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McA Open - Oct 13 07
upper level, round 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Which Roman emperor appointed Incitatus, his favorite horse, as a senator? | Gaius Caligula |
| Caligula planned an invasion of Britain which never occurred; he did, however, order the army he had gathered for this invasion to collect plunder from Neptune. What was this plunder? | Seashells |
| Give a literal translation of the verb form amavisse. | to have loved |
| Give the passive counterpart of amavisse. | amatus esse |
| What unusual grammatical feature do the forms domi, ruri, and humi have in common? | all are locative |
| Say in Latin "in Rome" and "in Athens." | Romae, Athenis |
| What sort of Roman would wear a stola? | a married woman |
| Name the Latin term for a formal betrothal ceremony in which a future husband would be promised a bride by her father. | sponsalia |
| Who was the wife of the king Priam? | Hecuba |
| Who was the father of the king Priam? | Laomedon |
| Give all four principle parts of fero. | fero, ferre, tuli, latus |
| Give all four principle parts of tollo. | tollo, tollere, sustuli, sublatus |
| Which goddess was followed by a rainbow when she flew to earth to perform errands? | Iris |
| For which deity did Iris most often perform errands? | Hera |
| Give the Latin term for an individual in Roman society who possessed patria potestas. | paterfamilias |
| A paterfamilias also wielded the ius vitae necisque. What was this right? | The right of life and death (the right to execute) anyone in his familia |
| Name two Roman kings who were blood relatives. | Numa Pompilius and Ancus Martius, Tarquinius Priscus and Tarquinius Superbus |
| Name the kind of slave whose duty it was to escort boys to school. | paedagogus |
| Of the following three types of instructors, litterator, grammaticus, and rhetor, which might have girls in the classroom? | litterator |
| When he sees a storm approaching, Aeneas in his first speech of the Aeneid calls upon several individuals who are not present. What is the literary term for addressing those who are not present or cannot respond? | apostrophe |
| What Greek hero does Aeneas wish had killed him in the first speech of the Aeneid? | Diomedes |
| In what part of the world did Caesar campaign as a proconsul in 58 BC? | Gaul |
| In what part of the world did Caesar campaign as a propraetor in 61 BC? | Spain |
| Using a fourth declension noun, say in Latin "of the hands." | manuum |
| Using two words, say in Latin "of the right hand." | manus dextrae |
| During the First Punic War, for what military purpose did the Romans use a corvus? | as a gangplank to board enemy ships |
| What sort of bird is the literal meaning of corvus? | crow |
| Name the son who as an infant was placed before a plough to prove his father's sanity, and who later searched for news of his father during the first four books of the Odyssey. | Telemachus |
| Name Odysseus' friend who counseled Telemachus whose name has become synonymous with the term "advisor." | Mentor |
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