AP® LATIN: VERGIL
2012 SCORING GUIDELINES
Question V1
Acceptable translations
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sopor: sleep/stupor/torpor/slumber/sloth/sluggishness [must be the subject of complectitur]
complectitur: embraces/encircles/confines/envelops/clasps/hugs/holds/surrounds/enfolds/
encompasses/
encloses/ seizes/covers [may be translated as past tense if laxat is also]
fessos: tired/weary/worn-out/exhausted/fatigued/feeble/spent/debilitated/weakened/enfeebled
[must modify artus]
artus: limbs/joints/members/body/bodies [must be acc.]
Et: and
iam: now/already
ibat: was going/went/was proceeding/proceeded/started (going/proceeding)
Argiva: the Argive/Greek [must modify phalanx]
phalanx: phalanx/unit/army/fleet/ships/troop(s)/armada [must be the subject of ibat]
instructis: equipped/marshaled/arrayed/arranged/organized/prepared/instructed/directed/
readied/made ready/supplied/loaded/drawn up/fitted out/furnished/assembled [must modify
navibus]
navibus: by/with/in/on ships/boats [may be translated as abl. abs.]
a: from/away from
Tenedo: Tenedos [must be the object of a]
per: through/by
amica: friendly/ amicable/amiable/favorable [must modify silentia]
silentia: silence(s)/tranquility/calm(ness)/peacefulness/stillness/quiet(ness) [must be the object
of per]
tacitae: quiet/silent/still [must modify lunae]
lunae: moon/moonlight [must be genitive construed with silentia]
petens: seeking/searching for/aiming for/heading for/to/directing one’s course to/making
for/attacking
litora: shore(s)/beach(es)/coast(s)/ strand(s) [must be the direct object of petens]
nota: (well) -)known/familiar/famous [must modify litora]
regia: royal/regal/kingly/of a king/king’s [must modify puppis]; flagship/lead ship
puppis: ship/boat/galley, stern/poop deck [must be the subject of extulerat]
flammas: flames/fires/fire brands/torches [must be direct object of extulerat]
cum: when/after/once
extulerat: had brought forth/thrown forth/thrown out/sent forth/carried out/carried forth/brought
out/displayed/lifted/raised/ borne aloft/borne out [puppis must be subject]
que: and
defensus: (having been) defended/protected/guarded/taken care of/sheltered/shielded/ preserved
[must be nom.]
fatis: by/from the fate(s)/decrees(s)
iniquis: unequal/unfavorable/adverse/unfair/uneven/unjust/hostile [must modify fatis]
deum: of the gods/deities/divinities [must be construed as genitive with fatis]
furtim: secretly/furtively/in secret/stealthily
Sinon: Sinon[must be the subject of laxat]
laxat: loosens/releases/frees/lets go/opens (up)/undoes/lays open [may be translated as past
tense if complectitur is also]
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AP® LATIN: VERGIL
2012 SCORING GUIDELINES
Question V1 (continued)
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Danaos: Greeks/Danaans [must be direct object]
inclusos: (having been) enclosed/shut (in/up)/confined/(en)closed/locked away/concealed/hidden/
contained/imprisoned/buried [must modify Danaos]
(et: and)
utero: in/within/by/from the belly/womb/uterus/stomach
(et: and)
pinea: (madeof) pine/wood/piney/wooden [must modify claustra]
claustra: bar(s)/barrier(s)/bolt(s)/bond(s)/fastening(s)/lock(s)/latch(es), enclosure/prison/cage,
gate/(trap)door/hatch [must be acc.]
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AP® LATIN: VERGIL
2012 SCORING COMMENTARY
Question V1
Overview
This question assessed students’ ability to translate as literally as possible a passage of Latin verse
(Aeneid 2.253–259).
N.B.: The list of errors below is not exhaustive. In some cases, only one error is noted for each segment for
which the student did not receive credit.
Sample: 1A
Score: 16
The student received credit for all segments except:
• Segment 5 (instructis navibus): wrong case for instructis
• Segment 11 (flammas cum ... extulerat): wrong meaning for extulerat
Sample: 1B
Score: 13
The student received credit for all segments except:
• Segment 1 (sopor ... complectitur): wrong meaning for sopor; wrong meaning for complectitur
• Segment 2 (fessos ... artus): omitted segment
• Segment 3 (et iam ... ibat): wrong tense for ibat
• Segment 10 (regia puppis): wrong meaning for regia; wrong case for puppis
• Segment 11 (flammas cum ... extulerat): omitted cum
Sample: 1C
Score: 7
The student received credit for all segments except:
• Segment 1 (sopor ... complectitur): wrong meaning for complectitur
• Segment 2 (fessos … artus): wrong case/meaning for artus
• Segment 3 (et iam ... ibat): wrong tense for ibat
• Segment 7 (per amica silentia): per omitted; wrong part of speech for amica; wrong part of speech
for silentia
• Segment 8 (tacitae ... lunae): wrong case for lunae
• Segment 10 (regia puppis): wrong part of speech for regia; wrong case/number for puppis
• Segment 11 (flammas cum … extulerat): wrong case for flammas
• Segment 12 (-que ... defensus): wrong part of speech for defensus
• Segment 13 (fatis deum ... iniquis): wrong meaning for iniquis
• Segment 14 (furtim): furtim omitted
• Segment 16 (inclusos ... Danaos (et)): wrong case for Danaos
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