An easy introduction to Latin prose compositionC. Thurnam and Sons, 1877 - 12 pages |
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... roses , and praise the husbandmen's gardens . i.e. The sisters of - the - masters and of - the - judges they - will - see the roses of Portia , and they - will - praise the gardens of - the- husbandmen . Sorores magistrorum et judicum ...
... roses , and praise the husbandmen's gardens . i.e. The sisters of - the - masters and of - the - judges they - will - see the roses of Portia , and they - will - praise the gardens of - the- husbandmen . Sorores magistrorum et judicum ...
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... rose ; as muro , " with a wall " ; 99 e , as voce , " with a voice . " The Ablatives Sing . of ego and tu are the same as the Acc . , viz . , me and te . 92. Some Nouns and Adjectives of the 3rd Decln . , especially all Adjectives whose ...
... rose ; as muro , " with a wall " ; 99 e , as voce , " with a voice . " The Ablatives Sing . of ego and tu are the same as the Acc . , viz . , me and te . 92. Some Nouns and Adjectives of the 3rd Decln . , especially all Adjectives whose ...
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... rose . " The sister of these boys gave a rose to that judge . Soror horum puerorum dedit rosam illi judici , 132. These Demonstrative Pronouns when used to refer to some 50 AN EASY INTRODUCTION.
... rose . " The sister of these boys gave a rose to that judge . Soror horum puerorum dedit rosam illi judici , 132. These Demonstrative Pronouns when used to refer to some 50 AN EASY INTRODUCTION.
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... roses . Puer , cujus pater vidit nos , est frater puellarum , quibus dedisti hunc librum et illas rosas . ( d ) " The girl you saw is the sister of those women who saw this body . " Puella , quam vidisti , est soror illarum mulierum ...
... roses . Puer , cujus pater vidit nos , est frater puellarum , quibus dedisti hunc librum et illas rosas . ( d ) " The girl you saw is the sister of those women who saw this body . " Puella , quam vidisti , est soror illarum mulierum ...
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... roses were bought ? " Rogavi cujus rosæ emptæ sint . 141. If the Dependent Verb is future , as in ( a ) " I shall ask Balbus what he will do , " the sentence must be declared thus : - I shall ask Balbus what he is about - to - do ...
... roses were bought ? " Rogavi cujus rosæ emptæ sint . 141. If the Dependent Verb is future , as in ( a ) " I shall ask Balbus what he will do , " the sentence must be declared thus : - I shall ask Balbus what he is about - to - do ...
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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