LATIN. The Board of Examiners. Candidates must do satisfactory work in each part of the paper. A.-1. Translate into Latin prose In the depth of that night a horseman from the Median camp rode over secretly to the Athenian outposts, and, obtaining an interview with the commanders, gave warning of what was to be expected on the morrow, that they might not be taken unawares. He added the encouraging information that the sacrifices were still adverse to the Persians, and that Mardonius, who had long ago been eager for battle, and had done all he could to get more favourable omens, was now going to fight, notwithstanding their adverseness, at break of day; he counselled them to stand their ground even should the onset be deferred, as their enemies would run short of supplies in a few days at farthest. "And should this war have the event that you desire, let some thought be taken of me and of my liberation, who-a Greek by descent-have run this risk from sympathy with general Greece; I am Alexander of Macedon." 2. Translate Optime facis, quod bellum Dacicum scribere paras. Nam quae tam recens, tam copiosa, tam lata, quae denique tam poëtica, et (quamquam in verissimis rebus) tam fabulosa materia? Dices immissa terris nova flumina, novos pontes fluminibus iniectos, insessa castris montium abrupta, pulsum regia, pulsum etiam vita regem nihil desperantem; super haec, actos bis triumphos; quorum alter ex invicta gente primus, alter novissimus fuit. Una, sed maxima, difficultas, quod haec aequare dicendo, arduum, immensum, etiam tuo ingenio, quamquam altissime adsurgat, et amplissimis operibus increscat. Nonnullus et in illo labor, ut barbara et fera nomina, in primis regis ipsius, Graecis versibus non resultent. Sed nihil est, quod non arte curaque, si non potest vinci, mitigetur. Praeterea, si datur Homero et mollia vocabula et Graeca ad levitatem versus contrahere, extendere, inflectere; cur tibi similis audentia, praesertem non delicata, sed necessaria, negetur? 3. Explain fully the rules for the use of (a) se and ipse, (b) for the sequence of tenses, (c) for the rendering of questions in Oratio Obliqua. B.-1. Translate, with marginal notes where you may consider them necessary: (a) Sed tamen si est reddenda ratio, quae res vehementer in praetura desideratae sunt, quae ambae in consulatu multum Murenae profuerunt: una, exspectatio muneris, quae et rumore non nullo et studiis sermonibusque competitorum creverat, altera, quod ii, quos in provincia ac legatione omnis et liberalitatis et virtutis suae testis habuerat, nondum decesserant. Horum utrumque ei fortuna ad consulatus petitionem reservavit. Nam et L. Luculli exercitus, qui ad triumphum convenerat, idem comitiis L. Murenae praesto (b) fuit, et munus amplissimum, quod petitio pr Grata carpentis thyma per laborem Concines majore poëta plectro Quo nihil maius meliusve terris Nec dabunt, quamvis redeant in aurum (c) Est mihi tanti, Quirites, huius invidiae falsa atque iniquae tempestatem subire, dum modo. vobis huius horribilis belli ac nefarii periculu depellatur. Dicatur sane eiectus esse a me, dur modo eat in exilium: sed, mihi credite, non es iturus. Numquam ego a dis immortalibus optab Quirites, invidiae meae levandae causa, ut I Catilinam ducere exercitum hostium atque i armis volitare audiatis, sed triduo tamen audietis multoque magis illud timeo, ne mihi sit invi diosum aliquando, quod illum emiserim potiu quam quod eiecerim. (d) Iuppiter ipse duas aequato examine lances ermem. Fama est, praecipitem, quum prima in proelia Conscendebat equos, patrio mucrone relicto, Dissiluit; fulva resplendent fragmina arena. 2. Give the scheme of, and add a quotation illustrating the Alcaic stanza, and state its origin. 3. Translate, and make any comments you think necessary on the following: (a) Tu illa diutius carere possis, quam ad caedem proficiscens solebas, a cuius altaribus saepe istam impiam dextram ad necem civium transtulisti? (b) Me_sinite, atque auferte metus: ego foeder faxo Firma manu. (c) Magna est autem comitiis consularibus repentin voluntatum inclinatio, praesertim cum incubui ad virum bonum et multis aliis adiumentis peti tionis ornatum. (d) Qui dies mensem Veneris marinae Findit Aprilem. ALGEBRA. The Board of Examiners. 1. Resolve into factors (x2+y2) (x2+z2) (y−z)+(y2+z2) (y2+x2) (z—x) +(22 + x2) (22 + y2) (x − y). and a, y are unequal, shew that each expression 3. If x2 + px + q is positive for all real values of x, prove that 4q - p2 is positive. |