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Latin Examination
Form 3A-D
90 marks + 10% project
Form : ____________
Term IV, 2011
2 hours
QUESTION ONE: PREPARED TRANSLATIONS
(15 marks)
(a)
Olim rex Etruriae cum Romanis pugnabat.
Magnis copiis cepit Janiculum.
Statim ad Pontem Sublicium properavit;
flumen Tiberim transire in animo habuit.
Permoti custodes fugere inceperunt, sed Horatius,
Romanus egregius et firmus, clamavit, “Delete pontem!
Aliter Romam defendere non poterimus!”
(b)
In medio flumine erat magnum saxum
ad quod cum sociis meis natavi.
In saxo diu sedebamus et milites in altera ripa spectabamus.
Pauci in flumine natabant;
capita eorum in aqua vidimus.
Laetus sum, quod hac in regione diu manebimus.
Exploratores nostri dixerunt, “Helvetii, qui magnas copias trans
flumen habent,
castra nostra vastare parant, sed eos non timemus.”
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1.
QUESTION TWO: UNSEEN TRANSLATION
(20 marks)
Brutus Understands an Oracle
Lucius Tarquinius semper desiderabat
post mortem nostri patris
maximam potestatem.
veniet Romanum regnum?”
Postquam ille necavit
Ex spelunca audiverunt
sextum regem Romae,
hanc vocem.
fecit se regem.
“Is habebit summum imperium
Olim mirus serpens
qui primus e vobis,
venit in regiam.
o juvenes,
Tarquinius perturbatus dixit sibi,
dabit osculum matri.”
“Dei miserunt
Statim Brutus,
hoc omen mihi.
qui erat sapientior
Quid significat?”
quam Titus et Arruns,
Tum rex cepit optimum consilium.
cecidit ad terram.
Vocavit suos filios,
Ille dedit osculum
Titum et Arruntem, ad se.
terrae secreto,
“Mei filii,” inquit,
quod ea est mater
“mittam vos
omnium hominum.
ad clarissimum oraculum
Postea Brutus,
orbis terrarum.
propter plurima mala regis,
Orate auxilium
excitavit Romanum populum
dei Apollinis.”
his verbis.
Postridie fratres cum Bruto,
“Debemus depellere
cujus mater erat soror regis,
hunc tyrannum in exilium!”
discesserunt ab urbe.
Incolae inceperunt clamare acriter,
Mox navigabant ad Graeciam.
“Nos Romani numquam habebimus
Post longum difficillimumque iter
alium regem!”
venerunt ad oppidum Delphos.
Itaque Brutus populusque
Ibi juvenes rogaverunt oraculum
deposuerunt reges
non solum de serpente
et creaverunt rempublicam.
sed etiam hanc quaestionem:
Cives appellaverunt Brutum
“Ad quem
et amicum ejus consules.
Each section is worth 1 mark. deduct .5 for each mistake. Punish all recurring errors.
Divide the final total by 6 (6 mistakes = 1 mark). Round all marks down to the
nearest half or whole mark, e.g. 19.75 rounds to 19.5, 17.238 rounds to 17.
2.
Brutus Understands an Oracle
Lucius Tarquinius was always wanting very great power. After that
man assassinated the sixth king of Rome, he appointed himself king.
One day a strange serpent came into his palace. Distraught, Tarquinius
said to himself, “The gods have sent this [as a] sign to me. What does it
mean?”
Then the king hatched a very good plan. He summoned his sons, Titus
and Arruns, to him. “O my sons,” he said, “I shall send you to the most
famous oracle in the world. Beg the help of the god Apollo.”
On the next day the brothers along with Brutus, whose mother was
the king’s sister, departed from the city. Soon they were sailing to
Greece. After a long and very arduous journey they came to the town of
Delphi. There the young men asked the oracle not only about the
serpent, but also this question: “To whom after the death of our father
will the Roman kingdom/rule come?”
Forth from the cave they heard this utterance: “He shall have the
highest authority who is/will be the first of you, o young men, to give a
kiss to his mother.”
At once Brutus, who was cleverer than Titus and Arruns, fell to the
ground. That man gave a kiss to the earth/ground secretly, because that
is the mother of all men.
Afterwards Brutus, because of the very many wicked deeds of the
king, stirred up the Roman people with these words: “We must drive out
this tyrant into exile!” The residents began to shout raucously, “We
Romans will never have another king!”
And so Brutus and the people cast out the kings and formed a
republic. The citizens named Brutus and his friend consuls.
3.
QUESTION THREE: GRAMMAR
A.
(55 marks)
From the Unseen Translation in Question 2, find an example of a:
(5 marks)
1. optimum, clarissimum, difficillimum, plurima
6. sapientior
2. mei filii, o juvenes
7. mittam, veniet, habebit, dabit, habebimus
3. cujus, quem, qui (not quod, quam, quid)
8. Romae, orbis, terrarum, dei, Apollinis, cujus, etc.
4. sapientior, omnium
9. ille, hoc, hanc, ille, ea, his, hunc, ejus
5. mihi, vos, vobis, nos
10. se, sibi, suos
B.
Write out the following verb tenses. Do not translate into English
[a] imperfect of sedeo, –ere, –sedi : to sit
[c] perfect of gero, –ere, gessi : to wear
sedebam
sedebamus
gessi
gessimus
sedebas
sedebatis
gessisti
gessistis
sedebat
sedebant
gessit
gesserunt
[b] future of do, dare, dedi : to give
C.
(8 marks)
[d] present of conspicio, –ere, conspexi : to spot
dabo
dabimus
conspicio
conspicimus
dabis
dabitis
conspicis
conspicitis
dabit
dabunt
conspicit
conspiciunt
Using the verbs listed below, translate the following forms:
clamo, –are, –avi : to shout
video, –ere, vidi : to see
(10 marks)
bibo, –ere, bibi : to drink
munio, –ire, –ivi : to build
1.
clamabant
they were shouting
11.
bibebam
I was drinking
2.
muniverunt
they built
12.
vidit
he saw
3.
bibere
to drink
13.
clamate
shout
4.
videbunt
they will see
14.
munimus
we built
5.
clamavisti
you shouted
15.
you (pl.) drank
bibistis
6.
muni
build
16.
she will see
videbit
7.
bibetis
you will drink
17.
they shout
clamant
8.
videbas
you were seeing
18.
you (s.) were building
muniebas
9.
clamasne?
are you shouting?
19.
drink! (pl.)
bibite
10.
munies
you will build
20.
do I see?
videone?
4.
D.
Write out the declensions of the following nouns and adjectives:
(6 marks)
[a] uxor, uxoris (F.) : wife; fidus –a, –um : loyal
singular
nom
uxor
fida
acc
uxorem
fidam
gen
uxoris
fidae
dat
uxori
fidae
abl
uxore
fida
[b] puer, –i (M.) : boy; felix, felicis : lucky
plural
E.
nom
pueri
felices
acc
pueros
felices
gen
puerorum
felicium
dat
pueris
felicibus
abl
pueris
felicibus
Write out the following pronoun tables:
(6 marks)
[a] hic, haec, hoc : this
singular
plural
nom
hic
haec
hoc
hi
hae
haec
acc
hunc
hanc
hoc
hos
has
haec
gen
hujus
hujus
hujus
horum
harum
horum
dat
huic
huic
huic
his
his
his
abl
hoc
hac
hoc
his
his
his
[b] qui, quae, quod : who, which
singular
plural
nom
qui
quae
quod
qui
quae
quae
acc
quem
quam
quod
quos
quas
quae
gen
cujus
cujus
cujus
quorum
quarum
quorum
dat
cui
cui
cui
quibus
quibus
quibus
5.
quo
abl
F.
qua
quo
quibus
quibus
quibus
Fill in the blanks of the following adjectives and adverbs:
(Give only the nominative masculine singular form.)
(5 marks)
meaning
positive
comparative
superlative
bad
malus, –a, –um
pejor
pessimus
brave
fortis, –is, –e
fortior
fortissimus
pretty
pulcher, –chra, –chrum
pulchrior
pulcherrimus
alike
similis, –is, –e
similior
simillimus
bright
clarus, –a, –um
clarior
clarissimus
sharp
acer, acris, acre
acrior
acerrimus
loving
amans, amantis
amantior
amantissimus
G.
Answer the following theory questions:
(8 marks)
1.
What is the ablative singular of ferox, ferocis fierce?
feroci
2.
What is the genitive plural of hostis, hostis M., enemy?
hostium
3.
What is the ablative singular of arbor, arboris F., tree?
arbore
4.
What is the genitive plural of dolor, doloris M., grief?
dolorum
5.
What is the ablative singular of mons, montis M., mountain?
monte
6.
What is the genitive plural of senex, senis M., old man?
senum
7.
What is the nom. neuter plural of superbior, –ior, –ius prouder?
superbia
8.
What is the vocative singular of dominus, –i M., master?
domine
9.
How can we tell that arx, arcis F., forms its genitive plural in –ium?
two consonants before the genitive singular ending
10.
What is the Neuter Rule?
(i) the nom. and acc. forms are the same
(ii) nom. and acc. plural end in –a
11.
The reflexive pronoun always refers back to what part of a sentence or clause?
subject
12.
How do we decide the case of the relative pronoun?
6.
function in the relative clause
H.
Choose the best option to complete each Latin sentence:
(Do not translate.)
1.
Mater ad casam vocavit pueros (quem/qui/quam) in agro laborabant.
(7 marks)
qui
2.
cives, (nolle/noli/nolite) bibere illam aquam.
nolite
3.
Puella (eam/sui/illi) numquam dicit quod pecuniam cupit.
illi
4.
(Qui/qua/cujus) est haec pulchra villa?
cujus
5.
Julia, cur magistrum (tuam/tuum/tui) times?
tuum
6.
Quinte, (dic/dici/dicite) eis fabulam de rege tuo.
dic
7.
Ille servus (bonus/melior/melius) est quam hic.
melior
8.
Viri fortissimi naves piratarum (feroces/ferocium/ferocibus) capere desiderabant.
ferocium
9.
Pirata pecuniam (nostri/nos/nostram) in villa celavit.
nostram
10.
Captivus (qui/cujus/quem) necavisti validus erat.
quem
11.
Haec animalia sunt (acria/acerrima/acriora) quam illa.
acriora
12.
Hi viri (quibuscum/quocum/quacum) pugnamus fidissimi sunt.
quibuscum
13.
Sorores (meae/mei/meam) leonem ferocem prope urbem viderunt.
meae
14.
illius
Viri (illis/illius/illud) oppidi validissimi sunt.
[ finis ]
The final total is out of 90. Add to this the project mark from the project column in MUSAC, for
a final mark out of 100, i.e. the project is worth a true 10%.
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