An easy introduction to Latin prose compositionC. Thurnam and Sons, 1877 - 12 pages |
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... seen by you and Portia . " 17 ( EIGHT EXERCISES ) .- 1st and 2nd Persons of Esse 1st and 2nd Persons of Compound Tenses , Passive • Ex.:-"Have I been asked to be happy ? ' 18 ( TEN EXERCISES ) .— 1st and 2nd Persons of Non - Compound ...
... seen by you and Portia . " 17 ( EIGHT EXERCISES ) .- 1st and 2nd Persons of Esse 1st and 2nd Persons of Compound Tenses , Passive • Ex.:-"Have I been asked to be happy ? ' 18 ( TEN EXERCISES ) .— 1st and 2nd Persons of Non - Compound ...
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... seen that ven is the Root of the Perfect of venire , vid that of vidēre , timu that of timere , & c . , & c . It may ... seen me and laughed at my dragon . ” i.e. They would have seen me and they would have laughed at my dragon ...
... seen that ven is the Root of the Perfect of venire , vid that of vidēre , timu that of timere , & c . , & c . It may ... seen me and laughed at my dragon . ” i.e. They would have seen me and they would have laughed at my dragon ...
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... seen a lion . Then they can be translated literally into Latin , thus— ( a ) Dixit se scribere epistolam . ( b ) Caius putat me vidisse leonem . It will be found convenient to change the word " say " into " declare , " C 45. The Latin ...
... seen a lion . Then they can be translated literally into Latin , thus— ( a ) Dixit se scribere epistolam . ( b ) Caius putat me vidisse leonem . It will be found convenient to change the word " say " into " declare , " C 45. The Latin ...
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... seen you , " must be declared thus : " He denied himself to have seen you . " ( Lat . ) " Negavit se vidisse te . ' EXAMPLES : - ( a ) " He had said that he was coming . " He had declared himself to be coming . Dixerat se venire . ( b ) ...
... seen you , " must be declared thus : " He denied himself to have seen you . " ( Lat . ) " Negavit se vidisse te . ' EXAMPLES : - ( a ) " He had said that he was coming . " He had declared himself to be coming . Dixerat se venire . ( b ) ...
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... seen the king . " You and Portia , ye - had - seen the king . Tu et Portia vīderātis regem . 61. A direct Question is expressed in Latin either by writing the particle an before the first word , or by affixing the " enclitic " -ne ...
... seen the king . " You and Portia , ye - had - seen the king . Tu et Portia vīderātis regem . 61. A direct Question is expressed in Latin either by writing the particle an before the first word , or by affixing the " enclitic " -ne ...
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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