An easy introduction to Latin prose compositionC. Thurnam and Sons, 1877 - 12 pages |
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... beautiful appearance of my cavalry . " 20 ( TEN EXERCISES ) .— Miscellaneous . Ex.:-"Do you think that the armies of the brave Gauls will be conquered ? " 21 ( TEN EXERCISES ) .- Past Participle Passive Ablative Absolute Quum with Plup ...
... beautiful appearance of my cavalry . " 20 ( TEN EXERCISES ) .— Miscellaneous . Ex.:-"Do you think that the armies of the brave Gauls will be conquered ? " 21 ( TEN EXERCISES ) .- Past Participle Passive Ablative Absolute Quum with Plup ...
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... Sororne mea portata est huc a te , ut audiatur a nobis ? ( d ) " Portia is thought beautiful by our friends . " Portia putatur pulchra ab amicis nostris . INSTRUCTION FOR EXERCISES No. 17 . 94. The 1st and TO LATIN PROSE COMPOSITION , 35.
... Sororne mea portata est huc a te , ut audiatur a nobis ? ( d ) " Portia is thought beautiful by our friends . " Portia putatur pulchra ab amicis nostris . INSTRUCTION FOR EXERCISES No. 17 . 94. The 1st and TO LATIN PROSE COMPOSITION , 35.
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... " on the fourth day . " EXAMPLES : -- ( a ) " Give beautiful arms , Portia , to the cavalry and the fourth division . " Da arma pulchra equitatui , Portia , et aciei quartæ . ( b ) " The ugly body was brought by 44 AN EASY INTRODUCTION.
... " on the fourth day . " EXAMPLES : -- ( a ) " Give beautiful arms , Portia , to the cavalry and the fourth division . " Da arma pulchra equitatui , Portia , et aciei quartæ . ( b ) " The ugly body was brought by 44 AN EASY INTRODUCTION.
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... duces , militibus captis a Balbo . ( e ) " The arms of the soldiers taken by Balbus are beautiful . " Arma militum captorum a Balbo sunt pulchra , 126. There is no Past Participle Active in Lat . 46 AN EASY INTRODUCTION.
... duces , militibus captis a Balbo . ( e ) " The arms of the soldiers taken by Balbus are beautiful . " Arma militum captorum a Balbo sunt pulchra , 126. There is no Past Participle Active in Lat . 46 AN EASY INTRODUCTION.
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... beautiful garden . 3. The judge's beautiful daughters were seeing the good kings . 4. My sisters ' little sons do not love Balbus's black dragon . 5 . Your brothers were afraid of Portia's foolish sisters . 6. Good Balbus's little ...
... beautiful garden . 3. The judge's beautiful daughters were seeing the good kings . 4. My sisters ' little sons do not love Balbus's black dragon . 5 . Your brothers were afraid of Portia's foolish sisters . 6. Good Balbus's little ...
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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