2014 GEORGIA / FLORIDA CERTAMEN ADVANCED ROUND 1 1. What Roman author, born at Rudiae, wrote an epic history entitled Annālēs and is called the "Father of Latin Literature"? (Q.) ENNIUS B1: How many books are contained in Ennius' Annālēs? 15 / 18 B2: What later author said that Ennius possessed three hearts because he could speak Greek, Latin, and Oscan? (A.) GELLIUS 2. For the verb orior, give the perfect infinitive. ORTUS / UM ESSE B1: Translate ortum esse. TO HAVE RISEN B2: Change ortum esse to the future and translate. ORTURUM ESSE - TO BE ABOUT TO RISE 3. Who, with the aid of Athena in the guise of Mentor, set out from Ithaca to seek tidings of his father, Odysseus? TELEMACHUS B1: To what kingdom did Telemachus go first in search of his father? PYLOS B2: What son of Nestor accompanied Telemachus to Sparta? PEISISTRATUS 4. Who awoke to the cackling of geese and saved the capitol from an advancing Gallic army? M. MANLIUS (CAPITOLINUS) B1: To what goddess were these geese sacred? JUNO B2: After the Gauls sacked the city, who returned from his exile at Ardea and drove them from Rome? (M. FURIUS) CAMILLUS 5. Differentiate in meaning between lavō and levō. LAVŌ - WASH LEVŌ - LIFT / LIGHTEN B1: ...between creō and crepō. CREŌ - CREATE / MAKE CREPŌ - RATTLE B2: ...between saevus and salvus. SAEVUS - SAVAGE / FIERCE SALVUS - SAFE / SOUND 6. What Roman general, the designated successor of the emperor Tiberius, was poisoned in Syria in 19 A.D.? GERMANICUS B1: What governor of Syria was accused of poisoning Germanicus? (CN. CALPURNIUS) PISO B1: What son of Tiberius was then designated for the succession? DRUSUS (II) 7. Identify the use of the subjunctive in the following sentence: "Cīvis rogāvit cūr consul gāvīsus esset." INDIRECT QUESTION B1: Translate that sentence. THE CITIZEN ASKED WHY THE CONSUL HAD REJOICED B2: Identify the use of the subjunctive in this sentence and translate: "Quid faciam?" DELIBERATIVE - WHAT AM I TO DO / WHAT SHOULD I DO? 8. What author dedicated his voluminous Naturālis Historia to the emperor Titus in 77 A.D.? PLINY THE ELDER B1: How many books are contained in Pliny's Naturālis Historia? 37 B2: Where was Pliny stationed as a Roman fleet commander on the eve of Vesuvius' eruption? MISENUM 9. The English words "default," "failure," and "infallible" are derived from what Latin verb? FALLŌ B1: Give the principal parts and meaning of fallō? FALLŌ, FALLERE, FEFELLĪ, FALSUM - TO DECEIVE B2: What derivative of fallō means "a mistaken belief based on unsound arguments"? FALLACY 10. What hero was known by the name Hipponoüs until he received the epithet "Bellerus-Killer" after he murdered his brother? BELLEROPHON B1: What king of Tiryns purified Bellerophon of this murder? PROËTUS B2: Who were the mortal parents of Bellerophon? GLAUCUS & EURYNOME / EURYMEDE 11. What Roman general, by employing a double line of earthworks, was able to hold off a Gallic army and starve Alesia into submission? JULIUS CAESAR B1: In what year did the siege of Alesia take place? 52 B.C. B2: What chieftan of the Arverni surrendered to Caesar after Alesia? VERCINGETORIX 12. What Roman poet addresses Sirmio as the ocelle īnsulārum in poem 31 of his Carmina? CATULLUS B1: Give Catullus' full name. GAIUS VALERIUS CATULLUS B2: Which poem in Catullus' Carmina is a funerary lament for his brother? 101 13. Translate the following sentence into English: "Multī dē meīs amīcīs domum ītūrī sunt. MANY OF MY FRIENDS ARE ABOUT TO / WILL GO HOME B1: ... "Nemo nostrum putat hanc quaestiōnem esse difficilem. NONE / NO ONE OF US THINKS (THAT) THIS QUESTION IS HARD / DIFFICULT B2: ... "Augustō imperatore pax constituta est." WHEN AUGUSTUS WAS EMPEROR, PEACE WAS ESTABLISHED 14. Who, the eldest son of Heracles and Deianeira, led his father's descendants in an abortive attempt to reclaim Mycenae? HYLLUS B1: What collective name is given to these descendants of Heracles? HERACLIDS B2: What king of Tegea killed Hyllus in single combat? ECHEMUS 15. Domine Dirige Nōs is the Latin motto of what European city? LONDON B1: Esto Perpetua is the Latin motto of what European city? VENICE B2: Fluctuat nec mergitur is the Latin motto of what European city? PARIS 2014 GEORGIA / FLORIDA CERTAMEN ADVANCED ROUND 2 1. Make the phrase celsus pariēs genitive singular. CELSĪ PARIĒTIS B1: Change celsī pariētis to the plural. CELSŌRUM PARIĒTUM B2: Change celsōrum pariētum to the dative singular. CELSŌ PARIĒTĪ 2. A lost tragedy entitled Medea, the Remedia Amoris, the Fastī, and the Metamorphosēs were all works of what Augustan age poet? OVID B1: Ovid was born in the same year as what other famous author died? CICERO B2: Ovid died in the same year as what famous Roman historian? LIVY 3. Who flung an infallible spear and accidentily killed his wife Procris? CEPHALUS B1: Procris had received this spear and the hound Laelaps from what king? MINOS B2: Procris spied on her husband due to mistrust. With what goddess was Cephalus unfaithful? EOS 4. What future emperor was granted the tribūnīcia potestās in 6 B.C.? TIBERIUS B1: In the same year Tiberius insisted on leaving Rome for what island? RHODES B2: With Tiberius away from Rome, what two grandsons did Augustus begin to groom for the succession? C. & L. CAESAR 5. Translate the following sentence into English: "Cicero erat perītus loquendī." CICERO WAS SKILLED IN SPEAKING B1: ... "Hominēs febrī Athēnīs moriuntur." THE PEOPLE ARE DYING OF FEVER IN ATHENS B2: ... "Omnēs ex urbe discessērunt ut morbum ēvītārent." EVERYONE LEFT THE CITY TO AVOID SICKNESS 6. From what Latin noun, with what meaning, do we derive "fealty"? FĪDĒS - FAITH / TRUST B1: ...do we derive "curfew"? FOCUS - HEARTH B2: ...do we derive "deliberate"? LĪBRA - SCALE(S) 7. What Silver Age author mocked the death of Claudius in his Apocolocyntosis? SENECA THE YOUNGER B1: What work of Seneca is a seven book Stoic examination of natural phenomena? NATURĀLĒS QUAESTIŌNĒS B2: What work of Seneca is a collection of 124 letters on moral philosophy? EPISTULAE MORĀLĒS 8. What Titaness lay with Zeus for nine nights in Pieria and gave birth to the Muses? MNEMOSYNE B1: What bard challenged the Muses to a signing contest at Dorium? THAMYRIS B2: Whose daughters were turned into magpies after they challenged the Muses to a signing contest and lost? PIERUS' 9. Identify the use of the dative case illustrated here: "Diligenter nobīs lābōrāndum est." AGENT B1: ... "latrō omnēs dīvitiās quaestōrī abstulit." SEPARATION B2: ... "vae victīs." REFERENCE 10. The attack on what city by Hiero of Syracuse led to the events which caused the First Punic War? MESSANA B1: In what year did Hiero advance on Messana? 264 B.C. B2: What Campanian mercenaries had held Messana since 288 B.C.? MAMERTINES 11. Quid Anglicē significat "crīnis"? HAIR B1: ... "culmen"? TOP / PEAK B2: ... "custos"? GUARD 12. What king of Teuthrania showed the Greeks how to sail to Troy after they cured his wound? TELEPHUS B1: Which of the Greeks had wounded Telephus? ACHILLES B2: How did Achilles cure Telephus' wound? RUBBED RUST FROM HIS SPEAR ONTO TELEPHUS' WOUND 13. What Roman author rebutted the charge of contaminātiō in the prologue of his Andria? TERENCE B1: What cognōmen of Terence refers to his foreign birth? AFER B2: In what African city was Terence born? CARTHAGE 14. In the amphitheater, what did the Romans call hunts of wild beasts? VĒNĀTIŌNĒS B1: What name was given to the gladiators who participated in vēnātiōnēs? BESTIĀRIĪ B2: What was indicated about a gladiator if the letter "P" were added to his name after a vēnātiō? HE DIED (PERIIT) 15. What do all of the following verbs have in common grammatically: careō, fungor, abundō, utor? THEY TAKE THE ABLATIVE B1: ...grandinat, rorat, tonat? IMPERSONALS B2: ...interest, meminī, oblīviscor? THEY TAKE THE GENITIVE 2014 GEORGIA / FLORIDA CERTAMEN ADVANCED ROUND 3 1. What emperor of Rome was killed at Adrianople in 378 A.D.? VALENS B1: What brother of Valens ruled in the west until 375 A.D.? VALENTINIAN I B2: What two sons of Valentinian I held a joint rule in the west after their father's death in 375 A.D.? GRATIAN & VALENTINIAN II 2. Using the verb iubeō and an idiom, say in Latin: "Caesar ordered the soldiers to march." CAESAR IUSSIT / IUBĒBAT MILITĒS ITER FACERE B1: Express that same sentence by using the verb imperō. CAESAR IMPERĀVIT / IMPERĀBAT MILITIBUS UT ITER FACERENT B2: Besides imperō, give another Latin verb that is used with an indirect command AND takes the dative case. PRAECIPIŌ / MANDŌ 3. What god was cared for by the Sintians after he fell from Olympus for an entire day? HEPHAESTUS B1: On what island did the Sintians live? LEMNOS B2: According to Homer, which of the Graces was married to Hephaestus? AGLAEA 4. What historian, born at Amiternum, wrote monographs on the Jugurthine War and the Catilinarian Conspiracy? SALLUST B1: Give Sallust's full name. C. SALLUSTIUS CRISPUS B2: What work of Sallust, although no longer extant, was considered by ancient sources to have been his best? HISTORIAE / HISTORIES 5. Which of the following words, if any, is NOT derived from the same Latin words as the others: "exaggerate," "ambiguous," "examine," "exigent"? EXAGGERATE B1: From what Latin noun, with what meaning, do we derive "exaggerate"? AGGER - MOUND / MASS / HEAP / RAMPART B2: Give the principal parts of the verb from which the other words in the toss-up are derived. AGŌ, AGERE, ĒGĪ, ACTUM 6. According to Book II of Homer's Iliad, who led 100 ships to Troy, the largest contingent of the Greek captains? AGAMEMNON B1: Which of the Greek captains led 80 ships along with his herald Sthenelus? DIOMEDES B2: Name one of the two Greek captains who led 12 ships to Troy? ODYSSEUS / AJAX THE GREATER 7.