III Latin Latin Examination Term I, 2015 /100 marks 1½ hours

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1 Name : Form : III Latin Latin Examination Term I, 2015 /100 marks 1½ hours Question 1. Prepared Translations. Translate BOTH of the following passages into natural English in the space provided. A. Misera cicada januam iterum pulsat et clamat, Tu cibum habes; ego cibum non habeo; cibum oro. Per fenestram formica clamat, Aestate ego laboro; aestate tu non laboras. Formicae sunt impigrae; nos laboramus aestate; hieme cibum habemus. Cicadae sunt pigrae; aestate non laboratis; semper cantatis. Hieme vos cibum non habetis. Cur non laboratis? (15 marks) B. Olim Juppiter ex caelo unam ex nymphis Dianae videt. Statim nympham amat. Quam pulchra es! dicit. Nonne mihi nubere desideras? Nunc es nympha in aquis et silvis periculosis. Mox eris laeta et tuta. Eris dea. Sed dea Diana erat irata et invidiosa. Nympham non jam laudat. Nymphae dicit, Cum Jove non habitabis, quod eris mortua. 1

2 Question 2. Unseen Translation. Translate the following passage into natural English in the space provided. Note that words in bold are given at the end of the translation. You should attempt ALL of the translation. (20 marks) A Pirate Attack and a Fortunate Rescue. Quintia est puella Romana. In villa magna habitat. Saepe Quintia ad oram maritimam ambulat, et undas spectat. Interdum in aqua balaenas, interdum alias bestias videt. Olim autem Marcus, pater Quintiae, filiae dicit, Hodie, Quintia, necesse est manere in villa. Villa erit tuta ; silva et ora maritima non sunt tutae, quod piratae ab propinquis insulis veniunt. Mehercule! dicit Claudia, Quintiae mater, cum puella eram, piratae meam familiam necaverunt! Piratas timeo. Nunc piratae et naviculas et villas vastant. Agricolas et nautas necant! Tu, Quintia, es parva; mane in villa; tum eris tuta! Subito per fenestram piratas vident! Clamat Claudia, Ecce, piratae adsunt! Jam piratae januam pulsant et villam intrant. Marcus filiam servare temptat, sed piratae puellam celeriter capiunt. Juva me, juva me, clamat misera Quintia. Piratae Quintiam ad naviculam ducunt, et mox procul ab ora navigant. Quintia terram spectat; familiam videre desiderat! Denique in altis undis amicam delphinam videt. Delphina prope naviculam natat. Quintia est territa, sed delphina est benigna. Sine mora, puella de navicula in aquam desilit. Delphina ad puellam natat et in tergo portat ad terram. Nunc Quinta familiam videt; nunc laeta est! Itaque cum Quintia tuta in terra iterum stat, delphina ab ora discedit. Quintia, ae F., Quintia (the name of a girl) Romana Roman balaena, ae F., whale alia other Marcus (nom. sing.), Marcus (a man s name) pater (nom. sing.), father necesse est it is necessary tuta safe mehercule goodness! Claudia, ae F., Claudia (a woman s name) mater (nom. sing.), mother necaverunt (they) killed ecce look! adsum, adesse to be here, be present pulso, are to beat down intro, are to enter capiunt (they) capture juvo, are to help delphina, ae F., dolphin nato, are to swim mora, ae F., delay desilit (she) jumps in tergo on its back discedit (it) departs, leaves 2

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4 Question 3. Grammar. (65 marks) A. Complete the following noun tables (write the Latin only): (12 marks) Write out the declensions of the following nouns. In the first column ( Case Name ), write in the five English case names. In the next column, write down the Latin forms of the word given directly above the table in the corresponding cases. Then, in the third column, write down the FULL English meanings (giving ALL options and information where possible). Correct spelling is essential, so check your work carefully. athleta, athletae, M., the athlete Case Name Latin Word (singular) English Meaning(s) 1. athleta the athlete (subject) athletae of the athlete Latin Word (plural) English Meaning(s) the athletes (subject) of the athletes B. Answer the following questions on nouns and verbs. (6 marks) 1. How many declensions are there? (½) 2. Which case is used to show the direct object? (½) 3. How do you know that punio, punire does not belong to the second conjugation? (½) 4. Which case is used to address or call someone? (½) 5. Give examples in Latin of TWO masculine first declension nouns. (Do not use athleta.) (1) 6. How do you know that the noun miles, militis does not belong to the first declension? (½) 7. What are THREE ways of translating delemus? [deleo, delere = to destroy] (1) 8. Which gender is aura, aurae breeze, most likely to be? (½) 9. Which cases can be governed by a preposition? (1) 4

5 C. Complete the following verb tables: (12 marks) Write out the conjugations of the following verbs. In the first column ( Singular ), write in the Latin forms of the words given directly above the table. In the next column ( Meaning ), write in the corresponding English meanings of the Latin forms. Then do the same for the plural. Correct spelling is essential, so check your work carefully. present tense of spero, sperare to hope imperfect tense of timeo, timere to fear present tense of possum, posse to be able future tense of sum, esse to be

6 D. Using the verbs listed below, translate the following forms: (10 marks) accuso, accusare to accuse doceo, docere to teach 1. accusamus 11. I used to teach 2. docebant 12. she accuses 3. accusas 13. teach! (s.) 4. docet 14. we were accusing 5. accusate 15. they teach 6. docebatne 16. to accuse 7. accusabam 17. you (s.) would teach 8. docere 18. you (pl.) accuse 9. accusant 19. I am teaching 10. docebatis 20. they were accusing E. Translate the bold word(s) into Latin. (5 marks) 1. No girls go to our school. 2. The girl couldn t see over the wall. 3. Ask me if you don t understand, boys! 4. My father and I are keen fishermen. 5. The nymphs tell the pirate a story. F. Prepositional Phrases. (5 marks) Write in the correct case endings on the following prepositional phrases and then translate the whole phrase. 1. ab insul (singular) 2. ad pirat (plural) 3. trans vi (singular) 4. ex silv (plural) 5. inter stell (plural) G. Answer the questions with regard to the Latin sentence below. (5 marks) Puellae feminis parvae villae picturam monstrant. 1. Which Latin word is the verb? 2. Is parvae singular or plural? 3. What case is puellae? 4. Which Latin word is the indirect object? 5. What word does parvae agree with? 6. Which Latin word is the direct object? 7. What tense is monstrant? 8. Translate the sentence: 6

7 H. Word matching. (10 marks) Choose the word from the list below which best matches the meaning of the bold word(s) in each English phrase. num feminarum aquam picturam erunt villa nonne videsne piratarum filiam piratae undis filia feminae villae videtisne eramus picturae aqua undas 1. The king and queen are going to be in the palace soon. 2. The farmer gave the girl a pretty picture. 3. You won t tell anyone you saw me, will you? 4. The pirates boat is in the harbour. 5. We do not desire to live in this house. 6. The dolphin jumped and dived beneath the waves. 7. Where are the women s sandals? 8. Do you see the pirate, girls? 9. The submarine cruises silently under water. 10. My daughter, do not walk in the forest alone! finis 7