2025 OCR AS Level Latin
H043/01 Language
Verified Question paper with Marking Scheme Attached
Oxford Cambridge and RSA
Monday 12 May 2025 – Afternoon
AS Level Latin
H043/01 Language
Time allowed: 1 hour 30 minutes
You must have:
• the OCR 12-page Answer Booklet
Do not use:
• a dictionary
INSTRUCTIONS
• Use black ink.
• Write your answer to each question in the Answer Booklet. The question numbers must be
clearly shown.
• Fill in the boxes on the front of the Answer Booklet.
• Answer the question in Section A and one question in Section B.
INFORMATION
• The total mark for this paper is 80.
• The marks for each question are shown in brackets [ ].
• This document has 8 pages.
ADVICE
• Read each question carefully before you start your answer.
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Section A
1 Translate the following passage into English.
Please write your translation on alternate lines. [55]
Alexander flees the advance of Darius’ much larger army. Later, while bathing in a river, he is
seized with cramp. A doctor prescribes a cure, but Alexander has received a letter warning him
against this man.
regi nuntiatum est Darium cum multis milibus peditum equitumque appropinquare. itaque valles
fugiens suas copias trans montes ducere constituit. cum Tarsum advenisset, captus pulchritudine
fluminis per mediam urbem fluentis, depositis armis, statim plenus pulveris ac sudoris in frigidam
aquam se proiecit. tum subito tantus rigor totum corpus
eius occupavit ut membra movere non posset ac vox includeretur. non modo nulla spes 5
remedii, sed ne mora quidem mortis inveniebatur.
forte erat unus ex medicis, nomine Philippus, qui solus remedium offerebat; sed rex hunc
suspicabatur. amicus enim fidelis, ignorans infirmitatem Alexandri, epistulam priori die miserat,
in qua monuerat ut illum hominem caveret, quod a Dario multa pecunia
corruptus esset. Alexander tamen melius esse putabat se dubiae fidei medici credere 10
quam certo morbo perire. accepta igitur medicina, epistulam Philippo tradidit atque inter
bibendum oculos in vultum legentis fixit. ubi medicum securum esse sensit, laetior factus est et
quattuor post diebus vires recepit.
Justin, Philippic Histories, 11.8 (adapted)
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Names
Darius, -i (m) Darius (king of Persia)
Tarsus, -i (m) Tarsus
Philippus, -i (m) Philippus
Alexander, -dri (m) Alexander (‘the Great’, king of Macedon)
Words
vallis, -is (f) valley
pulchritudo, -inis (f) beauty
fluo, -ere flow
pulvis, -eris (n) dust
sudor, -oris (m) sweat
rigor, -oris (m) stiffness
membrum, -i (n) limb
includo, -ere block, obstruct
medicus, -i (m) doctor
infirmitas, -atis (f) illness
securus, -a, -um unconcerned, not worried
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H043/01 Language
Verified Question paper with Marking Scheme Attached
Oxford Cambridge and RSA
Monday 12 May 2025 – Afternoon
AS Level Latin
H043/01 Language
Time allowed: 1 hour 30 minutes
You must have:
• the OCR 12-page Answer Booklet
Do not use:
• a dictionary
INSTRUCTIONS
• Use black ink.
• Write your answer to each question in the Answer Booklet. The question numbers must be
clearly shown.
• Fill in the boxes on the front of the Answer Booklet.
• Answer the question in Section A and one question in Section B.
INFORMATION
• The total mark for this paper is 80.
• The marks for each question are shown in brackets [ ].
• This document has 8 pages.
ADVICE
• Read each question carefully before you start your answer.
© OCR 2025 [601/8384/6] OCR is an exempt Charity
DC (LK) 330602/5 Turn over
, 2
Section A
1 Translate the following passage into English.
Please write your translation on alternate lines. [55]
Alexander flees the advance of Darius’ much larger army. Later, while bathing in a river, he is
seized with cramp. A doctor prescribes a cure, but Alexander has received a letter warning him
against this man.
regi nuntiatum est Darium cum multis milibus peditum equitumque appropinquare. itaque valles
fugiens suas copias trans montes ducere constituit. cum Tarsum advenisset, captus pulchritudine
fluminis per mediam urbem fluentis, depositis armis, statim plenus pulveris ac sudoris in frigidam
aquam se proiecit. tum subito tantus rigor totum corpus
eius occupavit ut membra movere non posset ac vox includeretur. non modo nulla spes 5
remedii, sed ne mora quidem mortis inveniebatur.
forte erat unus ex medicis, nomine Philippus, qui solus remedium offerebat; sed rex hunc
suspicabatur. amicus enim fidelis, ignorans infirmitatem Alexandri, epistulam priori die miserat,
in qua monuerat ut illum hominem caveret, quod a Dario multa pecunia
corruptus esset. Alexander tamen melius esse putabat se dubiae fidei medici credere 10
quam certo morbo perire. accepta igitur medicina, epistulam Philippo tradidit atque inter
bibendum oculos in vultum legentis fixit. ubi medicum securum esse sensit, laetior factus est et
quattuor post diebus vires recepit.
Justin, Philippic Histories, 11.8 (adapted)
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Names
Darius, -i (m) Darius (king of Persia)
Tarsus, -i (m) Tarsus
Philippus, -i (m) Philippus
Alexander, -dri (m) Alexander (‘the Great’, king of Macedon)
Words
vallis, -is (f) valley
pulchritudo, -inis (f) beauty
fluo, -ere flow
pulvis, -eris (n) dust
sudor, -oris (m) sweat
rigor, -oris (m) stiffness
membrum, -i (n) limb
includo, -ere block, obstruct
medicus, -i (m) doctor
infirmitas, -atis (f) illness
securus, -a, -um unconcerned, not worried
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