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EXAMINATION PAPER. Lines 50-75.

1.-Who was Aeolus; where was Aeolia; what is its modern name? Name the chief winds.

2. Where was Tyrrhenum aequor? Who were the Tyrrheni?

3.-(a) What city is meant by Ilium; by what other names is it known? (B) what is implied in Ilium portans, victosque Penates?

4.-Distinguish between Penates, Lares, and Genii. 5.-What do you understand by the figure Hendiadys and the Proleptic use of an adjective?

6.-Scan, and state the peculiarities of Prosody in Posthabita coluisse Samo: hic illius arma.

Connubio jungam 'stabili, propriamque dicabo. 7.-Account for the construction of corde (line 50), Austris (51), antro (52), imperio (54), faciat (58), vocibus (63), mulcere (66), mihi (67), aequor (67), ventis (69), mihi (71), forma (72).

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8. What are the two plurals of locus, the plural of coelum, and the meaning of carcer in the plural?

9. Give the acc. sing. of cor, foedus, fluctus, aequor; abl. sing. of mare, moles, rex, vis, puppis; gen. pl. of mons, arx, pater, vox, tu, gens, vis.

10.-Give the pres. inf., perf. and sup. (if any) of voluto, venio, premo, freno, fremo, sedeo, teneo, mollio, tempero, facio, fero, verro, abdo, metuo, impono, do, scio, jubeo, utor, mulceo, tollo, navigo, vinco, incutio, submergo, obruo, disjicio jungo, dico (to appropriate), exigo.

Aeolus haec contra: Tuus, O regina, quid optes, 'Explorare labor; mihi iussa capessere fas est.

Tu mihi quodcumque hoc regni, tu sceptra Iovemque 'Concilias; tu das epulis accumbere divom, Nimborumque facis tempestatumque potentem.'

Haec ubi dicta, cavum conversa cuspide montem
Inpulit in latus: ac venti velut agmine facto,
Qua data porta, ruunt et terras turbine perflant.
Incubuere mari, totumque a sedibus imis

Una Eurusque Notusque ruunt, creberque procellis
Africus, et vastos volvont ad litora fluctus.
Insequitur clamorque virum stridorque rudentum.
Eripiunt subito nubes caelumque diemque
Teucrorum ex oculis; ponto nox incubat atra.
Intonuere poli, et crebris micat ignibus aether;
Praesentemque viris intentant omnia mortem.
Extemplo Aeneae solvuntur frigore membra :
Ingemit, et duplices tendens ad sidera palmas,
Talia voce refert: O terque quaterque beati,
'Queis ante ora patrum Troiae sub moenibus altis
'Contigit oppetere! o Danaum fortissime gentis
'Tydide, mene Iliacis occumbere campis

'Non potuisse, tuaque animam hanc effundere dextra!
'Saevus ubi Aeacidae telo iacet Hector, ubi ingens
'Sarpedon; ubi tot Simoïs correpta sub undis
'Scuta virum galeasque et fortia corpora volvit?'

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EXAMINATION PAPER. Lines 76-101.

1.--Who were Tydides, Aeacides, Hector, Sarpedon? 2. Where was Simois?

3. What do you understand by Patronymics? Give the chief masc. and fem. endings.

4.-Distinguish between (a) epulum and epulae; (B) ruunt in line 83 and ruunt in line 85; (y) scutum, parma and clypeus.

5.--Explain the figures of speech called Onomatopeia, Zeugma and Ellipse; and give an example of each from this extract.

6.—Give three examples of cardinal, ordinal, distributive, multiplicative, adverbial, proportional numerals respectively.

7. Decline Aeneas, Jupiter, coelum, aether, Tydides.

8.-Account for the construction of optes (line 76), mihi (77), regni (78), accumbere (79), nimborum (80), agmine (82), mari (84), procellis (85), viris (91), queis (95). 9.-Compare imis, creber, dextra.

10. Give the princ. parts of optes, explorare, capessere, concilias, accumbere, facis, dicta, conversa, impulit, data, ruunt, perflant, incubuere, eripiunt, incubat, intonuere, micat, solvuntur, ingemit, refert, contigit, oppetere, occumbere, jacet, correpta, volvit.

Talia iactanti stridens Aquilone procella
Velum adversa ferit, fluctusque ad sidera tollit.
Franguntur remi; tum prora avertit, et undis
Dat latus: insequitur cumulo praeruptus aquae mons. 105
Hi summo in fluctu pendent; his unda dehiscens
Terram inter fluctus aperit; furit aestus arenis.
Tres Notus abreptas in saxa latentia torquet;
Saxa vocant Itali, mediis quae in fluctibus, Aras;
Dorsum inmane mari summo. Tres Eurus ab alto 110
In brevia et syrtes urguet (miserabile visu)
Inliditque vadis atque aggere cingit arenae.
Unam, quae Lycios fidumque vehebat Oronten,
Ipsius ante oculos ingens a vertice pontus
In puppim ferit: excutitur pronusque magister
Volvitur in caput; ast illam ter fluctus ibidem
Torquet agens circum, et rapidus vorat aequore vortex.
Apparent rari nantes in gurgite vasto,

Arma virum, tabulaeque, et Troïa gaza per undas.
Iam validam Ilionei navem, iam fortis Achatae,
Et qua vectus Abas, et qua grandaevus Aletes,
Vicit hiems; laxis laterum compagibus omnes
Accipiunt inimicum imbrem, rimisque fatiscunt.

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EXAMINATION PAPER. Lines 102-123.

1.-Explain Aras.

2. Who were the Lycii, Orontes, Ilioneus, Achates, Abas, Aletes?

3. What is the force of de in dehiscens, and prae in praeruptus?

4.-What kind of ablatives are Aquilone, cumulo, arenis, mari, respectively?

5.-Comment on (a) brevia et syrtes; (B) pronusque magister.

6. What is the positive form of summus?

7. Give the gen. sing. and gend. of fluctus, sidus, remus, latus, cumulus, aestus, agger, vertex, puppis, aequor, gurges, hiems, compages, rima.

8.-Account for the construction of jactanti, (line 102), fluctus (103), undis (104), aquae (105), his (106), quae (109), visu (111), aggere (112), ipsius (113), virum (119), tabulae (119).

9.-Scan line 120.

10. Give the pres. inf., perf. and supine (if any) of strideo, ferio, tollo, frango, averto, do, insequor, praerumpo, pendeo, dehisco, aperio, furo, abripio, lateo, torqueo, urgeo, video, illido, cingo, veho, excutio, volvo, torqueo, no, vinco, accipio, fatisco.

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