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WJCL Summer Rounds—Tournament II 1

WJCL Summer Rounds—Tournament II Written by Michael Kearney Round I

TU1: Which of the following, if any, is not derived from the same root as the others: redoubt, subdue, doge, ducat? ALL FROM SAME B1: What derivative of the verb duco means “to give qualities or abilities to?” ENDUE B2: What derivative of the verb duco means “speak badly of or tell lies about (someone) so as to damage their reputation?” TRADUCE

TU2: What is the meaning of the correlative quā...quā? ON THE ONE HAND...ON THE OTHER HAND B1: What is the meaning of the correlative modo...modo? NOW...NOW B2: What is the meaning of the correlative sive...sive? WHETHER...OR

TU3: What man, who killed the monster Echidna because she was carrying off passerby, was killed by Hermes while guarding Io? ARGUS (PANOPTES) B1: What epithet did Hermes receive for his killing of Argus? ARGEIPHONTES B2: According to Aeschylus, how many eyes did Argus have? 4

TU4: Differentiate in meaning between iniussus and iniustus. VOLUNTARY and UNJUST B1: Differentiate in meaning between ales and alias. WINGED/BIRD and AT ANOTHER TIME B2: Differentiate in meaning between latro and later. BANDIT and BRICK

TU5: Although claims it must have been the Menius, what two rivers did Heracles divert to clean the Augeian stables? ALPHEIUS AND PENEIUS B1: What son of Augeias attempted to reason with his father when Augeias refused payment to Heracles? PHYLEUS B2: What king of Olenus housed Heracles after his excursion in Elis? DEXAMENUS

TU6: What grammaticus, brought to in 272 B.C. from Tarentum, acted in some of his plays and is considered the father of ? B1: At what event in 240 did Livius Andronicus present the first regular drama in Roman history? LUDI ROMANI (note: he also acted in it) B2: What professional organization of Andronicus was installed in the temple of Minerva on the Aventine in 207 B.C.? COLLEGIUM SCRIBARUM HISTRIONUMQUE

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TU7: Give the Latin and English for the motto of Missouri. SALUS POPULI SUPREMA LEX ESTO -- LET THE WELFARE OF THE PEOPLE BE THE SUPREME LAW B1: Give the Latin and English for the motto of Connecticut. QUI TRANSTULIT SUSTINET -- HE WHO TRANSPLANTED SUSTAINS B2: Give the Latin and English for the motto of Massachusetts. ENSE PETIT PLACIDAM SUB LIBERTATE QUIETEM -- BY THE SWORD HE/SHE SEEKS PEACEFUL QUIET UNDER LIBERTY

TU8: From what Latin noun, with what meaning, is “ruminate” derived? RUMEN, THROAT B1: From what Latin noun, with what meaning, is “pencil” derived? PENIS, TAIL B2: From what Latin noun, with what meaning, is “accost” derived? COSTA, RIB

TU9: What emperor, who ruled from 425 to 455 in the West, slew his general Aetius with his own hand, perhaps causing the fall of Rome? VALENTINIAN III B1: Where had Aetius defeated Attila in 451 A.D.? CATALAUNIAN PLAINS/CHALONS B2: What senator, who succeeded Valentinian III, was the instigating force behind the assassination of Aetius? MAXIMUS

TU10: Which both enfranchised the middle class and checked the increasing exclusiveness of the nobility by introducing new property and military classes, based on his census? SERVIUS TULLIUS B1: What three animals were sacrificed at the end of the census signaling the “end of the lustrum?” PIG, SHEEP, and BULL B2: What amount did Servius Tullius require as the wealth qualification for senators? 800,000 SESTERCES

TU11: What king of Athens sacrificed one of his daughters to aid in the war against Eleusis, causing several others to commit suicide? ERECHTHEUS B1: What daughter of Erechtheus had been carried off by Boreas and thus avoided that fate? OREITHYIA B2: Who were the parents of Erechtheus? PANDION AND ZEUXIPPE

TU12: The first work divided into books by its author, what history covers from Aeneas to 171 B.C. in 18 books? ANNALES OF (prompt on Annales) B1: Book 15 of the Annales covers the victory of what patron of Ennius during the Aetolian War? (MARCUS) FULVIUS NOBILIOR B2: What literary device did Ennius deploy incessantly in his Annales? ALLITERATION B3: From what Calabrian king does Ennius claim descent? KING MESSAPUS

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TU13: What law, passed on November 27th, 43 B.C., legalized the second and perhaps marks the end of the Republic? LEX TITIA B1: With whom was Octavian elected consul in 43 BC? Q. PEDIUS B2: What title did Octavian receive on January 1st, 42 B.C.? DIVI FILIUS

TU14: Translate the following sentence from Latin to English: Si oppidum ceperimus, poetae nostra facta canent. IF WE SHALL HAVE CAPTURED/CAPTURE/HAVE CAPTURED THE TOWN, THE POETS WILL SING OF OUR DEEDS B1: Translate the following sentence from English to Latin: If he has friends, he does not desire money. SI AMICOS HABET, PECUNIAM NON OPTAT B2: Translate the following sentence from Latin to English: Si clamores tuos adiuvissem, statim accurrissem. IF I HAD HEARD YOUR SHOUTS, I WOULD HAVE RUN OVER STRAIGHT AWAY.

TU15: A Bellum Civile in criticism of is presented by Eumolpus in what work, the first Roman novel? (PETRONIUS’) SATYRICON B1: What form is the Satyricon written in? MENIPPEAN SATIRE B2: With what teacher does Encolpius discuss the decline of oratory? AGAMEMNON

TU16: Listen carefully to the following passage, about the death of Moses, which I will read twice, and answer in English the question that follows: Môses, â Deô monitus, conficî jussit tabernâculum ex pellibus et cortînîs pretiôsissimîs, insuper arcam foederis aurô pûrô vestîtam, in quâ reposuit tabulâs lêgis dîvînae. Quum jam in cônspectû habêret terram â Deô prômissam, mortuus est vir sapientiâ et caeterîs virtûtibus plânê admîrâbilis. Lûxit eum populus diêbus trigintâ. Successit in locum Mosis Josue, quem ipse prius dêsignâverat. The question: For how long did the people mourn Moses? THIRTY DAYS B1: Who succeeded Moses, as Moses had commanded? JOSHUA B2: From what did Moses order the tabernacle to be completed? HIDES and PRECIOUS CAULDRONS

TU17: Though she ran encumbered with armor and twice as far, what huntress still beat all her suitors in a footrace? ATALANTA B1: Who eventually defeated Atalanta with the help of some golden apples? MELANION/HIPPOMENES B2: Name one of the possible fathers of Atalanta. IASUS/MAENALUS/SCHOENEUS

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TU18: What author informed us that wore long underwear within his De Vita Caesarum, a collection of biographies on the early emperors? B1: What is the only fully extant section of Suetonius’ De Viris Illustribus? DE GRAMMATICIS ET RHETORIBUS B2: What friend of had earlier written a De Viris Illustribus? (CORNELIUS) NEPOS

TU19: What built a new imperial palace, the Septizodium, and a namesake arch depicting his victories over the Parthians? B1: During Severus’ rein, to what magistrate were all legal cases within 100 miles of Rome assigned? PRAEFECTUS URBI B2: What structure, nearly destroyed by invasions, did Septimius Severus rebuild in Britain? HADRIAN’S WALL

TU20: For the verb porto, give the second person singular future passive indicative. PORTABERIS B1: Make that form imperfect. PORTABARIS B2: Make that form subjunctive. PORTARERIS

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WJCL Summer Rounds—Tournament II Written by Michael Kearney Round II

TU1: In what work of does the old man Menedemus, who had driven his son Clinia away, condemn himself to toil the earth laboriously with his hands until his son returns? HEAUTONTIMOROUMENOS B1: In what work of Terence, his most commercially successful, does a parasite succeed in helping two cousins, Phaedria and Antiphon, marry the girls they love? PHORMIO B2: In what work of Terence are two brothers raised separately, one rigorously, who turns out bad, and one freely, who turns out good? ADELPHOE (means brothers, obv)

TU2: Translate into Latin: Which laws did the Roman citizens disregard? QUAS LEGES CIVES ROMANI NEGLEXERUNT B1: Translate into Latin: Is there anyone who does not know this? ECQUIS HOC NESCIT? B2: What type of question is found in the previous bonus? RHETORICAL

TU3: What woman grieved so profoundly that Hermes consented to bring her husband back from the dead for three hours? LAODAMEIA B1: What husband of Capaneus threw herself onto her husband’s pyre upon his death? EVADNE B2: During what expedition had Capaneus perished? SEVEN AGAINST THEBES

TU4: Ten years after capturing Ctesiphon, what general attempted to usurp the throne, having falsely heard of the death of ? AVIDIUS CASSIUS B1: What co-emperor of Marcus Aurelius was the commander in-name at Ctesiphon? LUCIUS VERUS B2: What wife of Marcus Aurelius perhaps tried to help Avidius Cassius? FAUSTINA THE YOUNGER

TU5: Listen carefully to the following passage, which I will read twice, and answer in English the question that follows: At Medea ubi intellexit quae Iason in animo haberet, ira graviter commota iure iurando confirmavit se tantam iniuriam ulturam. Hoc igitur consilium cepit. Vestem paravit summa arte textam et variis coloribus infectam; hanc mortifero quodam veneno tinxit, cuius vis talis erat ut si quis eam vestem induisset, corpus eius quasi igni ureretur. Hoc facto vestem ad Glaucen misit; illa autem nihil mali suspicans donum libenter accepit, et vestem novam more feminarum statim induit.

The question: With what did Medea moisten the clothing? (DEATHBEARING) POISON B1: How was the robe decorated? WITH VARIED COLORS

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B2: When did Glauce put on the robe? AT ONCE

TU6: Venter, tribunal, cucumis, and turris all belong to what class of nouns? PURE I-STEMS B1: What pure I-stem means “hoarseness?” Kearney enjoys attending a derivative of this word. RAVIS B2: What pure I-stem means “stern?” PUPPIS

TU7: What author, who was a pupil of Arnobius, was made professor of rhetoric at Nicomedia and tutor to Constantine’s son Crispus? B1: What work of Lactantius was a defense of Christian doctrine as a harmonious and logical system, in 7 books? DIVINAE INSTITUTIONES B2: What work of Lactantius was his earliest, on the perfect harmony of nature and the immortality of the soul? DE OPIFICIO DEI

TU8: Translate into English: Cum mortuus esset, cometa fiebatur. AFTER CAESAR (HAD) DIED, HE BECAME A COMET B1: What is the normal nominative singular of cometa? COMETES B2: Translate into English: Sustulisti lampada ut viam inveniremus? DID YOU RAISE THE TORCH SO THAT WE MIGHT FIND THE WAY?

TU9: Because of wealth gained extortionately in Africa, what author bought Caesar’s villa at Tivoli, from which he wrote the Historiae, Bellum Iugurthinum, and Bellum Catilinae? B1: Name one of the four emperors who later lived at that villa. ONE OF NERO, VESPASIAN, NERVA, AURELIAN B2: Where was Sallust born? AMITERNUM

TU10: Quid Anglice significat haurio? TO DRAIN/DRAW (WATER) B1: Quid Anglice significat milito? TO SOLDIER/BE A SOLDIER B2: Quid Anglice significat glomero? TO CLUSTER

TU11: A client of the Metelli, what novus homo from Arpinum reformed the and held the consulship a record seven times? MARIUS B1: Under which of the Metelli did Marius serve in Africa? METELLUS NUMIDICUS B2: At what battle of 108 B.C. did Marius lead a column of 2,000 soldiers to rescue his trapped commander and win the day? MUTHUL (VALLEY) B3: At what battle of 110 B.C. were the Romans under Aulus Postumius Albinus forced to pass under the yoke? SUTHUL

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TU12: When her father Icarius followed her in a chariot, begging her to stay, what woman silently veiled her face, telling him she wished to go with her new husband? PENELOPE B1: According to other stories, how did Odysseus obtain Penelope? WON A FOOTRACE B2: Another Icarius received the knowledge to culture wine from what ? DIONYSUS

TU13: In the following line of Vergil, identify where the elision would be: litora, multum ille et terris iactatus et alto? BETWEEN ILLE and ET B1: Now, in this opening line from 1.2, identify where the caesura would be: iam satis terris nivis atque dirae. BETWEEN TERRIS and NIVIS B2: For this bonus, you can have thirty seconds. Scan the second half of that line. U U - U - -

TU14: Of the verbs scabo, prandeo, paciscor, and sarcio, which would one do in the morning? PRANDEO B1: Of the verbs scabo, prandeo, paciscor, and sarcio, which does Donald Trump think he’s the best at? PACISCOR B2: Quid Anglice significat: scabo? TO SCRATCH

TU15: The youngest son of Lycaon, what boy was saved by Gaia from the fate of his forty-nine other brothers? NYCTIMUS B1: By what grandson of Lycaon and son of Callisto was Nyctimus succeeded? ARCAS B2: What brother of Danaus also had fifty sons? AEGYPTUS

TU16: For the verb faveo, give all four principle parts. FAVEO, FAVERE, FAVI, FAUTUM B1: For the verb prandeo, give all four principle parts. PRANDEO, PRANDERE, PRANDI, PRANSUM B2: For the verb censeo, give all four principle parts. CENSEO, CENSERE, CENSUI, CENSUM

TU17: Accepting remonstrances from the Senate as a challenge, what tribe of Gauls established a perpetual dies ater by destroying the Romans at Allia River? SENONES B1: What city had appealed to Rome for help, causing the whole problemo? CLUSIUM B2: The Vestal Virgins and the flamen Quirinalis escaped with some cult objects and found refuge at what city? CAERE

TU18: At what battle of the Second Punic War did Hannibal starve his center of forces, encouraging the Roman advance, and swing his cavalry around to encircle them, causing 80,000 casualties? CANNAE B1: At what battle did Hannibal, with the aid of nearly 2,000 oxen, defeat the Romans, but was nearly captured by Fabius Maximus?

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AGER FALERNUS (yes, he tied torches to the oxen to simulate soldiers charging up the hill) B2: What city seceded from Rome in 216 and was won over to the Carthaginian side by the prospect of taking Rome’s place as the first town of ? CAPUA

TU19: In what play of does Hegio recover his son Philepolemus, taken prisoner of war, and discover that the slave Tyndarus is the son he lost at birth? CAPTIVI B1: In what play of Plautus does Alcesimarchus wish to marry Selenium, then is forced to marry a daughter of Demipho, but discovers that Selenium is a daughter of Demipho in the end? CISTELLARIA B2: In the Aulularia, what character steals both Euclio’s daughter and his treasure? LYCONIDES B3: What play of Plautus was placed last in the original manuscript, meaning we have lost swathes of it? VIDULARIA

TU20: Trampled by mares as a youth, what king of Iolcus killed his stepmother Sidero on the altar of Hera? PELIAS B1: What mother of his was Pelias trying to avenge since she had been beaten by Sidero? TYRO B2: Whom did Pelias marry and have Acastus, Alcestis, and others by? ANAXIBIA/PHYLOMACHE

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WJCL Summer Rounds—Tournament II Written by Michael Kearney Round III

TU1: What derivative of the verb nosco is “an expert judge in matters of taste? CONNOISSEUR B1: What derivative of the verb rapio means “kept secret, especially because it would not be approved of?” SURREPTITIOUS B2: What derivative of the verb rego means “clever or skillful in using the hands or mind?” ADROIT

TU2: What author, put in charge of Domitian’s nephews, authored the lost treatise De Causis Corruptae Eloquentiae and was appointed the first salaried professor of rhetoric by Vespasian? B1: With what emperor did Quintilian return to Rome in 68 A.D.? GALBA B2: Name either the grammarian or rhetorician under whom Quintilian studied. ONE OF REMMIUS PALAEMON or DOMITIUS AFER

TU3: What Thracian peasant fomented a riot in which Alexander Severus and his mother were killed, ushering in a half-century period of anarchy? (C. IULIUS) MAXIMINUS THRAX B1: What distinguished jurist had been appointed as a Praetorian and head of Alexander Severus’ entire operation? (DOMITIUS) ULPIAN(US) B2: What dynasty under Ardashir replaced the Arsacid Persian dynasty during Alexander Severus’ reign? SASSANID

TU4: What type of conditional is found in the following sentence: parata esset, si matrem adiuvaret. PRESENT CONTRARY-TO-FACT B1: What type of conditional is found in this sentence: si diligenter laboretis, vobis meridie domum dimittam. FUTURE LESS VIVID B2: Now translate that sentence into English. IF YOU (ALL) SHOULD WORK DILIGENTLY, I WOULD LET YOU GO HOME AT NOON

TU5: The first king of Athens, what half-snake man ended the sacrifice of human beings and played arbiter between Athena and Poseidon for patronage of Athens? CECROPS B1: What other half-snake king instituted the Panathenaic festival? ERICHTHONIUS B2: What king of Athens repelled the invasion of the Dorians by sacrificing his own life? CODRUS

TU6: Which cognatus was an uncle on the mother’s side of the family? AVUNCULUS B1: Which cognatus was a cousin on the father’s side of the family? PATRUELIS

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B2: Which cognatus was a great-grandson? PRONEPOS

TU7: Say “three miles” in Latin. TRIA MILIA PASSUUM B1: Say “six hundred miles” in Latin. SESCENTA MILIA PASSUUM B2: Say in Latin: I would walk five hundred miles. AMBULEM QUINGENTA MILIA PASSUUM

TU8: Verū, pecu, and cornu are the only fourth nouns of what variety? NEUTER B1: Give the ablative of the noun partus. PARTUBUS B2: What was the ancient ablative singular in the fourth declension? -UD

TU9: In his preface, what author declares his intention to carry the story to death of Caesar, but only succeeds in completing the account of his Gallic campaigns? AULUS HIRTIUS B1: Name two of the three works of the Corpus Caesarianum, accounts of the last events of the civil war, which were actually composed by unknown officers of Caesar’s? BELLUM ALEXANDRINUM, AFRICUM, HISPANIENSE B2: In what year, the same as , did Hirtius die? 43 B.C.

TU10: Give a Latin noun which means “cliff.” SCOPULUS/RUPES/CAUTES/CAUTIS B1: Give a Latin noun which means “modesty.” PUDOR//VERECUNDIA/RUBOR/MODESTIA B2: Give a Latin noun which means “excess.” REDUNDANTIA/ABUNDANTIA/NIMIETAS/IMMODERATIO

TU11: When you are recognized by the spotter, please perform the following command: Surge et dic mihi natalem diem tuum. STUDENT SHOULD RISE AND TELL MODERATOR HIS BIRTHDAY B1: Fantastic! Now tell me how that date would have been known to the Romans? http://www.latin.org/datecalculator.php B2: When you are recognized by the spotter, please perform the following command: Dicite mihi hodiernum diem. http://www.latin.org/datecalculator.php

TU12: Although later sacrificed by Commodus to placate the masses after a famine, what Praetorian Prefect sold imperial offices to the highest bidder, including 25 consulships in one day? CLEANDER B1: What Praetorian Prefect of Commodus, who had murdered his predecessor Paternus, was abruptly executed in 185 A.D.? PERENNIS B2: What mistress of Commodus was said to have been a Christian? MARCIA

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TU13: “Impromptu,” “sample,” “ransom,” and “prompt” are all derived from what Latin verb, meaning “to buy?” EMO B1: “Rigmarole,” “enroll,” and “roulette” are all derived from what Latin noun, with what meaning? ROTA, WHEEL B2: “Soprano,” “sovereign,” and “supreme” are all derived from what Latin preposition? SUPRA

TU14: Together with the Aetolian League, at what battle did the Romans under Flamininus rally and beat the Macedonians, proving the superiority of the phalanx to the legion? CYNOSCEPHALAE B1: What king of Sparta did Flamininus next declare war upon, claiming it was necessary to ensure the freedom of the Greek states? NABIS B2: At what battle of 193 B.C. did the Romans under Merula finally defeat the Boii, although he was refused a triumph by the Senate? MUTINA

TU15: Aided by his daughter Hypsipyle in escaping from Lemnos, what man sailed to the land of the Taurians and became their king? THOAS B1: What daughter of Agamemnon became a priestess of Artemis among the Taurians? IPHIGENEIA B2: What couple were the parents of Thoas? DIONYSUS AND ARIADNE

TU16: Identify the rhetorical device in this line, taken from Book 1 of Vergil’s Aeneid: hic fessas non vincula navis ulla tenent. PERSONIFICATION B1: Identify the rhetorical device in this line, taken from Book 1 of ’s Metamorphoses: laudat digitosque manusque bracchiaque et nudos media plus parte lacertos. TRICOLON (CRESCENS) B2: Identify the rhetorical device in this phrase: Aeneas tulit dolorem et patrem Troia. ZEUGMA

TU17: A dolphin, a bull, a ram, and a bird were some of the forms what god took to seduce women? POSEIDON B1: Name a mortal to whom Poseidon granted the power of shape-shifting. PERICLYMENUS or MESTRA B2: Poseidon and Apollo demurely accepted the wish of what goddess to remain a virgin? HESTIA

TU18: What author, the optimal judge of chic and refinement in Nero’s court, committed suicide after implication in the Pisonian conspiracy? PETRONIUS B1: Of what province, where Catullus journeyed with Memmius, was Petronius governor? BITHYNIA

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B2: How did Petronius die? SLIT HIS VEINS (AND SPENT LAST HOURS AT A BANQUET)

TU19: Listen carefully to the following passage, which I will read twice, and answer in Latin the question that follows: Postquam hoc modo superati sunt, Hercules quam celerrime progressus est et post paucos dies ad Alpis pervenit. Necesse erat has transire, ut in Italiam boves ageret; res tamen summae erat difficultatis. Hi enim montes, qui ulteriorem a citeriore Gallia dividunt, nive perenni sunt tecti; quam ob causam neque frumentum neque pabulum in his regionibus inveniri potest. Hercules igitur antequam ascendere coepit, magnam copiam frumenti et pabuli comparavit et hoc commeatu boves oneravit. The question: Qui hoc modo superati sunt? LIGURES B1: Quae dividunt hi montes? ULTERIOREM A CITERIORE GALLIA B2: Quid nequeunt inveniri in his regionibus? (NEQUE) FRUMENTUM (NEQUE) PABULUM

TU20: A Cypriot king whose daughter Metharme married Cinyras, what man, finding no mortal worthy of his love, carved a statue out of ivory and watched her come to life? PYGMALION B1: What daughter did Galataea bear by Pygmalion? PAPHOS B2: What did Ovid call Galatea? UN-NAMED (name Galataea not invented until modern times)

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WJCL Summer Rounds—Tournament II Written by Michael Kearney Semi-Final Round

TU1: What man was told to settle where he would not be harmed if the sky fell and chose the Carian Chersonense, which is ringed with mountains? PODALEIRIUS B1: After Machaon’s death, what Greek did Podaleirius cure of his rather stinky wound? PHILOCTETES B2: How many ships did Podaleirius lead to Troy along with his brother Machaon? THIRTY

TU2: From what two Latin words, with what meanings, is “monsieur” derived?

EGO/ME, I/ME and SENEX, OLD MAN B1: From what two Latin words, with what meanings, is “carnival” derived? CARO, FLESH and LEVIS, LIGHT B2: From what two Latin words, with what meanings, is “auspicious” derived? AVIS, BIRD and SPECIO, TO OBSERVE

TU3: This is a grammar question, because it is in Allen and Greenough and I am tired of writing grammar questions. What Roman praenomen was abbreviated N.? B1: What Roman praenomen was abbreviated Mam.? MAMERCUS B2: This is not, surprisingly enough, in A + G. What Roman, with the name Mamercus, wrote a tragedy which reflected badly on Tiberius and later committed suicide? MAMERCUS SCAURUS

TU4: What king was dissuaded from attacking Egypt when Popillius Laenas drew a circle in the sand around him? ANTIOCHUS IV B1: For what office did Antiochus hold a mock election at and canvas the townsmen in the style of a republican candidate? B2: Who was the chief commissioner who, when sent to enforce the provisions of the treaty of 188 (Apamea), hamstrung the king’s elephants and was killed by Antiochus’ subjects in a riot? CN. OCTAVIUS

TU5: What author, born at Sicca Veneria, converted to Christianity at the age of sixty and wrote the Adversus Nationes? ARNOBIUS B1: How many books comprised the Adversus Nationes? 7 B2: What heresy, which Augustine dabbled in, was the principle reason for the work’s composition? NEO-PLATONISM B3: The title Adversus Nationes reflects what author’s first work, Ad Nationes?

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TU6: Murdered by the Theban charioteer Perieres, what king of Orchomenus made his son Erginus vow to avenge his death on the Thebans? CLYMENUS B1: Clymenus managed to conquer the Thebans and imposed what punishment on them? 100 OXEN P/Y FOR 20 YEARS B2: Of what con artists did Erginus later become the father? TROPHONIUS AND AGAMEDES

TU7: What author, who served in Syria as a military , was born in Gades and authored the De Re Rustica, which contains a section on gardening? B1: How many books is Columella’s work? TWELVE B2: What extant section made up Books 3-5 of the De Re Rustica? DE ARBORIBUS B3: What Carthaginian writer does Columella also employ as a source? MAGO

TU8: Using an impersonal verb, say in Latin: Augustus was not bored with life in Athens. NON TAEDEBAT AUGUSTUM VITAE ATHENIS B1: Again using an impersonal verb, say in Latin: The Germans ought to return the legionary standards. OPORTET/OPORTUIT GERMANOS SIGNA LEGIONUM REDDERE B2: Once more with an impersonal, say in Latin: Caligula was in the habit of being cruel. CALIGULA CRUDELIS ESSE SOLEBAT

TU9: For his skill in relieving Messana, what consul of 263 B.C. received the cognomen Messalla, the first instance of a ‘triumphal’ surname in Roman history? MANIUS VALERIUS (MAXIMUS CORVINUS MESSALLA) B1: What object did Messalla supposedly bring to Rome for the first time? SUNDIAL B2: The Carthaginians soon counter-attacked by taking what city as their base, which the Romans successfully besieged in 262? AGRIGENTUM

TU10: Give a Latin adjective which means “hairy.” CAPILLATUS/COMANS/CRINITUS/HISPIDUS/PILOSUS B1: Give a Latin adjective which means “lavish.” SUMPTUOSUS/LARGUS/PRODIGUS/PROFUSUS/PRODIGIALUS B2: Give two Latin adjectives which mean “dry.” ARIDUS/SICCUS/TORRIDUS/AUSTERUS

TU11: Using a genitive, say in Latin: We have arrived to save all of you. PERVENIMUS (OMNIS) VESTRI SERVANDI CAUSA B1: Using a dative, say in Latin: There are those who had different opinions. SUNT QUIBUS DIVERSAE OPINIONES ESSENT B2: Using a dative, say in Latin: As soon as he had seen the enemy, our general ordered us to attack.

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CUM PRIMUM HOSTES VIDISSET, (NOSTER) NOBIS IMPERAVIT UT OPPUGNARENT

TU12: Listen carefully to the following passage, taken from Book I of ’s , about the death of Amulius, which I will read twice, and answer in English the question that follows: Sic Numitori ad supplicium Remus deditur. Iam inde ab initio Faustulo spes fuerat regiam stirpem apud se educari; nam et expositos iussu regis infantes sciebat et tempus quo ipse sustulisset ad id ipsum congruere; sed rem immaturam nisi aut per occasionem aut per necessitatem aperiri noluerat. The question: What had Faustulus hoped from the beginning? HE WAS RAISING ROYAL STOCK B1: To whom was handed over for punishment? NUMITOR B2: Give one thing which Faustulus knew. THAT THE INFANTS HAD BEEN EXPOSED BY ORDER OF THE KING or HE KNEW THAT HE HAD PICKED UP THE BOYS AT A TIME THAT CORRESPONDED WITH THE TIMELINE

TU13: What emperor, the first to be killed in battle, lost to the Goths at Abrittus in 251 A.D.? DECIUS B1: Who led the Gauls at Abrittus? KNIVA B2: Although Decius was the first emperor to be killed in battle, the feat was quickly repeated. At what battle just two years later was Trebonianus Gallus killed? INTERAMNA

TU14: Quid Anglice significat ovo? TO REJOICE B1: Quid Anglice significat foedo? TO DEFILE B2: Quid Anglice significat neo? TO SPIN

TU15: What beautiful youth, created by Prometheus out of clay, was convinced by Hermes of the advantages of immortality and carried off to heaven, where he became a planet? PHAENON B1: What god informed Zeus that Prometheus was withholding his most beautiful creation? EROS B2: Into what planet was Phaenon transformed?

TU16: Identify the rhetorical device in this line, taken from Book 10 of Ovid’s Metamorphoses: Umbras erat illa recentes inter et incessit passu de vulnere tardo. ANASTROPHE/HYPERBATON B1: Identify the rhetorical device in this line, taken from Book 1 of Ovid’s Amores: mollierant animos lectus et umbra meos. HENDIADYS

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B2: Identify the rhetorical device in this line, taken from Catullus 75: Huc est mens deducta tuā mea Lesbia culpa. SYNCHYSIS

TU17: The first privatus to be invested with proconsular , what Roman was sent to Spain in 211 and captured New with an unexpected attack from the sea? SCIPIO AFRICANUS B1: What god did the Romans believe aided Scipio in his capture of New Carthage? NEPTUNE (duh) B2: At what battle of 206 BC did Scipio (the future) Africanus defeat Hasdrubal Gisgo and cut off Iberia from the Carthaginians? ILIPA

TU18: What use of the independent subjunctive is found in the following sentence: milites nostri inimicos superent! OPTATIVE/JUSSIVE B1: In old Latin, what particle often introduced the optative? UT/UTI (A+G 442) B2: What use of the independent subjunctive is found in this sentence: Maneam? Aut excedam? POTENTIAL

TU19: Round-shouldered, dark-skinned, and curly-haired according to Odysseus, what Ithacan served as herald to both Agamemnon and Odysseus during the Trojan War? EURYBATES B1: With what herald did Eurybates go to attempt to appease Achilles? ODIUS B2: What Trojan herald drove the mulecart for Priam’s ransom of the body of Hector? IDAEUS

TU20: What author, persecuted by Sejanus, promises talking trees in the introduction to his five books of fables but fails to deliver? (point out how he was persecuted) B1: Where was Phaedrus born? PIERIA B2: What meter, also employed by Plautus, did Phaedrus write in? IAMBIC SENARII

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WJCL Summer Rounds—Tournament II Written by Michael Kearney Final Round

TU1: What derivative of the word locus simply means “instead?” LIEU B1: What derivative of the adverb prope is “an establishment or resumption of harmonious relations?” RAPPROCHEMENT B2: What derivative of the adjective salvus means “having, showing, or indicating profound wisdom?” SAGE

TU2: Translate the following from Latin to English: Pons nobis aedificandus melior est ad flumen traseundum. WE MUST BUILD A BETTER BRIDGE TO CROSS THE RIVER B1: This is a Yale translation – AKA way too long. Be prepared. Caesar non multo post cognovit hostes aufugisse, militibusque quam celerrime incedendum futurum esse ad eos capiendos. NOT MUCH LATER, CAESAR REALIZED THAT THE ENEMY HAD RUN AWAY, AND THAT HIS SOLDIERS WOULD HAVE TO MARCH AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE TO CATCH THEM B2: Translate this from Latin to English: Dux plures copias mittit ad hodie oppugnandum. THE GENERAL IS SENDING MORE TROOPS FOR THE PURPOSE OF ATTACKING TODAY

TU3: The grandson of Wallia, what Arian effectively ruled the Western Empire, placing several emperors, including Majorian, on the throne? RICIMER B1: The daughter of what emperor, who ruled from 467 to 472, did Ricimer marry? ANTHEMIUS B2: What ruler in the East, who shares his name with the pope who stopped Attila, appointed Anthemius to throne? LEO

TU4: What man, who commanded the Theban troops at Troy because Tisamenus was too young for the post, was wounded by Polydamas and killed by Euphorbus? PENELEUS B1: One of the Trojans Peneleus killed at Troy shares a name with what man, one of Aeneas’ companions and the first to speak to Dido when they entered her palace at Carthage? ILIONEUS B2: What bard appears at the end of Book 1 and sings a creation tale at the court of Dido? IOPAS

TU5: Praefatiunculae, Professores, Parentalia, Ephemeris, and Mosella are among the works of what author, born at Burdigala? B1: To what emperor was Ausonius tutor? GRATIAN

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B2: Which of the works in the tossup was a description of Ausonius’ everyday life? EPHEMERIS

TU6: Where would one hear the phrase prosit! TOAST, DINNER, PARTY, etc. (German word prosit from the Latin may it benefit you) B1: What does the phrase stultorum calami carbones moenia chartae forbid? GRAFFITI (chalk is the pen of fools, walls their paper) B2: On what day might one hear the phrase memento homo quia pulvis es, et in pulverem revertis. ASH WEDNESDAY

TU7: Migrating with his clan to Rome in 504 and settling beyond the Anio, what Sabine received , became consul in 495 BC, and founded the Claudia? ATTIUS CLAUSUS or APPIUS CLAUDIUS (SABINUS REGILLENSIS) B1: What Sabine chief stole by night into Rome in 460 BC and occupied the citadel on the Capitoline, but quickly surrendered? APPIUS HERDONIUS B2: Which famous Appius built the way? APPIUS CLAUDIUS CAECUS

TU8: Velleius, Balbus, and Cotta set forth the views of the Epicureans, Stoics, and Academics in what Ciceronian treatise in three books? DE NATURA DEORUM B1: Supposedly the work which changed Augustine’s life, what “exhortation to the study of philosophy” was written after Munda? HORTENSIUS B2: What work, whose first two chapters are named after Catulus and Lucullus, although the first is sometimes called priora, is a treatise on epistemology? ACADEMICA

TU9: Which of the giants did Poseidon chase across the Aegean and throw a piece of the island Cos on top of? POLYBOTES B1: Which of the giants did Artemis shoot? GRATION B2: With what weapons did the Fates kill Agrius and Thoas? BRONZE CLUBS

TU10: As he sustained heavy losses in the desert on account of sickness, what prefect of Egypt was forced to abandon his invasion of Arabia at Mariba? (C.) AELIUS GALLUS B1: What queen of Ethiopia attacked Roman troops in Egypt around 25 B.C.? CANDACE B2: Who led a punitive expedition which advanced as far as Nabata but failed to reach Meroe, the southern capital of Ethiopia? C. PETRONIUS

TU11: What author, who was forced from his native Spain by the Vandals, encountered and Augustine, inspiring his Historiae Adversus Paganos? B1: What author wrote the 10 book Breviarium Ab Urbe Condita at the request of Valens, under whom he was magister memoriae?

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B2: What author, from Caesarea in Palestine, wrote the Anecdota and a history of the wars of Justinian?

TU12: What does the Lexicon Recentis Latinitatis define as an armentarius? COWBOY B1: What does the Lexicon Recentis Latinitatis define as práedium rei pecuáriae curandae? RANCH B2: What does the Lexicon Recentis Latinitatis define as periegētes? TOURISTS

TU13: More irregular forms, based on section 105 of Allen and Greenough! What form, which destroyed me in a translation of Livy, was the old genitive of the noun facies, meaning “face?” FACIES B1: What two ablative singulars may the noun iugerum have? IUGERO/IUGERE B2: What two genitive singulars may the noun Mulciber have? MULCIBERI/MULCIBERIS

TU14: Epimedeus, Paeonaeus, and Heracles were some of what Cretan daimones, who were also called Idaeans because of their birth on Mt. Ida in Crete? DACTYLS B1: What famous event did the brothers, led by Heracles, found? OLYMPIC GAMES B2: According to Apollonius Rhodius, two of them, Titias and Cyllenus, were what goddess’ “dispensers of doom and assessors?” CYBELE

TU15: Quid Anglice significat onager? WILD-ASS B1: Quid Anglice significat puter? ROTTEN B2: Quid Anglice significat verber? LASH/BLOW

TU16: What did the suffix -na denote for names? ETRUSCAN PERSON B1: What did the suffix -enus denote for names? UMBRIAN PERSON B2: What did the suffix -por denote for names? THAT PERSON WAS A SLAVE

TU17: Using two deponents, say in Latin: No one thought that we would depart today. NEMO ARBITRATUS EST NOS HODIE PROFECTUROS (ESSE) B1: Using two deponents, say in Latin: I fear that my children will not endure. VEREOR NE MEI LIBERI PATIANTUR B2: Using one deponent, say in Latin: Let us depart as quickly as possible so we may be safe. EGREDIAMUR QUAM CELERRIME UT TUTI SIMUS

TU18: What man, whom Hesiod reports Cheiron reared as a boy, pretended to be Hippotes in order to regain the throne of Colchis from his great-uncle Perses? MEDUS B1: The real Hippotes was the son of what enemy of Medea? CREON B2: What town did Medea rid of snakes by enclosing them in her brother’s tomb on her way back to Colchis? ABSOROS

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TU19: Remember that section of A + G, near the back of the book, on measures, which you’ve always skipped? Yeah, you know the one: it’s gonna bite you in the butt today. What measure of land was an area of 240 (Roman) feet long and 120 broad? IUGERUM B1: How would you express 6,000,000 sesterces? SEXAGIENS [CENTENA MILIA SESTERTIUM] B2: What was the smallest measure of capacity? 12 of them are equal to one sextarius (about a pint). CYATHUS/CYATHI

TU20: What work of , later used as a source by , was inspired by his campaigns in Germany? DE BELLO GERMANIAE/BELLA GERMANIAE B1: What work of Pliny the Elder was a treatise on the techniques of fighting from horseback? DE IACULATIONE EQUESTRI B2: What work of Pliny the Elder was his most ambitious and important work, covering from the death of Claudius to the accession of Vespasian in continuation of a previous author? A FINE AUFIDI BASSI