OJCL State Convention Certamen - Finals

OJCL State Convention Certamen - Finals

2012

LEVEL 1

1.(lang1) Which of the following words does not belong because of its meaning: charta, tabula, canis, magister, stilus.

CANIS - not associated with education

Bonus. Which of the following words does not belong because of gender: frāter, agricola, nuntius, tempus, labor.

TEMPUS

2.(myth1) What Greek goddess of strife threw an apple of discord at the wedding of Peleus and Thetis?

ERIS

Bonus. VISUAL QUESTION – Which Greek goddess who vied for the apple of discord is depicted here?

ATHENA

3.(hicu 1) After the expulsion of the kings, who were the first two consuls of Rome?

BRUTUS AND COLLATINUS

Bonus. The sons of Tarquinius Superbus and Brutus traveled to the oracle of Delphi. What answer did the priestess give to the question, ‘Who will be the next ruler of Rome?’

THE NEXT PERSON WHO KISSES HIS MOTHER

4.(lang 2) Give the Latin verb and its meaning from which the English words compete, repeat, and petition ultimately derive.

PETŌ / PETERE – SEEK / AIM AT / ATTACK / ASK

Bonus. Give the Latin verb and meaning from which the English words statue, station, and state derive.

STŌ / STARE – STAND

5.(lang 3) Translate the following sentence: Fīliī servōrum ad theātrum mēcum ambulābant.

THE SONS OF THE SLAVES WERE WALKING / WALKED

WITH ME TO THE THEATER.

Bonus. What use of the ablative is found in ‘mēcum’?

ACCOMPANIMENT - NEED MORE INFO IF ANSWER IS ‘WITH PREPOSITION’

6.(hicu 2) Give the Latin term for the slave that accompanied his master’s children to their studies.

PAEDAGŌGUS

Bonus. Give the Latin term for the teacher who taught elementary reading & writing and basic arithmetic.

LITTERĀTOR OR LŪDĪ MAGISTER

7.(lang 4) When you finish this competition, I am sure that your friends will greet you ‘magnā cum laude!’ What does the Latin phrase ‘magnā cum laude’ mean?

WITH GREAT PRAISE

Bonus. After this ‘certāmen’ you all will probably also remember that ‘errāre hūmānum est.’ What does the phrase ‘errāre hūmānum est’ mean?

TO ERR / MAKE MISTAKES IS HUMAN

8.(lang 5) Change the Latin phrase ‘mōns magnus’ to the ablative.

MONTE MAGNŌ

Bonus. Change the Latin phrase ‘monte magnō’ to the plural.

MONTIBUS MAGNĪS

9.(myth 2) What trio of monsters tried - unsuccessfully - to lure Odysseus to his doom with their sweet song?

SIRENS

Bonus. What did Odysseus do to prevent his men from hearing the deadly song of the Sirens?

HE FILLED THEIR EARS WITH WAX

10.(hicu 3) EUGEPAE! You’ve just gone back in time to Ancient Rome! As you wander around, you start to recognize a few things. Where are you if you see carcerēs, mētae, a spīna, a mappa, and aurīgae?

CIRCUS (MAXIMUS) OR THE RACETRACK

Bonus. Now you enter an imperial bath complex and see an area where men are boxing, wrestling, and exercising. What is the Latin term for this area of a Roman bath?

PALAESTRA

11.(lang 6) What song in the Top 20 would be put into Latin as “Sine Tē”?

WITHOUT YOU

Bonus. What late artist’s last name might be “Vīlla Vīnī” in Latin?

(AMY) WINEHOUSE

12.(myth 3) What King of Crete demanded 14 hostages from Athens every year to feed the Minotaur?

MINOS

Bonus. What Athenian inventor helped to defeat the Minotaur?

DAEDALUS

13.(myth 4) Respondē aut Anglicē aut Latīnē: Quis uxōrem ē rēgnō mortuōrum servāre temptāvit, sed – ēheu! – respēxit et sine uxōre ad vīvōs revēnit.

ORPHEUS

Bonus. Name the blind Theban prophet from whom Odysseus received advice in the Underworld.

TIRESIAS

14.(lang 7) Listen to the following passage, which I will read twice, and answer the question about it IN ENGLISH.

Numa Pompilius erat bonus et pius. Post mortem Rōmulī, populus Rōmānus Numam rēgem creāre optābat. Iuppiter signa dedit, et Rōmānī eum rēgem dēclārāvērunt. Tum Numa taurum sacrificāvit. Secundus rēx Rōmānus erat.

The question. Who gave a sign that Numa should be king?

JUPITER

Bonus. What did Numa do after he was declared king?

SACRIFICED A BULL

15. (hicu 4) Julius Caesar selected his great nephew Gaius Octavius as the heir to his estate and thus passed over his most trusted lieutenant and his second in command. Who was this man that he passed over?

MARC ANTONY OR MARCUS ANTONIUS

Bonus. Octavius and Mark Antony joined forces to exact revenge on those who betrayed and assassinated Julius Caesar. What was the name of the final battle, which saw the defeat of Brutus, Cassius, and the other conspirators?

PHILIPPI

LEVEL II

1.(lang1) What are the two meanings of the Latin noun ‘īnsula’?

ISLAND, APARTMENT

Bonus. In the singular, the Latin noun ‘cōpia’ means ‘supply,’ and obviously it can mean ‘supplies’ in the plural, but what is another, different meaning for ‘cōpiae’?

TROOPS

2.(myth1) What mortal man survived a flood and repopulated the Earth with men by casting stones over his shoulder?

DEUCALION

Bonus. Who was Deucalion's wife, who repopulated the Earth with women in the same way?

PYRRHA

3.(hicu 1) On which hill in ancient Rome would you find the temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus?

CAPITOLINE

Bonus. On which hill would you have found the temple of Diana? Hint: It is the hill upon which Remus took the auspices in his hope to become the 1st Roman king.

AVENTINE

4.(lang 2) Make the phrase ‘rēs omnis’ genitive plural.

RĒRUM OMNIUM

Bonus. Now make the phrase ‘fluctus potens’ ablative singular.

FLUCTŪ POTENTĪ

5.(lang 3) Translate the following into English: Cornēlia sē defendere nōn poterat.

CORNELIA WAS NOT ABLE/COULD NOT DEFEND

HERSELF

Bonus. Translate the following into Latin: The old poet was always talking to himself.

POĒTA SENEX/ANTĪQUUS SIBI SEMPER

NARRĀBAT/DĪCĒBAT

6.(hicu 2) What man, the husband of Julius Caesar's aunt, was a leader of the Populares faction and was consul seven times?

Gaius MARIUS

Bonus. What lieutenant of Marius became the leader of the Optimates and almost had Julius Caesar murdered while he was dictator?

L. Cornelius SULLA

7.(lang 4) Give the Latin noun, and its meaning, at the root of cabbage, biceps, mischief, and cattle.

CAPUT - HEAD

Bonus. What derivative of the Latin noun ‘caput’ means ‘a cliff with a vertical face; a situation of great peril’?

PRECIPICE

8.(lang 5) Give the Latin phrase which now means ‘in an artificial environment outside the living organism.’ It literally means ‘in the glass.’

IN VITRO

Bonus. Give both the Latin and the meaning for the abbreviation ‘ca.’

CIRCA - AROUND, APPROXIMATELY

[it is still correct if the Latin word is pronounced ‘sirka’]

9.(myth 2) Who transformed the Titan Atlas into a mountain?

PERSEUS [or MEDUSA - since her head did the job]Bonus. What Titan, a close relative of Atlas, did Heracles set free from Mount Caucasus?

PROMETHEUS

10.(hicu 3) His original name was Lucumo, but everyone in Rome called him by the name of his hometown. His wife was Tanaquil, and he was 1 of the 7 kings of Rome. Who is he?

TARQUINIUS PRISCUS - must have both names in the answer

Bonus. What was the relationship between Tarquinius Priscus and the next king of Rome, Servius Tullius?

FATHER-IN-LAW & SON-IN-LAW

- Servius was married to Tarquinia, the daughter of Priscus

11.(lang 5) Translate into English: Dīcunt Caesarem esse malum.

THEY SAY THAT CAESAR IS EVIL.

Bonus. Translate into Latin: I know that Caesar was killed by Brutus.

SCIŌ CAESAREM Ā BRŪTŌ NECĀTUM/INTERFECTUM ESSE.

12.(myth 3) Name the nurse of Odysseus who recognized her long lost master by a scar on his thigh.

EURYCLEIA

Bonus. VISUAL QUESTION What is Odysseus carrying in this drawing? He and Diomedes had stolen it from the city Troy to remove its magical protection.

PALLADIUM

13.(myth 4) Whose myth is told in the Iliad by his grandson Glaucus, who recounted his grandfather’s campaign against the Amazons as well as his victory over the 3-bodied monster known as the Chimera?

BELLEROPHON’S

Bonus. The grandfather of Bellerophon was the mortal who - temporarily - cheated Death. Who is this cunning man?

SISYPHUS

14.(lang 6) Listen carefully to the following passage, which I will read twice, then answer IN LATIN the question that follows.

Gāia, māter deōrum, et Ūranus, caelum ipsum, in mātrimōniō plūrimōs deōs generāvērunt. Gāia cum Ūranō generāvit duodecim Titānōs, sex deōs et sex deās. Cronus est minimus Titānus. Rōmānī Cronum Sāturnum apppellābant. Gāia etiam multa mōnstra, Cyclōpēs et Gīgantēs, generāvit.

The question: Quem Rōmānī Cronum appellābant?

SĀTURNUM (must be accusative or be used in a complete

sentence)

Bonus. Quot deōs Gāia et Ūranus generāvērunt?

PLŪRIMŌS (NOT duodecim)

15.(hicu 4) In ancient Rome, what were the small eateries that lined the streets and offered ready-to-eat food to customers called?

THERMOPOLIA / THERMOPOLIUM

Bonus. Tālī, tesserae, and fritillus are all objects associated with what?

DICE OR GAMBLING OR GAMES

UPPER LEVEL

1.(lang1) Differentiate in meaning between vereor and vescor.

VEREOR – FEAR, VESCOR – EAT

Bonus. Now differentiate in meaning between mīror and mereor.

MĪROR – WONDER AT / ADMIRE / MARVEL

MEREOR – DESERVE / EARN

2.(myth1) In Book 1 of the Aeneid, what god assumed the form of Ascanius and sat upon Dido’s lap in order to make her fall into love with Aeneas?

CUPID

Bonus. Dido, of course, goes bonkers when Aeneas leaves and kills herself. What goddess cut a lock of Dido’s hair to help her go safely into the Underworld?

IRIS

3.(hicu 1) What did the Lex Canuleia of 445 B.C. make legal for the first time?

INTERMARRIAGE BETWEEN PATRICIANS & PLEBEIANS

Bonus. Give the Latin phrase which refers to the ‘Assembly of the Plebeians.’

CONCILIUM PLĒBIS

4.(lang 2) Translate this sentence into English: Magna spēs vīvendī erat sauciō mīlitī.

THERE WAS A GREAT HOPE OF LIVING FOR/TO THE

WOUNDED SOLDIER or THE WOUNDED SOLDIER HAD

A GREAT HOPE OF LIVING.

Bonus. Now translate this sentence into English: Haec verba sunt mīrābilia dictū audītūque.

THESE WORDS ARE WONDERFUL (THINGS) TO SAY AND HEAR [WITH RESPECT TO SAYING AND HEARING].

5.(lit 1) What early epic poet wrote his Annales in dactylic hexameter?

ENNIUS

Bonus. What native Latin meter had been used for earlier epics by Livius Andronicus and Naevius?

SATURNIAN

6.(hicu 2) What 2 word Latin phrase is associated with Cornelius Cossus, Marcellus, and Romulus? It is the phrase used to describe the armor stripped from an enemy commander by a Roman commander.

SPOLIA OPIMA

Bonus. Name any 1 of the enemy commanders who were defeated in these single combats against a Roman commander.

ACRO OR TOLUMNIUS OR VIRIDOMARUS

7.(lang 3) Complete the following analogy: doceō is to docuistī as fallō is to what?

FEFELLISTĪ

Bonus. Complete the following analogy: ferō is to tulērunt as gaudeō is to what?

GAVĪSĪ (-AE, -A) SUNT

8.(lang 4) Translate this sentence from Caesar’s De Bello Gallico: ‘Caesar statuit sibi flūmen esse trānseundum.’

CAESAR DECIDES/DECIDED THAT THE RIVER

MUST/NEEDS/NEEDED TO BE CROSSED BY HIMSELF

[OR THAT HE MUST/NEEDS/NEEDED TO CROSS THE

RIVER.]

Bonus. Now say in Latin, ‘Crossing the river was dangerous.’

TRĀNSĪRE FLŪMEN ERAT PERĪCULŌSUM.

9.(myth 2) Name the spring in Sicily which had been a beautiful maiden until she was chased by the river god Alpheus. Artemis took pity on the poor woman and changed her into a spring.

ARETHUSA

Bonus. According to legend, there is another spring where a Theban queen had been thrown to the ground and killed by a bull to whose horns she had been tied. Who is this unfortunate queen?

DIRCE

10.(lit 2) Name the Silver Age author of the Metamorphoses, commonly called the ‘Asīnus Aureus,’ which is the only extant Latin novel.

(LUCIUS) APULEIUS

Bonus. The novel contains a lot of information about the mystery cult of what Egyptian deity?

ISIS

11.(lang 5) What English adjective meaning ‘strong, healthy, vigorous’ is derived from a Latin noun that is synonymous with the Latin words ‘īlex’ and ‘quercus’?

ROBUST - from rōbur

Bonus. What English adjective meaning ‘harmful, injurious, pernicious’ is derived from a Latin verb that is synonymous with the Latin words ‘vulnerō’ and ‘laedō’?

NOXIOUS - from noceō

12.(myth 3) In the Metamorphoses by Ovid, what was the collective name given to the nine arrogant young women who challenged the Muses to a signing contest?

PIERIDES

Bonus. Into what loud, chattering creatures were the Pierides transformed by the victorious Muses?

MAGPIES

13.(hicu 3) What emperor dedicated a temple to his wife Faustina the Elder in the Roman Forum? The temple was also named in his honor after his death in 161 A.D.

ANTONINUS PIUS OR ANTONINUS

Bonus. VISUAL QUESTION. This is a reconstruction of a circular temple located in the Roman Forum. To what deity is this temple dedicated?

VESTA

14.(lang 6) Welcome to ‘iTunes Romana!’ What popular song would a Roman call ‘Incende Imbrem’?

SET FIRE TO THE RAIN (ADELE)

- or a literal translation is also acceptable

Bonus. What classic rock band would a Roman call ‘Saxa Volventia’?

THE ROLLING STONES

15.(lit 3) Who called Catullus & his literary circle ‘poētae novī’ and ‘neōteroi’? This man also wrote an entire poem about his accomplishments during his consulship.

CICERO

Bonus: To what biographer did Catullus dedicate his work in his first poem?

CORNELIUS NEPOS OR NEPOS

VISUAL FOR LEVEL I, Bonus for #2

VISUAL FOR LEVEL II, Bonus for #12

VISUAL FOR UPPER LEVEL, Bonus for #13