An Introductory Latin Book: Intended as an Elementary Drill-book, on the Inflections and Principles of the Language, and as an Introduction to the Author's Grammar, Reader, and Latin CompositionW.C. Chewett & Company, 1868 - 162 pages |
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Ablative according to Rule Accusative acris ACTIVE VOICE adjective admonished adverb advised ǎmāti amātus Appositive ārě ātăm ātŭm audītus āvī bellum blamed boys Carthaginian Case-Endings Cicero Cluilius CONJUGATION consonant consul Dative declined as follows denoting Diphthongs Direct Object endings erant erat erit EXERCISE feminine fuit FUTURE PERFECT gender Genitive Haec hear heard ĭbus IMPERFECT INDICATIVE MOOD Interrogative king loved masculine MODEL FOR PARSING moniti Neut Neuter Nominative Singular Nonne noun obeyed orator PARTICIPLE PASSIVE VOICE PERF person Pisistratus PLUPERFECT PLURAL praised prep preposition PRES Pronouns puer Puĕri pupil Quis recti rectus Roman Rule XXXIII Rule XXXV Scipio sentence sing soldiers stem SUBJUNCTIVE sunt Supine syllables templum terrified Themistocles thou transitive verb Translate into English Translate into Latin urbem Urbs verb Vocabulary vowel words
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Page 139 - cis, citra, contra, erga, extra, infra, inter, intra, juxta, ob, penes, per, pone, post, praeter, prope, propter, secundum, supra, trans, ultra, versus: Ad urbem, To the city. Cic. Adversus deos, Toward the gods. Cic. 434. The Ablative is used with A or ab (abs), absque, coram, cum, de, e or
Page 1 - But 1) A, e, or o, before a single consonant (or a mute with I or r) » followed by e, i, or y, before another vowel, has the long sound: a'-ci-es, a'-cri-a, me'-re-o, do'-ce-o. 2) U, in any syllable not final, before a single consonant, or a mute with I or r, except
Page 4 - QUANTITY. 20. Syllables are, in quantity or length, either long, short, or common. 1 21. Long. — A syllable is long in quantity, 1. If it contains a diphthong: haec. 2. If its vowel is followed by j, x, z, or any two consonants, except a mute with I or r : rex, mons. 22.
Page 113 - What heroes he has left! Cic. SECTION II. simple sentences. Elements of Sentences. 347. The simple sentence in its most simple form consists of two distinct parts, expressed or implied: 1. The Subject, or that of which it speaks. 2. The Predicate, or that which is said of the subject: Cluilius moritur, Cluilius dies. Liv.
Page 4 - SYLLABLES. 17. In the pronunciation of Latin, every word has as many syllables as it has vowels and diphthongs; thus the Latin words more, vice, acute, and persuade are pronounced, not as the same words are in English, but with their vowel-sounds all heard in separate syllables; thus: mo'-re,
Page 108 - VERBS IN 10 OF THE THIRD CONJUGATION. 213. Verbs in io are generally of the fourth conjugation ; and even the few which are of the third are inflected with the endings of the fourth wherever those endings have two successive vowels, as follows: ACTIVE VOICE. 214. Capio, I take. PRINCIPAL PABTS. Pres. Ind.
Page 5 - 1 In the subsequent pages, the pupil will be expected to accent words in pronunciation according to these rules. The quantity of the penult in words of more than two syllables will therefore be marked (unless determined by 21 and 22), to enable him to ascertain the place of the accent. 4.
Page ix - 1 ALPHABET. 2. The Latin alphabet is the same as the English, with the omission of w. 3. Classes of Letters. — Letters are divided into two classes: I. Vowels a, e, i, o, u, y. II. Consonants: — 1. Liquids . . . . . . . 1, m, n, r. 2. Spirants h,
Page 44 - VI. Indefinite Pronouns. 189. Indefinite Pronouns do not refer to any definite persons or things. The most important are Quis and qui, with their compounds. 190. Quis, any one, qui, any one, any, are the same in form and declension as the interrogatives quis and qui. 1
Page 6 - gloria. PART SECOND. ETYMOLOGY. 29. Etymology treats of the classification, inflection, and derivation of words. 30. The Parts of Speech* are — Nouns, Adjectives, Pronouns, Verbs, Adverbs, Prepositions, Conjunctions, and Interjections. CHAPTER I. NOUNS. 31. A Noun, or Substantive, is a name, as of a person,' place, or thing: Cicero, Cicero;