The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 50

New Zealand University. — Entrance Examination, December, 1885

New Zealand University.

Entrance Examination, December, 1885.

Latin.

Paper A.—Matriculation Paper.

I.

1. Decline domus, vis, unus, iste. Has unus any plural? if so, how is it used?
2. Give the comparatives and superlatives (nominative singular masculine only) of humilis, pius, honorificus.
3. Give the perfect, infinitive and supine (if any) of texo, divido, veneo, differo, mordeo, repello, pario, confido.
4. Mark the quantities of the first syllables of each of the following words and give their meanings:—malo, levis, sedes, latus, dedit, labor, edo, luteus.
5. Mention some verbs which govern (1) the genitive, (2) the dative, (3) the ablative. Explain, where you are able, the reasons for these constructions.
6. When must the dative be used to express the agent? In what other case can it be used? Frame or quote instances, and account for this use of the dative.

II.

Translate—

Hoc tumultu nuntiato Marcellinus X cohortes subsidio nostris laborantibus summittit ex castris; quae fugientes conspicatae neque illos suo adventu confirmare potuerunt neque ipsae hostium impetum tulerunt. Itaque quodcunque addebatur subsidio id correptum timore fugientium terrorem et periculum augebat; hominum enim multitudine receptus prohibebatur. In eo proelio cum gravi vulnere esset affectus aquilifer et a viribus deficeretur, conspicatus equites nostros, "Hanc ego," inquit, "et vivus multos per annos magna diligentia defendi et nunc moriens eadem fide Cæsari restituo. Nolite, obsecro, committere, quod ante in exercitu Caesaris non accidit, ut rei militaris dedecus admittatur, incolumemque ad eum deferte." Hoc casu aquila conservatur omnibus primae cohortis centurionibus interfectis praeter principem priorem.

Write notes on subsidio, a viribus deficeretur, committere.

IV.

( For Medical Students and Candidates for Junior Scholarships.)

Translate—

1. Praeclare epistola quadam Alexandrum filium Philippus accusat quod largitione benevolentiam Macedonum consectetur: "Quae te, malum," inquit, "ratio in istam spem induxit, ut eos tibi fideles putares fore quos pecunia corrupisses? An tu id agis ut Macedones non te regem suum sed ministrum et praebitorem sperent fore?"

Explain the use of the pluperfect corrupisses.

2. Nondum centum et decern anni sunt quum de pecuniis repetundis a L. Pisone lata lex est, nulla antea quum fuisset. At vero postea tot leges et proximae quaeque duriores, tot rei, tot damnati, tantum Italicum bellum propter judiciorum metum excitatum, tanta, sublatis legibus et judiciis, expilatio direptioque sociorum, ut imbecillitate aliorum non nostra virtute valeamus.

Give rules for the position of quisque in a Latin sentence.