8. Distinguish the proper uses of ita, sic; jam, nunc; at, autem, sed, vero. 9. Translate into Latin :— α. ἐάν τι ἔχῃ, δώσει. b. εἴ τι ἔχοι, διδοίη ἄν. c. εἴ τι εἶχεν, ἐδίδου ἄν. d. εἴ τι ἔσχεν, ἔδωκεν ἄν. 10. Derive secundus, neuter, vel, aut, que, quoniam. II. Give the Latin derivation of age, feeble, quit, spite. 12. Trace the connection between the English words foot, head, heart, know, wit, sweet, milk, and their Latin equivalents. [University College, 1863.] XXXVIII. 1. Some account of slavery in Greece and Rome. 2. The policy of the reign of Augustus. 3. Instances of different views entertained at different times about any remarkable characters in history. 4. The causes of the Thirty Years' War. 5. The good and evil of the Crusades. 6. Some account of the chief French monarchs before Louis XIV. 7. Trace the growth of the power of the House of Commons. 8. Compare the later Greek and modern poets in their treatment of Homeric characters. [University College, 1864.] XXXIX. 1. Where are the following places, and with what events are they connected : Beneventum, Sphacteria, Artemisium, the Agates, Arbela, Corioli, Decelea ? 2. What do you know of the following names : Stesichorus, Cleon, Spurius Cassius, Plautus, Corinna, Philomelus, Antiochus Epiphanes? 3. Explain the terms θεσμοθέται, Res mancipi, εισαγωγεύς, πρυτανεία, προβούλευμα, tabularium, perduellio, municipium, παράβασις. 4. Translate the following, with short notes :- b. οὐχ ὅπως ἀδικοῦντες, ἀλλ' οὐδ ̓ ἐπιδημοῦντες, έφυγα c. καὶ πρῶτον μὲν λογίσαι φαύλως, μὴ ψήφοις ἀλλ' ἀπὸ χειρὸς, τὸν φόρον ἡμῖν ἀπὸ τῶν πόλεων συλλήβδην τὸν προσιόντα,8 d. ὑπὸ γὰρ τόκων χρήστων τε δυσκολωτάτων ἄγομαι, φέρομαι, τὰ χρήματ' ἐνεχυράζομαι. e. Nimium difficile est reperiri amicum ita ut nomen cluet.5 5. Give the derivation and various meanings of the following :φερέγγυος, κόσμος, προσίκτωρ, πρόσφατος, ὁλοίτροχος, διάκτορος, ἀμαυρός, βληχρός, comissatio. XL. 1. Show how far the literature of Rome is indebted to that of Greece. 2. Compare the languages of modern Europe in respect of their derivation and capabilities. 3. Explain the terms agglutinative, inflectional, and analytical, as applied to language. 4. Comment on the following criticisms of Quintilian :a. Raro assurgit Hesiodus.1 b. Novem Lyricorum longe Pindarus princeps. c. Eschylus grandiloquus sæpe usque ad vitium.3 e. Lucanus ardens et concitatus." f. Nec opponere Thucydidi Sallustium verear. g. Multum veræ gloriæ quamvis uno libro Persius meruit." 5. Draw a map of the City of Rome in the time of Augustus, and trace as far as you can its growth to that date. 6. What changes took place in the constitution and powers of the Roman Senate from its first establishment to the period of the Empire? 7. Give a history of Syracuse, with dates. 8. Show the importance of Boeotia in the military history of Greece. [Magdalen College Demyship, 1867.] XLI. I. Quote any metaphorical or proverbial expressions in use among the Greeks, derived from the following sources : 1 Quint. x. 1, § 52. 2 Ib. § 61. 8 Quint. x. 1, § 66. 4 Ib. § 68. 5 Ib. § 90. 6 Quint. x. 1, § 101. 7 Ib. § 94. (r.) Naval pursuits ; (2.) Gaming; (3.) Athletic sports ; (4.) Religious ceremonies. 2. Make a scheme of the Iambic, Trochaic, and Anapæstic metres, as used by the Greek tragedians. 3. Compare the public games in vogue among the Romans in the time of Juvenal, with those of the Greeks in the time of Pericles, quoting passages that illustrate or describe them. 4. Compare the following characters, as represented in Homer, with their treatment in later writers, Greek, Latin, and English :-viz., Achilles, Hector, Ulysses, Ajax. 5. What are the principal differences of structure and arrangement in a Latin sentence, as distinguished from Greek and English respectively? 6. What is the dialect of the following passage, and where was that dialect spoken? Translate it into Attic. Ὦ παῖδες ̓Αλεύεω, ἔτι τί λέξετε, τάδε ὁρέοντες ἐρῆμα ; ὑμεῖς γὰρ οἱ πλησιόχωροι ἐλέγετε Λακεδαιμονίους οὐ φεύγειν ἐκ μάχης, ἀλλὰ ἄνδρας εἶναι τὰ πολέμια πρώτους· τοὺς πρότερόν τε μετισταμένους ἐκ τῆς τάξιος εἴδετε, νῦν τε ὑπὸ τὴν παροιχομένην νύκτα καὶ οἱ πάντες ὁρέομεν διαδράντας. διέδεξάν τε, ἐπεί σφεας ἔδεε πρὸς τοὺς ἀψευδέως ἀρίστους ἀνθρώπων μάχῃ διακριθῆναι, ὅτι οὐδένες ἄρα ἐόντες, ἐν οὐδαμοῖσι ἐοῦσι Ἕλλησι ἐναπεδεικνύατο,1 7. Mention the most common forms of ellipse that occur in Greek. 8. State the principal usages of the gerund and gerundive in Latin, quoting or framing examples. 9. Explain the meaning of the term ῥήτωρ, and give some account of the Athenian orators who preceded Demosthenes. Io. Trace the course of the following rivers, and mention, with dates, any remarkable events which have taken place on their banks :-Vulturnus, Metaurus, Allia, Rubico, Ticinus, Halys. 1 Hdt. ix. 58. 2. 11. Give a short history of Corcyra. THE CALIFORNIA 12. Give a short life of any of the following persons :Timoleon, Empedocles, Socrates, Coriolanus. [Magdalen Demyships, 1868.] XLII. 1. Give the dates, exact or approximate, of the principal Crusades, describing briefly the distinctive features of any which you remember. 2. The life and campaigns of Belisarius. 3. Whom do you mean by the Nonjurors? Give your reasons for thinking that their conduct was or was not justifiable. 4. Can you point out any circumstances in the reigns of Elizabeth and James which prepared the way for the Great Rebellion? 5. Give the dates of the conquests of Mexico and Peru. How do you explain the fact that these civilized countries were so soon conquered by Europeans? 6. Edward 1. has been called 'the greatest of the Plantagenets.' Does history justify this appellation? 7. Give some account of the Thirty Years' War, and of the state of parties in Germany at that time. 8. Who were Cimon, Cleisthenes, Caius Gracchus, Hildebrand, Berwick, Bothwell, Calvin, Timour, William the Silent? Give dates, where you can. 9. Contrast and compare the constitutional history of Spain with that of England up to the time of Charles v. 10. Describe the encroachments of France upon her neighbours in the reign of Louis XIV., and the forces by which they were resisted. |