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 Latin 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 Pausanias 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 Rome in 272 B.C. from Tarentum, acted in some of his plays and is considered the father of Latin Literature? LIVIUS ANDRONICUS 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 WJCL Summer Rounds—Tournament II 2 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? PETRONIUS MAXIMUS TU10: Which king of Rome 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 ENNIUS (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 WJCL Summer Rounds—Tournament II 3 TU13: What law, passed on November 27th, 43 B.C., legalized the second triumvirate 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 Lucan 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 WJCL Summer Rounds—Tournament II 4 TU18: What author informed us that Augustus wore long underwear within his De Vita Caesarum, a collection of biographies on the early emperors? SUETONIUS B1: What is the only fully extant section of Suetonius’ De Viris Illustribus? DE GRAMMATICIS ET RHETORIBUS B2: What friend of Catullus had earlier written a De Viris Illustribus? (CORNELIUS) NEPOS TU19: What Roman emperor built a new imperial palace, the Septizodium, and a namesake arch depicting his victories over the Parthians? SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS 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 WJCL Summer Rounds—Tournament II 5 WJCL Summer Rounds—Tournament II Written by Michael Kearney Round II TU1: In what work of Terence 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 Marcus Aurelius? 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 WJCL Summer Rounds—Tournament II 6 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.