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... Notice , the emphatic position of the phrase . Caesar cum equitibus nongentis , Casar with 900 horsemen seems natural enough , for , taking in the phrase at a glance , there is no impulse to quibble about the meaning of cum . quos whom ...
... Notice , the emphatic position of the phrase . Caesar cum equitibus nongentis , Casar with 900 horsemen seems natural enough , for , taking in the phrase at a glance , there is no impulse to quibble about the meaning of cum . quos whom ...
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... ( Notice the voice of perfici , which should help to an understanding of hunc . ) Cæsar ordered to be finished — it had been almost ( paene ) rebuilt before by night . Translate the whole sentence Eo biduo Caesar cum equitibus non- gentis ...
... ( Notice the voice of perfici , which should help to an understanding of hunc . ) Cæsar ordered to be finished — it had been almost ( paene ) rebuilt before by night . Translate the whole sentence Eo biduo Caesar cum equitibus non- gentis ...
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... Notice here that , although we have one sub- ordinate clause following another , all introduced in regular fashion by subordinate " connectives , " the whole ending like a " period " with the main verb , although we have not consciously ...
... Notice here that , although we have one sub- ordinate clause following another , all introduced in regular fashion by subordinate " connectives , " the whole ending like a " period " with the main verb , although we have not consciously ...
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... Notice that the real meaning of idem is made clear by the quod . . . acciderat - clause , and that the relation of idem to what follows is seen when fore videbat is reached in the reading , it being presumed that the reader , having ...
... Notice that the real meaning of idem is made clear by the quod . . . acciderat - clause , and that the relation of idem to what follows is seen when fore videbat is reached in the reading , it being presumed that the reader , having ...
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... notice the number and person of the verb , and , if a participle is used to form the verb ( e.g. , amatus est ) , to mark the gender , in order to see the relation . Notice that the subject of a so - called impersonal verb must be ...
... notice the number and person of the verb , and , if a participle is used to form the verb ( e.g. , amatus est ) , to mark the gender , in order to see the relation . Notice that the subject of a so - called impersonal verb must be ...
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ablative Aedui Alexander Asia Minor asinus author Babylon battle Bison Caesar case class clause clear compound consul context course depends derivative difficulty easily easy eius endings enemy English Ennius Epaminondas especially esset famous first Flaminius follows force found generally genit given good great Hannibal help helpful idea idioms infer meaning inquit Italy iussit king know knowledge Latin order learn learner little logically look made main make mean means necessary neque new words note Notice omnibus once one's Pausanias perhaps Persian place Pompeius possible practice preposition Ptolemaeus pupil reader refers regis relation Roman same seen sense sentence sight-reading sine sometimes student study subject subordinate suffix suffixes suggest suggested supine take Tarentum teacher Teutoni Themistocles thing think thinking thought time Timoleon town transl translation understood used verb verbs vocabulary Volsci vulpes whole word words work Xerxes years
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Page 65 - Sueborum gens est longe maxima et bellicosissima Germanorum omnium. Hi centum pagos habere dicuntur, ex quibus quotannis singula milia armatorum bellandi causa ex finibus educunt. Reliqui, qui domi manserunt, se atque illos alunt. Hi rursus in vicem anno post in armis sunt, illi domi remanent. Sic neque agricultura nee ratio atque usus belli intermittitur. Sed privati ac separati agri apud eos nihil est, neque longius anno remanere uno in loco incolendi causa licet.
Page 88 - Cantium incolunt, quae regio est maritima omnis, neque multum a Gallica differunt consuetudine. Interiores plerique frumenta non serunt, sed lacte et carne vivunt pellibusque sunt vestiti.
Page 49 - Deorum numero eos solos ducunt, quos cernunt et quorum aperte opibus iuvantur, Solem et Vulcanum et Lunam, reliquos ne fama quidem acceperunt.
Page 186 - Aurea prima sata est aetas, quae vindice nullo, sponte sua, sine lege fidem rectumque colebat.
Page 207 - ... dispares. Horatios Curiatiosque fuisse satis constat, nec ferme res antiqua alia est nobilior; tamen in re tam clara nominum error manet, utrius populi Horatii, utrius Curiatii fuerint. Auctores utroque trahunt ; plures tamen invenio qui Romanos Horatios vocent ; hos ut sequar, inclinat animus.
Page 177 - Augustum, quem temperat, orbe relicto accedat caelo faveatque precantibus absens! lamque opus exegi, quod nec lovis ira nec ignis nec poterit ferrum nec edax abolere vetustas. cum volet, illa dies, quae nil nisi corporis huius ius habet, incerti spatium mihi finiat aevi: parte tamen meliore mei super alta perennis astra ferar, nomenque erit indelebile nostrum, quaque patet domitis Romana potentia terris, ore legar populi, perque omnia saecula fama, siquid habent veri vatum praesagia, vivam.
Page 201 - Conversis studiis aetas animusque virilis quaerit opes et amicitias, inservit honori, commisisse cavet quod mox mutare laboret. Multa senem circumveniunt incommoda, vel quod quaerit et inventis miser abstinet ac timet uti, vel quod res omnes timide gelideque ministrat, dilator, spe longus, iners, avidusque futuri, difficilis, querulus, laudator temporis acti se puero, castigator censorque minorum.
Page 197 - ... orandum est ut sit mens sana in corpore sano. fortem posce animum mortis terrore carentem, qui spatium vitae extremum inter munera ponat naturae, qui ferre queat quoscumque labores, nesciat irasci, cupiat nihil et potiores 360 Herculis aerumnas credat saevosque labores et venere et cenis et pluma Sardanapalli.
Page 201 - ... tandem custode remoto, gaudet equis canibusque et aprici gramine campi, cereus in vitium flecti, monitoribus asper, utilium tardus provisor, prodigus aeris, sublimis cupidusque et amata relinquere pernix.
Page 167 - Ad summos honores alios scientia iuris, alios eloquentia, alios gloria militaris provexit : huic versatile ingenium sic pariter ad omnia fuit, ut natum ad id unum diceres, quodcunque ageret.