Name: Form: 3CLC Term II, 2011 /100 marks LATIN EXAMINATION 2 hours QUESTION 1 Prepared translations [20 marks] Translate the following into good English: (a) Clemens in foro ambulabat. turba maxima erat in foro. servi et ancillae cibum emebant. multi pistores panem vendebant. poeta recitabat. mercator Graecus contentionem cum agricola habebat. mercator iratus pecuniam postulabat. subito agricola Graecum pulsavit, quod Graecus agricolam vituperabat. Pompeiani ridebant, et agricolam incitabant. Clemens, postquam clamorem audivit, ad pugnam festinavit. tandem agricola mercatorem superavit et e foro agitavit. (b) olim amicus meus ex urbe discedebat. nox erat, sed luna plena 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. ingens lupus subito apparuit. amicus meus valde timebat. ingens lupus ululavit et ad silvam festinavit. tunica in via iacebat. amicus tunicam caute inspexit. ecce! tunica erat lapidea. tum amicus rem intellexit. centurio erat versipellis. 1
QUESTION 2 Unseen translation Translate the following into good English. The words in bold are given to you after the passage. [20 marks] Hermogenes is convicted and sent to prison iudex Hermogenem convicit. ego Hermogenem ad carcerem mitto, dixit iudex. omnes Pompeiani plauserunt, quod mercatorem non amabant. Hermogenes tamen clamavit, ego sum innocens! iudex, postquam Hermogenem spectavit, respondit, tu non probus es. es mercator scelestus. es mendax. amicus tuus quoque est mendax. tu multam pecuniam debuisti. pecuniam non reddidisti. testem habebas, amicum tuum, tu tamen rem non probavisti. Caecilius ceram habebat. ego signum tuum in cera vidi. miles mercatorem e basilica traxit. mercator clamabat et paene lacrimabat. miles Hermogenem ad carcerem duxit. duo custodes ianuam statim aperuerunt. unus custos erat Groma. Groma mercatorem agnovit. Groma ridebat. Hermogenes est amicus veterrimus, dixit Groma. Hermogenes navem non habet. nullam villam habet. in carcere habitat. miles risit. sed Hermogenes non ridebat. iratus erat, et Gromam vituperavit. mercator custodem pulsare temptavit, sed Groma Hermogenem facile superavit. Vocabulary agnosco, agnoscere, agnovi amo, amare, amavi carcer, carceris [m] cera, cerae [f] convinco, convincere, convici custos, custodis [m] Groma, Gromae [m] lacrimo, lacrimare, lacrimavi mendax, mendacis [m] miles, militis [m] mitto, mittere, misi scelestus, a, um tempto, temptare, temptavi traho, trahere, traxi unus, a, um veterrimus, a, um to recognise to like prison wax tablet to convict guard Groma to weep liar soldier to send wicked to try to drag one very old 2
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QUESTION 3 Grammar [40 marks] (a) Refer to Question 1 (the Prepared Translations). Identify the case of the following nouns and explain the grammatical reason for that case: [5 marks] Example: Clemens (line 1) case: nominative reason for case: subject of verb ambulabat 1. foro (line 1) case: 2. cibum (line 2) case: 3. agricola (line 3) case: 4. agricolam (line 5) case: 5. pugnam (line 6) case: (b) Refer to Question 1 (the Prepared Translations). Circle which declension (1 st / 2 nd / 3 rd ) the following nouns come from: [2 marks] 1. urbe (line 8) declension: 1 2 3 2. luna (line 9) declension: 1 2 3 3. lupus (line 12) declension: 1 2 3 4. tunicam (line 13) declension: 1 2 3 (c) Refer to Question 2 (the Unseen Translation). Find and write down in Latin one example of each of the following: [2 marks] 1. a verb in the 2 nd person singular perfect tense 2. a 3 rd declension noun in the ablative singular 3. an irregular verb in the 1 st person singular 4. a 1 st conjugation verb in the imperfect tense 4
(d) Complete the following declensions: [6 marks] miles, militis [m] soldier servus, servi [m] slave SINGULAR PLURAL SINGULAR PLURAL NOM NOM ACC ACC GEN militis militum DAT militi militibus GEN servi servorum DAT servo servis ABL ABL terra, terrae [f] land SINGULAR PLURAL NOM ACC GEN terrae terrarum DAT terrae terris ABL (e) Complete the following verb tables (Do NOT include English meanings): [8 marks] present tense of facio, facere, feci to make perfect tense of rideo, ridere, risi to laugh imperfect tense of sentio, sentire, sensi to feel imperfect tense of sum, esse, fui to be 5
(f) Translate the following verbs: [8 marks] laudo, laudare, laudavi to praise dormio, dormire, dormivi to sleep curro, currere, cucurri to run moneo, monere, monui to warn 1. monebant 9. currebat 2. dormitis 10. dormiunt 3. cucurrit 11. laudabat 4. laudare 12. we ran 5. monemus 13. he warns 6. dormiverunt 14. they run 7. curris 15. she slept 8. laudabas 16. I was running (g) Answer the following theory questions: [4 marks] 1. How many declensions are there? 2. Complete the neuter laws: For all neuter nouns the and cases are the same, and in the plural these cases end in. 3. In the sentence, puer, ubi est pater?, the word puer is in which case? 4. The perfect tense of a verb is shown as which principal part? 5. How many conjugations are there? 6. What case shows which declension a noun belongs to? 6
(h) Circle the correct word to complete the translation. [5 marks] 1. I have lots of friends, but you have no friends. ego multos amicos habeo, sed nullos amicos habes. 2. The banker was departing from the city. argentarius ex discedebat. 3. Why did you flee from the forum? cur e foro? 4. The merchants have been on holiday. mercatores otiosi. 5. Clemens heard the uproar. Clemens audivit. vos nos tu urbs urbe urbibus fugisti fugis fugiebas erant sunt fuerunt clamore clamorem clamor Question 4 Derivations [10 marks] (a) For each of the following Latin words, write down an English word that comes from it. Correct spelling is essential. [5 marks] Example: pater derivation: paternal 1. facio, facere derivation: 2. iuvenis derivation: 3. turba derivation: 4. pugna derivation: 5. paene derivation: (b) English words, write down the Latin word from which it comes, AND the English meaning of the Latin word. Correct spelling is essential. [5 marks] Example: paternal Latin: paternal Meaning: father 1. annihilation Latin: Meaning: 2. ubiquitous Latin: Meaning: 3. negotiate Latin: Meaning: 4. testimony Latin: Meaning: 5. current Latin: Meaning: 7
Question 5 Life & Customs Write a paragraph on each of the following topics. For each topic you must give at least FIVE detailed pieces of information. (a) slaves and freedmen (b) Roman beliefs about life after death [10 marks] (a) (b) 8