2007 Northeast Certamen Latin I Flashcards by WSHS Certamen

TU: From what Latin noun do we derive “puerile?”
B1: From what Latin noun do we derive “astronaut?”
B2: From what Latin noun do we derive “peculiar?”

TU: PUER
B1: NAUTA
B2: PECUNIA

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TU: Name the Roman emperors who came immediately before and after Caligula.
B1: …before and after Vitelleus.
B2: …before and after Hadrian.

TU: TIBERIUS & CLAUDIUS
B1: OTHO & VESPASIAN
B2: TRAJAN & ANTONINUS PIUS

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TU: Translate the Latin phrase “exemplī gratiā
B1: What is the Latin phrase for “something for something?”
B2: What is the English and Latin for the abbreviation N.B.?

TU: FOR THE SAKE OF AN EXAMPLE
B1: QUID PRO QUO
B2: NOTA BENE / NOTE WELL

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TU: To which Greek goddess was the myrtle tree sacred?
B1: Aphrodite’s most common birth is said to be from the sea foam, however there is another
version that says she is the daughter of Zeus and which deity?
B2: What lame god of fire is said to be the husband of Aphrodite?

TU: APHRODITE
B1: DIONE
B2: HEPHAESTUS

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TU: What case is used to show Possession?
B1: Give the case and use of Marcus in the following sentence: Amica Marco librum dat?
B2: Translate that sentence.

TU: GENITIVE
B1: DATIVE, INDIRECT OBJECT
B2: THE FRIEND GIVES A BOOK TO MARCUS

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TU: What is the name for the master’s study in a house?
B1: In that room were the imagines, what were they?
B2: In the main room of the house, the atrium, was a hole in the ceiling and a basin in the floor
to catch rain water, name these two things.

TU: TABLINUM
B1: WAX BUSTS OF ANCESTORS
B2: COMPLUVIUM & IMPLUVIUM

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TU: After being overthrown by his son, Jupiter, to which place did Saturn flee?
B1: Which Titan’s name means Memory?
B2: Which of the Titans was the father of Atlas and Prometheus?

TU: ITALY
B1: MNEMOSYNE
B2: IAPETUS

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TU: What is the meaning of the latin noun silva?
B1: Make silva accusative
B2: Change silvam to the plural.

TU: FOREST
B1: SILVAM
B2: SILVAS

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TU: From what Latin verb with what meaning do we derive “announce” and “renounce?”
B1: From what Latin verb with what meaning do we derive “respect?”
B2: From what Latin verb with what meaning do we derive “interrogate?”

TU: NUNTIO-REPORT
B1: SPECTO-WATCH
B2: ROGO-ASK

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TU: What Roman king of Etruscan origin was deposed in 510 B.C.?
B1: For both “bonī,” tell us the names first two consuls of the Roman Republic.
B2:

TU: TARQUINIUS SUPERBUS
B1: (L. IUNIUS) BRUTUS & (L. TARQUINIUS) COLLATINUS
B2:

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TU: Translate: Ubi est tuus filius?
B1: Translate: Amicus meus in foro manebat.
B2: Translate: Agricola in villa cum familia habitabat.

TU: WHERE IS YOUR SON?
B1: MY FRIEND REMAINED/STAYED IN THE FORUM
B2: THE FARMER LIVED IN THE FARMHOUSE WITH (HIS) FAMILY

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TU: Who wore the Toga Candida?
B1: Who wore the tunica recta?
B2: Who wore the toga picta?

TU: CANDIDATES
B1: BRIDE
B2: VICTORIOUS GENERALS

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TU: Give an antonym of ante.
B1: Give an antonym of ad.
B2: Give an antonym of cum.

TU: POST
B1: AB
B2: SINE

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TU: Which goddess, daughter of Saturn and Ops, was brought up by Tethys and Oceanus?
B1: One of Juno’s daughters aided in the delay of Heracles’ birth, who was this
goddess of childbirth?
B2: Name two animals that were sacred to Juno?

TU: JUNO
B1: EILEITHYIA (ILITHYIA)
B2: COW & PEACOCK

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TU: What important Roman political organization was formed by Caesar, Pompey,
and Crassus in 60 B.C.?
B1: Which member of this triumvirate died at the battle of Carrhae in 53 B.C.?
B2: Who were the members of the Second Triumvirate?

TU: FIRST TRIUMVIRATE
B1: CRASSUS
B2: OCTAVIAN, MARK ANTONY, & LEPIDUS

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TU: Give the Latin motto for Yale University.
B1: …for Johns Hopkins University.
B2: …for the University of Florida.

TU: LUX ET VERITAS
B1: VERITAS VOS LIBERABIT
B2: CIVIUM IN MORIBUS REI PUBLICAE SALUS

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TU: What Roman emperor defeated his main rival at the Mulvian Bridge in A.D. 312?
B1: What Latin phrase, reportedly revealed to Constantine in a dream by God, told him
that he would win the battle.
B2: To what eastern city did Constantine move the capitol of Rome?

TU: CONSTANTINE
B1: IN HOC SIGNO VINCES
B2: CONSTANTINOPLE / BYZANTIUM

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TU: What son of Poseidon and Amphitrite is the “Trumpeter of the Seas?”
B1: Why is he given this name?
B2: To what group of sea nymphs does Amphitrite belong?

TU: TRITON
B1: HE CONTROLS THE SEAS USING HIS CONCH SHELL
B2: NEREIDS

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TU: From what latin noun do we derive “equine?”
B1: From what latin noun de we derive “aquiline?”
B2: From what latin noun do we derive “asinine?”

TU: EQUUS
B1: AQUILA
B2: ASINUS

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TU: Differentiate in meaning between liber and līber.
B1: …between cēna and cura
B2: …between officium and oppidum

TU: LIBER- BOOK, LĪBER-FREE
B1: CENA-DINNER, CURA-CARE
B2: OFFICIUM-OFFICE, OPPIDUM-TOWN

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TU: To what category do the following belong: coemptio, confarreatio, and usus?
B1: What was the color of a bride’s veil?
B2: What did a bride dedicate to her Lar on the eve of her wedding?

TU: MARRIAGES
B1: SAFRON
B2: BULLA

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TU:What Roman farmer-patriot left his plow to defeat the Aequians in 458 B.C.?
B1: What Roman patriot thrust his right hand into a fire in order to defy the Etruscan king
Lars Porsenna?
B2: What Roman patriot fufilled his promise to return to his Carthaginian captors although
it meant certain death?

TU: CINCINNATUS
B1: (MUCIUS) SCAEVOLA
B2: REGULUS

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TU: Which of these nouns does not belong by case: pueri ,equōrum, dono, and auxiliī?
B1: Which word does not belong by declension: ager, campus, regnum, fabula?
B2: Which word does not belong by meaning: luna, castra, caelum, and stella?

TU: DONO
B1: FABULA
B2: CASTRA

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TU: What is the meaning of the Latin word iniuria?
B1: …incito
B2: …occupo

TU: WRONG, INJUSTICE
B1: AROUSE, URGE ON
B2: SEIZE

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TU: To which mythological group do the following belong: Thalia, Aglaia, and Euphrosyne? B1: Who are the parents of the Graces? B2: According to Homer, what god is the husband of Aglaia?

TU: GRACES B1: ZEUS AND EURYNOME B2: HEPHAESTUS

TU: Which Greek hero discovered his identity after he removed a sword and a pair of sandals from underneath a rock? B1: On his journey to Athens Theseus encountered many bandits. Which of these bandits punished their victims by using various beds? B2: Which of these bandits killed travelers by tying them to pine trees?

TU: THESEUS B1: PROCRUSTES B2: SINIS

TU: What Roman emperor, preceded by his father and suceeded by his brother, ruled from A.D. 79-81. B1: What natural disaster occured on August 24th A.D. 79 during the reign of Titus? B2: What famous Roman building was dedicated by Titus in A.D. 80?

TU: TITUS B1: THE ERUPTION OF MT. VESUVIUS B2: COLOSSEUM

TU: What is gramatucally unusual about scriba, incola, agricola, nauta B1: Name another first declension masculine noun. B2: Name another.

TU: THEY ARE ALL MASCULINE, BUT ARE 1ST DECLENSON B1: PIRATA, POETA, AURIGA B2: SEE ABOVE

TU: On what day was a child given his Roman name? B1: How many days after birth is the dies lustricus? B2: What was a child called before this day?

TU: DIES LUSTRICUS B1: NINE / EIGHT B2: PUPUS / PUPA

TU: What derivative of the Latin word bellum is “a fight between two people?” B1: What derivative of bellum means “aggressive” or “hostile?” B2: What derivative of bellum means “to revolt or rise against?”

TU: DUEL B1: BELLICOSE / BELLIGERENT B2: REBEL

TU: What pair of tribune reformers introduced various measures of agrarian and social reform during the 2nd century B.C.? B1: What mother of the Gracchi lovingly called them “her jewels”? B2: How were the Gracchi related to Scipio Africanus?

TU: THE GRACCHI B1: CORNELIA B2: GRANDSONS

TU: What Greek musician lost his wife, Eurydice, on the night of their wedding? B1: How did Eurydice die? B2: How did Orpheus make it into the Underworld, past Cerberus?

TU: ORPHEUS B1: BITTEN BY A SNAKE B2: HE PLAYED HIS LYRE AND CERBERUS FELL ASLEEP

TU: What was the name of the slave who accompanied a child to and from school? B1: Who was the slave who cooked meals? B2: What was a runaway slave called?

TU: PAEDAGOGUS B1: COQUUS B2: FUGITIVUS

TU: Translate: Lucius multōs amīcōs in viā vidēbat. B1: Translate: Verba puellae erant clara. B2: Translate: Servus dominum dē perīculō monēbit.

TU: LUCIUS SAW MANY FRIENDS IN THE ROAD B1: THE GIRL’S WORDS WERE CLEAR B2: THE SLAVE WILL WARN THE MASTER ABOUT THE DANGER

TU: What is the meaning of the Latin adjective vērus? B1: What is the meaning of the Latin adjective īrātus? B2: What is the meaning of the Latin adjective inimicus?

TU: TRUE B1: ANGRY B2: UNFRIENDLY

TU: Give the Latin motto for the state of Maine. B1: …for the state of Michigan. B2: Translate that motto.

TU: DIRIGO B1: SI QUAERIS PAENINSULAM AMOENAM CIRCUMSPICE B2: IF YOU SEEK A PLEASANT PENISULA LOOK ABOUT YOU

TU: Which case in Latin is used for Direct Address? B1: Give the vocative of the phrase mea puella. B2: Give the vocative of the phrase carus amīcus

TU: VOCATIVE B1: MEA PUELLA B2: CARE AMICE

TU: To which mythological group do Enyo, Pemphredo, and Deino belong, all of whom shared one eye and one tooth? B1: What famous Greek hero came to them for help? B2: How did Perseus finally get them to help him?

TU: GRAEAE/GRAIAE B1: PERSEUS B2: HE STOLE THEIR EYE

TU: Give the principal parts of the Latin verb vocō B1: ...of the Latin verb sum. B2: ...of the Latin verb do.

TU: VOCO, VOCARE, VOCAVI, VOCATUM B1: SUM, ESSE, FUI, FUTURUM B2: DO, DARE, DEDI, DATUM

TU: By what collective name are Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Antoninus Pius, and Marcus Aurelius known? B1: By what collective name are Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, and Nero known? B2: By what collective name are Septimius Severus, Caracalla, Elagabalus, and Alexander Severus known?

TU: FIVE GOOD EMPERORS B1: JULIO-CLAUDIANS B2: SEVERAN EMPERORS / DYNASTY

TU: What were the Roman baths called? B1: In the baths, what was the frigidarium? B2: What was the caldarium?

TU: THERMAE / BALNEAE B1: ROOM WITH COLD WATER B2: ROOM WITH HOT WATER

TU: What lovely maiden is the wife of Cupid? B1: For both boni name two of the tasks that Venus made Psyche perform and name the thing that helped her in each one. B2:

TU: PSYCHE B1: 1)SORT A ROOMFUL OF GRAINS, ANTS HELPED HER, 2) GET WOOL FROM MAN-KILLING SHEEP, HELPED BY A TALKING REED, 3) GET WATER FROM THE STYX, HELPED BY AN EAGLE, 4) BRING A BOX OF PERSEPHONE’S BEAUTY OINTMENT, HELPED BY A TALKING TOWER. B2:

TU: Give the Latin and English for the abbreviation rx. B1: ...for the abbreviation R.I.P. B2: ...for the abbreviation pro tem.

TU: RECIPE, TAKE (AS DIRECTED) B1: REQUIESCIT IN PACE / MAY HE/SHE REST IN PEACE B2: PRO TEMPORE / FOR THE TIME BEING

TU: What king of Epirus agreed to aid the city of Tarentum against the Romans in 280 B.C.? B1: Where did Pyrrhus defeat the Romans in 280 B.C.? B2: Where did the Romans defeat Pyrrhus in 275 B.C.

TU: PYRRHUS B1: HERACLEA B2: BENEVENTUM

TU: Change the phrase malum bellum to the accusative plural. B1: Change mala bella to the genitive B2: Change malorum bellorum to the ablative singular.

TU: MALA BELLA B1: MALORUM BELLORUM B2: MALO BELLO

TU: Who held the title of dictator perpetuus when he was assasinated on the Ides of March 44 B.C.? B1: In what year did Caesar hold the consulship for the first time? B2: What river in Italy did Caesar cross in January of 49 B.C., an act which led to civil war in Rome?

TU: JULIUS CAESAR B1: 59 B.C. B2: RUBICON

TU: What hero in mythology was the son of Zeus and Alcmena? B1: Who was Hercules’ twin brother whom he saved from snakes which were sent into their craddle while the boys were babies? B2: How did Zeus disguise himself when visiting Alcmena?

TU: HERCULES B1: IPHICLES B2: IN THE FORM OF HER HUSBAND (AMPHITRYON)

TU: Complete the following grammatical analogy: sum: eram:: teneō: B1: Complete this grammatical analogy: doceō: docuī:: stō B2: Complete this grammatical analogy: est: erit:: habet:

TU: TENEBAM B1: STETI B2: HABEBIT

TU: What type of gladiator fought with a net and a trident? B1: What type of gladiator fought with a helmet with impaired his vision? B2: What type of gladiator fought from a chariot?

TU: RETIARIUS B1: ANDABATA B2: ESSEDARIUS

TU: Give the meaning of the Latin preposition sub. B1: ...of the Latin preposition per. B2: ...of the Latin preposition circum

TU: UNDER B1: THROUGH B2: AROUND

TU: What Latin phrase is used to designated an unwelcome person? B1: What Latin phrase is used to indicate and illogical conclusion? B2: What Latin phrase is used to say that something is done for the public good?

TU: PERSONA NON GRATA B1: NON SEQUITUR B2: PRO BONO PUBLICO

TU: In what year did the Germanic king Odoacer sack Rome ending the Western Roman Empire? B1: Who was the last Roman emperor in the West? B2: Some historians argue that the Roman Empire effectively ended when it was Christianized in the 4th century A.D. Who was the first Roman emperor to accept Christianity?

TU: 476 A.D. B1: ROMULUS AUGUSTULUS B2: CONSTANTINE

TU: What youth died because he wanted to drive his father’s chariot across the sky? B1: Who was Phaethon’s mother? B2: How did Phaethon die?

TU: PHAETHON B1: CLYMENE B2: STRUCK BY ZEUS’ THUNDERBOLD

TU: Differentiate in meaning between the nouns regnum and regina B1: ...between novus and notus. B2: ...between the adjectives meus and malus.

TU: REGNUM / KINGDOM, REGINA / QUEEN B1: NOVUS / NEW, NOTUS, WELL-KNOWN B2: MEUS / MY, MALUS / EVIL

TU: In what three ways must an adjective agree with the noun it modifies? B1: In what way must a subject agree with its verb? B2: In what way must an appositive agree with the noun it modifies?

TU: CASE, NUMBER, GENDER B1: NUMBER B2: CASE

TU: Identify the use of the ablative case in the following sentence: Virī malī in hortō pulchrō stabant. B1: Translate that sentence. B2: Say in Latin: The teacher teaches the students in school.

TU: PLACE WHERE B1: THE BAD MEN WERE STANDING IN THE BEAUTIFUL GARDEN B2: MAGISTER DISCIPULOS IN SCHOLA / LUDO DOCET

TU: What disastrous defeat did the Romans suffer at the hands of the Gauls in 390 B.C.? B1: What Roman general had captured the Etruscan city of Veii just six years prior to the battle of Allia River? B2: How long did the Romans fight to capture the city of Veii?

TU: ALLIA RIVER B1: CAMILLUS B2: TEN YEARS

TU: Which of the following, if any, is not derived from the same Latin root as the others: “monument, admonish, permanent, monster” B1: From what Latin verb, with what meaning, is “permanent” derived? B2: From what Latin verb, with what meaning, are “monument” and “admonish” derived?

TU: PERMANENT B1: MANEO / STAY B2: MONEO / WARN

TU: Where in ancient Rome could one find carceres, metae, and the spina? B1: What were the carceres? B2: After the reign of Domitian, how many factiones or racing companies were there in Rome?

TU: CIRCUS B1: STARTING GATES B2: SIX

TU: Who am I? Born in Corinth to a woman named Eurynome, I grew to become famous in mythology. One night, on the advice of the seer Polyidus, I slept in Athena’s temple. There I was given a bridle with which I tamed the winged horse Pegasus. B1: What monster, part lion, serpent, and goat, did Bellerophon kill with the help of Pegasus? B2: What king of Argos purified Bellerophon after he had murdered his brother?

TU: BELLEROPHON B1: CHIMERA B2: PROETUS

TU: From what Latin adjective, with what meaning, do we derive “beautiful”? B1: From what Latin noun, with what meaning, do we derive “sewer”? B2: From what Latin adjective, with what meaning, do we derive “haughty” and the musical instrument “oboe”?

TU: BONUS / GOOD B1: AQUA / WATER B2: ALTUS / HIGH, DEEP

TU: Who was the second king of Rome? B1: Numa was said to have been Sabine in origin, though he was not the first Sabine to rule Rome. With what Sabine king did Romulus co-rule. B2: Besides Numa and Titus Tatius what other king was said to be Sabine?

TU: NUMA POMPILIUS B1: TITUS TATIUS B2: ANCUS MARTIUS

TU: Identify the use of the Ablative in the sentence “Clodia cibum carrō portabat.” B1: Identify the use of the Ablative in the sentence “Vir ad forum cum suis filiīs ambulabat.” B2: Identify the use of the Ablative in the sentence “Suum amicum magnā cum curā necabat.”

TU: MEANS B1: ACCOMPANIMENT B2: MANNER

TU: Give the third person plural imperfect active indicative of gustō B1: Give the same form for doceō. B2: Translate docēbant.

TU: GUSTABANT B1: DOCEBANT B2: THEY WERE TEACHING

TU: In which city did Demeter stay while searching for her daughter Persephone? B1: The queen of Eleusis was very kind to Demeter. Name this queen? B2: What son of Metaneira did Demeter attempt to make immortal?

TU: ELEUSIS B1: METANEIRA B2: DEMOPHOON

TU: Who am I? I was born Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus. My mother, whom I eventually killed during my reign as emperor, was Agripinna the Younger. Many critics believe that I was bad ruler on account of the belief that I “fiddled while Rome burned.” B1: Give the years of Nero’s reign? B2: How did Nero die?

TU: NERO B1: A.D. 54-68 B2: SUICIDE

TU: What Latin adverb means “there?” B1: What Latin adverb means “afterwards?” B2: What Latin adverb means “then?”

TU: IBI B1: POSTEA B2: TUM

TU: Give the correct form for daughter in the following sentence “The queen’s daughters were beautiful.” B1: Give the correct form for daughter in this sentence “The man loved his daughter.” B2: Give the correct form of daughter in this sentence “The farmer gave his daughters money.”

TU: FILIAE B1: FILIAM B2: FILIABUS

TU: What Roman building lies between the Palatine and the Aventine Hills? B1: What type of event took place at the Circus Maximus? B2: In what period of Roman History was the Circus Maximus built?

TU: CIRCUS MAXIMUS B1: CHARIOT RACES B2: MONARCHY

TU: Name one of the three judges of the Underworld? B1: For both bonī, name the other two. B2:

TU: MINOS, AEACUS, AND RHADAMANTHUS B1: SEE ABOVE B2:

TU: What did the big cat do when approached by the little dog? B1: What was the dog’s reaction to the shouting cat? B2: Responde Latine. Ubi canis manet?

TU: IT SHOUTED/BECAME SCARED B1: IT BECAME SCARED/RAN OUT THE FORUM B2: IN CASA (SUA) / DOMI

TU: Who was Alcyone’s lover who died at sea? B1: Who was Ceyx’s father? B2: Into what were Ceyx and Alcyone transformed?

TU: CEYX B1: LUCIFER/EOSPHOROS B2: SEA BIRDS (KINGFISHERS)

TU: Say in Latin “the great camp.” B1: Change “castra magna” to the dative. B2: Change “castris magnis” to the genitive.

TU: CASTRA MAGNA B1: CASTRIS MAGNIS B2: CASTRORUM MAGNORUM

TU: Differentiate in meaning between poena and pugna. B1: Differentiate in meaning between mando and monstro. B2: Differentiate in meaning between praeda and probo.

TU: POENA-PUNISHMENT, PUGNA-FIGHT/BATTLE B1: MANDO-ENTRUST, MONSTRO-SHOW B2: PRAEDA-LOOT/BOOTY, PROBO-TEST/APPROVE/PROVE

TU: What emperor established the Tetrarchy in A.D. 293 after being emperor for ten years? B1: Who was Diocletian’s co-augustus? B2: What emperor, hailed as Restitutor Orbis, ruled from A.D. 270-275?

TU: DIOCLETIAN B1: MAXIMIAN B2: AURELIAN

TU: Complete this mythological analogy: Orpheus: Calliope:: Zeus: B1: Daedalus: Icarus::_____: Phaethon. B2: Helius: Hyperion:: Orpheus:_______.

TU: RHEA B1: CLYMENE B2: HELIUS/APOLLO APOLLO

TU: What political official had the power to veto laws? B1: For how long did a tribune hold office? B2: How many tribunes were elected annually?

TU: TRIBUNE B1: ONE YEAR B2: TEN

TU: From what Latin noun, with what meaning, do we derive “envoy,” “obvious,” “deviate,” and “trivial”? B1: Which of those derivatives means “to stray”? B2: Which of those derivatives means “insignificant”?

TU: VIA / ROAD, WAY, STREET B1: DEVIATE B2: TRIVIAL

TU: Make the noun agricola agree with the adjective grātī. B1: Make agricola agree with the adjective form gratōrum B2: Give two forms of agricola that can agree with the adjective gratō.

TU: AGRICOLAE B1: AGRICOLARUM B2: AGRICOLĀ /AGRICOLAE

TU: During which war did the following battles occur: Baecula, Ilipa, Campi Magni, Lake Trasimene, Metaurus River, Ticinus River, Trebia River, Zama, and Cannae? B1: Name three battles from the previous list that were Roman victories? B2: In what year was Carthage finally sacked for good?

TU: SECOND PUNIC WAR B1: ZAMA, BAECULA, CAMPI MAGNI, ILIPA, METAURUS RIVER B2: 146 B.C.

2007 Northeast Certamen Latin I Flashcards

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