An easy introduction to Latin prose compositionC. Thurnam and Sons, 1877 - 12 pages |
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... means " he is praising " he praises . " It also would be used , if you wished to say , " she is praising " or " she praises . " And it would be used in such a sentence as " Balbus praises the girl " ; B which means " Balbus , he - is ...
... means " he is praising " he praises . " It also would be used , if you wished to say , " she is praising " or " she praises . " And it would be used in such a sentence as " Balbus praises the girl " ; B which means " Balbus , he - is ...
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Arthur Marwood Wilcox. which means " Balbus , he - is - praising the girl " ; or in " the girl does not praise Balbus " ; which means " The girl , she - is - praising not Balbus . " 4. If a Verb ends in are , and you wish to say " he was ...
Arthur Marwood Wilcox. which means " Balbus , he - is - praising the girl " ; or in " the girl does not praise Balbus " ; which means " The girl , she - is - praising not Balbus . " 4. If a Verb ends in are , and you wish to say " he was ...
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... mean " the wife of my brother . " 18 . The Genitive Sing . of Latin Nouns may be formed by adding to the Root ( that is , to the part which does not change ) , In 1st Decln . , æ , as mensæ , " of a table . " 2nd i , as magistri , " of ...
... mean " the wife of my brother . " 18 . The Genitive Sing . of Latin Nouns may be formed by adding to the Root ( that is , to the part which does not change ) , In 1st Decln . , æ , as mensæ , " of a table . " 2nd i , as magistri , " of ...
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... means a man , it is Masculine , as agricola , " a husbandman . ” 25. An Adjective must always be made to agree with the Noun it describes : that is , it must be written in the same Number , Case , and Gender . Thus , ( a ) " The good ...
... means a man , it is Masculine , as agricola , " a husbandman . ” 25. An Adjective must always be made to agree with the Noun it describes : that is , it must be written in the same Number , Case , and Gender . Thus , ( a ) " The good ...
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... means " to be about to " do so and so ; as " to be about to write " ( but this does not necessarily mean to be about to do a thing immediately ) . In Latin it is expressed by esse " to be , " with the Future Participle Active . 51. This ...
... means " to be about to " do so and so ; as " to be about to write " ( but this does not necessarily mean to be about to do a thing immediately ) . In Latin it is expressed by esse " to be , " with the Future Participle Active . 51. This ...
Common terms and phrases
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