An easy introduction to Latin prose compositionC. Thurnam and Sons, 1877 - 12 pages |
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... hoped to see my sisters . 3. The bad robber was hoping that I should frighten the lions . 4. The big lion thinks that you will hear the dragon's voice . 5. Balbus's little sisters say that they avoid and fear dragons . 6. The good judge ...
... hoped to see my sisters . 3. The bad robber was hoping that I should frighten the lions . 4. The big lion thinks that you will hear the dragon's voice . 5. Balbus's little sisters say that they avoid and fear dragons . 6. The good judge ...
Page 56
... hoped to hear the nightingale's voice . 8. Our mother had said that I was building a wall . 9. H. 1. Your brothers think that we saw the great lions . 2. My sisters expected to hear the great dragons ' voices . 3. Our mothers were ...
... hoped to hear the nightingale's voice . 8. Our mother had said that I was building a wall . 9. H. 1. Your brothers think that we saw the great lions . 2. My sisters expected to hear the great dragons ' voices . 3. Our mothers were ...
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... hoped to avoid the great lions . 8. Caius says he has built a wall and is writing a letter . 10. E. 1. My brother had written a letter and built a wall . 2. Our sister says she does not love Caius . 3. Balbus expects that Portia will ...
... hoped to avoid the great lions . 8. Caius says he has built a wall and is writing a letter . 10. E. 1. My brother had written a letter and built a wall . 2. Our sister says she does not love Caius . 3. Balbus expects that Portia will ...
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... hoped to frighten the little judge . 4. The little judge had hoped to avoid the great lion . 5. Balbus thought that I should praise the good kings 60 LATIN EXERCISES .
... hoped to frighten the little judge . 4. The little judge had hoped to avoid the great lion . 5. Balbus thought that I should praise the good kings 60 LATIN EXERCISES .
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... hoped to avoid the dragons . 6 . Balbus would have thought we had praised your brother's son . 7. The girls will say they have seen your sister . 8. The robbers think they have frightened Caius . EXERCISES No. 11 . 11. A. 1. You see and ...
... hoped to avoid the dragons . 6 . Balbus would have thought we had praised your brother's son . 7. The girls will say they have seen your sister . 8. The robbers think they have frightened Caius . EXERCISES No. 11 . 11. A. 1. You see and ...
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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