Translation/Grammar
iratus : ira :: timidus :____
timor
What Roman king, one of the few to die a natural death, established a port at Ostia not far from Rome?
Ancus Marcius
What Titan, the brother of Prometheus and Epimetheus, was the father of Maia? His name is the origin of both the name of an African mountain range and the term for a book of maps.
Atlas
In an early Roman house, what was the only room called?
Atrium
It is common knowledge that the sun rises in the east and sets in the west. What word, derived from the Latin verb meaning “to rise”, can be used to denote the eastern regions of the world?
orient
Change the phrase duo servi to the accusative singular.
What emperor, whose real name was Titus Domitius Ahenobarbus, was adopted by his great uncle Claudius and succeeded Claudius to the throne?
Nero
What Greek god did the Romans often call “liber,” meaning “free,” presumably because of one of the effects of his favorite drink?
Dionysus/Bacchus
What Latin phrase symbolized the authority of the Senate?
Senatus Populusque Romanus
What English derivative of the Latin word “gradus,” means “progressing slowly or by degrees?”
gradual
Translate the following sentence from Latin to English: “Omnibus Romanīs credo, sed nullīs Graecīs.”
I trust all Romans (Roman men), but no Greeks
What two grandsons of Augustus were his intended heirs until they died in 2 and 4 AD?
Lucius and Gaius
Who gave up their rightful throne on Mt. Olympus upon Dionysus' arrival?
Hestia/Vesta
What month in the Roman calendar was considered entirely unlucky for weddings?
May
What are the two mottos of South Carolina?
1) Dum spiro spero
2)animis opibusque parati
Make the phrase audax dea dative singular.
audaci deae
What war of the Roman Republic began with the capture of Messana and ended with Rome’s victory at Aegates Islands in 241 BC?
The First Punic War
What was the name of the daughters of Atlas who tended Hera’s golden apples in a garden on the edge of the world?
Hesperides
What did a bride dedicate to the Lares of her father’s house?
Bulla
Give the principle parts of the Latin verb meaning “drive”, from which we derive the word “expulsion”.
pello, pellere, pepuli, pulsum
Complete the following grammatical analogy:
volo: vis :: malo : ______
mavis
What Roman emperor thought he was a reincarnation of Hercules?
Commodus
Who gave birth in a cave in Arcadia to a son of Zeus who would prove to be the world’s most cunning thief by stealing his older brother’s cattle?
Maia
Which of the three forms of Roman marriage involved a fictitious sale of the bride?
Coemptio
From what second declension neuter noun with what meaning do we derive “revel”?
bellum, belli, n