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Examination Papees APPENDIX. EXAMINATION PAPEES. ISTO-lSTl. EXAMINATIONS THE JULY TERM, 1870. MATRICULATION EXAMINATION. GEEEZ. Professor Irving. SMITH, Smaller Greek Grammar. XENOPHON, Anabasis, Books IV. V. VI. \_N.B.—The principal parts of a verb are the first persons singular indicative of its present future and perfect active, ofits perfect passive and second aorist active ; or if these be not in use, then of the present future perfect and aorist employed. In parsing a verb give its tense mood voice and prin­ cipal parts. In parsing a substantive or an adjective give its gender number case and nomina­ tive and genitive singular. No abbreviation of any Greek word is to be used. You need not accentuate.'] 1. Translate literally, omitting no word and indicating by brackets all that you supply— Ma^OjUEi'wu ce avrdy rat inrooov^iiviov, deoiv nc airoTc /.trixaii/v cruirtipiag cioioaiv. 'EJaJriVijc yap uytka/iiptv olicia TUV kv Se^iy, orov. 01) tvai^avroQ. IV EXAMINATION PAPERS, 'Sic, o' av-r] £,vvirrnrTev, itpevyoi' 01 airb rwc ev Ce^itf vhtuiv. 'flc 3' tfiadtv 6 Sero<pwv TOVTO irapa rijc TVf/T)Qj ivuTTTllV £«'XtUf Kal 7«C tV dpJOTfpcji OtKtOC, «( ijuXti'ai I'laav, ware nal ra%v knalovro. ' Etj>evyov ovv cat nl rWo rouriiii' rail' OIKIWV. Oi 0£ (.aro arofia. Oi) 'in fjtovoi tXvTTOvv Kal cijXoi ijirar, Jn iitiKuaovTai iv TT) c£uou .re Kal Karafiaaei. 'EiraiOu TapayytWet (popeiv i,i)Xa, oaoi krvyytivov eloi SITES riSy fitXojy, elg rd jxiaov lavriiiiv rat TWV iroXt/iibiv. 2. In the foregoing point out (a) a Genitive Absolute, (6) an Indefinite Pronoun, (c) a Neuter Adjective used for an adverb, {d) an Historic Present. Why is (1) lti,iq Feminine Singular, (S) piXoiv Genitive, (3) ai)-oTc Dative, avikafi\j/tv Aorist and not imperfect ? 3. Decline throughout the substantives Uvapaau-, VOOQ, iropda, <j>v\a.^; the adjective TTOXVC ; the pronouns oS-oc and rig, and the participle Odg. {Four at least must be done without mistake.) 4. Write down these tenses throughout—Second Aorist Indicative Middle of cuptKviofiai, First Aorist Indi­ cative Active of oWw, Imperfect Indicative Active of Jjut (I go), First Aorist Imperative Middle of <Ppa.'Cb), Second Aorist Imperative Middle of cicwfii, Pluperfect Indicative Active of ctaaw^w. (lliree at least must be done without mistake.) 5. Write down the First Person Plural of these tenses —Second Aorist Indicative Active of ip^o/iai, Im­ perfect Indicative Middle (contracted) of ^opt'oi, Future Indicative Active of pivu, Second Aorist MATRICULATION, J.T. 1870. V Optative Active of tf.ifla.tya>, First Aorist Sub­ junctive Active of arifiaivto, Future Optative .Middle of Xafjflayut; and the principal parts of alaOayo/jui, flaXXut, heLKWfii, hvva/iai, QUID, Xdirw, Ttavw, inrivtw, rpiflut, tptliyoj. ( Three of the former and five of the latter must be done ?vithout mistake.) G. Give the meaning and the derivation of airetpog, (Kppoavyrj, flaSqy, Kevoraipiov, Ki'Tjfilc, fiovapyna, va- parao-ceiv, aKr\voo>, aKvrtvog, -)/i.Tti>vlaKOQ. 7, Parse BeSovXevKtvat, c£ayayi>v, ijfiiav, tTnrear;, KC^W- piafiivovc, jXtyaXv, tzaytcn, Traptt^ov, aw^rjcdc, rd- XOvq. 8. Translate the following, and give the rule for all cases, other than the nominative, occurring in them— (1) eyo> Eifu} o cKptXoficvoc. AtijtTTTrou ayovrog TOVTUV TOV avion. (2) ru>v 'ApKaOwv ol fiev TtBydatv, ol Si Xonrol iirl Xoipov ni'oc TroXioprauJTai. (3) tv-^ofxai Covvai fioi rove Otovc. a'inoy TIVOQ vfiiv ayaOov yu'tadat. (4) evdvg ayaKaXEtraficvot rjj o-d\;rtyy( aTfijEuav, Kal (KpiKovro abdrifitpby iirl ru arpaTomCov. VI EXAMINATION PAPERS, LATIN. Professor Irving. SMITH, Smaller Latin Grammar. CESAR, Gallic War, III. IV. \_N.B.—In parsing a verb give tense, mood, voice, and principal parts, viz., the first person singular present and perfect indicative {active if in use), the supine in -um, and the present infinitive {active if in use). In parsing a substantive or an adjec­ tive give gender, number, case, and nominative and genitive singular. No abbreviation of any Latin word is to be used.'] 1. Decline throughout the substantives dies, filius, mare, pes; the adjectives acer, prudens ; the nu­ meral duo; and the pronoun quis. {Foitr at least must be done without mistake.) 2. Write down throughout Past-Perf. Ind. Act. of cognosco, Fut. Subj. Act. of edo, Imper. Act. of eo, Fut. Perf. Ind. Pass, of recipio,-Perf. Subj. Act. of sto, Past-Imp. Subj. Act. of volo. {Four at least must be done without mistake.) 3. Write down the principal parts of audeo, claudo, evado, exuo, moveo, pello, peto, sustineo, iitor, venio; and the second person singular of these tenses—Past-Perf. Subj. Act. of cado, Fut. Imp. Act. of do, Perf. Ind. Act. of eripio, Past-Imp. Subj. Puss, of fero, Fut. Ind. Pass, of pono, Perf. Ind. of soleo. {Six of the former and four of the latter must be done without mistake.) MATRICULATION, J.T. 1870. Vli 4. Parse these nouns—acie, ccdificiis, arborum, fibulis, plurimos, vici; and these verbs—administrandi, daretur, impensus, incolerent, rescidit, ulcisceretur. (Six at least must be parsed according to instruc­ tions without mistake.) 5. Translate literally— Hacconfirmataopinione timoris, idoneum quon­ dam hominem et callidum delegit, Galium, ex his, quos auxilii causa secum habebat. Huic magnis praemiis pollicitationibusque persuadet, uti ad hostes transeat, et quid fieri vclit edocet. Qui ubi pro perfuga ad eos venit, timorem llomanorum proponit, quibus angustiis ipse Cajsar a Venetis prematur docet, neque longius abesse, quin proxima nocte Sabinus clam ex castris exercitum educat, et ad CtBsarem auxilii ferendi causa proficiscatur. Quod ubi auditum est, conclamant omnes occa- sionem negotii bene gerendi amittendam non esse; ad castra iri oportere. Multiu res ad hoc consilium Gallos hortabantur: supeiiorum dierum Sabini cunctatio, perfuga? confirmatio, inopia cibariorum, cni rei parum diligenter ab his erat provisum, spes Vcnetici belli, et quod fere libentcr homines id, quod volunt, credunt. 6. Point out in the foregoing {a) an impersonal verb, {b) a passive used impersonally, (c) an ablative of time, {d) a dative of advantage, {e) a subjunctive of result, and {f) a relative pronoun referring to a sentence. 7. Translate the following, and give the rule for every case other than the nominative occurring in them— (1) Equitatu quo plurimum valebant agmen adorti sunt. Vlll EXAMINATION PAPERS, (2) A quibus quum paucorum dierum iter abesset legati venerunt. (3) Omnia deerant qure ad reficiendas naves usui erant. (4) Tn quibus aliquid consilii aut dignitatis fuit eo pervenerant. 8. Give the meaning of each of the following, the word from which each is derived and its meaning, the termination by which each is formed and its mean­ ing—amicitia, civitas, frumcntum, graviter, mer- cator, pedester, proximus, vexo. 9. (a) What are the Latin Demonstrative Pronouns and their peculiar meanings ? Construct an ex­ ample of the use of each. {b) Name some of the verbs which in Latin are followed by an Accusative and Infinitive. 10. Give the Latin for {a) Cajsar is said to have been of tall stature, {b) How many books can you buy for eighteen pence (use as for a penny) ? {c) The speech of the general was more true than pleasant to his soldiers, {d) The senate sent ambassadors to Ctesar, to ask what he was going to do next year. ENGLISH. Professor Irving. 1. Write out, correctly spelt, the following:— The armie wh: now bekaim supream in the stait wos difrent from eny that haz sins bene scan MATRICULATION, J.T. 1870. IX among us. At presunt the pay of the comun soljer iz not sutch az can sedyoos anny butt the umblest clas of Inglish laybrers from there cawl- ing. A barryer allmost impassible seperaits him from the comishuned offiscr. The grate majorities of thoze hoo rize hie in the servise rise bye per- chace. So iioomrus and ecstensiv ar the remoat dependensies of Ingland that evry man who enlists in the h'ne must ecspekt to pas meny yeres in oxsile and sum in klymaits unfaivrable two thee helth and viggre of the Europeean rase. 2. Parse every word in the following according to Morell's scheme:—Indeed, the Parliament itself abhorred its old defenders more than its old enemies. 3. Give the general and the detailed analysis of the following :—The private, distinguished for intel­ ligence, might hope to attain high command. 4. Correct the following, and explain the mistake in each:— (1) Nor heaven nor earth have been at peace to­ night. (2) Every one, both masters and men, know this to be false. (3) This tax has no right to be levied. (4) This paper has the largest circulation of any in the world. 5. State briefly the meaning of the following Eng­ lish words, all of which occur in one page of Macaulay's History: — Inextricable, unrepealed, bigoted, synod, permanent, penury, conscientious, assemblv. a3 X EXAMINATION PAPERS, 6. Give from Morell the meaning of all prefixes and suffixes occurring in the foregoing, and name the source whence each is derived. 7. Write down the first, the second, and the third persons singular of the present and of the past in­ dicative of these verbs—To be, can, to go, to lie, shall, to transfer. 8. State, according to Morell's system, the exact re­ lation which the sentence in italics bears to the other sentence in each of the following examples : (1) He knew not whither to go. (2) //' you go away, I shall not remain. (3) Wliere the bee sucks, there lurk I. (4) Man proposes, but God disjioses. 9. Give, with examples, the common modes by which plural nouns are in English formed from their singulars. 10. Write a brief but full description of an orange.
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