An easy introduction to Latin prose compositionC. Thurnam and Sons, 1877 - 12 pages |
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... said he would ask me to say that Caius had come . " 18 ( EIGHT EXERCISES ) .- 3rd Persons of Esse 82-83 Past Participle Passive . 3rd Persons of Com- pound Tenses of Passive Voice 84-87 3rd Persons of " Non - Compound " Tenses , Passive ...
... said he would ask me to say that Caius had come . " 18 ( EIGHT EXERCISES ) .- 3rd Persons of Esse 82-83 Past Participle Passive . 3rd Persons of Com- pound Tenses of Passive Voice 84-87 3rd Persons of " Non - Compound " Tenses , Passive ...
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... said that he was writing a letter , " must be changed , or " declared " into ( a ) He declared himself to be writing a letter . So ( b ) " Caius thinks I saw a lion , " must be " declared " into ( b ) Caius ... say " into " declare , " C 45 ...
... said that he was writing a letter , " must be changed , or " declared " into ( a ) He declared himself to be writing a letter . So ( b ) " Caius thinks I saw a lion , " must be " declared " into ( b ) Caius ... say " into " declare , " C 45 ...
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... said he was Balbus . " i.e. He declared himself to be Balbus . Dixit se esse Balbum . ( b ) " Caius says his sister was sad . " i.e. Caius declares his sister to have been sad . 47 . Caius dicit sororem suam fuisse tristem . The pronoun ...
... said he was Balbus . " i.e. He declared himself to be Balbus . Dixit se esse Balbum . ( b ) " Caius says his sister was sad . " i.e. Caius declares his sister to have been sad . 47 . Caius dicit sororem suam fuisse tristem . The pronoun ...
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... Caius says he shall write a letter , " will be declared into Caius declares himself to be about - to - write a letter . Caius dicit se esse scripturum epistolam . ( b ) " Balbus thought my sister would come , " would be declared thus ...
... Caius says he shall write a letter , " will be declared into Caius declares himself to be about - to - write a letter . Caius dicit se esse scripturum epistolam . ( b ) " Balbus thought my sister would come , " would be declared thus ...
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... Caius said his brother and sister would come , " will be Caius dixit fratrem suum et sororem esse venturos ( not venturas ) . 55. Negare , " to deny , " is used for " to say not . " Hence " He said he had not seen you , " must be ...
... Caius said his brother and sister would come , " will be Caius dixit fratrem suum et sororem esse venturos ( not venturas ) . 55. Negare , " to deny , " is used for " to say not . " Hence " He said he had not seen you , " must be ...
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afraid army avoid the judge avoid the robbers avoid the slave's avoiding Balbus's avoiding the boy avoiding the lions bad robbers Balbus's dragon beautiful black dragons brother's daughters brought building a wall Cæsar Caius says camp castra cavalry conquered the Gauls Dative declared Declension Decln dragon's voice enemies expected fear and avoid fear the lions formed by adding fourth division frightening the judge garden happy holding dragons holding the lion husbandman husbandman's sister INSTRUCTION FOR EXERCISES judge's sister king Latin laughing Lavinius lion's voice little judge Masc master Nouns penult Perf Portia Portia's brother praise the queen Pres promised to give Pronoun puella queen's brother queen's sons quid robber's daughters Rogatus Root roses sad queen's seen and heard Sing slave's sister slaves Soror Subj Subjunctive Mood teaching Tenses terrible voice thought Verb voice will frighten voices frighten walk to Rome wretched write letters
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Page 51 - In passive verbs, the past participle agrees in gender and number with the noun or pronoun to which it refers ; the feminine is formed by adding an e mute, and the plural by the addition of an s.
Page 18 - It is me" is condemned as wrong because the form "me" violates the rule that "the verb 'to be' takes the same case after it as stands before it.
Page 51 - Gen. cujus cujus cujus quorum quarum quorum Dat. cui cui cui quibus quibus quibus Ace. quem quam quod quos quas quae Abl. quo qua quo quibus quibus quibus 1. Qui = quo, qua, ' with which,' ' wherewith,' is a Locative or Ablative of the relative qui.
Page 50 - Nom. hic haec hoc hi hae haec Gen. hujus hujus hujus horum harum horum Dat. huic huic huic his his his Ace.
Page 121 - Who do you think I am, and what do you think I am going to do?
Page 121 - Being asked what he was doing, he replied that he was building a wall, and had held a dragon.
Page 19 - Adjective, and agrees in Number, Gender, and Case with the Noun to which it refers, or which it describes. Its Nom. Sing. is formed by adding urns for the Masc., or ura for the Fem, to the