An easy introduction to Latin prose compositionC. Thurnam and Sons, 1877 - 12 pages |
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... Grammar " a few more Examples have been given , with the hope of making the Instructions more useful to Students who are their own Teachers . A. M. W. Carlisle , March 21 , 1877 . 2 PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION . In this little.
... Grammar " a few more Examples have been given , with the hope of making the Instructions more useful to Students who are their own Teachers . A. M. W. Carlisle , March 21 , 1877 . 2 PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION . In this little.
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... EXAMPLES : - - ( a ) " The girl will avoid the slave . " That is , ( Latin ) ( b ) That is , ( Latin ) ( c ) That is , The - girl she - will - avoid the slave . Puella vitabit servum . " The boy was praising the Queen . " The - boy he ...
... EXAMPLES : - - ( a ) " The girl will avoid the slave . " That is , ( Latin ) ( b ) That is , ( Latin ) ( c ) That is , The - girl she - will - avoid the slave . Puella vitabit servum . " The boy was praising the Queen . " The - boy he ...
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... EXAMPLES : - ( a ) " The king is - laughing - at the fox . " The king he - is - laughing - at the fox . i.e. ( b ) i.e. ( c ) i.e. Rex ridet vulpem . " The robber will not be afraid of the dragon . " The robber he - will - fear not the ...
... EXAMPLES : - ( a ) " The king is - laughing - at the fox . " The king he - is - laughing - at the fox . i.e. ( b ) i.e. ( c ) i.e. Rex ridet vulpem . " The robber will not be afraid of the dragon . " The robber he - will - fear not the ...
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... EXAMPLES : - ( a ) " The husbandmen were avoiding the lions . " i.e. The husbandmen they - were - avoiding the lions . Agricolæ vitabant leones . ( b ) " The slaves will hold the dragons and the tables . " Servi tenebunt dracones et ...
... EXAMPLES : - ( a ) " The husbandmen were avoiding the lions . " i.e. The husbandmen they - were - avoiding the lions . Agricolæ vitabant leones . ( b ) " The slaves will hold the dragons and the tables . " Servi tenebunt dracones et ...
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... " or altering the English to the Latin idiom , as in the following EXAMPLES : --- ( a ) “ The judge's son 8 AN EASY INTRODUCTION of above Nouns "Declaring Ex :-"The boy's sister was praising slaves' voices Arts 17-19.
... " or altering the English to the Latin idiom , as in the following EXAMPLES : --- ( a ) “ The judge's son 8 AN EASY INTRODUCTION of above Nouns "Declaring Ex :-"The boy's sister was praising slaves' voices Arts 17-19.
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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