An easy introduction to Latin prose compositionC. Thurnam and Sons, 1877 - 12 pages |
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... thought I should come . " 11 ( TWELVE EXERCISES ) .- 2nd Persons of above Tenses -- Tu 56-60 Direct Questions 61 Pronunciation of 2nd Pers . Plural 62 Ex.:- " Did you say that you should come ? " 12 ( FOURTEEN EXERCISES ) .-- 1st Person ...
... thought I should come . " 11 ( TWELVE EXERCISES ) .- 2nd Persons of above Tenses -- Tu 56-60 Direct Questions 61 Pronunciation of 2nd Pers . Plural 62 Ex.:- " Did you say that you should come ? " 12 ( FOURTEEN EXERCISES ) .-- 1st Person ...
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... thought themselves to be wretched . " Sorores meæ putaverunt se esse miseras . 48. Beginners should practise the " declaration " of sentences in English , before they begin to put them into Latin . And it would be well for them to ...
... thought themselves to be wretched . " Sorores meæ putaverunt se esse miseras . 48. Beginners should practise the " declaration " of sentences in English , before they begin to put them into Latin . And it would be well for them to ...
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... thought my sister would come , " would be declared thus : - Balbus thought my sister to - be about - to - come . Balbus putavit sororem meam esse venturam . 53. In Example ( a ) above it must be noticed that epistolam is in the ...
... thought my sister would come , " would be declared thus : - Balbus thought my sister to - be about - to - come . Balbus putavit sororem meam esse venturam . 53. In Example ( a ) above it must be noticed that epistolam is in the ...
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... thought I said you were come . " They thought me to be declaring you to have come . Putaverunt me dicere te venisse . N.B. - Exercises No. 10 are miscellaneous , upon the subjects of Nos . 6 , 7 , 8 , and 9 . INSTRUCTION FOR EXERCISES ...
... thought I said you were come . " They thought me to be declaring you to have come . Putaverunt me dicere te venisse . N.B. - Exercises No. 10 are miscellaneous , upon the subjects of Nos . 6 , 7 , 8 , and 9 . INSTRUCTION FOR EXERCISES ...
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... thought you to be good " or " Balbus declares you to be his sons ; but also in sentences where " you " is declared into " your- self , " or " yourselves , " following and governed by a Verb in the Second Person . ( a ) " You said you ...
... thought you to be good " or " Balbus declares you to be his sons ; but also in sentences where " you " is declared into " your- self , " or " yourselves , " following and governed by a Verb in the Second Person . ( a ) " You said you ...
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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