Latin Day 2002

PROBATIO PARTICULARS

The formal Probationes Juniorum et Seniorum will take place in the Gymnastics Room in a written format. While the Competitores (Teams) are hard at work in the Gymnastics Room, the Spectatores (the audience) and the Magistri will have a Mini-Probatio. Questions will be read to the audience. In return for the correct viva-voce responses Chocolate Kisses will be tossed to the Spectators (Iaculatio Osculorum). Probatio questions will be appropriate to the level of Latin studied (Juniores: 1 to 2 years of Latin; Seniores: 3 to 4 years of Latin). Teams will receive 20 questions worth two points each, falling into three categories: 5 on culture (Greek and Latin literature, history, myth, art and architecture), 10 on Grammar (forms) and Syntax (usage) and 5 on interpretation, translation and composition based upon the Latin texts included with this packet. The team of up to 6 members (Competitores) will compete for ribbons, the Blue (30-40 points), the Red (20-29 points) and the Yellow (0-19 points). Each Team member will receive a sheet containing the 20 questions, but the Team Captain is responsible for submitting one sheet with the answers decided upon by the Team. A Marshal will stand by each team to provide logistical assistance and to collect the completed papers. The results of these contests are published in the Vermont Classical Languages Association (VCLA) newsletter and are reported by letter to each school's principal.

SAMPLE QUESTIONS:

Grammar: 1. Give the principal parts of tango, cedo, sum, parco, curro, mitto, vinco; 2. Give the dative sing. and pl. of rex, vinum, fortitudo, dies, manus; 3. Give the accusative sing. of tempus, amicus, domus, gladius, corpus; 4. Give the pres. act. subj. of video, vito, fugio, audio, habito; 5. Give the 2nd person pl. imperfect indic. of hortor, labor, mentior, utor; 6. What case is governed by ad, sine, inter, infra, sub, super?

Vocabulary: 1. Give an English derivative from the following Latin words: bos, bovis; atrox; nullus, a, um; stultus, a, um; suavis, e; mittere; sequi; capere; 2. What is the Latin for: to stand; to lead; to seek; to ask; to make? 3. What is the English of: os, oris; os, ossis; sanguis, sanguinis?

Greek and Roman History, Literature, Geography, Art: 1. What is the date of the foundation of Rome? 2. When was Cicero's consulship? 3. When did Augustus die? 4. When was Gaius Julius Caesar born? 5. How many books are there in the Aeneid ? 6. What was the name of the horse Caligula made a senator? 7. Who is Elissa? 8. When was the battle of Actium? 9. Who said "alea iacta est"? In what century?

Mythology: 1. What is the Latin name for Zeus, Artemis, Hermes, Athena, Hera? 2. What god chased Daphne? 3. What god invented the lyre? 4. Who was the father of Agamemnon and Menelaus? 5. Who was the mother of Helen and Clytemnestra? 6. What are two names of Aeneas' son? 7. Who was Dido's husband? 8. Who was the father of Romulus and Remus? 9. Who is the messenger of the gods?