An easy introduction to Latin prose compositionC. Thurnam and Sons, 1877 - 12 pages |
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... foolish . " My sisters will think you to - be foolish . Sorores meæ putabunt te esse stultum . ( c ) " Caius will say he frightened you . " Caius will declare himself to have frightened you . Caius dicet se terruisse te . ( d ) " Portia ...
... foolish . " My sisters will think you to - be foolish . Sorores meæ putabunt te esse stultum . ( c ) " Caius will say he frightened you . " Caius will declare himself to have frightened you . Caius dicet se terruisse te . ( d ) " Portia ...
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... foolish robber . 3. My sister does not praise the bad husbandmen . 4. Your brother was building my wall . 5. My brother's daughters will hold the bad dragon . 6. The sad queens were blaming the bad judges . 7. The good king's little ...
... foolish robber . 3. My sister does not praise the bad husbandmen . 4. Your brother was building my wall . 5. My brother's daughters will hold the bad dragon . 6. The sad queens were blaming the bad judges . 7. The good king's little ...
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... foolish brothers were walking . 3. The bad king's little sister blames your father's dragon . 4. My sisters ' foolish sons will see the judge's sad daughter . 5. Our brothers were walking and avoiding the black dragons . 6. Your mother ...
... foolish brothers were walking . 3. The bad king's little sister blames your father's dragon . 4. My sisters ' foolish sons will see the judge's sad daughter . 5. Our brothers were walking and avoiding the black dragons . 6. Your mother ...
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... foolish robbers ' mothers are holding your brother's fox . 6. F. 1. My sisters were blaming your brothers and the bad judge . 2. Your mother and my father will see the sad queen . 3. The wretched slave's mother is afraid of the bad ...
... foolish robbers ' mothers are holding your brother's fox . 6. F. 1. My sisters were blaming your brothers and the bad judge . 2. Your mother and my father will see the sad queen . 3. The wretched slave's mother is afraid of the bad ...
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... foolish brother was not avoiding my sister's lion . 8. Foolish Caius's little son does not love the master's sister . 6. G. 1 . 2 . The husbandman's sad sons were blaming the good judge's roses . The bad queens do not praise the girl's ...
... foolish brother was not avoiding my sister's lion . 8. Foolish Caius's little son does not love the master's sister . 6. G. 1 . 2 . The husbandman's sad sons were blaming the good judge's roses . The bad queens do not praise the girl's ...
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Adjectives advised afraid army asked bad robbers Balbus Balbus's dragon beautiful believe birds black dragons blame boy's boys brave brother brought building a wall Cæsar Caius Caius's camp cavalry changing coming conquered conquered the Gauls daughters Declension Decln dragons ends enemies English EXAMPLES expected father fear and avoid flowers foolish formed by adding frighten garden girl's girls given going happy hear heard held hold a dragon hoped horses husbandman husbandman's sister INSTRUCTION FOR EXERCISES judge judge's sister king king's Latin laughing lion lion's voice master means mother Nouns Perf Perfect Person Portia praise Pres promised to give Pronoun queen quid robber Root roses running sad queen's seen seen and heard sentences Sing sister slaves soldiers sons teaching Tenses thought Verb voice walk to Rome wretched write letters written
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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