Louisiana Junior Classical League
Regional Certamen Tournaments 2017
Upper Level – Final Round
1. What is the main topic of book VI of the Aeneid?
Aeneas' journey to the underworld
Bonus 1: What is the main topic of Book IV of the Aeneid?
The romance of Dido and Aeneas
Bonus 2: What is the main topic in Books VII-XII of the Aeneid?
The war in Italy
2. Translate: Patria Omnibus civibus defendenda est.
The country (fatherland, homeland) must be defended by all citizens.
Bonus 1: Which use of the ablative is "civibus"?
Ablative of agent
Bonus 2: What is the construction of "defendenda est"?
Pasived Periphrastic
3. The Aeneid is written in "epic meter" also known as what?
Dactylic hexameter
Bonus 1: The Aeneid was composed at the request of whom?
Augustus
Bonus 2: Recite the first line of the Aeneid.
Arma virumque cano Trojae qui primus ab oris
4. What do the following nouns have in common: Mare, arx, animal, calcar, civis
They are all i-stems
Bonus 1: What is the genitive plural form of "mare"?
Marium
Bonus 2: Give the vocative of "my Manlius".
Mi Manli
5. In an indirect statement, which infinitive is used to express action completed bofore the
time of the main verb?
Perfect
Bonus 1: Translate, "Dicimus Caesarem Vincere">
We say that Caesar is winning (conquering)
Bonus 2: Translate the english sentence "Caesar is winning" into Latin
Caesar vincit
6. What two Latin words are combined to give us the English verb "manufacture"?
Manus and facio
Bonus 1: What unit of the Roman army derived its name from the word "manus"?
Maniple
Bonus 2: In ancient Rome what was the ceremony of "manumission"?
The freeing of a slave
7. Who is the author of Pro Lege Manilia?
Cicero
Bonus 1: Whom did Cicero support in this oration?
Pompey
Bonus 2: Wom did Cercero attack in the Phlippics?
Marc Antony
8. What use of the accusative case is illustrated in this sentence: Multos dies manebant?
Duration of time
Bonus 1: What use of the accusative case is illustrated in this sentence: Romam venit?
Place to which
Bonus 2: What use of the accusative case is illustrated in this sentence: Scimus viros
venisse?
Subject of infinitive / indirect statement
9. Of the verb "utor" in the indicative mood, imperfect tense, give the second person plural.
Utebamini
Bonus 1: Change "utebamini" to the future.
utemini
Bonus 2: Change "utebamini" to the subjunctive.
Uteremini
10. Which of the two following words are synonyms: sapiens, brutus, validus, idoneus, stultus?
brutus and stultus
Bonus 1: Which of the remaining words is an anyonym of "brutus / stultus"?
Sapiens
Bonus 2: Change "sapiens" to an adverb.
Sapienter
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(Alternate Question) Name two public buildings built during the reign of Hadrian.
Temple of Venus & Rome / Pantheon / Hadrian's Mausoleum
Bonus 1: Which of the Five Good Emperors was responsible for adding an inner
hexagonal basin to Claudius' port at Ostia?
Trajan
Bonus 2: Which two of the Five Good Emperors built defensive walls across Britain and
Scotland?
Hadrian and Antoninus Pius