Name: _______________________________________________ Form: ______

4CLC Latin Examination Term I, 2015

/100 marks 1 Hour

Instructions.
Do Questions 1, 2 & 4 on the lined paper supplied. Do Question 3 on the exam paper, and hand in BOTH
the exam paper AND the lined refill at the end of the exam.
Make sure your NAME and FORM are at the top of ALL pages.

Question One — Prepared Translations. [15 marks]

Translate the following passages into good English.

(a) Belimicus secum cogitavit et consilium callidum cepit. erant in aula

multae bestiae, quas rex e multis terris importaverat. inter has bestias erat

ursa ingens, quam servus Germanicus custodiebat. Belimicus ad hunc

servum adiit.

“hoc animal est magnificum,” inquit. “me valde delectat. ursam tractare

volo; eam non timeo.”

(b) in urbe erat ingens multitudo, quae vias complebat. mercatores per vias

ambulabant et negotium inter se agebant. feminae et ancillae tabernas

frequentabant; tabernarii feminis et ancillis stolas ostendebant. multi servi

per vias urbis currebant. difficile erat nobis per vias ambulare, quod

maxima erat multitudo.

Question Two — Unprepared Translation [20 marks]
Translate the following passage into good English.

Claudia Finds a New Husband

A faithful widow mourns her dead husband, until a handsome stranger comes along…

Claudia, femina fidelissima, cum marito diu habitaverat. olim maritus obiit.
femina misera nunc erat vidua. ipsa maritum optimo modo humare volebat.
pompam igitur magnam cum plurimis saltatricibus et citharoedis per vias
lente duxit. tandem omnes ad sepulcrum pervenerunt. servi maritum
mortuum, qui in lecto iacebat, in sepulcro posuerunt. tum, postquam vidua
et una ex ancillis sepulcrum intraverunt, turba abiit.

vidua, quae prope lectum mariti sedebat, diu lacrimabat. “Me miserum!
quid nunc faciam? quis me curabit?” ancilla, cuius dominus perierat, et cuius
domina nunc erat miserrima, lacrimare quoque coepit. post multas horas,
ancilla cibum cupiebat, sed domina exire nolebat. itaque ancilla sola e
sepulcro discessit.

mox vir summae pulchritudinis ad sepulcrum advenit. ille mortuam

uxorem visitabat. viduam, quae etiamnunc lacrimabat, audivit, et sepulcro
appropinquavit. vidua, simulatque conspexit eum, qui tam pulcher erat,
amavit. non iam lacrimat, non iam misera est. deinde, immemor mariti, cum
viro ab sepulcro festinat.

Vocabulary
obeo, obire, obii pass away, die
vidua, –ae F., widow
modus, –i M., manner, way, fashion
humo, humare, humavi bury
pompa, –ae F., procession
saltatrix, saltatricis F., dancer
citharoedus, –i M., lyre-player
sepulcrum, –i N., tomb, burial chamber
discedo, discedere, discessi depart, leave
pulchritudo, pulchritudinis F., beauty, handsomeness
etiamnunc even now, still
immemor, immemoris forgetful of, forgetting (+ gen.)

2.
Question Three — Grammar [55 marks]
(a) Find an example in Question Two of a: [6 marks]
i) a pluperfect tense verb _____________________________________
ii) an infinitive _____________________________________
iii) a superlative adjective _____________________________________
iv) an adverb _____________________________________
v) a relative pronoun _____________________________________
vi) a noun in the ablative case _____________________________________

(b) Complete the following declensions: [6 marks]

liber, libri (M) book

case Singular plural

nom.

acc

gen

dat

abl.

sacerdos, sacerdotis (M) priest

case singular plural

nom.

acc

gen

dat

abl.

auxilium, auxilii (N) help

case singular plural

nom.

acc

gen

dat

abl.

3.
(c) Complete the following conjugations: [6 marks]
present of:
resisto, resistere, restiti to resist
singular plural

pluperfect of:
navigo, navigare, navigavi to sail
singular plural

future of:
pono, ponere, posui to place
singular plural

(d) Translate the following regular verb forms: [8 marks]

aedifico, aedificare, aedificavi : to build claudo, claudere, clausi : to shut
teneo, tenere, tenui : to hold consentio, consentire, consensi : to agree

1. consentiebat ________________ 9. they had agreed ________________

2. clauseramus ________________ 10. build! (pl.) ________________

3. tenuerunt ________________ 11. he will shut ________________

4. aedificatis ________________ 12. we were holding ________________

5. consentiam ________________ 13. I have shut ________________

6. tenebis ________________ 14. you (s.) were agreeing ________________

7. claudere ________________ 15. they will build ________________

8. aedifica ________________ 16. you (pl.) are shutting ________________

4.
(e) Write out the table of the relative pronoun qui, quae, quod [7 marks]
Singular
English
case Masculine Feminine Neuter
Meaning

nom.

acc

gen

dat

abl.

Plural
case Masculine Feminine Neuter

nom.

acc

gen

dat

abl.

(f) Write out the table of the pronoun is, ea, id [6 marks]
Singular
case Masculine Feminine Neuter

nom.

acc

gen

dat

abl.

Plural
case Masculine Feminine Neuter

nom.

acc

gen

dat

abl.

5.
(g) Answer the following theory questions: [6 marks]
1. Explain the TWO parts to the Neuter Law.

___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________

2. Name THREE uses of the genitive case.

___________________ __________________ ____________________

3. A relative pronoun agrees with its antecedent in what two aspects?

_____________________________ _________________________________

4. How many tenses are there in Latin?

___________________________________________________________________

5. How do you find the perfect stem of a verb?

___________________________________________________________________

(h) Choose the correct word to complete these sentences: [10 marks]

1. senex, qui sceptrum tenebat, erat rex.

[ who / whom / whose / which ]

The old man, _____________________ was holding a sceptre, was the king.

2. In the palace were many pictures, which the Greek painter had painted.
[ pinxit / pinxerant / pinxerat / pinxerunt ]

in aula erant multae picturae, quas pictor Graecus __________________.

3. Bring me more wine!

[ vinum / vini / vino / vinis ]

fer mihi plus ______________.

4. They will want to kill me!

[cupiant / cupient / cupibunt / cupiebunt ]

me necare _________________.

5. It is necessary that we run as quickly as possible.

[ nos / nobis / nostri / non ]

necesse est ______________ quam celerrime currere.

6.
6. My father is a man of many talents.
[ multi ingenii / multus ingenius / multa ingenia / multorum ingeniorum ]

meus pater est vir ___________________________.

7. I will build the largest city.

[ aedificabo / aedificabam / aedificam / aedificabim ]

maximum urbem _____________________.

8. servi, cuius dominus aegrus est, fugere desiderant.

[ wanted / were wanting / had wanted / want ]

The slaves, whose master is sick, __________________ to flee.

9. We Romans are braver than the Greeks.

[ fortiores / fortiori / fortes / forti ]

nos Romani _____________________ sumus quam Graeci.

10. The girl, with whom I walk to school each day, was very angry.
[ irata / iratiore / iratior / iratissima ]

puella, cum qua ad scholam cotidie ambulo, ________________ erat.

Question Four — Life and Customs [10 marks]

Write a paragraph on EACH of the following topics. Make sure you make at least
FIVE detailed points in each paragraph.

1. The palace at Fishbourne.

2. The city of Alexandria

finis.

7.