III E O Latin Latin Examination Term II, 2009 /120 marks 2 hours

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1 III E O Latin Latin Examination Term II, 2009 /120 marks 2 hours Question 1. Prepared Translations. Translate BOTH of the following passages into natural English on the refill provided. (15 marks) A. olim amicus meus ex urbe discedebat. nox erat obscura, quod luna non lucebat. amicus per viam festinabat, ubi silva erat, et subito centurionem conspexit. amicus meus centurionem salutavit. centurio tamen nihil dixit. tum centurio tunicam deposuit. ecce! centurio evanuit. B. cur tu es iratus, Grumio? cur ferociter circumspectas? rogavit Metella. heri Melissa cenam optimam paravit, respondit coquus, hodie ego cenam pessimam paro, quod nullus cibus adest. heri multus cibus erat in culina. ancilla omnem cibum coxit. 1.

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. Claudius Chooses a Wife Claudius, the Roman emperor from 41 to 54 AD, could not make a decision without consulting his friends and freedmen. When his third wife, Messalina died, he asked for their advice about whom he should take as his fourth wife. Claudius quattuor uxores habuit. tertia uxor erat Messalina. Claudius Messalinam necavit, quod Messalina coniurationem fecit. nunc Claudius erat solus; itaque uxorem quartam quaerebat. Claudius libertos et amicos vocavit. quis est optima femina? rogavit imperator. Lollia erit bona uxor, inquit Callistus; Lollia formam habet, et fidelis est, sed semper irata. tu Lolliam amas, inquit Pallas, quod est pulchra. ego Agrippinam malo; Agrippina optimum patrem quoque habebat; pater erat Germanicus. ego, inquit Narcissus, Agrippinam non amo, quod filium habet. tu quoque, domine, filium habes. novercae filios suos amant; privignos non amant. olim Claudius Aeliae maritus fuit; tum Aeliam repudiavit quod Messalinam adamavit, sed Messalina nunc est mortua. Aelia est optima femina. tandem Claudius Agrippinam vocavit. imperator dixit, Agrippina, pulchra et fortis et bona femina es! eris uxor mea. Claudius, Claudii quattuor tertia Messalina, Messalinae coniuratio, coniurationis quartam imperator, imperatoris Lollia, Lolliae Callistus, Callisti forma, formae Pallas, Pallantis Agrippina, Agrippinae malo, malle, malui Germanicus, Germanici Narcissus, Narcissi noverca, novercae privignus, privigni Aelia, Aeliae Aeliae maritus repudio, repudiare, repudiavi adamo, adamare, adamavi M., Claudius (the emperor of Rome) four third F., Messalina (a Roman woman) F., conspiracy, plot fourth M., emperor F., Lollia (a Roman woman) M., Callistus (one of Claudius freedmen) F., beauty M., Pallas (one of Claudius freedmen) F., Agrippina (a Roman woman) to prefer, like better M., Germanicus (Claudius dead brother, who had been a highly popular military commander) M., Narcissus (one of Claudius freedmen) F., stepmother M., stepson F., Aelia (Claudius first wife) = the husband of Aelia to divorce to fall in love with 2.

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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. No English meanings are required. arbor, arboris, F., tree gladius, gladii, M., sword nom. arbor nom. gladius acc. acc. gen. arboris arborum gen. gladii gladiorum dat. arbori arboribus dat. gladio gladiis abl. abl. pictura, picturae, F., picture avis, avis, F., bird nom. pictura nom. avis acc. acc. gen. picturae picturarum gen. avis avium dat. picturae picturis dat. avi avibus 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. out of the river (flumen, fluminis, N., river) 2. towards the merchant (mercator, mercatoris, M., merchant) 3. down from the window (fenestra, fenestrae, F., window) 4. away from the walls (murus, muri, M., wall) 5. through the citizens (civis, civis, M., citizen) 6. with the dog (canis, canis, M., dog) 4.

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 curro, currere, cucurri, to run Latin (singular) meaning Latin (plural) meaning imperfect tense of venio, venire, veni, to come Latin (singular) meaning Latin (plural) meaning future tense of sum, esse, fui, to be Latin (singular) meaning Latin (plural) meaning perfect tense of mitto, mittere, misi, to send Latin (singular) meaning Latin (plural) meaning D. Translate the bold words: (10 marks) 1. quid in foro hodie vides, Marce? 2. agricolae in agris semper laborant. 3. You barbarians are evil, but we Romans are brave. 4. miser senex pecuniam serpente custodiebat. 5. Surely you have seen a lion before, Publius? 6. coquum laudaverunt omnes cives. 7. dominus in villa mox aderit, Felix. 8. Do you and those merchants live in Rome? 9. postquam omnia audivit, Decens rem intellexit. 10. Who wants to come to the theatre with me? 5.

6 E. Using the verbs listed below, translate the following forms: (12 marks) porto, portare, portavi, to carry iubeo, iubere iussi, to order scribo, scribere, scripsi, to write punio, punire, punivi, to punish 1. iussistis 13. we wrote 2. portabat 14. they punish 3. scribimus 15. you (s) carried 4. punis 16. she was ordering 5. iubebant 17. you (pl) are writing 6. portatis 18. I used to punish 7. scribebam 19. we carry 8. puniverunt 20. you (s) would order 9. iubere 21. they were writing 10. portavi 22. we punished 11. scripsit 23. to carry 12. punio 24. they ordered F. Answer ALL the following theory questions: (5 marks) 1. How many conjugations are there in Latin? 2. What kind of action is the imperfect tense used for, when contrasted with the perfect tense? 3. What tense is respondit, coming from the verb respondeo, respondere, respondi, to reply? 4. How many declensions are there in Latin? 5. What are THREE meanings of the ablative case? 6. If a verb belongs to the second conjugation, what three letters will its infinitive end with? 7. What are three ways of translating a verb in the present tense, e.g. audimus? 8. From which principal part of a verb is the perfect tense formed? 9. How do you determine which declension a noun belongs to? 10. Which TWO cases can follow a preposition? 6.

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. erant erat arena ancillae gladio cur gladii salutavit videbat facit ancillas faciunt quid abest eramus videre adest fuerunt arenam salutaverunt 1. There are sexy slave girls in the house. 2. No-one makes wine like you do, Salvius! 3. These boys have been good. 4. Everyone wanted to see the king. 5. The athlete ran into the arena. 6. The soldier killed the barbarians with his sword. 7. My friend, what are you doing? 8. My father and I were at the movies. 9. The student is away today. 10. No-one sitting in the theatre greeted me. 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. iudex, iudicis derivation: 2. rogo, rogare, rogavi derivation: 3. terra, terrae derivation: 4. pessimus, a, um derivation: 5. paene derivation: (b) For each English word, write the Latin word which it comes from in the space provided. 1. contradict Latin: 2. custodian Latin: 3. celestial Latin: 4. annihilation Latin: 5. nocturnal Latin: 7.

8 Question 5. Life and Customs. 8. (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. Daily Life Topic 2. Slaves & Freedmen finis! optime laboravisti!