An easy introduction to Latin prose compositionC. Thurnam and Sons, 1877 - 12 pages |
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... English Idioms before translating . 5. The Pupil is thoroughly exercised in Inflexions and Constructions , with the least possible amount of mere dictionary - work . For many years I have adopted these principles in teaching young boys ...
... English Idioms before translating . 5. The Pupil is thoroughly exercised in Inflexions and Constructions , with the least possible amount of mere dictionary - work . For many years I have adopted these principles in teaching young boys ...
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... English before translating proved successful , convey- ing as it does to boys some idea of " the genius of the language , " and often enabling them to construe compli- cated passages in Latin authors , which , by their own confession in ...
... English before translating proved successful , convey- ing as it does to boys some idea of " the genius of the language , " and often enabling them to construe compli- cated passages in Latin authors , which , by their own confession in ...
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... English Nouns and Adjectives , noticing that a Noun in the Nominative Case governs and generally precedes the Verb , while a Noun in the Accusative ( or Objective ) Case is governed by the Verb , and generally follows it . Illustrate ...
... English Nouns and Adjectives , noticing that a Noun in the Nominative Case governs and generally precedes the Verb , while a Noun in the Accusative ( or Objective ) Case is governed by the Verb , and generally follows it . Illustrate ...
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... English to Latin and back again . EXAMPLES : - - ( a ) " The girl will avoid the slave . " That is , ( Latin ) ( b ) That is , ( Latin ) ( c ) That is , The - girl she - will - avoid the slave . Puella vitabit servum . " The boy was ...
... English to Latin and back again . EXAMPLES : - - ( a ) " The girl will avoid the slave . " That is , ( Latin ) ( b ) That is , ( Latin ) ( c ) That is , The - girl she - will - avoid the slave . Puella vitabit servum . " The boy was ...
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... English , when of goes before it thus , in " The Queen of England , " the Noun England " England " is in the Genitive Case ; in " my brother's wife , " the Noun " brother " is in the Genitive Case , because the words mean " the wife of ...
... English , when of goes before it thus , in " The Queen of England , " the Noun England " England " is in the Genitive Case ; in " my brother's wife , " the Noun " brother " is in the Genitive Case , because the words mean " the wife of ...
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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