An easy introduction to Latin prose compositionC. Thurnam and Sons, 1877 - 12 pages |
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... foolish . " My sisters will think you to - be foolish . Sorores meæ putabunt te esse stultum . ( c ) " Caius will say he frightened you . " Caius will declare himself to have frightened you . Caius dicet se terruisse te . ( d ) " Portia ...
... foolish . " My sisters will think you to - be foolish . Sorores meæ putabunt te esse stultum . ( c ) " Caius will say he frightened you . " Caius will declare himself to have frightened you . Caius dicet se terruisse te . ( d ) " Portia ...
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... foolish robber . 3. My sister does not praise the bad husbandmen . 4. Your brother was building my wall . 5. My brother's daughters will hold the bad dragon . 6. The sad queens were blaming the bad judges . 8 . The good king's little ...
... foolish robber . 3. My sister does not praise the bad husbandmen . 4. Your brother was building my wall . 5. My brother's daughters will hold the bad dragon . 6. The sad queens were blaming the bad judges . 8 . The good king's little ...
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... foolish brothers were walking . 3. The bad king's little sister blames your father's dragon . 4. My sisters ' foolish sons will see the judge's sad daughter . Our brothers were walking and avoiding the black dragons . 6. Your mother ...
... foolish brothers were walking . 3. The bad king's little sister blames your father's dragon . 4. My sisters ' foolish sons will see the judge's sad daughter . Our brothers were walking and avoiding the black dragons . 6. Your mother ...
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... foolish robbers ' mothers are holding your brother's fox . 6. F. 1 . My sisters were blaming your brothers and the bad judge . 2. Your mother and my father will see the sad queen . The wretched slave's mother is afraid of the bad king's ...
... foolish robbers ' mothers are holding your brother's fox . 6. F. 1 . My sisters were blaming your brothers and the bad judge . 2. Your mother and my father will see the sad queen . The wretched slave's mother is afraid of the bad king's ...
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... foolish brother was not avoiding my sister's lion . 8. Foolish Caius's little son does not love the master's sister . 6. G. 1. The husbandman's sad sons were blaming the good judge's roses . 2. The bad queens do not praise the girl's ...
... foolish brother was not avoiding my sister's lion . 8. Foolish Caius's little son does not love the master's sister . 6. G. 1. The husbandman's sad sons were blaming the good judge's roses . 2. The bad queens do not praise the girl's ...
Common terms and phrases
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
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.
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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.
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