An easy introduction to Latin prose compositionC. Thurnam and Sons, 1877 - 12 pages |
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... soldiers taken by Balbus ! " Date arma , duces , militibus captis a Balbo . ( e ) " The arms of the soldiers taken by Balbus are beautiful . " Arma militum captorum a Balbo sunt pulchra , 126. There is no Past Participle Active in Lat ...
... soldiers taken by Balbus ! " Date arma , duces , militibus captis a Balbo . ( e ) " The arms of the soldiers taken by Balbus are beautiful . " Arma militum captorum a Balbo sunt pulchra , 126. There is no Past Participle Active in Lat ...
Page 48
... & c . Leonibus auditis cucurri ad domum Caii . ( c ) " My soldiers , having conquered Cęsar's cavalry , were returning . " Milites mei , equitatu Cęsaris victo , redibant , ( d ) " I have heard that Portia , 48 AN EASY INTRODUCTION.
... & c . Leonibus auditis cucurri ad domum Caii . ( c ) " My soldiers , having conquered Cęsar's cavalry , were returning . " Milites mei , equitatu Cęsaris victo , redibant , ( d ) " I have heard that Portia , 48 AN EASY INTRODUCTION.
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... soldiers did not expect to be conquered . 4. I came here to be seen and heard by you . 5 . 6 . We shall be led to the city to be seen , heard , and praised . Do think my you sisters were seen by the robber ? Cęsar's soldiers said they ...
... soldiers did not expect to be conquered . 4. I came here to be seen and heard by you . 5 . 6 . We shall be led to the city to be seen , heard , and praised . Do think my you sisters were seen by the robber ? Cęsar's soldiers said they ...
Page 97
... soldiers do not expect to be praised . Do you think your sister will be brought here to be seen and heard by us ? 7. Did you know that Balbus and I had been brought here to be seen by you ? 8. Balbus says he thought you and I would be ...
... soldiers do not expect to be praised . Do you think your sister will be brought here to be seen and heard by us ? 7. Did you know that Balbus and I had been brought here to be seen by you ? 8. Balbus says he thought you and I would be ...
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... soldiers of the cavalry in the fourth division ! Hear my words , girls , and avoid my armies ! 5 . 6. My armies were conquered by the cavalry of the fourth division . 7 . 8 . Give the beautiful standards to the armies , my sisters , and ...
... soldiers of the cavalry in the fourth division ! Hear my words , girls , and avoid my armies ! 5 . 6. My armies were conquered by the cavalry of the fourth division . 7 . 8 . Give the beautiful standards to the armies , my sisters , 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 Cęsar 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
Popular passages
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