An easy introduction to Latin prose compositionC. Thurnam and Sons, 1877 - 12 pages |
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Arthur Marwood Wilcox. AN EASY INTRODUCTION ΤΟ LATIN PROSE COMPOSITION . BY THE REV , ARTHUR MARWOOD WILCOX , M.A. , Head Master of the Cathedral School , Carlisle , and late Scholar of Emman . Coll . , Cambridge . CONSISTING OF I ...
Arthur Marwood Wilcox. AN EASY INTRODUCTION ΤΟ LATIN PROSE COMPOSITION . BY THE REV , ARTHUR MARWOOD WILCOX , M.A. , Head Master of the Cathedral School , Carlisle , and late Scholar of Emman . Coll . , Cambridge . CONSISTING OF I ...
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... Latin Syntax which I have been accustomed for a long time to give to Pupils , both privately and in schools . It will be observed that the peculiar features of my system are the following : - 1. Together with each new Inflexion the ...
... Latin Syntax which I have been accustomed for a long time to give to Pupils , both privately and in schools . It will be observed that the peculiar features of my system are the following : - 1. Together with each new Inflexion the ...
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... Latin authors , which , by their own confession in some cases , they could not otherwise have understood . I do not trouble beginners with the subject of the order of words , or with any matters of mere elegance . The Latin is to be ...
... Latin authors , which , by their own confession in some cases , they could not otherwise have understood . I do not trouble beginners with the subject of the order of words , or with any matters of mere elegance . The Latin is to be ...
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... Latin by rote , which is possible where peculiar words or phrases occur as landmarks . Also it will be very easy for a Teacher to propose other sentences of his own invention , involving the same sets of words and the same constructions ...
... Latin by rote , which is possible where peculiar words or phrases occur as landmarks . Also it will be very easy for a Teacher to propose other sentences of his own invention , involving the same sets of words and the same constructions ...
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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