An easy introduction to Latin prose compositionC. Thurnam and Sons, 1877 - 12 pages |
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... Portia will come and hear my voice . " 8 ( TWELVE EXERCISES ) .- 3rd Persons of Perf . Ind . , Plup . Ind . , Fut . Perf . and Plup . Potent . of Verbs ( Active ) , in all Conjns . • Ex . " My sisters would have feared and - avoided you ...
... Portia will come and hear my voice . " 8 ( TWELVE EXERCISES ) .- 3rd Persons of Perf . Ind . , Plup . Ind . , Fut . Perf . and Plup . Potent . of Verbs ( Active ) , in all Conjns . • Ex . " My sisters would have feared and - avoided you ...
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... Portia's roses , and praise the husbandmen's gardens . i.e. The sisters of - the - masters and of - the - judges they - will - see the roses of Portia , and they - will - praise the gardens of - the- husbandmen . Sorores magistrorum et ...
... Portia's roses , and praise the husbandmen's gardens . i.e. The sisters of - the - masters and of - the - judges they - will - see the roses of Portia , and they - will - praise the gardens of - the- husbandmen . Sorores magistrorum et ...
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... Portia is afraid of her father's great voice . Portia misera timet vocem magnam patris sui . INSTRUCTION FOR EXERCISES No. 7 . 30. Verbs which end 12 AN EASY INTRODUCTION.
... Portia is afraid of her father's great voice . Portia misera timet vocem magnam patris sui . INSTRUCTION FOR EXERCISES No. 7 . 30. Verbs which end 12 AN EASY INTRODUCTION.
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... Portia says she did not hear your voice . " Portia denies herself to have heard your voice . Portia negat se audivisse vocem tuam . ( e ) " My brother believes that you are come . " My brother believes you to have come . Frater meus ...
... Portia says she did not hear your voice . " Portia denies herself to have heard your voice . Portia negat se audivisse vocem tuam . ( e ) " My brother believes that you are come . " My brother believes you to have come . Frater meus ...
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... Portia . " Caius hopes me to - be about to praise Portia . Caius sperat me esse laudaturum Portiam . ( h ) " They thought I said you were come . " They thought me to be declaring you to have come . Putaverunt me dicere te venisse . N.B. ...
... Portia . " Caius hopes me to - be about to praise Portia . Caius sperat me esse laudaturum Portiam . ( h ) " They thought I said you were come . " They thought me to be declaring you to have come . Putaverunt me dicere te venisse . N.B. ...
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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.
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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