An easy introduction to Latin prose compositionC. Thurnam and Sons, 1877 - 12 pages |
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... happy ? " 18 ( TEN EXERCISES ) .— 1st and 2nd Persons of Non - Compound Tenses , Passive · Present Infinitive Passive Perfect Infinitive Passive Future Infinitive Passive , Supine Ex.:-"I believe you were led here to be heard and ...
... happy ? " 18 ( TEN EXERCISES ) .— 1st and 2nd Persons of Non - Compound Tenses , Passive · Present Infinitive Passive Perfect Infinitive Passive Future Infinitive Passive , Supine Ex.:-"I believe you were led here to be heard and ...
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... happy , " we have 66 " Of a sad boy " —pueri tristis . " Of a happy girl " -puellę felīcis . " Of sad boys " -puerorum tristium . " Of happy girls " -puellarum felicium . N.B. - The Genitive Plural of Adjectives which end in is , ends ...
... happy , " we have 66 " Of a sad boy " —pueri tristis . " Of a happy girl " -puellę felīcis . " Of sad boys " -puerorum tristium . " Of happy girls " -puellarum felicium . N.B. - The Genitive Plural of Adjectives which end in is , ends ...
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... happy . " Monitus sum ut sim bonus , sapiens , felix . ( d ) " We had been asked to be friends to you . " Rogati eramus ut essemus amici tibi . ( e ) “ You were wretched then , but you will be a good girl soon . ' Tum eras misera , sed ...
... happy . " Monitus sum ut sim bonus , sapiens , felix . ( d ) " We had been asked to be friends to you . " Rogati eramus ut essemus amici tibi . ( e ) “ You were wretched then , but you will be a good girl soon . ' Tum eras misera , sed ...
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... happy word to the army . " In itinere tristi nunquam exercitui . dixi verbum felix N.B. - Exercises No. 20 are miscellaneous , upon the subjects of Nos . 16 , 17 , 18 , and 19 . INSTRUCTION FOR EXERCISES No. 21 . 125. The Past ...
... happy word to the army . " In itinere tristi nunquam exercitui . dixi verbum felix N.B. - Exercises No. 20 are miscellaneous , upon the subjects of Nos . 16 , 17 , 18 , and 19 . INSTRUCTION FOR EXERCISES No. 21 . 125. The Past ...
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... happy slave . 6. J .. 1 . The happy husbandmen's sons do not fear my dragon . 2. Our sisters were frightening and blaming their sons . The happy kings will praise the beautiful girls ' voices . 3 . 4. The wretched robbers ' daughters ...
... happy slave . 6. J .. 1 . The happy husbandmen's sons do not fear my dragon . 2. Our sisters were frightening and blaming their sons . The happy kings will praise the beautiful girls ' voices . 3 . 4. The wretched robbers ' daughters ...
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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 Cęsar 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