III E P Latin Latin Examination Term II, 2008 /120 marks 2 hours

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1 III E P Latin Latin Examination Term II, 2008 /120 marks 2 hours Question 1. Prepared Translations. (15 marks) Translate BOTH of the following passages into natural English on the refill provided. A. lacrimo quod Grumio et Clemens me vituperant, respondit ancilla. ego tamen te non vitupero, inquit Metella. ego te laudo. ecce! tu crines meos optime componis. stolam meam optime componis. fortasse Grumio et Clemens te non laudant; sed ego te laudo, quod me diligenter curas. B. postquam omnes cenaverunt, Caecilius clamavit, ubi est Decens? Decens non adest. tum Caecilius Clementem e villa misit. servus Decentem per urbem quaesivit. postquam servus e villa discessit, Felix poculum hausit. tum libertus fabulam mirabilem narravit

2 Question 2. Unseen Translation. (20 marks) Translate the following passage into natural English in the space provided. Note that words in bold are given at the end of the translation. You should attempt ALL of the translation. Grumio Doesn t Get A Day Off, Or Does He? in urbe magna turba erat. iuvenes, senes et puellae in viis erant. pastores de monte festinaverunt et iam per portas ruebant. nautae urbem petebant. servi at ancillae quoque in viis erant. omnes Pompeiani ad theatrum contendebant. omnes? sed ubi erat Grumio? coquus in villa manebat. in culina laborabat. Grumio iratus dominum vituperabat. Caecilius et Metella ad theatrum ambulaverunt; Quintus ad theatrum cucurrit. Quintus dicit: ego actores amo. Caecilius et Metella dicunt: nos theatrum amamus. cur Grumio fabulam non spectabat? coquus in culina cibum parabat. Caecilius et Metella optimam cenam hodie exspectabant. * * * nunc, vesperi, maxima turba in theatro erat. omnes fabulam intente spectaverunt et actores incitaverunt. postea, Caecilius et uxor ad villam revenerunt. sed ubi erat Grumio? Grumio vinum in culina bibebat! mox in culina dormiebat; non laborabat! vesperi postea in the evening later, afterwards

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4 Question 3. Grammar. Complete ALL of the following questions. (65 marks) A. Complete the following noun tables (write the Latin only): (10 marks) Write out the declensions of the following nouns. Make sure that you fill in ALL twenty gaps. barba, barbae, F., beard serpens, serpentis, M., snake nom. barba nom. serpens acc. acc. gen. barbae barbarum gen. serpentis serpentium dat. barbae barbis dat. serpenti serpentibus abl. abl. dominus, domini, M., master urbs, urbis, F., city nom. dominus nom. urbs acc. acc. gen. domini dominorum gen. urbis urbium dat. domino dominis dat. urbi urbibus abl. abl. B. Prepositional phrases: (6 marks) Translate the following phrases into Latin. (Make sure that you have chosen the correct case and number after each preposition.) 1. with the freedmen (libertus, liberti, M., freedman) 2. after the fight (pugna, pugnae, F., fight) 3. towards the lion (leo, leonis, M., lion) 4. into the shops (taberna, tabernae, F., shop) 5. down from the mountain (mons, montis, M., mountain) 6. near the ships (navis, navis, F., ship)

5 C. Complete the following verb tables: (12 marks) Write out the conjugations of the following verbs. Write the English meanings alongside the Latin forms. present tense of reddo, reddere, reddidi, to give back Latin (singular) meaning Latin (plural) meaning perfect tense of sum, esse, fui, to be Latin (singular) meaning Latin (plural) meaning imperfect tense of audio, audire, audivi, to hear Latin (singular) meaning Latin (plural) meaning perfect tense of dico, dicere, dixi, to see Latin (singular) meaning Latin (plural) meaning D. Translate the bold words: (10 marks) 1. Ancillae ad theatrum celeriter festinabant. 2. Puella parvum libertum superat. 3. Quintus, cur poculum haurit? 4. Gladiator in forum ambulabat. 5. Omnes hospites erant contenti. 6. You always miss out on the food! 7. Perhaps the swords are not sharp enough. 8. The slaves are walking through the streets. 9. The students were listening to the master. 10. The slaves overpowered the angry visitor.

6 E. Using the verbs listed below, translate the following forms: (12 marks) festino, festinare, festinavi, to hurry vendo, vendere, vendidi, to sell timeo, timere, timui, to fear dormio, dormire, dormivi, to sleep 1. festinas 13. to hurry 2. vendidit 14. we sold 3. timebant 15. I would fear 4. dormire 16. they sleep 5. festinavi 17. we were hurrying 6. vendimus 18. you (s.) have sold 7. timent 19. you (pl.) feared 8. dormivistis 20. I was sleeping 9. festinamus 21. she hurried 10. vendebas 22. she sells 11. timuit 23. I fear 12. dormitis 24. you (s.) slept F. Answer ALL the following theory questions: (5 marks) 1. How many declensions are there in Latin? 2. If there is no nominative word in a Latin sentence, where can you find the subject? 3. How many conjugations are there in Latin? 4. Which case is used to indicate the subject in Latin? 5. What verb tense might the letter x before the person ending indicate? 6. What are three ways of translating a verb in the perfect tense, e.g. clamavi? 7. What type of action does a verb in the imperfect tense indicate? 8. What is the proper name given to the second principal part of a verb? 9. What two cases may follow the preposition in? 10. Name one preposition which is always followed by a noun in the accusative case.

7 G. Word matching: (10 marks) Choose the word from the list below which best matches the meaning of the bold word in each English phrase, and write it alongside the English. ubi nemo statim invitare quid incitare iudex laudat cur alius plaudat quis cucurrit numquam habitabant currit habebant ille satis iudicem 1. Why were the soldiers running from the enemy? 2. The friends saw the judge in the forum. 3. The boy ran towards the shop with undue haste. 4. No-one had seen the robber during the morning. 5. What were you doing in the arena? 6. The sailors used to live near the theatre. 7. The trainer often praises his gladiators. 8. At once they all ran to the study. 9. The audience wanted to urge on the actors. 10. Another gladiator has just died in the arena. Question 4. Derivations. (10 marks) (a) For each Latin word, write an English word which comes from it in the space provided. Note that you must spell the words correctly to get the mark. 1. rogo, rogare derivation: 2. iuvenis, iuvenis derivation: 3. plaudo, plaudere derivation: 4. negotium, i derivation: 5. dico, dicere derivation: (b) For each English word, write the Latin word which it comes from in the space provided. 1. fabulous Latin: 2. vexatious Latin: 3. satisfactory Latin: 4. pugnacious Latin: 5. janitor Latin:

8 Question 5. Life and Customs. (10 marks) Write a short, detailed paragraph between 100 to 150 words on each of the TWO topics below. You must make at least FIVE major points, with detailed explanations, for each topic. Topic 1. The Forum Topic 2. The Theatre at Pompeii finis! optime laboravisti!