ST EDWARD’S
OXFORD
14+ ENTRANCE EXAMINATION
2010
LATIN
Time:
1 hour
Candidate Name: ……………………………………
Instructions to Candidates:
Answer all the questions.
Translate only where asked, and then on alternate lines.
Modestus is a lazy yet greedy soldier. Realising that he has no money he has come up with a ‘foolproof’ way of getting a free and luxurious dinner... He has sent out his colleague Strythio to tell their friends that he, Modestus, is seriously ill, though very hungry and thirsty. So ill is he that he is drawing up his will and deciding which of his friends deserve to inherit the most from him. A. Read the following, & translate the Latin section, on alternate lines. 30 marks Strythio told the false story to his fellow‐soldiers Aulus and Publicus, and to a barmaid called Nigrina. They were all taken in by it and Aulus said to the others:“we must give Modestus splendid gifts of food and wine.” itaque amici, amphoram vini optimi et magnum piscem adepti, ad Modestum
contenderunt. cum cubiculo appropinquarent, amici gemitus audiverunt.
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Strythio, e cubiculo egressus, dixit: “morbus Modesti ingravescit. vobis melius
est dona dare et discedere.” cum amici discessissent, Modestus et Strythio
ridentes magnifice cenaverunt. post cenam Modestus tam ebrius erat ut multas
horas dormiret. postridie, Strythione per castra ambulante, amici ad cubiculum
Modesti redierunt ut cognoscerent quid accidisset. amici Modestum immotum
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in lecto iacentem viderunt.
piscis, is (m) – fish adipiscor, i – obtain, acquire cubiculum, i – bedroom gemitus, us – groan morbus, i (m) – illness ingravesco, ere – grow worse donum, i (n) – gift discedo, ere – depart rideo, ere – laugh ebrius, a, um – drunk postridie – on the next day accido, ere – happen lectus, i (m) – bed B Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow it. “eheu! mortuus est Modestus”, inquit Nigrina. lacrimis se dedit. Aulus, nihil locutus,
testamentum Modesti quaerebat. “amicum fortissimum amisimus”, inquit Publicus.
“nobis decorum est magno cum honore sepelire.” Publicus statim egressus, libitinario
imperavit ut ad cubiculum festinaret. brevi tempore advenit libitinarius cum quattuor
servis arcam ferentibus. tam grave erat corpus Modesti ut difficile esset servis id in
arcam ponere! tandem pompa e cubiculo procedebat: post libitinarium erant servi
plenissimam arcam ferentes!
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Strythio, ad cubiculum tandem regressus, in libitinarium violenter incurrit. ille
attonitus in servos incidit. servi arcam tenere non poterant et, magno cum fragore,
arcam humi demiserunt! subito omnes vocem raucam audiverunt: “nolite clamare!”
amici taciti Modestum ex arca surgentem viderunt!
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“est umbra Modesti!” inquit perterrita Nigrina. “ nobis fugiendum est!” fugerunt alii
omnes. Strythio tamen adeo attonitus erat ut fugere non posset et Modestum rogavit
num mortuus esset.
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“minime!” respondit Modestus. “morbum, non mortem, simulabam. nunc mihi non
necesse morbum simulare quod, nimium vini abusus, re vera aegroto.”
loquor, i – speak testamentum, i (n) – will amitto, ere – lose decorum est – it is proper sepelio, ire – bury libitinarius, i – undertaker gravis, e – heavy arca, ae – coffin plenus, a, um – full incurro, ere – run/bump into fragor, is ‐ crash humi – on the ground raucus, a, um – rough, harsh umbra, ae – ghost simulo, are – feign, pretend abutor, i – consume re vera – truly aegroto, are – be ill 16
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 What are the reactions of each of the 3 friends? (lines 1‐2) 3 Which friend summoned the undertaker? (line 3) 1 Who and what arrived with the undertaker? (lines 4‐5) 2+1 What difficulty did they have and why? (lines 5‐6) 2 “arcam humi demiserunt.”(line 10). From lines 8‐10, explain what sequence of events led up to this happening. 4 To whom did the “vocem raucam” (line 10), belong? 1 What instruction did the voice give? (line 10) 1 Which Latin word in line 11 implies that the instruction was obeyed? 1 What happens in line 11 that makes Nigrina think that she is seeing an ‘umbra’ in line 12? 2 What did the 3 friends do next and on whose order? (lines 12‐13) 1+1 Why did Strythio not do the same? (line 13) 1 What question did Strythio ask? (lines 13‐14) 2 Translate the final sentence. (lines 15‐16) 4 C From the second passage, write down, and translate, one example of each of the following: (NB Examples can be found in the text in the same order as the questions, but you may use others.) 1 an indirect/reported command 2 2 an expression of time ‘within which’ 2 3 a consecutive/resultclause 2 4 a gerundive of obligation 2 5 an indirect/reported question 2 Total for paper: 75 marks D a) If you have time, try to turn these tricky English sentences into Latin. All the vocabulary required is within the story above. (max. 25 bonus marks) b) In a short time Nigrina had to flee from the bedroom because she had seen ghosts. c) Strythio heard her shouting and wanted to find out whether she was pretending. Since Modestus had consumed too much wine, he bumped into the slaves.