Etruscans – Brattelboro Union HS (Elizabeth Rossi)

Germani – Milton HS (Barbara Mieder)

These others, however, are still unclaimed:

Non-Carthaginian Africans

Scythians

Persians (Sassanids)

Goths

Greeks (Ionians, Dorians, etc.)

Italians (Umbrians, Oscans, etc.)

Arabs

Other

Please contact Prof. Mark Usher with your choice as soon as possible! musher@zoo.uvm.edu; 656-4431
The 27th Annual Vermont Latin Day

Theme: MORES GENTIUM MUNDI: The Cultural Diversity of the Roman World

Horarium et Agenda, Opening Ceremonies/Responses 4-5

!!! Special note on the Mini Probatio !!! 6

Latin Materials

Prepared Readings 7-10

List of Important Authors 11

Cantica

Gaudeamus Igitur 12

Ecce Caesar 13

Probatio Particulars 14

Scoring Information 15

Latin Day Registration Form 16

List of Displays and Presentations Form 17

Map to Patrick Gymnasium 18

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Or email: jpvalley@zoo.uvm.edu

For updates on Latin Day 2003 go to the web at http://www.uvm.edu/~classics/Latin_Day.html

Twenty-seventh Annual Vermont Latin Day

Ludi Vermontenses Vicensimo Septimo Anno Celebrati

April 11, 2003

iii. Id. aprilis MMIII

The University of Vermont

in aula Universitatis Viridis Montis

HORARIUM ET AGENDA

9:00-9:20

ASSEMBLE in Patrick Gym.

BRIEFING of the "Microphone Masters" of each delegation with Prof. Z. Philip Ambrose to learn how to use the stage sound equipment for the skits.

REGISTRATION at the Registration Desk

SET UP EXHIBITS on the tables in Patrick Gym

9:20-45

OPENING CEREMONIES including introduction of each delegation. When called upon, each delegation will stand, saying HIC SUMUS, and remain standing long enough to be judged for its COSTUMES (HABITUS). As in previous years, there will be a prize for the best costumes.

Magister: Salvete sodales omnes!

Omnes: Salve, magister!

Magister: Benigne accipimus vos omnes, discipuli discipulaeque,

magistri magistraeque, sed primum volo me certum facere unde sitis. Ex ordine literarum vos petam et salutabo: Delegatio "a" ubi estis?

Omnis quaeque delegatio, in pedes surgens et habitus suas iudicibus monstrans: Hic sumus.

Magister: Nobis valde placet quod vos his in ludis fabulas de moribus gentium mundi scaeniter monstrare vultis. Sed nunc volo introducere collegam meum, {TBA}, qui/quae vos amice salutare in nomine Universitatis Viridis Montis vult.

Omnes: Salve!

Amicus/a: (brief welcome)

Omnes: Gratias tibi agimus!

9:45-55

SPECIAL AWARDS: Largest Delegation, Highest per capita Enrollment, School Traveling the Farthest, CANE Writing Contest Vermont Winners, Vermont Latin Sight Translations Test Winners, Largest Increase in Latin Enrollment, First Attendance at Latin Day

9:55-10:00

STAND and SING Gaudeamus igitur (text and music p. 12)

10:00-30

MAXI-PROBATIO for JUNIOR and SENIOR TEAMS in the Gymnastics Room (see Probatio Particulars).

10:00-10:15 MINI-PROBATIO: The Spectatores remain in the stands for a short viva voce Probatio, while the teams are participating in the Maxi-Probatio. !!! NOTE !!! Some improvements have been introduced this year to the format of the Mini-Probatio. Please see special instructions below, p. 6.

10:15-10:30 VIEWING THE DISPLAYS: The Spectatores will have time for a short viewing of the Displays both at this time and after the Skits.

10:30-11:45

SKITS on the theme Mores Gentium Mundi: The Myriad Cultures of the Roman World . !!! NOTE !!! See special instructions about Skits, under SCORING INFORMATION, p. 15)

11:45-12:00

7th INNING STRETCH / DISPLAY VIEWING

12:00-12:05

RETURN TO SEATS

12:05-12:10

STAND AND SING Ecce Caesar (text p. 13)

12:10-25

AWARDS for the Silver Bowls (for a combination of Displays, Maxi-Probatio Juniorum, and Skits) and Senior Probatio Plaque and Ribbons for the Skits and a Special Award for D.O.T. (Delegatio Optime Togata, i.e., BEST COSTUMES), then EXEUNT OMNES

!!! Special Instructions for the Mini-Probatio (10:00-10:15) !!!

This year, with a view to imposing some order onto chaos, the Mini-Probatio will be run as follows. Instead of receiving answers by spontaneous acclamation from the crowd of Spectatores, the Magister will ask a series of questions. 15 seconds per question will be allotted for schools to "huddle" together and write down the answer on an answer sheet. (These sheets will be provided to each school in the Teacher's packet.) After all the questions have been asked, and answers have been committed to paper, the Magister will summon to the stage a Praeco, or herald, previously appointed by his or her school, who will be prepared to give the school's answer when called upon by the Magister. Though every school will be given the opportunity to answer a question, it will not know in advance which of the questions it will be called upon to answer. To determine this, the Magister or his assistant will randomly draw the name of a school from a hat, and the Praeco for the school that is selected will come to the microphone and declare his/her school's response. If the answer is correct, loud cheers, horns, whistles, and sportulae of chocolate kisses will be showered upon the successful contingent. If incorrect, the Magister will solicit the audience for the correct answer and proceed immediately to the next question, drawing a new school name out of the hat. This procedure will continue until all the questions have been answered.

If a school answers its Mini-Probatio question correctly, 5 points will be added to its total score (used to determine winners of the large and small bowls). A school's written answers to the other questions will also be graded and 5 additional points will be added for having at least 10 correct answers. SCHOOLS WILL LOSE POINTS, however, FOR UNRULY BEHAVIOR during the Mini-Probatio—up to 10 points deducted from the school's total score. Unruly behavior includes shouting an answer out of turn, infiltrating another school's huddle to steal an answer, or being noisy while the Magister is speaking at the podium. Student Marshals and the Magister himself will monitor the crowd for such behavior, and a red penalty flag will be thrown at any offending school. However, loud acclamations or complaints are encouraged in immediate response to correct or incorrect answers (Nunc est . . . pulsanda tellus!), but students need to pay attention: the Magister will signal for silence after a short interval of such celebration or complaint, and extraneous noise thereafter will be subject to demerits.

To reiterate: schools will LOSE points for loud or unruly behavior out of turn. Only 15 minutes is allotted to the entire Mini-Probatio, so orderly cooperation is the key. The model here is the relatively calm atmosphere of Jeopardy, not the mayhem of The Price Is Right. Also note that this new format requires each school to appoint a Praeco from its ranks in advance of Latin Day. Please indicate the name of your Praeco on the registration sheet.

Mores Gentium Mundi Texts: Selections from Seneca, Caesar, and Ovid

Here are this year's common Latin readings on which the bulk of the grammar questions for the Junior and Senior Probationes will be based. Seniors will be responsible for the entirety of all three passages, Juniors for the boldfaced portions of 1 and 2 only.

1. Seneca, De providentia (4.14-15), lightly edited. This text praises the tough, even philosophic self-sufficiency of gentes beyond the reach of Rome.

Omnes considera* gentes in quibus Romana pax desinit: perpetua illos hiems, triste caelum premit, maligne solum sterile sustentat,* imbrem culmo aut fronde defendunt, super durata glacie stagna persultant, in* alimentum feras captant.* Miseri tibi videntur? Nihil miserum est quod in naturam consuetudo perduxit.

Vocabulary and Notes (notes marked in the text by *)

*considera is imperative > considero, considerare, consideravi, consideratum

desinit > desino, desinere, desii, desitum, to end, cease, not be present (among)

hiems, hiemis, f., winter

tristis, triste, adj., sad, unpleasant

premo, premere, pressi, pressus, to oppress, bear down upon

malignis, maligne, adj., harmful

sterilis, sterile, adj., unproductive; sterile and maligne both agree with solum

sustento, sustentare, sustentavi, sustentatus (cf. teneo, tenêre), to uphold, sustain

solum, -i, n., ground

*The object of both premit and sustentat is illos.

imber, imbris, m., storm

culmus, -i, m. straw/thatch

frons, frondis, f., bough/branch

defendo, defendere, defendi, defensum, to ward/keep off

durata is perfect passive particple from duro, durare, duravi, duratum, to harden

stagnum, -i, n. pond, swamp

*in here means "for" or "as"

alimentum, alimenti, n. food, nourishment

*The subject of all these verbs is an implied illi.

consuetudo, consuetudinis, f., "custom/habit"; here it can be translated "culture"

2. Caesar, De bello gallico 6.21-23 (abridged). This text describes the Germans as Caesar found them during his Gallic campaigns.

Germani multum* ab hac* consuetudine differunt. Nam neque Druides habent, qui rebus divinis praesint,* neque sacrificiis student.* Deorum numero eos solos* ducunt,* quos cernunt et quorum aperte opibus iuvantur: Solem et Vulcanum et Lunam. Vita omnis in venationibus atque in studiis rei militaris consistit: ab* parvulis labori ac duritiae student. In fluminibus perluuntur et pellibus aut parvis renonum tegimentis utuntur magna corporis parte nuda.*

Agriculturae non student, maiorque pars eorum victus* in lacte, caseo, carne consistit. Neque quisquam agri modum certum aut fines habet proprios; sed magistratus ac principes in annos singulos gentibus cognationibusque* hominum, qui una* coierunt, quantum et quo loco visum est agri* attribuunt atque anno post* alio transire cogunt.* Eius rei multas adferunt causas: ne* adsidua consuetudine capti studium belli gerendi* agricultura* commutent; ne latos fines parare studeant, potentioresque humiliores possessionibus expellant; ne accuratius* ad frigora atque aestus vitandos* aedificent; ne qua oriatur pecuniae cupiditas, qua ex re* factiones dissensionesque nascuntur; ut animi aequitate plebem contineant, cum suas quisque* opes cum potentissimis aequari* videat.

Vocabulary and Notes (notes marked in the text by *)

*multum here is adverbial

*hac refers to the customs/practices of the Celts described earlier in this passage.

*praesint is pres. subjunctive of praesum, "to be in charge of," in a relative clause of

purpose

*studeo takes the dative

*duco here means "consider"

*eos solos: supply esse, the infinitive, in indirect statement

aperte, adv., openly, visibly

ops, opis, f., help, support, assistance

venatio, venationis, f., hunting

*ab here means "from (the time when they are)"

parvulis is diminutive of parvus, a, um, used here as a substantive adjective meaning

"little (children)"

perluuntur > perluo, perluere, perlui, perlutus, wash, clean, cleanse

pellis, pellis, f., animal skin; cf. "pelt"

reno, renonis, m., a Celtic word meaning "deerskin" or "fur coat"

tegimenta, tegumentorum, n. pl., coverings, clothing

*magna . . . parte nuda is an ablative of specification or description

victus is genitive sing. of victus, victus, f., food, sustenance

cognatio, cognationis, f., kin, blood relative

una here means "as one," or "so as to form a unit"

quantum et quo loco visum est agri -- translate: "as large a field and at whatever location

seems good (to them)"; agri is partititve genitive with quantum

post is here used adverbially; alio anno is ablative of time

with cogunt supply eos

ne here and following introduces a negative purpose clause (note all the subjunctives

that follow).

belli gerendi is a gerundive phrase; translate: "of/for waging war"

agricultura is ablative with commuto, "to trade X for Y"

possessionibus is ablative of separation with expello

accuratius is a comparative adv., "too carefully, too nicely"

ad here expressess purpose with the gerudive vitandos, which agrees with aestus (m. acc. pl.), but is to be taken with frigora (n.) as well); translate: "not to build (buildings) too carefully with a view to avoiding the heat and the cold."

qua ex re refers to cupiditas

ut introduces positive reasons for the Germans' custom

the first cum, with subjunctive videat, introduces a causal clause; the second cum is a

preposition

quisque: "each man"

suas: "his own" with opes; a reflexive possessive adj.

aequari is a passive infinitive.

3. Ovid, Tristia 3.10 (abridged). Ovid here describes living conditions amidst the Getae, Bessi, and Sauromatae during his exile to Tomis (on the Black Sea). The meter is in elegaic couplets, consisting of one dactylic hexameter followed by a dactylic pentameter. For more on Ovid's place of exile see http://www.literarytraveler.com/europe/ovid.htm

[Vocabluary and Notes for this Senior passage appear as footnotes]

Siquis[1] adhuc istic[2] meminit[3] Nasonis[4] adempti[5],

et superest sine me nomen in urbe meum.

suppositum[6] stellis[7] numquam[8] tangentibus[9] aequor[10]

me[11] sciat[12] in media vivere barbaria.

Sauromatae[13] cingunt,[14] fera gens, Bessique[15] Getaeque,[16]

quam non ingenio nomina digna[17] meo!

Pellibus[18] et sutis[19] arcent[20] mala frigora[21] bracis,[22]

oraque[23] de toto corpore sola patent.[24]

Saepe sonant[25] moti glacie pendente capilli, [26]

et nitet inducto candida barba gelu;[27]

nudaque consistunt, formam servantia testae,

vina, nec hausta meri, sed data frusta bibunt.[28]

Vidimus ingentem glacie consistere pontum,

lubricaque[29] inmotas testa[30] premebat aquas.

Nec vidisse[31] sat est. Durum calcavimus aequor,

undaque non udo[32] sub pede summa fuit.

List of Important Authors

Here is an important list of important Latin authors whom you should know something about by heart—e.g. were they poets, or prose authors? what is the title of one book, play, or poem composed by each? You should memorize the dates of the authors in boldface (think Probatio questions here) [note: c. = circa; fl. = floruit; b. = "born"]

Ennius (239-169 B.C.)

Plautus (fl. c.205-184 B.C.)

Terence (fl. c.160's B.C.)

Cato the Elder (234-149 B.C.)

Caesar (100-44 B.C.)

Cicero (106-43 B.C.)

Catullus (c.84-c.54 B.C.)

Lucretius (c.94-55 B.C.)

Vergil (70-19 B.C.)

Horace (65-8 B.C.)

Propertius (b. ?54 B.C.)

Tibullus (b. ?55 B.C.)

Martial (c. A.D. 41-c.104)

Pliny the Younger (c. A.D. 61-c. 112)

Seneca (c.4 B.C..- A.D. 65)

Lucan (A.D. 39-65)

Juvenal (c.A.D. 65-c.120)

Tacitus (c.A.D. 56-c.120)

Publius Ovidius Naso, "Ovid" (43 B.C.-A.D. 17)

ECCE CAESAR (to the tune of "Clementine")

Ecce Caesar nunc triumphat qui subegit Galliam,

Civiumque multitudo celebrat victoriam.

Gaius Iulius Caesar noster, imperator, pontifex,

Primum praetor, deinde consul, nunc dictator, moxque rex.

En victores procedentes, laeti floribus novis,

Magna praeda sunt potiti et captivis plurimis.

Exsultantes magna voce Io triumphe! concinunt,

Dum auratum ante currum victas urbes praeferunt.

Legiones viam sacram totam complent strepitu,

Capitolinumque collem scandit Caesar in curru.

O sol pulcher, aster magne! Caesarem recepimus,

Et corona triumphali honoratum vidimus.

PROBATIO PARTICULARS

The formal Probationes Juniorum et Seniorum will take place in the Gymnastics Room in a written format. Some questions will be based on the Common Readings (see pp. 7-10 above). While the Competitores (Teams) are hard at work in the Gymnastics Room, the Spectatores (the audience) and the Magistri will have a Mini-Probatio (See special instructions, p. 6)

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 from previous years:

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?

SCORING INFORMATION

Separate Ribbons will be awarded for Skits and the Probatio on a scale of 1-40 points: 30-40 points = blue ribbon; 20-29 points = red ribbon; 1-19 points = yellow ribbon. Ribbons will also be awarded for Displays (see below under Displays).

The Skits will be judged on conception, costume, clarity of representation, and text (optional, but if text is used, present a copy to the judges in advance). SKITS ARE TO BE NO LONGER THAN 4 MINUTES plus 30 seconds for getting on stage and 30 seconds for getting off. Instruction in use of the microphones will be given at 9:00 a.m. at the Registration Desk. Points will be deducted for exceeding the time limits.

!!! SPECIAL NOTE !!! In preparing skits on Mores Gentium Mundi, be sure to choose a theme or episode in which you can relate your tribe to the Romans. In other words, your skit should somehow portray an encounter with Rome, friendly or hostile, either in its particular details or in the abstract.

Displays: 10 points awarded for the winning of a blue ribbon for a display—maximum of 20 points credited toward silver bowl. Ribbons individually awarded at the discretion of the judges. NOTE: Judges will be impressed by creativity, cohesion, neatness of presentation, and relevance to Greek and Roman antiquity and to the ancient languages.

Probatio: All questions are worth 2 points each. There will be 5 questions on culture (history, myth, art, etc.); 10 questions on grammar and syntax; 5 questions on interpretation, translation or composition

Awarding of the Silver Bowl: Two silver bowls will be presented: one to a large school (total enrollments above 600) and one to a small school.

Bowls will be won by the schools with the greatest number of total points scored for: 1) Skit (40 points maximum); 2) Juniores Probatio (40 points maximum); 3) Displays (20 points maximum); plus additional points or demerits for the Mini-Probatio, as described on p. 6.

In order to alleviate the inequity produced by some schools having both Juniores and Seniores Probatio teams only the Juniores score will be counted toward the silver bowl. The Seniores teams will compete for a special plaque to be known as the Senior Probatio Question Reward (SPQR ),The winning school's name will be engraved on the Plaque and it will be housed at the winning school until the next Latin Day. (If there is a tie, both school names will be engraved and the plaque will reside at each school for six months.)

Special Awards (not credited toward Silver Bowl or Seniores Probatio Plaque):

Largest Delegation; Highest per capita enrollment (compute by dividing your Latin enrollment by your High School's total enrollment—grades 9-12); School Traveling the Farthest; CANE Writing Contest: State Winners; Vermont Latin Sight Translation Test Winners; Largest increase in Latin enrollment; First attendance at Latin Day; D.O.T. Award (= Delegatio Optime Togata, or Best Costumes!)

REGISTRATION ~ LATIN DAY ~April 11, 2003

Please copy and return the forms on this page and the next by March 23, 2003 to: Ms. Jeanne P. Valley,

Classics Department, UVM, 481 Main Street, Burlington, VT 05405-0218; e-mail: jpvalley@zoo.uvm.edu

PLEASE WRITE LEGIBLY!

Name of School

Principal's name

Teacher's Name(s)

Number of Students attending Number of miles traveled one way

Number of buses Number of buses remaining all day

Number of students enrolled in grades 9-12 Number of Latin students

Give the Title of your Skit and the star sign on which it is based. If there is an extended text in Latin or English, please bring copies for the Judges or send them with this Registration Form.

Title

Tribe ______

Number of display(s) Each school will be allowed two 8-foot tables maximum space. Do you need any special equipment (e.g. extension cords, VCR)?

Will you have a Jr. team for the Probatio? Sr.?

Name of Junior team captain

Names of the other 5 Jr. team members (6 members altogether):

Name of Senior team captain

Names of the other 5 Senior team members (6 members altogether):

Name of Mini-Probatio Praeco ____________________

LATIN DAY 2003

List of Displays (Please print clearly)

DISPLAY NAME STUDENT(S) RESPONSIBLE

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[1] After si, nisi, num and ne the "ali" falls away from "aliquis."

[3] Meminisco, meminiscere, memini (with present sense!) + genitive.

[4] The cognomen of Publius Ovidius Naso. Naso, nasonis is related to nasus, nasi "nose." Having a good nose signified sagacity and powers of discernment. Consider our expression "to have a good nose for something."

[5] Adimo, adimere, ademi, ademptus "to withdraw," an understated way of saying "exiled."

[6] Modifying me, the past passive participle of suppono + dative = "set beneath."

[9] Present participle of tango, tangere, tetigi,tactus, dative.

[10] Aequor, aequoris "level plain of the sea," neuter, accusative, direct object of tangentibus.

[11] Accusative, subject of the infinitive vivere in indirect statement.

[12] Jussive subjunctive, introducing indirect statement. The subject is the indefinite quis in line one.

[13] Another spelling of Sarmatae. The Sarmatians were a tribe of eastern Europe.

[14] Understand me as direct object of cingunt "surround."

[16] A tribe of the Lower Danube and Thrace, whose language Ovid attempted to learn.

[17] The exclamation suggests Ovid's ignorance of and disdain for these peoples. Take digna nomina with ingenio meo "my temper/intelligence/nature."

[19] Past passive participle from suo, suere, sui, sutum "sew/stitch), modifying bracis. Compare English suture.

[21] Frigus, frigoris, n., direct object of arcent.

[22] Braca, bracae, f., "trouser," here ablative of means, plural.

[24] Pateo patere, patui "lie open/ be exposed," Compare the frequent image of the polar Eskimos or of Vermonters on the slopes!

[26] Calco, calcare,calcare, calcatus "walk/tread upon"

[27] Gelu, gelus, n., "frost," here ablative + inducto "having been introduced." Ablative of description with barba.

[28] Translation: " And uncovered wine grows solid, preserving the shape of a sheet, and they do not drink draughts of unmixed liquid but rather the resulting chunks of wine." Compare snowcones!

[30] Testa, testae , f., "potsherd/shell/sheet (of ice)."

[31] Perfect active infinitive, subject of est.