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CONCOURS EUROPEEN CICERO
EUROPEAN CICERO COMPETITION
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LANGUAGE TEST 2009
U6 students should attempt the whole test and L6 omit the first and final sections.
Seneca was a Stoic philosopher who was also the Emperor Nero’s tutor and adviser. This meant that he sometimes had to explain away any contradiction between his philosophy and his lavish lifestyle.
A comparison between private estates and the rest of the world. L6 : omit this section.
Non potest ante contemnere porticus, et lacunaria ebore fulgentia, et tonsiles silvas, et derivata in domos flumina, quam totum circumeat mundum, et terrarum orbem superne despiciens angustum, et magna ex parte opertum mari - etiam qua exstat, late squalidum - et aut ustum aut rigentem. Sibi ipse ait : “hoc est illud punctum quod inter tot gentes ferro et igni dividitur ?”
lacunar - aris (n) : a panelled ceiling
mari is ablative
punctum -i (n) : a point, dot, tiny speck (of land)
A reflection on the way in which nations divide up the world and a sarcastic comparison with ants !
O quam ridiculi sunt mortalium termini ! ultra Istrum Dacus non exeat : Strymo Thracas includat : Parthis obstet Euphrates : Danubius Sarmatica ac Romana disterminet : Rhenus Germaniae modum faciat : Pyrenaeus medium inter Gallias et Hispanias iugum extollat : inter Aegyptum et Aethiopias arenarum inculta vastitas iaceat ! si quis formicis det intellectum hominis, nonne et illae unam aream in multas provincias divident ? cum te in illa vere magna sustuleris ; quoties videbis exercitus subrectis ire vexillis et quasi magnum aliquid agatur, equitem modo ulteriora explorantem, modo a lateribus affusum, libebit dicere : "it nigrum campis agmen" : formicarum iste discursus est, in angusto laborantium. Quid illis et nobis interest, nisi exigui mensura corpusculi ? Punctum est istud in quo navigatis, in quo bellatis, in quo regna disponitis : minima, etiam cum illis utrimque Oceanus occurrit.
Rivers : the Ister, the Strymon, the Euphrates, the Danube, the Rhine
Other words with capital letters are e.g. countries, nationalities or mountain ranges
A reflection on the way in which nations divide up the world and a sarcastic comparison with ants !
O quam ridiculi sunt mortalium termini ! ultra Istrum Dacus non exeat : Strymo Thracas includat : Parthis obstet Euphrates : Danubius Sarmatica ac Romana disterminet : Rhenus Germaniae modum faciat : Pyrenaeus medium inter Gallias et Hispanias iugum extollat : inter Aegyptum et Aethiopias arenarum inculta vastitas iaceat ! si quis formicis det intellectum hominis, nonne et illae unam aream in multas provincias divident ? cum te in illa vere magna sustuleris ; quoties videbis exercitus subrectis ire vexillis et quasi magnum aliquid agatur, equitem modo ulteriora explorantem, modo a lateribus affusum, libebit dicere : "it nigrum campis agmen" : formicarum iste discursus est, in angusto laborantium. Quid illis et nobis interest, nisi exigui mensura corpusculi ? Punctum est istud in quo navigatis, in quo bellatis, in quo regna disponitis : minima, etiam cum illis utrimque Oceanus occurrit.
Rivers : the Ister, the Strymon, the Euphrates, the Danube, the Rhine
Other words with capital letters are e.g. countries, nationalities or mountain ranges
punctum -i (n) : a tiny speck (of land)
What is really important. L6 : omit this section.
Sursum ingentia spatia sunt, in quorum possessionem animus admittitur.
What is really important. L6 : omit this section.
Sursum ingentia spatia sunt, in quorum possessionem animus admittitur.
sursum : above, on high
Explain Seneca’s train of thought in your own words (a short paragraph). L6 : omit this section.
Explain Seneca’s train of thought in your own words (a short paragraph). L6 : omit this section.
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