LC Latin case studies
LC Latin · Put your knowledge to work in context.
LC Latin is the Leaving Certificate subject examination in Latin, taken by Irish post-primary students as one of their examination subjects and used for entry to third-level courses and for general certification. It suits candidates who enjoy close reading, linguistic precision and the literature and history of the Roman world, and who are willing to build vocabulary and grammatical control steadily over two years. The LC Latin case studies are 5 cases and about 4,616 words.
1Six Minutes Left in the Unseen Prose
Mock exam, Section A: unseen prose, 40 marks, 35 minutes allocated. Niamh has six minutes left and two sentences still untranslated.
1,011 words, about 5 min2Four Uncertainties in Three Lines of Verse
Timed unseen verse test: 30 marks, 30 minutes. Tomás is eighteen minutes in and has three lines of dactylic hexameter: Tum senior, multa cum voce et veste soluta, 'o Neptune, precor, miserere laborum, da puppem incolumem portumque intrare quietum.' His draft reads: 'Then the old man, with much voice and having loosened his garment, O Neptune, I pray, pity the labours, grant the ship safe and to enter the quiet harbour.' The mark scheme divides each line into sense units and awards a separate mark for idiomatic English.
874 words, about 4 min34 out of 12 on a Language Question
Class test on the prescribed prose text, Passage 3 (lines 60-85). Question 4, worth 12 marks: 'Identify and explain two ways in which the writer's language makes the opponent's behaviour appear irresponsible.' Aisling writes about ninety words: 'The writer makes him seem irresponsible because he did not consult anyone and he wasted public money.
876 words, about 4 min4A Hundred-Mark Essay and a Half-Remembered Quotation
The essay is worth 100 marks and the recommended time is 50 minutes. The question reads: 'Discuss the treatment of leadership in the prescribed prose text, supporting your answer with evidence from at least two parts of the text.' Cian has prepared two speeches by opposing leaders and one scene of crowd reaction.
916 words, about 5 min5Four Wrong Answers to One Grammar Question
Grammar and vocabulary section: 25 marks, no dictionary. Question 1 gives one sentence: Cum haec diceret, milites, quibus nulla erat fuga, ad oppidum expugnandum profecti sunt.
939 words, about 5 min