An easy introduction to Latin prose compositionC. Thurnam and Sons, 1877 - 12 pages |
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... birds were frightening the robber's foolish sister . 3. The happy husbandman's good daughters are not avoiding the sad queen's big nightingale . 4. My brothers ' great horses were afraid of our queen's terrible enemies . 5. The bad boys ...
... birds were frightening the robber's foolish sister . 3. The happy husbandman's good daughters are not avoiding the sad queen's big nightingale . 4. My brothers ' great horses were afraid of our queen's terrible enemies . 5. The bad boys ...
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... birds were frightening Balbus's foolish dragon . My brother's black dragon does not love the terrible lions ' great voices . 7. The good husbandman's sad daughters will praise my garden and my brother's beautiful roses . 8 . Our mother ...
... birds were frightening Balbus's foolish dragon . My brother's black dragon does not love the terrible lions ' great voices . 7. The good husbandman's sad daughters will praise my garden and my brother's beautiful roses . 8 . Our mother ...
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... king's big horses . 7. Many girls see the brave husbandman and my son's birds . 8. My sisters will teach their slaves ' good sons and praise Caius's brave daughter . EXERCISES No. 7 . 7. A. 1 . 2 . LATIN EXERCISES . 39.
... king's big horses . 7. Many girls see the brave husbandman and my son's birds . 8. My sisters will teach their slaves ' good sons and praise Caius's brave daughter . EXERCISES No. 7 . 7. A. 1 . 2 . LATIN EXERCISES . 39.
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... birds and dragons . 6. Foolish Portia was buying your sister's black horse . 7. Your sister does not hear the brave Gauls ' voices . 8. Many Gauls will come and buy our horses . 1 . 7. J. Our sister was coming and laughing 44 LATIN ...
... birds and dragons . 6. Foolish Portia was buying your sister's black horse . 7. Your sister does not hear the brave Gauls ' voices . 8. Many Gauls will come and buy our horses . 1 . 7. J. Our sister was coming and laughing 44 LATIN ...
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... birds . 2. The beautiful girls hear the great lions ' voices . 3 . My brother's daughters were buying the husband- man's birds , but were avoiding Balbus's dragons . 4. The wretched husbandmen will see and hear and fear and avoid our ...
... birds . 2. The beautiful girls hear the great lions ' voices . 3 . My brother's daughters were buying the husband- man's birds , but were avoiding Balbus's dragons . 4. The wretched husbandmen will see and hear and fear and avoid our ...
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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