An easy introduction to Latin prose compositionC. Thurnam and Sons, 1877 - 12 pages |
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... Quid , and in its Acc . Sing . Neut . , which is Quid . 137. Like Qui , Quis agrees in Numb . and Gend . with the Noun or Pronoun to which it refers ; but its Case depends upon its own clause . Thus- ( a ) " Who are these girls ? What ...
... Quid , and in its Acc . Sing . Neut . , which is Quid . 137. Like Qui , Quis agrees in Numb . and Gend . with the Noun or Pronoun to which it refers ; but its Case depends upon its own clause . Thus- ( a ) " Who are these girls ? What ...
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... quid faciam . " This is a very important Rule . The same Tense is used as if the Verb were in the Indi- cative Mood ; thus the Present for " I am doing , " and the Imperfect ( generally ) for " I was doing , " & c . , & c . 139. If the ...
... quid faciam . " This is a very important Rule . The same Tense is used as if the Verb were in the Indi- cative Mood ; thus the Present for " I am doing , " and the Imperfect ( generally ) for " I was doing , " & c . , & c . 139. If the ...
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... quid dixerim . ( c ) Audies , quid dixerim . 140. The Perfect Subj . Pass . is formed by com- pounding with the Pres . Subj . of Esse . Thus ( a ) " Do you know by whom this was said ? " Novistine a quo hoc dictum sit . ( b ) " I have ...
... quid dixerim . ( c ) Audies , quid dixerim . 140. The Perfect Subj . Pass . is formed by com- pounding with the Pres . Subj . of Esse . Thus ( a ) " Do you know by whom this was said ? " Novistine a quo hoc dictum sit . ( b ) " I have ...
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... quid ( essemus ) facturi . ( c ) " I asked him what he had said he would do . " ( d ) ( e ) Rogavi illum quid dixisset se esse facturum . " Caius is said to have been asked what he was writing . " Caius dicitur rogatus esse quid ...
... quid ( essemus ) facturi . ( c ) " I asked him what he had said he would do . " ( d ) ( e ) Rogavi illum quid dixisset se esse facturum . " Caius is said to have been asked what he was writing . " Caius dicitur rogatus esse quid ...
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... sisters what they had had to do . " I asked your sisters what had been do - able for them . Rogavi sorores tuas quid fuisset faciendum illis . F 58 INTRODUCTION TO LATIN PROSE COMPOSITION . 145 . In TO LATIN PROSE COMPOSITION . 57.
... sisters what they had had to do . " I asked your sisters what had been do - able for them . Rogavi sorores tuas quid fuisset faciendum illis . F 58 INTRODUCTION TO LATIN PROSE COMPOSITION . 145 . In TO LATIN PROSE COMPOSITION . 57.
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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