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... refers solely to the work of boys at a stage when learning to translate should be an important part of their work . 2 An immense impetus to good teaching in secondary schools would result , if the college , instead of subjecting ...
... refers solely to the work of boys at a stage when learning to translate should be an important part of their work . 2 An immense impetus to good teaching in secondary schools would result , if the college , instead of subjecting ...
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... must not lose sight of the Aedui . Nothing yet , it would seem , about the Aedui . Simply no what ? nullum sibi to or for themselves - - the Aedui , of course , for our reader must know that sibi refers to the subject of 18 INTRODUCTION .
... must not lose sight of the Aedui . Nothing yet , it would seem , about the Aedui . Simply no what ? nullum sibi to or for themselves - - the Aedui , of course , for our reader must know that sibi refers to the subject of 18 INTRODUCTION .
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... refers to the subject of the clause or sentence.1 ( A. and G. 196 foll .; G. 294 , 520-522 ; H. 449. ) 2 ad cognoscendum for finding out or investigating . spatium The temporary uncertainty as to nullum ceases with the expression of ...
... refers to the subject of the clause or sentence.1 ( A. and G. 196 foll .; G. 294 , 520-522 ; H. 449. ) 2 ad cognoscendum for finding out or investigating . spatium The temporary uncertainty as to nullum ceases with the expression of ...
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... refers ( having properly understood what precedes quos ) , than we misunderstand to whom the word whom refers in the English with 900 cavalrymen , whom , etc. ? sibi praesidio reliquerat , he had left , i.e. , kept as a guard ( body ...
... refers ( having properly understood what precedes quos ) , than we misunderstand to whom the word whom refers in the English with 900 cavalrymen , whom , etc. ? sibi praesidio reliquerat , he had left , i.e. , kept as a guard ( body ...
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... refer , and it will in any event be related to the nearest word to which it can be referred . ( Pons is masculine as ... refers logically to the subject already mentioned ) knew , yes , was knowing all along ( note the tense ) what ? for ...
... refer , and it will in any event be related to the nearest word to which it can be referred . ( Pons is masculine as ... refers logically to the subject already mentioned ) knew , yes , was knowing all along ( note the tense ) what ? for ...
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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.