abbreviations. What does the abbreviation
a.c. on a perscription mean in both Latin and English?
ANTE CIBUM-BEFORE FOOD/ANTE CENAM-BEFORE DINNER
B1: What does the phrase a.m. mean in both English and Latin?
ANTE MERIDIEM-BEFORE NOON
B2: If you are reading a history book and you see the phrase ante bellum, what does that
mean?
BEFORE THE (CIVIL) WAR
What case would “gods” be in the following sentence: We offered sacrifices to the immortal
gods?
DATIVE
B1: How would you translate “gods” in that sentence?
DEĪS
B2: How would you translate “goddesses” in the sentence: We offered sacrifices to the
immortal goddesses?
: The English words “porcupine” and “porpoise” are both derived from what second declension
noun meaning “pig”?
PORCUS
B1: The English words “aviary” and “aviation” are both derived from what third declension
noun with what meaning?
AVIS, BIRD
B2: The English word “mussel,” as in the bivalve, is derived from what 3rd declension noun
with what meaning?
MUS, MOUSE
What word in the following sentence is a form of a Latin word meaning “to give”: marītus
uxorque ad arcem iērunt et deīs deābusque sacrificia dedērunt?
DEDĒRUNT
B1: What word in the following sentence is a form of a Latin word meaning “wife”:
marītus uxorque ad arcem iērunt et deīs deābusque sacrificia dedērunt?
UXOR/UXORQUE
B2: What word in the following sentence is a form of a Latin word meaning “to go”:
marītus uxorque ad arcem iērunt et deīs deābusque sacrificia dedērunt?
IĒRUNT
Differentiate in meaning between cēdō and caedō
TO MOVE/YIELD and TO CUT/KILL
B1: Differentiate in meaning between canō and cadō
B2: Differentiate in meaning between carpō and cernō
TO SING and TO FALL
TO PLUCK/SEIZE and TO SEE
This year’s state theme “amor animi arbitrio sumitur non ponitur” talks a lot about love.
What Latin author gives us the quote “amor omnia vincit” in his Eclogues?
VERGIL
B1: What is the English translation of that motto?
B2: What does the two word phrase “amor patriae” refer to?
LOVE CONQUERS ALL
PATRIOTISM/LOVE OF COUNTRY
What English derivative of the Latin word for salt means:”fixed paid compensation for
services”?
SALARY
B1: What English derivative of the Latin word for salt means:”a condiment or relish for
food”?
SAUCE
B2: What English derivative for a Latin word for salt means:”a highly seasoned minced
meat usually stuffed in casings”?
SAUSAGE
From what Latin verb with what meaning does the English word “motive” come?
MOVEO-TO MOVE
B1: From what Latin verb with what meaning does the English word “summon” come?
MONEO-TO WARN
B2: From what Latin verb with what meaning does the English word “mandatory” come?
MANDO-TO ENTRUST/COMMAND
What is unusual about the prepositions super, sub, and in?
THEY TAKE BOTH ACCUSATIVE AND ABLATIVE
B1: How would you translate the prepositional phrase in this sentence: The strange ship is
sinking under the water
SUB AQUAM
B2: How would you translate the prepositional phrase in this sentence: The cat sits under
the table
SUB MENSA
What is the dictionary entry for a third declension adjective that means “sad”?
TRISTIS, TRISTE / INFELIX,INFELICIS
B1: What is the dictionary entry for a third declension adjective that is an antonym of
“tristis”?
FELIX, FELICIS
B2: What is the dictionary entry for a first and second declension adjective that is a
synonym of felix?
LAETUS, -A, -UM/ BEATUS, -A, -UM
Quot sunt novem et tres?
DUODECIM
B1: Quot sunt duodecim et duodecim?
VIGINTI ET QUATTUOR
B2: Quot sunt viginti et quattuor minus quinque
UNDEVIGINTI
What state has as its motto “nil sine numine”?
COLORADO
B1: What state has as its motto “crescit eundo”?
NEW MEXICO
B2: What state has as its motto “ditat deus”?
ARIZONA
