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| Hamilcar Barca expanded Carthage's empire by conquering parts of Spain. He also fathered one of the greatest generals the world has seen. Who was this Carthaginian general? |
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| Whose war tactic of encirclement did Scipio Africanus adopt to defeat Hannibal at Zama? |
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| Which of the following is not a deponent verb: conor, hortor, amor, or moror? |
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What is general characteristic of deponent verbs?
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| THEY ARE PASSIVE IN FORM BUT ACTIVE IN MEANING |
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Quot annos Graeci Troiam obsidebant?
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What case was your answer for (Quot annos Graeci Troiam obsidebant?) and for what reason?
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What hero captured Pegasus at Corinth and later killed the Chimera?
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| HE WAS THROWN FROM PEGASUS WHILE TRYING TO FLY TO MT. OLYMPUS |
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| Romans thought that eating butter was barbaric. What did they use instead? |
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What, in Latin and English, did Romans use to sweeten foods?
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| The decisive battle between Pompey and Caesar occurred at Pharsalus in 48 BC. After his defeat, Pompey fled to Alexandria. How was he received there? |
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| Whom did Caesar attempt to reinstate on the throne of Egypt after he pursued Pompey to Alexandria? |
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What is remarkable about the Ides in March, May, July, and October?
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| THEY FALL OF THE 15TH RATHER THAN THE 13TH |
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When does the Kalends fall in March, May, July, and October?
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| What minor god gave a present to Odysseus that ended up hurting him when his men opened it without authorization and let all the winds escape? |
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| What goddess, still angry at Aeneas and the Trojans, asks Aeolus to shipwreck them when they are attempting to sail from Sicily to Italy? |
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Give the Roman numeral for the year in which Julius Caesar was assassinated.
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| Give the Roman numeral for the year in which Julius Caesar became Pontifex Maximus, Cicero as consul exposed the Catalinarian conspiracy, and Augustus was born. |
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| Participles share the functions of what two parts of speech? |
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| Give the translation of the participle in the following sentence: Loving grammar, the students were eager to answer the question. |
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| D.V. is an old abbreviation that used to be used on invitations and other such things to indicate that the plan would come to pass only if circumstances beyond the planner's control allowed. Give the literal meaning of Deo volente. |
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| WITH GOD BEING WILLING (or equivalent) |
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| What part of speech is volente? Be specific. |
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| PRESENT ACTIVE PARTICIPLE |
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| When a man became consul without having a distinguished family he was referred to as a "new man." What is this expression in Latin? |
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How long was a consul in office?
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| The only year that Cicero, one such novus homo, was consul was 63 BC. Whose conspiracy did he put down at that time? |
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| that of Lucius Sergius CATALINA (CATALINE) |
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| What future emperor was born during 63 BC? |
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| There is a story in the Bible about two missionaries, Paul and Barnabas, who perform a miracle in Phrygia. The people of the town immediately conclude that these two men are Zeus and Hermes, and they want to show their devotion by offering sacrifices. The people were probably remembering the story of the punishment that had befallen a town that failed to extend hospitality to these two gods and wanted to avoid that for themselves. What was that punishment? |
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| THE TOWN WAS TURNED INTO A SWAMP (WAS FLOODED, THE PEOPLE DROWNED) |
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| Who were the elderly couple who escaped punishment by extending hospitality, and what was their reward? |
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| BAUCIS and PHILEMON, who became guards of a temple and WERE CHANGED INTO intertwining oak and linden (lime) TREES |
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Who in Rome wore the toga picta?
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What color was the toga picta?
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| Latin students must often learn the special declension of the two nouns mare and animal. What is the grammatical designation of these two words? |
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| THIRD DECLENSION NEUTER I-STEMS (you may prompt on declension) |
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| MARE, MARIS, MARI, MARE, MARI, MARIA, MARIUM, MARIBUS, MARIA, MARIBUS |
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| What is the modern equivalent of a praetor? |
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| TREASURER (accept equivalent) |
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| Who had to go on pushing a rock up a hill ad infinitum in Hades? |
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| For what crime was Sisyphus being punished for? |
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| BY NOT RETURNING TO THE UNDERWORLD (CHEATING DEATH) |
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Quis sum? Sum filia deae antiquae. Ambulabam in campis, ubi frater meae matris me cepit et me ad infernos duxit.
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| Quis erat frater matris Proserpinae, qui puellam cepit? |
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| Quot sunt quinquaginta minus viginti quinque plus tres? |
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| What degree of adjective would be used to express that something is very short? |
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| Translate into Latin: The story is very short. |
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| What famous avian equine was said to have sprung from the blood of Medusa? |
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| What god was reputed to have sired Pegasus? |
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| Which of the following fruits did the Romans not grow: apples, cherries, grapes, oranges, pears, peaches? |
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Give the Roman names of two of the other fruits above. (apples, cherries, grapes, pears, peaches)
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| MALUM, CERASUM, UVA, PIRUM, malum PERSICUM (respectively) |
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Even while denying the rumor, Julius Caesar divorced his wife Pompeia after it was said that a man had disturbed the rites of the Bona Dea, a festival only for women, in order to be with her. Who was this man?
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| What reason did Caesar give for divorcing Pompeia? |
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| THAT CAESAR'S WIFE MUST BE ABOVE SUSPICION (accept equivalent) |
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| "The story is very short" is a statement of fact and uses a verb in the indicative mood. If Marcus said that the story was very short, however, what would be different about the verb "was"? |
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| IT WOULD BE AN INFINITIVE |
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| Translate the sentence: Marcus said that the story was very short. |
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| MARCUS DIXIT FABULAM BREVISSIMAM ESSE |
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This god began stealing on the very day he was born. After taking cattle from Apollo, he killed a tortoise and created the lyre. Who was this swift footed son of Zeus who soon became a messenger of the gods?
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| HERMES (accept MERCURY if team signals before "Zeus" is read) |
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| What is the name for the winged staff that Hermes often carries? |
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| In a Roman household, what was the special duty of a ianitor? |
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What was the job of the paedogogus?
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| ESCORT CHILDREN TO AND FROM SCHOOL |
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| Rome's first major aqueduct, the Aqua Appia, was constructed under the supervision of what blind censor? |
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| Spell the word that litterally means "A conveyance of water." |
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| We heard earlier that Bellerophon rode on Pegasus to kill the Chimera. What did the Chimera look like? |
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| HEAD OF A LION, BODY OF A GOAT, TAIL OF A SERPENT (DRAGON) |
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| Describe the hybrid sphinx that terrorized the Thebans until Oedipus caused her death. |
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| HUMAN (WOMAN'S) HEAD, BODY OF A LION possibly winged |
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| What mood is used when action is seen as hypothetical, potential, or unreal? |
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Name the tenses of the subjunctive.
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| PRESENT, IMPERFECT, PERFECT, PLUPERFECT |
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| Name one of the two possible uses of the subjunctive in the following sentence: Let us encourage one another to answer quickly. |
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| HORTATORY (VOLATIVE) or INDIRECT COMMAND |
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| Name the other of the two possible uses of the subjunctive in the following sentence: Let us encourage one another to answer quickly. |
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| HORTATORY (VOLATIVE) or INDIRECT COMMAND |
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Which emperor spent a number of years of his step-father's reign on the island of Rhodes because of disaffection? After he had been emperor for a number of years, he chose a voluntary exile on the island of Capri.
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| GAIUS Julius Caesar Germanicus (CALIGULA) |
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| Give the present active imperatives, singular and plural, of fero. |
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| Give the four principal parts of fero. |
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| Who am I? I was the king of Mycenae and was living contentedly until I had to go off to war. That was the beginning of my troubles. When I tried to set sail from Aulis, Artemis who was angry at me for a rash boast, would not let the wind stop blowing. She required the sacrifice of my daughter before she would let us sail. I agreed. After ten years at Troy, I finally got my brother's wife back for him, but when I returned home, I was killed by my own wife. |
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| Who were Agamemnon's sacrificed daughter and wife? |
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| IPHIGENIA and CLYTEMNESTRA, respectively |
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| From what material were most togas and tunics made? |
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toga of dark wool FOR THOSE IN MOURNING
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| Translate the participle in the following sentence into Latin: The wounded general was being carried off the field. |
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| Translate the participle in this sentence: We saw an unusual animal sitting under the tree. |
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| What mood of the verb occurs in this question? |
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| Knowing that the Romans used the word modus, modi for mood, tell me how to say "what mood" in Latin. |
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| Put the following four people in chronological order of their deaths: Cicero, Tiberius, Augustus, Julius Caesar |
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| JULIUS CAESAR, CICERO, AUGUSTUS, TIBERIUS |
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| In what year did Augustus die? |
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| What mortal woman hanged herself after Athena destroyed her weaving in a fit of rage? |
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| What had made Athena so angry about Arachne's tapestry? |
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| IT DEPICTED THE CRIMES (SHORTCOMINGS) OF THE GODS |
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| Romans told time by using sundials and seasonal hours. How long was a seasonal hour? |
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| Romans used clepsydrae to tell time at night. What were these? |
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| What two Latin cases rhyme in every syllable? |
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| Give the locative form of Rome. |
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| What is the name given to the gods who preceded the Olympians? |
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| What two Titans gave birth to the Olympians? |
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| What Roman magistrate had the duty of keeping the streets clean, entertaining the public, and hosting annual games? |
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If a politician skipped the aedileship, what next office in the cursus honorum did he seek?
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What was Rome's first non-peninsular conquest, an island acquired as a result of the First Punic War?
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| Hannibal's taking of Saguntum provoked the Second Punic War. In what country was Saguntum? |
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| Give the four principal parts and the meaning of the Latin verb from which our adjective "perfect" is derived? |
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| PERFICIO, PERFICERE, PERFECI, PERFECTUM meaning to COMPLETE |
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| What does the word "pluperfect" literally mean? |
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Who founded Thebes and peopled the city with men who sprang from dragon's teeth?
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What had been the sign to Cadmus to found the city where he did?
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| A CERTAIN COW LAID DOWN AT THAT LOCALE |
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| Who were the members of the second triumvirate? |
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| Marcus ANTONIUS, Marcus Aemilius LEPIDUS, Gaius Iulius Caesar OCTAVIANus |
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Who was the first of the second triumvirate to die and what was the cause of his death?
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| ANTONIUS committed SUICIDE as Octavian entered Alexandria |
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| One of the more expensive clothing dyes took its name from the Phoenician city of Tyre. What color was this dye? |
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From where in nature did Tyrian dye come?
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| SHELLFISH (or MOLLUSKS, WHELKS, MURICIDS) |
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| How many tenses of the infinitive exist? |
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| Give the three active infinitives of the verb amare. |
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| AMARE, AMAVISSE, AMATURUS ESSE |
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| Brevis is to longus as bellum is to what? |
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| How 'bout this one, a little harder: brevior is to longior as melior is to what? |
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| As we can infer from the fact that December was the tenth and last month of the Roman year at one point, what Latin month used to be the beginning of the Roman year? |
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| At the point in Roman history where January and February were absent, what were the Latin names of July and August? |
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| Tell me what Roman magistrate reformed the Roman calendar and instituted the use of the Egyptian solar year for 45 BC? |
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How many days were in the Roman year after the Julian reform?
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| The Caucasus mountains lie between the Black and Caspian seas. Whom did Zeus order to be chained to these mountains as a punishment for his stealing fire from Olympus to give to man? |
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| On the far western edge of the Black Sea was Colchis. What sorceress was the daughter of the king of this land? |
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| Give the 1st person plural, present active subjunctive of tempto, temptare. |
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| Give the 1st person plural, present subjunctive of conor, conari. |
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| Translate the verb of the following sentence into Latin. "Marcus, you and Sextus ought not to play near the river." |
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Translate the subject of the sentence into good Latin.
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| SEXTUS ET TU (not tu et Sextus) |
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| Marcus Calpurnius Bibulus is not known to us for many great political feats, but rather we think of him as the man who stayed at home and took the omens in order to frustrate the legislation of 59 BC when he was consul with what other man? |
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| How did the Romans mockingly refer to the year 59 BC? |
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| The consulship of IULIUS and CAESAR |
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| Taking some grammar from the previous question, how does one say "at home" in Latin? |
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We said that Bibulus stayed home and took the omens in order to frustrate Caesar's legislation. What Latin word would translate "in order to," and what type of clause does it introduce.
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| UT introducing a PURPOSE CLAUSE |
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Bibulus was not the only one in ancient Rome who watched out for bad omens. What preventive step did a newly married man take in ancient Rome to ensure that his marriage started out on the right foot?
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| HE CARRIED HIS BRIDE OVER THE THRESHOLD to prevent her stumbling |
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| What animal was usually sacrificed at a Roman wedding? |
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| Name three of the nine muses. |
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| CLIO, URANIA, THALIA, TERPSICHORE, POLYHYMNIA, CALLIOPE, MELPOMENE, EUTERPE, ERATO |
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| CLIO, URANIA, THALIA, TERPSICHORE, POLYHYMNIA, CALLIOPE, MELPOMENE, EUTERPE, ERATO |
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| Give the masculine, feminine, and neuter comparative forms of bonus, bona, bonum. |
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| Give the comparative forms of malus, mala, malum. |
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| Please say "of this certamen" in Latin. |
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| Please make HUIUS CERTAMINIS genitive plural. |
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| Now make HORUM CERTAMINUM accusative plural. |
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| Who was placed among the stars at her death, a constellation in the Northern Hemisphere along with her husband Perseus? |
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| What did Perseus do in order to gain Andromeda's hand in marriage? |
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| HE KILLED A SEA MONSTER to which Andromeda was supposed to be sacrificed |
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As a result of whose boasting had the sea monster for which Andromeda was supposed to be a sacrifice been sent?
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| CASSIOPEIA's (prompt on "her mother's") |
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| Near what extensive second century AD construction does one find Vindolanda, a Roman camp in Britain? |
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| What emperor known for erecting a famous column in Rome did Hadrian succeed? |
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| Marcus Ulpius TRAIANUS (TRAJAN) |
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| What emperor succeeded Hadrian and earned his title acknowledging filial devotion by securing the deification of his adoptive father? |
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| Normally comprising between 4000 and 6000 men, what was the largest division of the Roman army during the late Republic? |
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| Into how many cohorts was a legion divided? |
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| Into how many centuries was a cohort divided? |
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Which of the following adjectives is not in the superlative degree: optimus, primus, similis, celerrimus?
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| Give the superlative of similis. |
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| Give the superlative of nobilis. |
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| Give the principal parts of the verb used as the passive of facio, facere, feci, factum. |
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Give the third person plural future indicative of fio.
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| Now change fient to imperfect subjunctive. |
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| In one of his poems, Catullus mentions a swift-legged girl and a golden apple. To what mythical maiden does this refer? |
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| Who threw the golden apple to distract Atalanta? |
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What happened when Hippomenes and Atalanta failed to show proper respect to a temple when they were on a hunt?
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| THEY WERE TURNED INTO LIONS |
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In the late 4th century AD, the emperor Theodosius put a stop to what games, which had begun in 776 BC?
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| The original contest in the Olympics was the stadion. What was the stadion? |
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| What was the original prize awarded in the Olympic games? |
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Theodosius stopped the Olympic games in AD 393, but what earlier emperor, often said to be the first Christian emperor, had put an end to gladiatorial combats because they were too bloodthirsty?
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| CONSTANTINE the Great (the First, Constantine I) |
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What famous battle in AD 312 established Constantine's supremacy?
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| The Battle of MULVIAN (MILVIAN) BRIDGE |
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What sign with what Latin words did Constantine claim to have seen prior to this battle?
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| a CROSS with the words IN HOC SIGNO VINCES |
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What is the meaning of the verb form vis?
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| YOU WISH (WANT, ARE WILLING) |
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What is the meaning of the noun vis?
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| FORCE (MIGHT, VIOLENCE, AMOUNT, etc.) |
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| Give the nominative plural of vis and its meaning. |
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VIRES meaning STRENGTH (RESOURCES, TROOPS)
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October 13th, 54 BC marked the death of what stuttering emperor whose greatest achievement had been the conquest of Britain ten years earlier?
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| Some say that Claudius' wife poisoned him in order to make room for her son to come to the throne. Who was this son? |
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Claudius died before his own son reached manhood, and thus his adopted son Nero became emperor. Who was this natural son, named after his father's territorial conquests, who died shortly after Nero began to rule?
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| What many headed, serpentine child of Gaia rebelled against Zeus and defeated him when the two at first fought hand to hand? |
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| What weapon did Zeus us the second time to defeat Typhon? |
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| What horrible wife of Typhon produced monsters such as the hydra, the sphinx, and the chimera? |
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| My Introduction to Latin students were learning colors recently and came across the sentence "Tecta sunt rubra." Why were Roman roofs often red? |
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| BECAUSE THE TILES WERE MADE OF RED CLAY |
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| Travertine was a fine building stone, but it became less prominent during the reign of Augustus. What building material replaced travertine? |
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| Opus caementicium consists of hydraulic mortar laid in alternate courses with aggregate, and it allows for the construction of vaulted chambers on a large scale. What is its more common name? |
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| A cum clause indicating cause or circumstance will usually require a verb in what mood? |
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| Put mitto, mittere, misi, missum in the 1st person plural present subjunctive. |
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| Translate the independent subjunctive mittamus. |
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Translate into English: Romam quam Athenas ire malumus.
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WE PREFER TO GO TO ROME RATHER THAN to ATHENS
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Say in Latin, "We do not wish to live in Athens."
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Malo and nolo are both contractions of volo and an adverb. What are the two adverbs and their meanings?
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| MAGIS meaning MORE; NON meaning NOT |
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| Who was the first enemy of the Romans to introduce them to elephants? |
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| What was the name of his kingdom? |
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Pyrrhus is the eponym of our expression "Pyrrhic victory." What is a Pyrrhic victory?
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| a VICTORY WITH STAGGERING LOSSES |
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| Quam is a versatile word in Latin. It can be a pronoun or an adverb with several meanings. What does quam indicate when it is used in conjunction with a superlative? |
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| What does quam most likely mean when used with a comparative? |
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| When comparing words, in what three cases must one use quam rather than the ablative of comparison? |
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| GENTIVE, DATIVE, ABLATIVE |
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| What witch turned many of Odysseus's men into swine before he frightened her into restoring them to human form? |
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| What god warned Odysseus of Circe's wiles before he entered her palace? |
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| Before Odysseus left her island, Circe warned him to avoid what monstrous pair? |
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| The acanthus plant appears atop columns of what order? |
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| What Classical style does the Parthenon exhibit? |
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| If an Ionic column is fluted, what does fluted mean? |
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| When recognized, perform the following command. Te sedenta in menso scriptorio, dic Anglice "Finis." |
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| STUDENT SHOULD SIT ON A DESK AND SAY "the END (LIMIT, BOUNDARY)" |
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| Omnibus stantibus, ponite manus super auribus. |
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| EVERYONE SHOULD BE STANDING AND PLACE HANDS OVER EARS |
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What type of phrase is omnibus stantibus?
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| Name the five verbs that govern the Ablative. |
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| UTOR, FRUOR, FUNGOR, POTIOR, VESCOR |
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| Name four of the verbs that govern the Ablative. |
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| UTOR, FRUOR, FUNGOR, POTIOR, VESCOR |
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| Name three of the verbs that govern the Ablative. |
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| UTOR, FRUOR, FUNGOR, POTIOR, or VESCOR |
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| Name two of the verbs that govern the Ablative. |
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| UTOR, FRUOR, FUNGOR, POTIOR, or VESCOR |
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| Name one of the verbs that govern the Ablative. |
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Definition
| UTOR, FRUOR, FUNGOR, POTIOR, or VESCOR |
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| Translate into Latin: "They were going from Brundisium to Naples." |
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| BRUNDISIO NEAPOLIM IBANT (VADEBANT) |
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| Give the locative forms for "in the country", "at home", and "on the ground." |
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| Give two alternative ways to say "at Carthage." |
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| What name was given to a gladiator who fought blindfolded? |
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| When a gladiator made his first appearance what was he called? |
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| What was a top-ranked gladiator known as? |
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Apollo rejected the love of one of his admirers. Who was she and what did she turn into?
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| CLYTIE became a SUNFLOWER (HELIOTROPE) |
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One youth whom Apollo admired was killed by an errant discus. Who was the youth and what god jealously wafted the discus into his head?
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| HYACINTHUS who was killed by ZEPHYRUS |
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| One whom Apollo admired rejected him for a mortal. Who was she and whom did she choose instead? |
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| What Latin phrase describes the crowning achievement of an artist's or writer's life's work? |
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| What Latin phrase is used upon graduation from a college and means "with highest praise (honors)"? |
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| What Latin phrase indicates that one does not fully believe something or someone and implies a certain caution or reserve, and uses a word that carries value in the Roman world? |
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| What Latin noun is at the root of the word "peregrination" that means travel abroad, away from one's own land? |
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| "Recidivism" is the tendency to relapse into crime. It ultimately comes from a Latin verb. What is that verb? |
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| What Latin verb is at the root of the English verb "conceive"? |
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Cornelia is said to have called her sons her "jewels". Give both praenomina and the cognomen of these two famous jewels.
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| TIBERIUS GRACCHUS and GAIUS GRACCHUS |
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| What was the nomen of the Gracchi's family? |
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| What was the main cause of both of the Gracchi's popularity among the plebs and their dislike among the patricians? |
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| What do all of these prepositions have in common: pro, sub, in, de, sine? |
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| ALL CAN TAKE THE ABLATIVE |
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| What part of speech are all these words: vel, tamen, ergo, igitur, nam? |
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| Give the particle that indicates you are asking a question demanding a "no" answer. |
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| At the thermae what use was the room called the laconicum? |
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| What was the term for the heat channels under the floor of the baths? |
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| What instrument would you use in the destrictarium? |
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| Who were the mother and grandfather of Theseus? |
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| AETHRA and PITTHEUS/CRONUS |
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| According to the story in Euripides play, whom does Aegeus consult about the Delphic oracle he had just received? |
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What were the words of the oracle for Aegeus?
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| DON'T LOOSEN THE FOOT (SPOUT) OF THE WINESKIN until he reached Athens |
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Give the case and use of 'goddess' in this sentence: Aeneas matrem deam vidit.
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| ACCUSATIVE (object) IN APPOSITION to matrem |
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| How would I address my son, if I were to call on him? |
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| Which of the following is not an -i stem noun: caedes, aedes, civis, canis, navis? |
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| What Latin adjective is at the root of "cherish"? |
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| What Latin verb is at the root of "concoction"? |
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| What Latin verb is at the root of "document"? |
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| What do the following nouns have in common: acus, anus, domus, manus? |
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| they are FEMININE 4th declension |
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| What is the gender of flamen? |
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| What is the usual accusative of the noun turris, turris, f. meaning tower? |
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| What is the Latin phrase that admonishes one to be careful what you buy? |
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| The general equivalent in Latin of the English phrase "all things being equal" doesn't have the word omnis in it? What is the Latin phrase? |
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Translate the motto of Alabama: Audemus iura nostra defendere.
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| WE DARE TO DEFEND OUR RIGHTS |
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| What type of genitive is illustrated in this phrase: unus nostrum? |
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| PARTITIVE (GENITIVE OF THE WHOLE) |
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| How would one translate the phrase: "all of us"? |
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| What type of genitive is in this phrase: vir summae auctoritatis? |
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| genitive of DESCRIPTION (QUALITY) |
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| What famous Roman general was elected in 86 B.C. to his 7th consulship, but died soon after taking office? |
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| What Numidian leader did Marius celebrate a triumph over in 104 BC? |
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| What major reform in 101 is Marius noted for? |
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| REORGANIZATION OF THE ARMY |
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| What do the verbs fido, parco, faveo, pareo, and noceo have in common? |
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| What use of the dative is: est mihi Romae domus? |
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Translate into Latin: "It is easy for me to do."
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| EST FACILE MIHI AGERE (FACERE) |
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| In what section of the typical Roman house would one find the imagines? |
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| What were tegulae generally used for? |
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| What was the name in The Odyssey for the island on which the Phaeacians lived? |
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| On what island did the cattle of Helios reside? |
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| What was the name of Circe's island? |
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| What is the meaning of the motto on the reverse of the Great Seal of the United States: Annuit Coeptis? |
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| HE (GOD) HAS FAVORED (SMILED UPON) OUR UNDERTAKING (BEGINNINGS) |
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| In addition to "E Pluribus Unum," what other motto exists on the Great Seal? |
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Definition
NOVUS ORDO SECLORUM
(A NEW ORDER OF THE AGES)
accept either the English or the Latin
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| Translate the motto of the state of Maryland: Scuto bonae voluntatis tuae coronasti nos. |
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Definition
WITH THE SHIELD OF YOUR (THY) GOOD WILL YOU
HAVE (THOU HAST) CROWNED (ENCOMPASSED) US |
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| What do these prepositions have in common: sub, in, circiter, supra, erga, praeter, propter? |
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Definition
| they all TAKE THE ACCUSATIVE |
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Term
| Translate into Latin: "He stayed for five months." |
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Definition
| MANEBAT (MANSIT, MORABATUR, MORATUS EST) QUINQUE MENSES |
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Term
| Translate into Latin: "The teacher taught me the law." |
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Definition
| MAGISTER ME LEGEM DOCEBAT (DOCUIT) |
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| What Latin verb is at the root of "counterfeit"? |
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Definition
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| What Latin noun is at the root of "genre", a type of literature? |
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| What is the uncompounded root of "ingredient"? |
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| What general became dictator in 82 B.C.? |
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| By what method did Sulla rid himself of Marian opposition? |
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| PROSCRIPTION (lists of opponents for execution) |
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| What other two generals supported Sulla's invasion of Italy? |
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| What is the general Latin word for a clock? |
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| Who had a huge solar clock built in the Campus Martius? |
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| What is the term for the staff on a sundial? |
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| What was the name of Agamemnon's concubine whom he had to return to her father at Troy? |
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| What concubine did he have with him when he returned to Mycenae? |
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| What concubine had he take from Achilles that caused their disagreement? |
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| What use of the ablative is illustrated in this sentence: Cato est Cicerone eloquentior? |
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Definition
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Term
| What is the ablative use in this sentence: Laudatur a viro? |
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Definition
| ablative of personal AGENT |
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What is the ablative use in this phrase: multo brevior?
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Definition
| ablative of DEGREE OF DIFFERENCE |
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Term
| Thomas à Kempis in De Imitatione Christi uses a Latin expression to indicate the transitory nature of human vanities. What is this expression that translates as: "Thus passes away the glory of the world."? |
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What is the motto of the state of Virginia used by John Wilkes Booth after assassinating President Lincoln?
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| What is the Latin phrase for an indispensable condition? |
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| Translate the following sentence: Caesare duce, sumus fortes. |
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Definition
| WITH CAESAR AS OUR LEADER (UNDER CAESAR'S LEADERSHIP), WE ARE BRAVE |
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| Translate this sentence: Caesar, ut vides, est dux fortis. |
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Definition
| CAESAR, AS YOU SEE, IS A BRAVE LEADER (GENERAL) |
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Translate this sentence: Cum Caesar transiit Rubicon, mensis erat Ianuarius.
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| WHEN CAESAR CROSSED THE RUBICON, THE MONTH WAS JANUARY |
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| What is your gustatory organ? |
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| SOMETHING YOU EAT (S.T. EDIBLE) |
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| The Latin word iter meaning journey ultimately comes from what verb? |
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| Give the comparative adverb meaning "worse." |
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| Give the comparative adverb for magnopere. |
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| What is the numeral adverb meaning "twice"? |
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| In what city did Spartacus's rebellion start? |
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| In what year did Spartacus's rebellion begin? |
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| What two generals claimed credit for defeating Spartacus? |
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| What was the term for an atrium that had two pairs of beams that crossed at right angles? |
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| How many columns were in a tetrastyle atrium? |
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| What kind of atrium had more than four columns? |
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| Who led Thebes in the battle of The Seven Against Thebes? |
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Term
What Theban sacrificed himself in order to fulfill a prophecy that would ensure a Theban victory?
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| How did Eteocles and Polynices die? |
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| Name four of the adjectives that have -ius in the genitive singular and -i in the dative singular. |
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Definition
any 3 of the following: ULLUS, NULLUS,
SOLUS, NEUTER, ALTER, UTER, TOTUS, ALIUS, UNUS, (UTERQUE) |
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Term
| Name 3 of the adjectives that have -ius in the genitive singular and -i in the dative singular |
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Definition
any 3 of the following: ULLUS, NULLUS,
SOLUS, NEUTER, ALTER, UTER, TOTUS, ALIUS, UNUS, (UTERQUE) |
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Term
| Name 2 of the adjectives that have -ius in the genitive singular and -i in the dative singular. |
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Definition
any 3 of the following: ULLUS, NULLUS,
SOLUS, NEUTER, ALTER, UTER, TOTUS, ALIUS, UNUS, (UTERQUE) |
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Term
| Translate the state motto of Michigan: Si quaris peninsulam amoenam circumspice. |
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Definition
IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A LOVELY
(PLEASANT) PENINSULA LOOK AROUND |
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Term
| Francis Bacon's aphorism is: ipsa scientia potestas est. Translate it. |
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Definition
| KNOWLEDGE ITSELF IS POWER |
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| What is the Latin phrase abbreviated M.O. that means a pattern a criminal typically follows. |
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| What Latin word meaning 'youth' is at the root of 'rejuvenate'? |
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| What is the first principal part of the verb from which we get 'relate' in English? |
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Give the first principal part of the verb from which we get 'relic'.
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What general of Commodus was picked by the Praetorian guard to succeed him?
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| What man succeeded Pertinax by buying the emperorship at auction? |
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| What man succeeded Didius Julianus as emperor? |
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What do all of the following have in common: mulleus, soccus, carbatina, calceus, and caliga?
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| Pelops the son of Tantalus wished to marry what daughter of Oenomaus? |
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Term
| What did he have to do to win her hand in marriage? |
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Definition
| BEAT OENOMAUS IN A CHARIOT RACE |
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Term
| Who was the chariot driver whom Hippodamia and Pelops bribed to fix the race? |
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Term
Translate this sentence: Caesar auxilio erat militibus.
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Definition
| CAESAR WAS (SERVED AS) AN AID TO HIS SOLDIERS |
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Term
| What is the name of this construction in Caesar auxilio erat militibus? |
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Definition
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Term
What are the two components of the double dative?
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Definition
| DATIVE OF REFERENCE and a DATIVE OF PURPOSE |
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Term
What Latin phrase is used for a person not party to a litigation who volunteers to give a court advice on a case?
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| What is the phrase for speaking to the point or to the question? |
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What is a committee formed for a particular purpose, later to be disbanded?
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Term
What English derivative of Latin has the meaning "to blot out or efface the letters?"
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| What religious ceremony derives from the Latin verb meaning "send"? |
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What is the first principal part of the verb that is at the root of "interrupt"?
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Term
The birth of what future leader of Rome coincided with Cicero's consulship in 63 BC?
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| Who arranged the exile of Cicero for executing citizens without a trial? |
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| What is the name of the speeches that Cicero delivered against Antony? |
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| How would one say "one of the boys"? |
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| What type of ablative is used in this phrase: rex nomine erat? |
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Term
| Say in Latin: "In the eighth month." |
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| What you make if you were a pistor? |
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Definition
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Term
Using Latin terminology name one instrument you might work with if you were an amanuensis?
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Definition
STILUS CALAMUS ATRAMENTUM TABELLAE
VOLUMEN CHARTA CERA GRAPHIUM SCHEDAE |
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| What is the job of a sutor? |
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Definition
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Term
| Who are the seven daughters of Atlas and Pleione? |
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Definition
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| What was the famous son of Maia? |
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| By whom did Merope have a son, Glaucus? |
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| Translate into Latin: "with two daughters." |
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| What is the meaning of bina castra? |
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| How would you say "two miles"? |
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Distinguish in meaning between soleo and solus.
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Definition
| SOLEO=BE ACCUSTOMED; SOLUS=ALONE (ONLY, SOLE) |
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Term
| Distinguish in meaning between virga and virgo. |
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Definition
| VIRGA=WAND (TWIG, ROD); VIRGO=MAIDEN (GIRL) |
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Term
Distinguish in meaning between vallis and vallum.
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Definition
| VALLIS=VALLEY; VALLUM=WALL (RAMPART) |
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Term
Say in Latin: "You are permitted to speak."
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Definition
| LICET TIBI (VOBIS) DICERE (LOQUI) |
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Term
| Say in Latin: "I am weary of these things." |
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Definition
| ME TAEDET HORUM (HARUM RERUM) |
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Term
Say in Latin: "It is necessary to leave."
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Definition
NECESSE EST DISCEDERE (EGREDI)
or ME OPORTET DISCEDERE (EGREDI) |
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Term
| In what year were the Battle of Philippi, the deification of Caesar, and the birth of Tiberius? |
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| What is the name of the law that sanctioned the 2nd Triumvirate? |
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| Whom did Antony divorce in order to marry Cleopatra? |
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Definition
| OCTAVIA (Augustus's sister) |
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Term
If a prescription were written o.d. 3gtt. s.i.d. what would the doctor be asking you to do?
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| APPLY 3 DROPS TO YOUR RIGHT EYE ONCE A DAY |
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Term
Give the Latin and the exact translation in Englilsh for R.I.P.
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Definition
| REQUIESCAT IN PACE-LET HIM/HER REST IN PEACE (MAY HE OR SHE) |
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Term
Give the Latin and the English for et al.
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Definition
| either of the following: ET ALIA=AND OTHER THINGS or ET ALII=AND OTHERS |
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Term
Give the present passive infinitives of amare, habere, capere, and scire.
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Definition
| AMARI, HABERI, CAPI, SCIRI |
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Term
| Give the perfect active infinitives of amare, habere, capere, and scire. |
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Definition
| AMAVISSE, HABUISSE, CEPISSE, SCIVISSE |
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Term
| Give the future active infinitives of amare, habere, capere, and scire. |
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Definition
| AMATURUS ESSE, HABITURUS ESSE, CAPTURUS ESSE, SCITURUS ESSE |
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Term
| Translate the following sentence: "He says that he is falling." |
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Definition
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Term
| Now translate: "He said that he was falling." |
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Definition
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| Now translate: "He said that he would fall." |
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| What is the title in Latin of a list of characters in a play? |
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| What is the Latin phrase that means "another self" or "a second I"? |
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Term
What is the sometimes fallacious general statement that means "from one, learn all"?
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| Name and give the area of control generally recognized by later authors of 4 of the 9 Muses: |
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Definition
CALLIOPE-EPIC POETRY;
CLIO-HISTORY;
ERATO-EROTIC or LOVE POETRY;
EUTERPE-LYRIC POETRY;
MELPOMENE-TRAGEDY;
POLYhyMNIA-RELIGIOUS POETRY;
TERPSICHORE-DANCE;
THALIA-COMEDY;
URANIA-ASTRONOMY |
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| Name and give the realm of 3 of the 9 muses. |
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Definition
CALLIOPE-EPIC POETRY;
CLIO-HISTORY;
ERATO-EROTIC or LOVE POETRY;
EUTERPE-LYRIC POETRY;
MELPOMENE-TRAGEDY;
POLYhyMNIA-RELIGIOUS POETRY;
TERPSICHORE-DANCE;
THALIA-COMEDY;
URANIA-ASTRONOMY |
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Term
| Name and give the realm of 2 of the muses. |
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Definition
CALLIOPE-EPIC POETRY;
CLIO-HISTORY;
ERATO-EROTIC or LOVE POETRY;
EUTERPE-LYRIC POETRY;
MELPOMENE-TRAGEDY;
POLYhyMNIA-RELIGIOUS POETRY;
TERPSICHORE-DANCE;
THALIA-COMEDY;
URANIA-ASTRONOMY |
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Term
What is a person who is "taciturn"?
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Definition
| SILENT (DIFFIDENT, RETIRING, UNCOMMUNICATIVE, SECRETIVE) |
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Term
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Definition
| OINTMENT (SALVE, BALM, LOTION, EMOLLIENT) |
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Term
From what uncompounded Latin verb do we get our word "reverent"?
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Definition
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| In 19 BC what items that had been lost 34 years before were returned to Rome and presented by Tiberius to Augustus? |
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Definition
| the STANDARDS (EAGLES) lost at Carrhae |
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Term
| Who in 20 BC had married Augustus's widowed daughter Julia? |
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Definition
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| Name one of the two literary personages who died in 18 BC. |
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Definition
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| What was the term for the common-law marriage of plebeians? |
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Definition
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| What type of marriage involved a mock sale? |
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| What is the term for a slave marriage? |
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Definition
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| Using a participle only give the word that might mean "a lover". |
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Definition
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Term
| Using a participle say "He was intending to go." |
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Definition
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Term
| Using a participle say "things that must be done." |
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Definition
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Term
| What was a sella curulis? |
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Definition
| a CHAIR FOR CURULE MAGISTRATES |
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Term
| Name three of the curule magistrates: |
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| CURULE AEDILE, CENSOR, PRAETOR, CONSUL, MAGISTER EQUITUM, DICTATOR |
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What is the name of the sequence of offices to be held by those seeking office?
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| Say in Latin: "Let's see." |
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| Say in Latin: "She came to see me." |
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| VENIT (VENIEBAT) UT ME VIDERET |
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| Say in Latin: "He advised that he come." |
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| MONUIT (MONEBAT) UT VENIRET |
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What goddess is identified with sorceresses, night and hounds of the underworld?
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| Name the two principal sorceresses of Greek mythology. |
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| Who was Medea's son by Aegeus, king of Athens? |
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| Say in Latin: "as easily as possible." |
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| Say in Latin: "He was bigger than his brother." |
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ERAT MAIOR QUAM FRATER;
ERAT MAIOR FRATRE |
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| Say in Latin: "Which girl do you love?" |
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Using a Roman numeral, give the year in the current calendar for the end of World War II.
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| Give the date, March 24 in Roman reckoning. You may use abbreviations or not. |
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| A.D. IX KAL APR. or ANTE DIEM NONAM KALENDAS APRILES |
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| What does the Latin phrase ad Kalendas Graecas mean? |
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| NEVER (prompt on literal translation) |
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| Name, in order, the emperors of 69 AD. |
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| GALBA, OTHO, VITELLIUS, VESPASIAN |
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| Name the 5 "good" emperors in any order. |
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| NERVA, TRAJAN, HADRIAN, ANTONINUS PIUS, MARCUS AURELIUS |
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Which contending emperor did Constantine defeat at the Mulvian Bridge?
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| Give the 2nd person singular, present active indicative of fero. |
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| Change fers to the passive. |
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| Give the perfect active infinitive of fero. |
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| What is the ultimate derivative of condition? |
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| What is the ultimate derivative of traitor? |
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| Name the members of the 1st Triumvirate. |
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| Name the members of the 2nd Triumvirate. |
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| MARK ANTONY, AUGUSTUS, LEPIDUS |
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| What are the two words that are the ultimate derivative of triumvirate? |
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| Give the ultimate derivative of square. |
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| Give the genitive singular of the relative pronoun. |
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| Now give the dative singular of totus orbis. |
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| Give three other adjectives, other than the interrogative, that end in -ius in the genitive and -i in the dative. |
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| any three of NULLUS, ULLUS, UNUS, SOLUS, NEUTER, ALTER, UTER, ALIUS |
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| What modern word meaning "make" is derived from the perfect passive participle of the Latin verb meaning make, elect or beget? |
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| What English adjective meaning "silent" is derived from the perfect passive participle or supine of a related Latin verb? |
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| What modern legal term means "elsewhere" in Latin? |
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| What goddess was picking flowers in Sicily when she was kidnapped by her uncle and made a queen against her will? |
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| What realm did Persephone co-rule? |
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| Why was Persephone unable to leave the Underworld forever, but was forced to divide her time above and below? |
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| SHE HAD EATEN the seeds of a FRUIT (pomegranate) THERE |
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| Tacitus' Histories is our fullest account of what dramatic year when numerous men became emperor and were toppled? |
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| AD 69 or THE YEAR OF FOUR EMPERORS |
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| Who was the first emperor to perish soon after the beginning of the new year of 69? |
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| According to Tacitus, after Galba's death the empire was torn apart by two vultures while a third waited to take on the winner. Name any of these "vultures." |
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| OTHO, VITELLIUS, VESPASIAN |
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| In ancient Rome, the Festival of Neptune was celebrated yesterday, the first of December. What is the Latin word for yesterday? |
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| The first day of each month was the day of proclamation. It was sacred to Juno and was the day that interest payments were due. What was the term for the first day of each month? |
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| What was the term for the ninth day before the Ides of each month? |
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| Pandarus once broke a truce between the Greeks and Trojans by shooting what king of Sparta with an arrow after that king had fought a duel with a Trojan? |
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| What disguised goddess persuaded Pandarus to do this because she wished to ensure the fall of Troy? |
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| What Trojan had Menelaus just bested in the duel, though a different goddess had rescued that man from death? |
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| We know that there are masculine words in the first declension like "nauta" and "poeta." What are the two prominent feminine nouns in the fourth declension? |
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| What noun and its compound are the two prominent masculine nouns in the 5th declension? |
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| Generally, nouns of the 3rd declension ending in -or are masculine. Give two 3rd declension feminine nouns ending in -or. |
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Years before fighting Hannibal's forces, the Romans first encountered what animal in their battles against King Pyrrhus of Epirus?
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| What important Greek city-state, known for its fine purple-dyed wool, ceramics and a strong navy had hired the mercenary king Pyrrhus to fight the Romans? |
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| Near what Italian town did the Romans finally defeat Pyrrhus in 275 BC? |
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| MALEVENTUM (accept BENEVENTUM) |
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| A marriage ceremony called a confarreatio was held for a bride and groom of what class? |
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| What is the name for the spelt cake eaten by the bride and bridegroom in order to seal their marriage vows? |
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| In a confarreate ceremony, what was the term for the boy, whose parents were both living, who carried utensils for the offering to the gods? |
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| Translate the phrase "tribus diebus." |
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| What does the phrase "paucis ante diebus" mean? |
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| What part of speech is ante in "paucis ante diebus"? |
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| What city suffered through a series of disasters starting with a regicide, a plague caused by the incest of the king and queen, a power vacuum, and then a civil war to determine the royal succession? |
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| What king's death at a crossroads started Thebes' ill fortune? |
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| What wife of Laius then married their son, not recognizing him? |
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| Distinguish in meaning between mare and maritus. |
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| MARE means SEA; MARITUS means HUSBAND |
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Distinguish in meaning between vir and virus.
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| VIR means MAN; VIRUS means POISON |
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| Distinguish in meaning between carus and carrus. |
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| CARUS means DEAR (BELOVED, HIGH-PRICED); CARRUS means CART (WAGON) |
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| In the text of a Shakespeare play one will often see the instruction for all the players to leave the stage. What is the Latin phrase used to so indicate? |
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| What Latin phrase is used to describe a prominent person, who though not necessarily powerful, is looked up to by his peers as a paragon? The phrase is translated into English as "first among equals." |
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| Give the Latin and the English for the motto of the Olympic Games. |
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| CITIUS, ALTIUS, FORTIUS meaning FASTER, HIGHER, STRONGER |
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| From what Latin verb and meaning is "cursor" derived? |
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| CURRO,-ere meaning to RUN |
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| From what Latin verb and meaning is "solution" derived? |
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| SOLVO,-ere meaning to LOOSEN (UNTIE, UNBIND, FREE, etc.) |
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| From what Latin word and meaning does is our word "nepotism" derive? |
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| NEPOS,-otis meaning GRANDSON |
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Listen closely to the following Latin passage, which I will read twice, and then answer the questions about it in English.
Poeni Regulum captivum habuerunt. Romani multos captivos Poenos habuerunt. Poeni Regulum ad Romanos miserunt. Regulus Romanis inquit, "Nolite aliquid Poenis dare." Regulus ad Africam, quod promissum dederat, rediit. Poeni eum necaverunt.
Whom did the Carthaginians hold captive? |
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| REGULUS (prompt if not nominative) |
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Listen closely to the following Latin passage, which I will read twice, and then answer the questions about it in English.
Poeni Regulum captivum habuerunt. Romani multos captivos Poenos habuerunt. Poeni Regulum ad Romanos miserunt. Regulus Romanis inquit, "Nolite aliquid Poenis dare." Regulus ad Africam, quod promissum dederat, rediit. Poeni eum necaverunt.
What did Regulus tell the Romans to do?
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| DON'T GIVE ANYTHING TO THE POENI (CARTHAGINIANS) |
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Listen closely to the following Latin passage, which I will read twice, and then answer the questions about it in English.
Poeni Regulum captivum habuerunt. Romani multos captivos Poenos habuerunt. Poeni Regulum ad Romanos miserunt. Regulus Romanis inquit, "Nolite aliquid Poenis dare." Regulus ad Africam, quod promissum dederat, rediit. Poeni eum necaverunt.
Why did he return to Africa?
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| BECAUSE HE HAD GIVEN HIS PROMISE |
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| Phobos and Demos sometimes accompany what Greek when he goes to battle? |
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| One time Ares got captured and stuffed in a jar for 11 months until another god found and released him. What half-brother thus rescued him? |
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| What very powerful set of twin giants who challenged Zeus by piling mountains on mountains in their attack had incapacitated Ares? |
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| Give three 3rd conjugation singular imperatives that do not end in -e. |
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| any 3 of DIC, DUC, FAC, or FER |
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| Give three 3rd conjugation plural imperatives whose singular imperatives don't end in -e. |
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| 3 of DICITE, DUCITE, FACITE, FERTE |
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| Translate into Latin this phrase: "Boys, don't speak!" |
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| NOLITE, PUERI, LOQUI (DICERE) |
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| Many regard the first five years of what emperor's reign as a Golden Age, mostly because he left Burrus and Seneca to administer the empire for him? |
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What neglected son of Claudius and Nero's brother by adoption was killed during the first five years of Nero's reign?
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| Tiberius Claudius BRITTANICUS |
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| Who was Nero's very meddlesome mother whom he had killed? |
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| AGRIPPINA the Younger (AGRIPPININA) |
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| What is the second person singular present active indicative of emitto,-ere? |
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| Now change emittis to the plural. |
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| Listen carefully to this question. The verb emittis (ay MIT tis) means "you send out" or "you send forth." What does the verb emitis (EH mi tis) mean? |
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| YOU (plural) BUY (PURCHASE) |
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| What is the meaning of Maine's state motto, "Dirigo"? |
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| What is the meaning and form of the New York state motto, "Excelsior"? |
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| HIGHER; COMPARATIVE adjective |
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| There are only 3 one-word state mottoes of Latin or Greek derivation. What is the meaning of the motto of the state of California, "Eureka!"? |
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| Against what triumvir did Marcus Tullius Cicero deliver a famous set of scathing orations? |
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| Marcus ANTONIUS (Marc ANTONY) |
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| What is the commonly accepted name of those orations for which Cicero received the ultimate penalty? |
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In compensation for Cicero's death, Octavian appointed Cicero's son consul suffectus to announce to the Senate what victory of September 2, 31 BC?
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Which part of Vergil's name, Publius Vergilius Maro, is the nomen?
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What was the agnomen given to Publius Cornelius Scipio who defeated Hannibal at Zama?
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| For what Roman praenomina do the letters C, T, and Q stand? |
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Listen carefully to the following passage, which I will read twice, and then answer the questions about it in Latin.
Primum Hercules ab Eurystheo iussus est leonem Nemeaeam caedere. Monstrum bracchiis suis complexus est, et collum eius omnibus viribus compressit. Pellem leonis detraxit et pro veste gerebat.
Quid Hercules interficere iussus est? |
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Listen carefully to the following passage, which I will read twice, and then answer the questions about it in Latin.
Primum Hercules ab Eurystheo iussus est leonem Nemeaeam caedere. Monstrum bracchiis suis complexus est, et collum eius omnibus viribus compressit. Pellem leonis detraxit et pro veste gerebat.
Quid compressit omnibus viribus? |
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Listen carefully to the following passage, which I will read twice, and then answer the questions about it in Latin.
Primum Hercules ab Eurystheo iussus est leonem Nemeaeam caedere. Monstrum bracchiis suis complexus est, et collum eius omnibus viribus compressit. Pellem leonis detraxit et pro veste gerebat.
Quam partem leonis pro veste gerebat?
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| When Achilles was a mere boy, he was sent from home to be educated by what teacher of several prior heroes, including Jason and Asclepius? |
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| What sort of creature was Cheiron? |
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| Cheiron was immortal, but he eventually requested death. Why? |
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| HE HAD BEEN WOUNDED BY AN ARROW OF HERACLES |
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| Distinguish between the meanings of latus,-a -um and latus,-eris. |
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| LATUS,-a,-um meaning WIDE; LATUS,-eris meaning SIDE (FLANK) |
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| Distinguish in meaning between lex and legio. |
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| LEX means LAW; LEGIO means LEGION |
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| Distinguish in meaning between regnum and regina. |
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| REGNUM means KINGDOM (REALM); REGINA means QUEEN |
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| Translate the motto of Scotland: "Nemo me impune lacessit." |
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| NO ONE (NOBODY) PROVOKES ME WITH IMPUNITY (UNPUNISHED) (accept equivalents, e.g., NO ONE MESSES WITH ME AND GETS AWAY WITH IT) |
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Translate the motto of the city of Paris: "Fluctuat non mergitur."
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| IT TOSSES (IS TOSSED) BUT IT DOES NOT SINK |
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| Translate this motto: "De gustibus non est disputandum." |
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ABOUT TASTES IT IS NOT TO BE DISPUTED
(accept THERE'S NO ACCOUNTING FOR TASTE) |
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Let's talk metamorphoses! Into what specific animal did Ceyx and Halcyone turn when she jumped into the sea?
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| KINGFISHERS (HALCYONE became KINGFISHER; CEYX became GANNET or SEAGULL) |
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| As the forest god Pan reaches out to grab the nymph, Syrinx, she changes into what? |
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| The sands of what river turn into gold when Midas washes off his curse? |
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| Give the neuter plural accusative of the pronoun hic. |
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| Now say in Latin: "to this person" using homo. |
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| Now say in Latin: the women by whom it was done. |
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| FEMINAE (MULIERES) A QUIBUS FACTUM (ACTUM) EST (or FIEBAT) |
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| In the Circus Maximus what was the difference between a biga and a quadriga? |
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| BIGA means TWO HORSE CHARIOT; QUADRIGA means FOUR HORSE CHARIOT |
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| The Circus's starting gates had a name that calls to mind another structure. What were they called and what else does that word mean? |
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What was the name for the wall that divided the center of the track at the circus and the turning posts at either end of it?
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Some students are terrorized by relative clauses, but they aren't that difficult. In what 2 ways must a relative pronoun agree with its antecedent?
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| Say in Latin the relative pronoun in this sentence: "They are the girls whose father was elected." |
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| Say in Latin the entire relative clause in this sentence: "I see the people with whom you are walking." |
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| QUIBUSCUM AMBULAS (AMBULATIS) |
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| From what Latin noun and its meaning do we derive the words "manure", "maneuver", "cooperate", and "opera"? |
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| OPUS meaning WORK (LABOR) |
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From what Latin adjective and its meaning do we derive the words "umpire", "apparel", "disparage", and "nonpareil"?
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| From what Latin adjective and its meaning do we derive the words "accomplish", "compliance", "supply", and "deplete"? |
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| Half nymph, half speckled snake, this monster lived in a cave and ate passersby. She was the child either of Ceto and Phorcys, or of Ge and Tartarus, and she begat the Chimaera and other monsters. Who is this monster eventually slain by Argus Panoptes? |
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| Name another child of Echidna besides the Chimera. |
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any of: CERBERUS, ORTHrUS, SPHINX,
NEMEAN LION, CROMMYONIAN SOW, SCYLLA |
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| Name another child of Echidna besides the Chimera. |
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any of: CERBERUS, ORTHrUS, SPHINX,
NEMEAN LION, CROMMYONIAN SOW, SCYLLA |
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| Give the full name of the nephew of Tarquinius Superbus who overthrew the Tarquins and is considered the founder of the Roman Republic? |
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| Who was Brutus's orginal partner in the consulship? |
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| Lucius Tarquinius COLLATINUS |
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| For what reason was Collatinus removed from the consulship? |
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| his nomen TARQUINIUS WAS THE NAME OF THE EXPELLED KING |
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| What is the figurative meaning when a person, especially a church official, speaks ex cathedra? |
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| FROM A POSITION OF POWER OR AUTHORITY |
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| What is the Latin phrase referring to persons and containing a logical fallacy that means literally, "From one learn all"? |
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What Latin term for a logical fallacy means that you can't infer from something preceding and event that an event after it is caused by what precedes.
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| POST HOC ergo propter hoc |
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Listen carefully to the following passage, which I will read twice, and then answer the questions about it in Latin.
Ceres casam Metanirae intravit. Filium Metanirae, nomine Triptolemum, Ceres portabat ad focum et eum in flammas ponebat. Laetus erat puer, et flammas non timuit. Metanira perterrita ad focum cucurrit et Ceres puerum humi deposuit et casam reliquit.
Quis erat filius Metanirae? |
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| TRIPTOLEMUS (accept TRIPTOLEMUM) |
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Listen carefully to the following passage, which I will read twice, and then answer the questions about it in Latin.
Ceres casam Metanirae intravit. Filium Metanirae, nomine Triptolemum, Ceres portabat ad focum et eum in flammas ponebat. Laetus erat puer, et flammas non timuit. Metanira perterrita ad focum cucurrit et Ceres puerum humi deposuit et casam reliquit.
In quem locum ponebat Ceres filium? |
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Listen carefully to the following passage, which I will read twice, and then answer the questions about it in Latin.
Ceres casam Metanirae intravit. Filium Metanirae, nomine Triptolemum, Ceres portabat ad focum et eum in flammas ponebat. Laetus erat puer, et flammas non timuit. Metanira perterrita ad focum cucurrit et Ceres puerum humi deposuit et casam reliquit.
Quid fecit Metanira ubi Cerem et filium vidit? |
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| Most often we translate laetior as "happier" or "more happy". Give another translation for laetior. |
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| RATHER HAPPY, TOO HAPPY, QUITE HAPPY |
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| Most often we translate laetior as "happier" or "more happy". Give another translation for laetior. |
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| RATHER HAPPY, TOO HAPPY, QUITE HAPPY |
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| Translate into Latin: "very happy." |
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| Who in Ancient Rome carried a pilum and a scutum, and wore a lorica and a galea? |
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| MILES (LEGIONAIRE, SOLDIER) |
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| Which of these items is a breastplate? |
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What was a division that was one tenth of a legion called?
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| What Latin word and meaning are at the root of "radish"? |
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| RADIX meaning ROOT (RADISH, BASE, FOUNDATION, BASIS) |
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| What Latin word and meaning are at the root of "cabbage"? |
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| What Latin word and meaning are at the root of "molasses"? |
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At the Battle of Metaurus River, Carthage lost the Second Punic War. This was because reinforcements coming to what general in Italy were utterly destroyed?
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| What brother of Hannibal was killed at Metaurus River? |
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| How did Hannibal receive news of his brother's death? |
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| the Romans THREW HASDRUBAL'S HEAD into his camp |
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| What Greek commander returned from the Trojan War to find his wife living with his cousin, and soon thereafter, was killed by them? |
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| Who was Agamemnon's cousin? |
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| Who avenged Agamemnon's death by killing his own mother? |
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| Give the third person singular future passive indicative of terreo, terrere. |
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| Change terrebitur to the second person plural. |
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| Change terrebimini to the singular. |
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Which one of these is not a Latin derivative: "pugnacious", "bivouac",
"capacious", or "nescience"? |
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Tell me, based on your knowledge of Latin vocabulary, what is
"vexillology" the study of? |
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| Demonstrate your knowledge of Latin vocabulary by defining "irascible." |
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| EASILY ANGERED (accept equivalents with ANGER in the definition) |
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| What type of ablative is found in the following sentence? Hostes magna cum cura pugnaverunt. |
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| What type of ablative is found in the sentence "Hostes a Romanis superati sunt"? |
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| ABLATIVE OF personal AGENT |
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| What type of ablative is found in the sentence "Caesar erat vir magna virtute"? |
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Which one of the following were not descendents of Ouranos: the ash tree nymphs, the Furies, the Cyclopes, the Fates, or the Giants?
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| Which one of the following were not descendents of Gaia: Pontus, Typhaeus, Tartarus, or Nereus? |
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Which one of the following does not belong: Arges, Brontes, Steropes, or Briareus?
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What grammatical construction is found in the phrases: Quid novi? and pars hominum?
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| PARTITIVE GENITIVE or GENITIVE OF THE WHOLE |
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| Say in Latin: "all of the citizens". |
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| Say in Latin: "Two of the girls". |
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| We often hear of the Pax Romana. When Romans were at peace, they closed the gates of whose temple as a symbolic act? |
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| Rome was not at peace for very long after Zama. She soon declared war on what Greek kingdom that had offered Hannibal help against Rome? |
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| What emperor boasted in his Res Gestae of closing the gates of Janus three times, although he must have reopened them also? |
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| Cicero, Sallust, and Livy occasionally used the word Senati for what more commonly used form? |
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| SENATUS (Prompt for length of u in us) |
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| What case and number is this oddball senati? |
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| What is the difference between the genitive plural of "finis" and "canis"? |
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| FINIUM vs. CANUM (accept THERE IS NO -I- IN CANUM) |
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What Greek hero killed the bandits who terrorized travelers on the road from Troezen and Athens?
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| Which bandit had a "one size fits all" bed? |
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| PROCRUSTES (PROCOPTES, DAMASTES) |
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Which bandit bent trees over and flung, or tore, his victims by releasing them?
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| Give me the vocabulary entry for the Latin word meaning "lucky, happy, fortunate, or favored"? |
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| FELIX, FELICIS (prompt for genitive) |
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| Give me the vocabulary entry for the Latin adjective meaning "keen, sharp, or fierce." |
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| ACER, ACRIS, ACRE (prompt for feminine and neuter) |
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| Give me the vocabulary entry for the Latin adjective meaning "suitable" that forms its comparative and superlative using magis and maxime, respectively. |
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Thus far in the competition you have been asked 49 toss-up questions. What is the Roman numeral for 49?
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| Including the bonus questions, there have been 148 questions possible, thus far. What is the Roman numeral for 148? |
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| What is the sum of the Roman numerals in the word "divided"? |
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| What is the Latin word and meaning which gives us the chemical symbol Au? |
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| AURUM meaning GOLD (accept AUREUS,-a,-um meaning GOLDEN) |
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| What is the Latin word and meaning which gives us the chemical symbol for Pb? |
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| PLUMBUM (PLUMBEUS) meaning LEAD |
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| What is the Latin word and meaning which gives us the chemical symbol for Sn? |
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| What final fate was shared by the Heliades, Baucis, Philemon, and Daphne? |
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| What final fate was shared by Asteria, Picus, Perdix, Tereus, and Procne? |
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| What final fate was shared by Aglauros, Polydectes and his court, and Niobe? |
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| What patrician seized the dictatorship of Rome in 81 BC and initiated a purge of his political enemies, after which he also reformed the constitution? |
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| Lucius Cornelius SULLA Felix |
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| Whose supporters were the principal victims of Sulla's purge? |
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| MARIUS (also accept CINNA) |
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| By what name do we know this purge, whereby a price was put upon the head of the victims? |
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| Where would you find a sudatorium, laconicum, unctorium and frigidarium? |
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| the BATHS (THERMAE, BALNEAE) |
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| What tool was used to scrape oil and sweat off of bathers bodies? |
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| Which one of the following items would one most likely find in a palaestra: fasces, alveus, aratrum, or follis? |
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Listen carefully to the following Latin passage, which I will read twice, and then answer the question in English.
Orpheus ad regiam venit, ubi Hades cum regina sedebat. Ille veniam petivit. Persephone Orpheo donum dedit-una condicione. "Noli," inquit, "oculus retro vertere." Orpheus rediebat cum Eurydice sed oculos retro ad uxorem vertit. Umbra uxoris in tenebras fugit.
Quam condicionem Persephone Orpheo dedit? |
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| DON'T TURN your EYES BACK (accept DON'T LOOK BACK) |
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Listen carefully to the following Latin passage, which I will read twice, and then answer the question in English.
Orpheus ad regiam venit, ubi Hades cum regina sedebat. Ille veniam petivit. Persephone Orpheo donum dedit-una condicione. "Noli," inquit, "oculus retro vertere." Orpheus rediebat cum Eurydice sed oculos retro ad uxorem vertit. Umbra uxoris in tenebras fugit.
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Listen carefully to the following Latin passage, which I will read twice, and then answer the question in English.
Orpheus ad regiam venit, ubi Hades cum regina sedebat. Ille veniam petivit. Persephone Orpheo donum dedit-una condicione. "Noli," inquit, "oculus retro vertere." Orpheus rediebat cum Eurydice sed oculos retro ad uxorem vertit. Umbra uxoris in tenebras fugit.
Quid umbra uxoris fecit? |
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| Given the Latin for "we have ordered." |
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Using a regular 3rd conjugation verb, say the Latin for "they had returned."
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| REDDIDERANT or REMISERANT |
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| Now say "you (plural) shall have been able." |
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| Which one of the following was not a wife of Heracles: Omphale, Deineira, Hebe, or Megara? |
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| While completing his 12 Labors, Hercules also accomplished some other noteworthy feats. Whom did he rescue from the chair of forgetfulness in the Underworld? |
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| Whom didn't Heracles rescue at the same time when he rescued Theseus? |
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Which one of the following was not a type of gladiator: lanista, andabata, essedarius, or myrmillo?
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| What was the term for an untrained gladiator? |
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| Gladiators usually fought in pairs. What was it called when they fought in groups? |
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| This is almost the last question of this round. What Latin derivatives is a "fancier" way to say "almost the last"? |
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| What Latin derivative is an astronomical term referring to the partial shadow during an eclipse? |
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| What Latin derivative is "a final statement of term from one party to another"? |
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| What comedy now playing in the Cinema Romana is titled "Eques Ater"? |
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What movie is titled "Figulus Capillatus et Lapis Magi"?
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| HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER'S STONE |
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| What movie is titled "Ludus Speculatoris"? |
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| Welcome to the Miramonte Saturnalia Certamen. During the Saturnalia, what traditional male business suit garment was not worn during the festivities? |
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| Why did slaves particularly like Saturnalia? |
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| THEY SWITCHED PLACES with their master |
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| Tell us who was Saturn's Greek counterpart. |
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| You are playing on a team. What word in Latin can mean team, or hand, and thus handful? |
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| What 4th declension noun can mean horn or wing? |
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| What 4th declension noun means home? |
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| When his son Asclepius was killed by a thunderbolt, what god took revenge by slaying the Cyclopes who had forged the thunderbolt? |
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| Why had Zeus killed Asclepius with a thunderbolt? |
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| HE HAD RAISED THE DEAD for money |
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| How did Zeus punish Apollo for killing the Cyclopes? |
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| ONE YEAR OF SERVITUDE to the mortal, Admetus |
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| Romans considered Publius Cornelius Scipio Aemilianus a member of the Cornelii gens, but in fact had he been born into what gens? |
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| What type of name is Aemilianus? |
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| Who was Scipio Aemilianus' real father? |
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| The Latin word cum can mean with, but when it is the first word of a cum temporal clause, how else should it be translated? |
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| Translate the following cum temporal clause into Latin using the verb veto,-are. When Curio vetoed the law... |
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| CUM CURIO LEGEM VETAVISSET |
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| If the phrase "Cum Curio legem vetavisset" was in a cum causal clause, how should you translate cum? |
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| Some people forget this man was a member of the Second Triumvirate, even though he was Pontifex Maximus until his death in 13 BC. Who was this partner of Antony and Octavian? |
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| When had Lepidus become Pontifex Maximus? |
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| 44 BC (after Julius' death) |
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| Who deprived Lepidus of his power in the Second Triumvirate, although he retained his high priesthood? |
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| Gaius Julius Caesar OCTAVIANus (accept AUGUSTUS) |
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| What highly revered pair of demigods did Romans adopt from Greece as guardians of the city? |
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| CASTOR and POLLUX (POLYDEUCES) |
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| In what Greek city of their birth were Castor and Pollux equally highly revered? |
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| What sister of Castor and Pollux was queen of Sparta? |
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| What is the meaning of the Latin idiom, consilium capio? |
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| When Seneca wrote "Consilium cepit in arena," what point was he making with the idiom? |
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| the plan was formed TOO LATE |
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| Make plural Seneca's sentence "Consilium cepit in arena." |
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| CONSILIA CEPERUNT IN ARENIS |
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| From what Latin word and its meaning is our word aviation derived? |
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| From what Latin word and meaning is military derived? |
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| MILES,-itis meaning SOLDIER |
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| From what Latin word and meaning is devotion derived? |
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| DEVOTIO,-onis meaning A DEVOTING (A CONSECRATING, CURSING, CURSE, IMPRECATION, EXECRATION, SORCERY, ENCHANTMENT, MAGICAL FORMULA, INCANTATION, SPELL) or VOVERE meaning TO VOW |
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| Romans used the first day of the month to reckon time. What was the name of the first day of a month? |
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| How did Romans refer to "the day before the kalends"? |
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| How did they refer to the day before "pridie kalendas"? |
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| III ANTE DIEM (a.d.) KALENDAS |
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| His most significant piece of legislation limited the amount of land any Roman could own. For this and his other agrarian reforms, the Senate had what official murdered in 132 BC? |
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| TIBERIUS Sempronius GRACCHUS |
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| What office did Tiberius Gracchus hold in 133 and 132? |
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| TRIBUNATE (TRIBUNE of the Plebs) |
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| In what way did Tiberius Gracchus arouse indignation when Marcus Octavius, a fellow tribune, opposed his reforms? |
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| HE REMOVED OCTAVIUS FROM OFFICE |
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| What is the third principal part of the verb fero? |
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| What is the fourth principal part of that verb? |
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| Spell the Latin for "they were carried." |
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| F-E-R-E-B-A-N-T-U-R or L-A-T-I S-U-N-T |
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| What Augustan age poet said "Graecia capta ferum victorem cepit?" |
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| Quintus HORATIUS Flaccus (HORACE) |
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| Now translate Horaces line, "Graecia capta ferum victorem cepit." |
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| CAPTURED GREECE SEIZED the FIERCE (WILD, UNCULTIVATED, SAVAGE, BARBAROUS) VICTOR |
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| When Horace fought in Greece, he was a participant in what 42 BC battle between the triumvirs and Brutus? |
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| From what Latin verb and its meaning is our word invention derived? |
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| INVENIO,-ire meaning to FIND or VENIO, -ire meaning to COME |
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| From what Latin word and meaning is infantile derived? |
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| INFANS,-tis meaning ONE WHO CANNOT TALK (accept INFANT, BABY) or FOR, FARI meaning TO TALK |
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| From what Latin word and meaning is insidious derived? |
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| INSIDIAE,-arum meaning AMBUSH (PLOT, SNARE, ARTIFICE) or SEDEO, SEDERE meaning to SIT |
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| What Greek warrior was forced to sacrifice his daughter Iphigeneia in order to obtain favorable winds for the war on Troy? |
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| Who avenged Iphigeneia when Agamemnon was taking a bath? |
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| CLYTEMNESTRA or AEGISTHUS |
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| Who avenged Agamemnon by killing Clytemnestra and Aegisthus? |
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| Why is it impossible in Latin to render fatur and loquatur into the passive voice? |
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| Using a verb other than fari or loqui, say "it is said." |
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| Translate "locutus eram" into English. |
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| Some say Orpheus managed to drown out the songs of what wicked female monsters who lured sailors to their deaths with their sweet tunes? |
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| On what expedition was Orpheus participating if the story of him managing to drown out the songs of the Sirens is true? |
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| QUEST FOR GOLDEN FLEECE (VOYAGE OF THE ARGO) |
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| What later hero is famous for hearing the Siren's song without being harmed? |
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| ODYSSEUS (ULIXES, ULYSSES) |
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| Who in ancient Rome wore a flamma? |
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| When a woman gets married today, she says "I do." What did Roman women married by confarreatio say? |
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| In Roman divorces, who got custody of the children? |
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| The regular Roman government was suspended in 452 BC so that what board of 10 men could codify Roman law? |
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| What set of Roman laws did the Decemviri create? |
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| The decemviri collapsed when their leader lusted after the maiden Verginia and tried to make her a slave for his evil intentions? |
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| APPIUS CLAUDIUS Crassus Inregillensis Sabinus |
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| Latin verbs come in six indicative tenses. How many tenses are there in the subjunctive mood? |
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| Name one of the two tenses which do not have their own subjunctive form. |
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| Name one of the two tenses which do not have their own subjunctive form. |
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| From what Latin word and its meaning is canine derived? |
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| From what Latin word and its meaning is feline derived? |
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| From what Latin word and its meaning is simian derived? |
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| SIMIA,-ae meaning APE (MONKEY) |
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The founder of a city can do no wrong, even if he is guilty of fratricide, rape, and general tyranny. So summarizes the resume of what son of Mars and Rhea Silvia?
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| Romans believed that Romulus, though a king, started the way toward Republican rule by establishing what legislative body of wise old men to advise him? |
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| What Latin word meaning "wise old man" is at the root of our word Senate? |
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| You think Latin is hard? Roman aristocratic schoolchildren toiled to learn what required foreign lang. with a far more complex verb system? |
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| What was the name of the slave, often a Greek, who accompanied a boy to school and sometimes drilled him on his lessons? |
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| PAEDOGOGUS (accept PEDISEQUUS if buzz before "drilled him on his lessons") |
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For more education, ambitious parents sent their sons off to Greece for advanced studies in what type of "persuasive oratory"?
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Although her two sisters were immortal and unsightly, what woman who was monstrously ugly to boot, was slain by Perseus?
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| What terrible power did Medusa possess? |
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| HER FACE TURNED PEOPLE TO STONE |
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| What goddess held a grudge against Medusa because Medusa had defiled her temple during a love-tryst with Poseidon? |
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| ATHENA (accept MINERVA if buzz before Poseidon) |
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| What is the singular of the Latin duos? |
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| What is the dative plural of duo? |
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| What is the ablative of decem? |
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| We get our word pejorative from what comparative adjective in Latin meaning worse? |
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| What is the neuter form of peior? |
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| What is the neuter superlative for peius? |
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| Usually the sun kept to a regular path in the sky, but on one occasion it scorched the earth and then froze it when what mortal drove the chariot of the sun with insufficient skill? |
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| What Titan was Phaethon's father? |
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| What happened to Phaethon when he could not handle the horses of the chariot? |
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| ZEUS (JUPITER) KILLED HIM WITH A THUNDERBOLT |
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| What is the Latin and its meaning for the English abbreviation etc.? |
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| ET CETERA meaning AND the OTHERS |
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| What is the Latin and its meaning of the English abbreviation p.m.? |
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| POST MERIDIEM meaning AFTER NOON |
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| What is the Latin and its meaning of the English abbreviation i.e.? |
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Romans claim this implacable foe swore an oath at the age of 9 to always fight Rome - an oath kept by what invader of Italy in 218 BC?
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| What war is sometimes called the Hannibalic War? |
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| What history-breaking battle ended the 2nd Punic War? |
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| After finishing the Eclogues and Georgics, what masterpiece did the poet Vergil commence? |
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| AENEID (prompt on Vergil if buzz before "what masterpiece") |
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| Aeneas saves his father from Troy. Who is he? |
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| Dido also fled from her homeland. Where did she come from before she reached Africa? |
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| This is the last preliminary round of the Certamen. What word did Romans use to express last? |
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| What word, related to ultimus -a -um, in English means "almost last"? |
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| What is the exact meaning of "antepenultimate"? |
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| What was the Latin word used to describe the numerous little people who accompany an important magnate? |
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| What was the word for the powerful individual who dispensed favors to his loyal clientes? |
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| What morning greeting custom saw clients come to their patron's house in case he was dispensing goods or required attendance? |
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| When forming comparatives, how did Romans say "bigger"? |
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| How did Romans say "biggest"? |
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| How did Romans say "more suitable"? |
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Heracles often had to deal with many-headed monsters. As his second labor, he slew what multiheaded dragon which inhabited the swamps of Lerna?
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| For his twelfth labor Heracles had to bring what three-headed dog to the upper world? |
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| On his eighth labor Heracles had slain Cerberus' mutant two-headed brother, the sheepdog of what cattle keeping three-bodied giant whom he also slew? |
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| GERYON (the dog was Orthus) |
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| Who led the most serious slave rebellion against Rome from 73-71 BC until he was trapped and his army destroyed? |
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| What was Spartacus' profession before he turned rebel? |
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| Who really defeated Spartacus, although another man received the credit? |
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| What case would soldier be in Latin in the following sentence. Caesar trusted the soldiers on the eve of the battle. |
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| What verb would you use for trust? |
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| CREDO,-ere or conFIDO,-ere |
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| What verb meaning to order also takes the Dative? |
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| What Latin verb and meaning are at the ultimate root of introduction? |
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| DUCO,-ere meaning to LEAD (CONDUCT, DRAW, BRING FORWARD) |
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| What Latin verb and meaning are at the ultimate root of conclusion? |
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| CLaUDO,-ere mean to SHUT (CLOSE) |
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| What Latin verb and meaning are at the ultimate root of resolution? |
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| SOLVERE meaning to LOOSEn (RELEASE, REMOVE) |
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| Apollo was struck with love for what dryad who hated him on sight and fled to the banks of her river god father to escape him? |
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| How did Daphne escape Apollo's love in the end? |
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| SHE WAS TURNED INTO A laurel TREE |
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| Daphne lives on in running races. With what is the winner crowned? |
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| Give the 3rd person plural perfect active indicative of taceo? |
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| What one letter change makes tacuerunt pluperfect? |
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| U changes to A (tacuerant) |
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| What smallest unit of the Roman army could have as few as 60 men, but traditionally had 100? |
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| How many centuries formed a maniple? |
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| How many centuries formed a cohort? |
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| In December of 63 BC, who was accused of leading a conspiracy to kill the consul and overthrow the government of Rome? |
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| Lucius Sergius CATILINA (CATILINE) |
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| Which consul foiled Catiline's conspiracy? |
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| The stepfather of what future triumvir was executed for his involvement in the conspiracy? Incidentally, the future triumvir's uncle was Cicero's colleague in the consulship. |
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| MARCUS ANTONIUS (his uncle was Gaius Antonius) |
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| What historian born in Padova wrote an enormous history of Rome from its foundation to 9 BC? |
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| Which emperor referred to Livy as my little Pompeian because Livy favored Pompey over Julius in his history? |
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| Which later emperor did Livy encourage to write history? |
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| Clotho, Atropos, and Lachesis make up what important trio? |
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| On occasion the Fates were temporarily delayed. What hero's life was associated with a log, which his mother burned to kill him? |
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| What king of Thessaly was allowed to substitute someone else to die for him if that person went voluntarily? |
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| Of the following nouns, which one is an I-stem: legio, rex, mare, or cardo? |
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| What is the ablative singular of mare? |
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| What is the nominative plural of mare? |
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| What lucky Roman general defeated Mithradates and then returned to Italy where he won a Civil War against the followers of Marius and initiated a purge of his enemies? |
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| Lucius Cornelius SULLA Felix |
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| What is the term for this purge in which bounties were paid for the deaths of Sulla's enemies? |
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| What young man in whom Sulla saw many a Marius escaped Sulla's proscriptions due to the intervention of friends? |
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| Congratulations on making it to the finals. Perhaps by now after your work, you need a strigilis. In what way did a Roman use a strigilis? |
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| TO SCRAPE OFF oil and dust |
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| For what did Romans use a stylus? |
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| For what did Romans use a scutum? |
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| FOR DEFENSE (it is a shield) |
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| Which of the Roman kings was married to a nymph named Egeria from whom he received divine messages, and was reknown for his devotion to religion and peace? |
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| Numa was not a Roman. What was he? |
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| What does it mean when the gates of Numa's Temple of Janus are closed? |
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| Theseus successfully defeated the Minotaur by himself, but relied on the help of what Cretan princess to escape from the maze where the Minotaur lived? |
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| What is the name of that maze-like building? |
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| What did Ariadne give Theseus to find his way out? |
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| What form of the verb capture do you see in the sentence, "The men capturing the city are from Gaul"? |
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| present active PARTICIPLE |
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| What exact form is the participle in the sentence, "The city captured by the Gauls suffered many wretched hardships"? |
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| Say captured in Latin in the sentence. "The city captured by the Gauls suffered many wretched hardships"? |
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| From what Latin verb and its meaning is prepare derived? |
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| PARO,-are meaning to PREPARE (MAKE READY, GET READY, FURNISH, PROVIDE) |
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| From what Latin words and meanings is our word internment derived? |
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| IN meaning IN; TERRA meaning EARTH (LAND, GROUND, SOIL) |
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| From what Latin noun and meaning is our graduation derived? |
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| GRADUS,-i meaning STEP (PACE) |
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| If you wanted to read the author who specialized in mythological transformations, whose book would you read? |
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| What is the name of Ovid's book about mythological transformations? |
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| Ovid also wrote what book with romantic tips? |
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| ARS AMATORIA (Art of Love) |
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| Give the correct form of ego in the following sentence. Sulla took my civil liberties away from me. |
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| Give the correct case of ego in the following sentence. Sulla took my civil liberties away from me. |
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| What is the dative singular of ego? |
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| Incictatus was the best man in the Senate according to which demented emperor who also had a fantastic sea shell collection from his aborted invasion of Britain? |
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| Why is it odd that Caligula thought Incictatus was the best man in the Senate? |
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| What Titaness who could forsee the future married Zeus, but did not see that he would swallow her to avert the birth of her son, fated to overthrow him? |
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| Metis did bear Zeus a single child, whom? |
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| What does Metis mean in Greek? |
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| What interoggative pronoun in Latin means "Who?" |
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| What intensive pronoun means that famous ... |
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| What prounoun does Latin use to mean the former? |
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| What part of the empire corresponds most closely to the modern country Switzerland? |
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| What province of the empire corresponds most closely to the modern country England? |
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| What province of the empire corresponds most closely to the coast of modern western Turkey? |
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| How was a Roman baby recognized as a member of the familia? |
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| placed at his feet, THE FATHER PICKED IT UP |
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| Why did Roman children wear a bulla? |
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| GOOD LUCK CHARM (TO WARD OFF EVIL eye or FASCINATIO) |
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| Upon what occasion did a Roman girl dedicate her toys to the family Lares? |
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| What one-eyed Roman hero held off an enemy army while his comrades destroyed the bridge behind him? |
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| At what bridge did Horatius make his stand? |
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| What Etruscan king did Horatius hold off from Rome? |
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| Suddently you have been sent to Rome to the Campus Martius. After a gelato at Rome's best gelatteria, Della Palma, you walk down and see a large temple inscribed M. AGRIPPA L F TERTIUM COS FECIT. What is this building? |
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| What does the inscription M. AGRIPPA L F TERTIUM COS FECIT mean? |
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| MARCUS AGRIPPA, SON OF LUCIUS, CONSUL FOR THE THIRD TIME BUILT |
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| Actually, Agrippa did not build the Pantheon as we know it today. It burned down in 86. What emperor restored it? |
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| Who was the Roman equivalent of Clotho? |
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| Who was the Roman equivalent of Lachesis? |
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| Who was the Roman equivalent of Atropos? |
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| How would you wish good luck to another team in Latin? |
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| Like many colleges, Mary Washington has a Latin motto. Translate "Pro Deo, domo, patria". |
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| FOR GOD, HOME, AND COUNTRY (FATHERLAND) |
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| What case does "pro" take? |
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| In the phrase, "the woman whom we saw...," translate the word "whom." |
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| In that phrase, what is the grammatical name for "woman"? |
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| What son of Jupiter was aided by the gods in his quest to kill the Gorgon Medusa? |
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| Who was Perseus's mother? |
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| If you were on holiday in Baiae, would you expect to see a strigil "in thermis," "in campo," "in mari," aut "in monte"? |
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| Where would you see the "Curia?" |
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| From what Latin word do we derive the English word "pedestrian"? |
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| From what Latin word do we derive the English word "intramural"? |
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| What road was the Regina Viarum? |
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| What city was the ultimate southern terminal for the Appian Way? |
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| What Titan stole fire from the gods and gave it to man? |
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| Who was Prometheus' sister-in-law? |
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| Responde Latine: "All the soldiers feared the farmer." |
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| OMNES MILITES AGRICOLAM TIMUERUNT |
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| Make "omnes milites" singular. |
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| Name this pair of lovers: He lost her because he looked back to be sure she was coming. |
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| After Orpheus returned to the upper world, he was slain by what group of female Dionysian revelers? |
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| MAENADS (BACCHAE, BACCHANTES) |
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| What two Latin words are at the root of the word "republic"? |
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| What Latin word is at the root of the word "democracy"? |
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| NONE (it is derived from Greek) |
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| Give the principal parts of the verb "to put or place." |
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| PONO, PONERE, POSUI, POSITUS |
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| Give the Latin for "you (plural) have placed." |
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| Give the nominative plural of "flumen." |
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| Give the genitive plural of "flumina." |
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| Who was the native Italian god of beginnings and endings? |
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| What Roman goddess of the hearth was a focus of Roman religion? |
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| Say in Latin: "I am conquered." |
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| Say in Latin: "It will be captured." |
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| Responde Latine: "Quibus partibus corporis vides?" |
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| Quae pars corporis est inter oculos et orem? |
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| What Latin word is the source for the chemical symbol of lead? |
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| What Latin word is the source for the chemical symbol for iron? |
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| In the sentence, "Whose camp was attacked?", say in Latin, "whose camp." |
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| Now translate the verb "was attacked." |
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| What mountains form the backbone of Italy? |
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| What river formed the border between Roman Italy and Gaul? |
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| When you tune into WSPQR, 753 on your AM dial, what musical group would be called Feminae Nudae? |
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| What still on the charts, long-defunct musical group would be called Scarabaei? |
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| What is the meaning of the Marine Corps motto, Semper Fidelis? |
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| What is the meaning of MGM's motto, Ars Gratia Artis? |
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| A mythological love story is performed in the play-within-a-play in "A Midsummer Night's Dream." Who are the lovers in this story, which features a wall between their houses, a dangerous lioness, and a mulberry bush? |
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| Another Shakespearean play draws from the mythological love story of Pyramus and Thisbe for its entire plot. Name this play. |
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| In what building did the Senate meet? |
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| In what building did the Pontifex Maximus live? |
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| Finish this famous phrase from the beginning of the Aeneid. "Arma virumque..." |
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| Finish this phrase, also from the Aeneid, "timeo Danaos et dona..." |
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| If you were invited to a Roman dinner party, would you be more likely to bring a mappa, a poculum, or a mensa? |
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| What part of a meal would be the secunda mensa? |
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| Translate the phrase "Musa, mihi causas memora..." |
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| "O Muse, recall to me the reasons..." |
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| What is another name for the 4th principal part? |
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| PERFECT PASSIVE PARTICIPLE |
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| Which term does not belong: Esquiline, Aventine, Clementine, Quirinal, Palatine? |
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| To what do the other refer? |
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| Listen carefully and give your answer in Latin. Take the number of Roman kings, add the number of Muses, and subtract the number of Fates. |
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| Take the number of Latin verb tenses, add the number of years the Trojan War lasted, and subtract the number of children Leto had with Zeus. Give your answer in Latin. |
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| Where in the Underworld were heroes rewarded? |
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| ELYSIUM (THE ELYSIAN FIELDS) |
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| Where were sinners punished? |
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| Translate the prepositional phrase in this sentence: I shall give the gift to a soldier. |
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| Translate the prepositional phrase in this sentence: I shall carry water to the soldier. |
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| What was the highest elected office during the Republic? |
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| Which uncle of Julius Caesar serves as consul seven times? |
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| Of the three degrees of adjectives, positive, comparative, and superlative, which may be translated as rather...? |
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| Comparative adjectives are declined in what declension? |
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| Translate cogito, ergo sum. |
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| I THINK, THEREFORE I AM (OR EXIST) |
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| Given the information that cogito is a first-conjugation verb, make it perfect tense. |
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| Name this pair of older lovers: They grew as intertwined trees after their deaths. |
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| And name this pair: He won her hand in marriage after a fruitful foot-race. |
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| ATALANTA and HIPPOMENES (MELANION) |
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| Give an English derivative from "cras." |
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| Give a derivative of "audax." |
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| With whom did Minerva competed in a weaving contest? |
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| Give the four principal parts of the Latin verb that is related to the nouns regnum and rex. |
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| REGO, REGERE, REXI, RECTUS (RECTUM) |
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| Give the four principal parts of the compound of habeo that means "to prevent." |
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| PROHIBEO, PROHIBERE, PROHIBUI, PROHIBITUS (PROHIBITUM) |
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| Copia means "plenty" or "supply" In the singular. What does it mean in the plural? |
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| Give the Latin phrase that means "horn of plenty." |
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| Which deity had an owl as a companion or symbol? |
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| Which deity kept a crow as a companion? |
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| Give the Latin and English for the abbreviation e.g.? |
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| EXEMPLI GRATIA meaning FOR THE SAKE OF EXAMPLE |
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| Do the same for the phrase that is abbreviated et al. |
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| ET ALII (ALIA) meaning AND THE OTHERS |
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| What movie at the CINEMA ROMANA would be O Frater, Ubi Es Tu? |
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| O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU? |
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| What movie would be called Hostis Ad Portas? |
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| Translate the preopositional phrase in the sentence "We stayed for three hours." |
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| Translate the preopositional phrase in the sentence "He was wounded with an arrow." |
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| In what way was the god Janus physically unusual? |
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| In what was was Hecate physically ususual? |
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