Certamen Set 1

Front 1

What is the first person singular pluperfect active indicative of "amo"?

Back 1

amaveram

Front 2

How can amaveram be translated into English?

Back 2

I had loved, I had been loving

Front 3

Give the future perfect form of amaveram, keeping person, mood and voice the same

Back 3

amavero

Front 4

What prominent Roman, a contemporary of Julius Caesar, was married to Terentia? (Marcus Tullius)

Back 4

Cicero

Front 5

What is the meaning of the Latin word "cicero"?

Back 5

Chickpea

Front 6

In what year did Cicero die?

Back 6

43 B.C.

Front 7

In the sentence "deo volente, Brutus mox aderit" what is the name for the construction "deo volente"?

Back 7

Ablative absolute

Front 8

What form of participle is "volente" in the sentence "deo volente, Brutus mox aderit"? (give tense and voice)

Back 8

present active

Front 9

Change "volente" to the plural, keeping the case the same.

Back 9

volentibus

Front 10

Name the muse of empic poetry.

Back 10

Calliope

Front 11

Of what was Thalia the muse?

Back 11

comedy

Front 12

Who was the mother of the Muses?

Back 12

Mnemosyne

Front 13

What poetic device is illustrated by the words "magno cum murmure montis"?

Back 13

Alliteration or onomatopoeia

Front 14

The words "magno cum murmure montis" come from the Aeneid. What is the name for the meter of that poem?

Back 14

Dactylic hexameter

Front 15

Give the full name of the poet of the Aeneid.

Back 15

Publius Virgilius Naso

Front 16

What Roman writer, renowned for his letters, witnessed the destruction of Pompeii?

Back 16

Pliny the Younger

Front 17

In what year did the destruction of Pompeii occur?

Back 17

79 A.D.

Front 18

Name the famous volcano on the island of Sicily.

Back 18

Mt. Etna

Front 19

Who wrote a poem beginning "vivamus, mea Lesbia, atque amemus"?

Back 19

Catullus

Front 20

In what meter is the poem beginning "vivamus, mea Lesbia, atque amemus" written?

Back 20

Hendecasyllabics

Front 21

Give the person, tense and mood of "vivamus."

Back 21

First person plural
Present
Subjunctive

Front 22

What is the genitive singular of "mater bona"?

Back 22

matris bonae

Front 23

What English word meaning "motherly" comes from mater?

Back 23

maternal

Front 24

What legal Latin expression means "in good faith"?

Back 24

bona fide

Front 25

Name Hercules' first wife.

Back 25

Megara

Front 26

What terrible fate befell Hercules's first wife?

Back 26

Hercules killed her in a fit of madness.

Front 27

Who was the second wife of Hercules.

Back 27

Deianeira

Front 28

Translate into Latin: The bad sailor sleeps.

Back 28

nauta malus dormit (in any order)

Front 29

Give the imperfect of "dormit" (same person, mood)

Back 29

dormiebat

Front 30

How would you say "Let us sleep" in Latin?

Back 30

dormiamus

Front 31

What culinary delights were called "glires" in Latin?

Back 31

dormice

Front 32

What Latin noun is the root of "culinary" and what does the noun mean?

Back 32

culina, kitchen

Front 33

What would be the genitive of "glires"?

Back 33

glirum

Front 34

Give the perfect passive participle (masculine singular) of audio.

Back 34

auditus

Front 35

How would you translate "vox magistri auditus erat"?

Back 35

The teacher's voice (the voice of the teacher) had been heard.

Front 36

How would you give this command in Latin: "Listen, Claudius!"

Back 36

audi, Claudi!

Front 37

What was the name of the man who got into the rites of the Good Goddess disguised as a woman?

Back 37

Clodius Pulcher

Front 38

At whose house did Clodius Pulcher get into the rites of the Good Goddess disguised as a woman?

Back 38

Julius Caesar's

Front 39

Caesar famously divorced his wife after Clodius Pulcher's trick. Whom did Caesar marry next?

Back 39

Calpurnia

Front 40

What is the meaning of the expression "ceteris paribus"?

Back 40

Other things being equal

Front 41

Which of the following numbers might be described as "par"? tres, quinque, octo?

Back 41

octo (par meaning even)

Front 42

Express in Roman numerals 689.

Back 42

DCLXXXIX

Front 43

Translate into Latin: we use swords

Back 43

gladiis utimur

Front 44

Change "gladiis utimur" to "we can use swords"

Back 44

gladiis uti possumus

Front 45

Change "gladiis uti possumus" to the future.

Back 45

gladiis uti poterimus

Front 46

What was the name of Dido's first husband?

Back 46

Sychaeus

Front 47

Who killed Dido's first husband?

Back 47

Her brother/Pygmalion

Front 48

What was the name of Dido's sister?

Back 48

Anna

Front 49

Which emperor succeeded Tiberius?

Back 49

Caligula (Gaius)

Front 50

What does the nickname Caligula mean?

Back 50

"Little boots"

Front 51

What was the name of Caligula's favorite racehorse?

Back 51

Incitatus

Front 52

What is the name of the official who interprets the entrails of birds?

Back 52

haruspex

Front 53

On what hill were the Sacred Geese kept?

Back 53

Capitoline

Front 54

The Sacred Geese achieved their status originally by warning the city of attackers. Who were those attackers?

Back 54

Gauls

Front 55

St. Augustine heard the voice of a child saying "Tolle, lege." What does that mean?

Back 55

Pick up and read/pick it up and read it

Front 56

What are the principle parts of tollo?

Back 56

tollo, tollere, sustuli, sublatum/us

Front 57

What is the gerundive (future passive participle) of tollo? (give the nominative singular masculine)

Back 57

tollendus

Front 58

What is the meaning of Carthago delenda est?

Back 58

Carthage should be destroyed/ought to be destroyed, is to be destroyed

Front 59

Who said Carthago delenda est?

Back 59

(Marcus) Cato (the Elder)

Front 60

When was Carthage destroyed as Cato had demanded?

Back 60

146 B.C.

Front 61

Who said Carthago delenda est?

Back 61

(Marcus) Cato (the Elder)