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Latin
Elementary
Scott
Fletcher
Harry

'

SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
LIBRARY

PAS DE L'ECLU&E
Pass by which the Helvetians left their country.

(See page 140.)

Xahe Classical Series

ELEMENTARY LATIN
AN INTRODUCTORY COURSE

BY

HARRY FLETCHER SCOTT, A. M.

THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO HIGH SCHOOL

SCOTT, FORESMAN AND COMPANY

CHICAGO

NEW YORK

597652
Copyright 1915
BY

Scott, Fokesman and Company

PREFACE
In the preparation of these lessons, the author has kept
in view the necessity for simplicity of statement and for
the avoidance of unnecessary details. The purpose has been
to furnish drill on the forms and constructions of most
frequent occurrence, leaving the more difficult syntactical
relations and the forms less frequently employed for a later
point in the course. A few topics included in the lessons
near the end of the book have been given place in order to
meet the needs of teachers who prefer a more complete
presentation of Latin grammar in the first year. These
topics may, however, be omitted and the work of the lessons
made to consist of the translation exercises and drill on the
essential constructions and forms previously given.
Instead of the usual arrangement of lessons which must
be divided into two or three assignments, the plan has been
adopted of providing short lessons which can usually be
covered in single recitations. Naturally, no such plan can be
made to correspond absolutely to the needs of every class,
and occasionally a teacher may find it necessary to omit or to
leave for later review, part of the exercises of a lesson. But
the presentation of forms and syntax in small units will, it is
hoped, tend to prevent confusion in the mind of the pupil and
to aid the teacher in planning the work of the class.
The number of new words in each lesson has been kept
as nearly uniform as possible and review lessons have been
provided for special drill on vocabulary. These review les
sons, however, with the exception of the first and second,
are not an essential part of the plan of the book and may
be omitted by teachers who prefer to arrange reviews in a
different way. In connection with these lessons, lists of

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PREFACE

English derivatives have been given which may serve to

relate the work in Latin more closely to the pupil's study
of English, and to make clear the great importance of the
Latin element in the English language. The vocabulary is
for the greater part based on Caesar.
The reading lessons are planned to make the translation of
Caesar easier, by giving in simple Latin the story of the
first two books of the Gallic war, and by the frequent use
of phrases and constructions from Caesar. The pupil who
studies Latin but one year will at least have the opportu
nity to learn something of Caesar's narrative which may
contribute to his interest in ancient history.
The selections from Eutropius are based on the text of
Ruhl, with some changes and omissions. Boys and girls
in the high school usually read Eutropius with interest, and
since to many the tales of early Rome are unfamiliar, a good
introduction to Roman history is furnished by this material.
The recommendations of the Joint Committee on Gram
matical Nomenclature have been followed, with a few ex
ceptions. The name "past" instead of "past descriptive"
has been used in the indicative, and a different term from
that suggested by the Committee has been employed to des
ignate conditional sentences with the present and past tenses
of the indicative. Some of the classifications recommended by
the Committee have been omitted as unnecessary for first
year work.
Acknowledgment is made of the many helpful suggestions
which were received from Professor Frederick W. Sanford
of the University of Nebraska, Professor Charles Knapp of
Barnard College, Miss Mildred Dean of the Central High
School of Washington, D. C, Professor Arthur Tappan
Walker of the University of Kansas, and Professor Rollin
H. Tanner of Illinois College, who read the manuscript.
Professor Edward Capps of Princeton University, editor of
the Lake Classical Series, has also given the book the benefit

PREFACE

vii

of his scholarly judgment on many points. Some features

which have been most heartily commended by those to whom
the manuscript has been submitted are due to the suggestions
of the late Professor H. W. Johnston of the University of
Indiana, to whom the plan of the lessons was submitted
shortly before his death.
Chicago, Illinois, May, 1915.
Harry Fletcher Scott.

CONTENTS
PAGE

List op Illustrations and Maps

Introduction:
Lesson

xv

Sounds of the Letters, Syllables, Accent

I. Use of Case Forms in Latin and English. The

Article. Position of the Verb
II. Agreement of Adjectives in Case. Predicate Ad
jectives and Nouns
III. Indirect Object. Dative with Adjectives. Posi
tion of the Genitive and Dative
IV. The Ablative. The Vocative. The First Declen
sion
V. Personal Endings in the Active. Agreement of
the Verb. The First Conjugation, Present
Active Indicative

First Review Lesson

VI. Gender in the First Declension. The Second De
clension, Neuter Nouns in -um ......
VII. Apposition. The Second Declension, Nouns in -us
and -ir
VIII. The Second Declension, Nouns in -er. The Present
Indicative of sum
IX. Adjectives of the First and Second Declensions
with the Masculine in -us
X. Adjectives of the First and Second Declensions
with the Masculine in -er. Possessive Ad
jectives

4
6
8
10

13
16
17
19
22
24

26

Second Review Lesson

29
XI. Demonstratives. Declension of hie
31
XII. The First Conjugation, Present Passive Indica
tive. The Ablative of Agent
33
XIII. Declension of ille and ipse. The Ablative of ,
Accompaniment
35
XIV. The Second Conjugation, Present Indicative. The
Ablative of Place
37
XV. The Past Active Indicative of the First and
Second Conjugations
40

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CONTENTS
PAGE

Third Review Lessor

XVI. Declension of is. The Dative with Special Verbs .
XVII. The Past Passive Indicative of the First and
Second Conjugations. The Ablative of Means
XVIII. The Future Indicative of the First and Second
Conjugations
XIX. Possessives of the Third Person. The Past and
Future Indicative of sum
XX. The Perfect Active Indicative
Fourth Review Lesson
XXI. The Past Participle
XXII. The Principal Parts of the Verb. The Stems of
the Verb
XXIII. The Past Perfect Active Indicative. The Future
Perfect Active Indicative
XXIV. The Perfect Passive Indicative. The Accusative
of Duration
XXV. The Past Perfect Passive and the Future Perfect
Passive of the Indicative. Synopsis of Verbs .

43
44
47
49
51
54
57
58
60
63
65
67

Fifth Review Lesson

XXVI. The Future Active Participle. Prepositions with
the Accusative
XXVII. The Third Conjugation, Present Indicative of o
Verbs. The Dative of Purpose
XXVIII. The Fourth Conjugation, Present Indicative. The
Substantive Use of Adjectives
XXIX. The Past Indicative of the Third and Fourth Con
jugations
XXX. The Future Indicative of the Third and Fourth
Conjugations. The Ablative of Time ....

69

Sixth Review Lesson

XXXI. The Third Conjugation, -id Verbs, Present, Past,
and Future Indicative
XXXII. Review of the Present System of the Four Conju
gations in the Indicative
XXXIII. Review of the Perfect System. Variation from
the Normal Word Order
XXXIV. Adjectives with the Genitive in -ius
XXXV. The Third Declension, Consonant Stems ....

80

70
72
74
76
77

81
83
87
90
92

CONTENTS

XI
PAGE

Seventh Review Lesson

95

XXXVI. The Third Declension, Consonant Stems (Con

tinued). The Dative of Reference ..... 90
XXXVII. The Third Declension, Masculine and Feminine
i-STEMs and Mixed Stems
99
XXXVIII. The Third Declension, Neuter i-STEMS. Gender
in the Third Declension
102
XXXIX. The Third Declension, Irregular and Exceptional
1-Stems
104
XL. Declension or idem. The Genitive op the Whole . 106
Eighth Review Lesson
108
XL1. The Present Passive Infinitive of the Four Con
jugations. The Complementary Infinitive . . 110
XLIl. Adjectives of the Third Declension. The Abla
tive of Manner
112
XL11I. Adjectives of the Third Declension (Continued).
Order of Words in Prepositional Phrases . .114
XL IV. The Relative Pronoun. Agreement of the Rela
tive
117
XLV. The Fourth Declension
118
Ninth Review Lesson
XLV1. Declension of domus. The Locative Case ....
XLVII. Numerals. Declension of duo and tres ....
XLVIII. The Fifth Declension
XLIX. The Accusative of Extent. The Accusative of
Place to Which
L. Conjugation of ed. The Ablative of Route . . .

120
121
12o
127

Tenth Review Lesson

LI. The Dative with Compounds. The Dative of Pos
session
LI I. The Ablative of Separation. The Ablative of
Place from Which
L1II. The Comparison of Adjectives
L1V. The Comparison of Adjectives (Continued). The
Ablative of Comparison
LV. Adjectives Compared Irregularly. The Ablative
of Degree of Difference

133

129
131

135
137
139
141
143

CONTENTS

Xll

PAGE

Eleventh Review Lesson

146
LVI. The Genitive of Description. The Ablative of
Description
147
LVII. The Formation op Adverbs
149
LVIll. The Comparison of Adverbs
151
LIX. The Present Participle. The Ablative of Re
spect
153
LX. The Ablative Absolute
155 '
Twelfth Review
LXI. The
LXII. The
LXI II. The
LXIV. The

Lesson
Conjugation of possum
Personal Pronouns. The Objective Genitive .
Reflexive Pronoun. Enclitic Use of cum . .
Infinitive of the Four Conjugations, Com
plete
LXV. The Infinitive with Subject Accusative. The In
finitives of sum and eo

Thirteenth
LXVI.
LXVII.
LXVIII.
LXIX.

157
159
161
163
165
167

Review Lesson
The Present Imperative
The Conjugation of fero
Synopsis of possum and fero
Deponent Verbs of the First and Second Conju
gations
-...
LXX. Deponent Verbs of the Third and Fourth Conju
gations. The Ablative with fitor, Etc. . . .

170
170
173
175

Fourteenth Review Lesson

LXXI. Deponent Verbs of the Third Conjugation in -io.
The Predicate Nominative with Certain Pas
sive Verbs
LXXII. Interrogative Pronouns. Interrogative Particles
LXXIII. Declension of quidam and quisque. Impersonal
Verbs
LXXIV. Semi-Deponents. The Enclitic -que
LXXV. Declension of aliquis and quisquam. The Ablative
of Cause

183

177
180

184
187
189
192
194

Fifteenth Review Lesson

196
LXXVI. The Subjunctive Mood. The Present Subjunctive
of the First and Second Conjugations . . . 197

CONTENTS

xiii
PAGE

LXXVII. Clauses of Purpose with ut and ne.. The Present

Subjunctive of the Third and Fourth Conju
gations'
LXXVII1. Relative Clauses of Purpose. The Present Sub
junctive of sum and possum
LXXIX. Substantive Clauses of Desire. The Past Sub
junctive of the Four Conjugations
LXXX. The Anticipatory Subjunctive. The Present and
Past Subjunctive of fero and eo

199
202
204
207

Sixteenth Review Lesson

LXXXI. The Past Subjunctive of sum and possum. Clauses
of Result
LXXXII. The Perfect Subjunctive. Indirect Questions . .
LXXXIII. The Past Perfect Subjunctive
LXXXIV. Indirect Discourse
.
LXXXV. Indirect Discourse (Continued). The Conjugation
of eo Completed

209

Seventeenth Review Lesson

LXXXVI. Tense of Subjunctives in Subordinate Clauses.
Descriptive Clauses of Situation with cum . .
LXXXVII. The Conjugation of fio. Substantive Clauses of
Fact
LXXXVIII. Cum Causal Clauses. The Genitive of Material .
LXXXIX. The Conjugation of volo. Cum Adversative Clauses .
XC. The Conjugation of nolo.
Constructions with
Expressions of Fear

220

Eighteenth Review Lesson

X(JI. The Future Passive Participle. The Dative of
Agent
XCII. The Conjugation of maid. The Genitive with Verbs
of Remembering and Forgetting
XCIII. The Supine. Review of Place Constructions . .
XCIV. The Gerund
XCV. The Gerundive

232

210
212
214
216
219

221
224
226
228
230

233
235
237
240
243

Nineteenth Review Lesson

246
XCVI. Review of Participles. Negative Commands . . . 247
XCVII. Conditional Sentences. Non-Committal Conditional
Sentences
249

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CONTENTS
PAGE

XCVIII. Conditional Sentences Contrary to Fact. Review

of Prepositions
251
XCIX. Conditional Sentences Future Less Vivid. De
clension of iste
253
C. The Future Imperative. The Subjunctive by At
traction
255
Twentieth Review Lesson

258

Selections from Eutropius

259

Notes to Eutropius

269

The Formation of Latin Words

277

Familiar Latin Phrases

279

Appendix

281

Vocabulary

313

Index

346

ILLUSTRATIONS AND MAPS

PAGE

Frontispiece
Map Showing Modern Influence of Latin
Roman Children at Play

xix
7

Boman Farmer with Plow

Roman "Wall in Britain
The Appian Way in the Time of Augustus
Roman Writing Materials
Roman Matrons Offering Gifts

12
15
20
28
30

Roman Festival Procession

Entrance to a Roman Fortified Camp
Victims for a Roman Sacrifice
Roman Sword and Scabbard
Roman Shield

39
40
45
48
50

Gate in the Wall of Modei:n Rome

Ruins of Roman Aqueduct
Fragment of Papyrus Roll from Herculaneum
Roman Centurion
Bridge Over the Tiber
The Roman Forum in Its Present Condition

53
62
75
77
86
89

Manner of Wearing the Toga

Drawing on the Outer Wall of a House in Pompeii
Arch Over Roman Road
Roman Oil Vault
Gaul in Caesar's Time (Map)
Gaius Julius Caesar
Roman Javelins
Roman Coins

99
109
116
122
123
124
. 128
130

Roman Drinking Cups

Roman Soldiers Storming a Town
Roman Spoons and Bowl

138
145
146

Roman Temple at Cori

The Capitoline Hill (Restoration)

150
160

xv

xvi

ILLUSTRATIONS
PAGE

The Roman Forum (Restoration)

169

Roman Coin
Street of Pompeii

175
186

Roman Mosaic
Roman Seal Rings

191
201

Roman Helmets
Caesar 's Triumph

203
206

Roman Chariot Race

Interior op a House at Pompeii (Restoration)

218
. 223

Circus Maximus
View of Modern Rome from the Capitoline Hill

239
241

Roman Kitchen Range

246

View on the Appian Way

252

THE VALUE OF LATIN

A very large proportion of the words of the English lan
guage is derived from Latin. In some instances words have
been taken directly, without change of form. For example,
terminus, stimulus, veto, and affidavit, are Latin words in
the form in which they were used by the Romans. Other
words first became a part of the French language and after
being modified by the pronunciation of that language were
taken into English in this changed form. Such are humble,
count, blame, and sure. The numerous English adjectives
ending in -ent and -ant, such as patient, intelligent, independ
ent, and defiant, are derived from Latin participles either
directly or through the French. As an illustration of how
large this element is in English, nearly three-fourths of the
words in the Preamble to the Constitution of the United
States (with the exception of prepositions and articles) are
of Latin origin.,
The study of Latin is, therefore, to a large extent, the
study of the history of our own language. But it is more
than merely a study of its history. One who has become
familiar with the derivation of the words which he uses is
likely to speak and write with greater clearness and accu
racy. For this reason the best schools which afford training
for those who wish to become newspaper writers advise or
require the study of Latin as a preparation. For the same
reason, law schools require that a student shall have some
knowledge of Latin, and prominent lawyers have said that
no other training can give the command of language which
is necessary for the largest success in the legal profession.
Schools of engineering advise or require Latin because the
Latin student usually has the ability to state a plan of work
xvii

xviii

ELEMENTARY LATIN

or describe what is to be done with greater clearness than

one who has not had the training afforded by Latin.
For business life the study of Latin is valuable in that it
gives one a larger English vocabulary and through the ex
perience of translation affords training in the careful choice
of words. Even a brief course, of two or three years will
give much help in these respects. One who has learned to
look carefully at words is more likely to avoid errors in
spelling and in the structure of sentences. Inaccuracy in
the use of language may be the cause of failure in many situa
tions in the business world. In proportion as one gains posi
tions of greater importance, the ability to speak and write
clearly and correctly becomes more valuable. The oppor
tunities for success for one who lacks this ability are rapidly
becoming less.
Another reason why the study of Latin is of importance
to the English-speaking person is that his own literature is
made clearer thereby. The greatest works of English lit
erature have been written by men who knew Latin, and they
contain innumerable passages which cannot be understood
without a knowledge of Latin. This does not mean simply
Latin quotations, but references and forms of expression in
English. And this is true not merely of the writers of an
early period, but of some of the most modern. Many English
poems have as their titles famous Latin phrases which one
must understand in order to appreciate the poems themselves.
The modern languages which have been developed from
Latin are very important and widely spoken. Those of Italy,
France, Spain, Portugal, and Roumania are modern forms of
Latin. And since the languages spoken in the greater part of
South America, and Mexico, and in parts of the southwestern
states of our own country and of Canada belong to this group,
they are of very direct concern to us. Further, one who
wishes to become familiar with the great literatures of the
world or to be able to read important scientific books must

ELEMENTARY LATIN

XIX

MAP SHOWING THE INFLUENCE OF LATIN ON THE LANGUAGES OF

MODERN EUROPE
Heavy shading indicates languages directly derived from Latin
Light shading indicates languages largely influenced by Latin

xx

ELEMENTARY LATIN

know at least one of these languages. If he knows Latin

he has the foundation of all of them and can learn any one
of them with much less effort because of that knowledge.
In the Latin language there is also a great literature which
one will appreciate better if he reads it in the original form.
The works of the Roman poets and historians have had a
powerful influence on the literature of modern nations. They
are often quoted today, and parts of them have been imitated
many times. In reading them one finds the source of a great
number of the mythological stories which have been retold in
so many forms in later literature. These stories become more
vivid and real as they are read in the language in which they
were originally written.
In these ways and in others, the study of Latin is closely
connected with the life of the modern world, and it cannot
well be disregarded by any one who wishes to become in
the best sense efficient and intelligent.

INTRODUCTORY LESSON
THE ALPHABET

1. The Latin alphabet is the same as the English, except

that the Latin has no j or w.
VOWELS AND CONSONANTS

2. The vowels, as in English, are a, e, i, o, u, and y. The

other letters are consonants. The letter i is usually a con
sonant when it stands at the beginning of a word and is
followed by a vowel, or when it stands between vowels
within a word.
SOUNDS OF THE LETTERS

3. The vowels in Latin are either long or short. In this

book long vowels are indicated by a mark placed above
them. A vowel which is unmarked is short. The vowel
sounds are indicated in the following table:
a=o
e a
i= i
do
U=M

in
in
in
in
in

"father"
"fade"
"machine"
"holy"
"rude"

aa
e=e
i=i
o= o
u=

in
in
in
in
in

"comma'
"net"
"this"
"domain'
"full"

y is seldom used. Its sound is the same as that of u in the

French language or ii in German.
'Like a, but pronounced more quickly.
1

ELEMENTARY LATIN

4. The consonants have in general the same sounds as

in English. The following exceptions are to be noted:
c and ch have the sound of k.
g has only one sound, that heard in go.
i as a consonant is equivalent to y in yes.
s has only the sound heard in say.
t always has the sound heard in top. It does not com
bine with i to give the sound of sh as in nation.
V has the sound of w.
X has only the sound of ks, as in exercisc.
bs and bt are equivalent to ps and pt.
/
ph and th are nearly equivalent to p and t. *
DIPHTHONGS

5. A diphthong is a combination of two vowels in one

syllable. The diphthongs are ae, au, ei, eu, oe, and ui. Their
sounds are as follows:
ae= ai in "aisle"
eu=ew in "feud"
au=ow in "out"
oe= oi in "boil"
ei= ei in "vein"
ui= almost1 ui in "ruin"
SYLLABLES

6. (1) A syllable must contain a vowel or a diphthong,

and may contain also one or more consonants.
(2) A consonant between two vowels is taken with the
vowel which follows it: po-no, ha-be-d.
(3) Two consonants between two vowels are divided, one
going with the vowel which precedes and one with the
vowel which follows. But if the second of two consonants
is 1 or r, and if the combination can be pronounced at the
beginning of a word, as bl, br, etc., the two are taken with
the vowel which follows, like a single consonant : 2 manda-re, car-do ; but fe-bris, a-cris.
1 The u Is shorter than in the English word, and the vowels axe more
closely blended.
2 In the division of a compound verb Into syllables in writing or printing,
the prepositional element is separated from the simple verb.

ELEMENTARY LATIN
LENGTH OF SYLLABLES

7. (1) A syllable is long if it contains a long vowel or a

diphthong: do-num, cau-tus.
(2) A syllable is long if it contains a short vowel followed
by two consonants, except bl, br, or some other combination
of a single consonant with 1 or r which can be pronounced
at the beginning of a word : con-do, mit-to.
(3) All other syllables are short: me-mor, a-gri.
a. x and z have the value of two consonants because
they represent a combination of sounds. A syllable is
long if its vowel is followed by either of these double
consonants.
ACCENT

8. (1) In a word of two syllables the accent falls on the

first syllable.

(2) In a word of more than two syllables the accent falls

on the syllable before the last, if it is long, otherwise on the
second syllable from the last : lii'men, au-di're, con-ten'tus,
me'mi-ni.
(3) The syllable before the last is called the penult, the
second from the last is called the antepenult.

ELEMENTARY LATIN

LESSON I
NOUN INFLECTION:

THE ARTICLE: POSITION OF VERB

THE USE OF CASE FORMS IN ENGLISH

9. In English, one form of the pronoun is used as the sub

ject of the sentence, a different form as the object of a verb
or of a preposition, and a third form to express possession.
He walks (subject).
We see him (object).
His book is new (possessive).
CASE FORMS OF LATIN NOUNS

10. In Latin, nouns as well as pronouns have different

forms to show how they are used in sentences.
Puella (subject) ambulat, the girl walks.
Puellam (object) videmus, we see the girl.
Liber puellae (possessive), the girl's book.
NAMES OF CASES

11. The subject case is called the Nominative, the object

case is called the Accusative, and the case of the possessor is
called the Genitive.
Nom. puella (subject).
Gen. puellae (possessive).
Ace. puellam (object).
TRANSLATION OF THE GENITIVE

12. The genitive is sometimes translated by the English

possessive, as in the example above, and sometimes by of and
the noun. Puellae may be translated the girl's or of the girl.
THE ARTICLE

13. The Latin has no article. With the English transla

tion of a Latin noun, a. an, or the is generally supplied as
the sense requires. Puella means the girl or a girl according
to the meaning of the sentence in which it stands.

ELEMENTARY LATIN
POSITION OF THE VERB

14. The verb of a Latin sentence, unless it is especially

emphasized, usually stands at the end of the sentence.1
15.

VOCABULARY

femina, woman
filia, daughter
puella, girl
rosa, rose

amat, loves
dat, gives
laudat, praises
vocat, calls

EXERCISES

16.

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

Femina puellam vocat.

Puella feminam vocat.
Fllia rosam dat.
Femina rosam puellae laudat.
Puella filiam feminae amat.
Fllia feminae rosam laudat.

17.

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

The woman loves the girl.

The girl loves the woman.
The woman praises the girl.
The woman 's daughter gives a rose.
The girl praises the woman's rose.
SUGGESTED DRILL

(1) Divide the words of the vocabulary into syllables and indicate
the accent of each word. (2) Give the genitive and the accusative
of each noun in the vocabulary. (3) In the following sentences point
out the subjects: (a) The boy has a gun. (b) We missed the first
train, (e) You did not see us yesterday, (d) The engine of the
aeroplane is small, (e) The boy's gun is not loaded, (f) The friends
of this girl sent presents.
(4) In the sentences of (3) point out
the objects, and also the words or phrases which express possession.
(5) Name the case in which each noun or pronoun in these sentences
would stand if translated into Latin.
1 The forms of the verb meaning to be, when equivalent to the English
there Is, or there are, usually stand first in the clause.

ELEMENTARY LATIN

LESSON II
ADJECTIVES:

PREDICATE ADJECTIVES AND NOUNS

CASE FORMS OF ADJECTIVES

18. Adjectives as well as nouns have different case forms

in Latin. An adjective agrees in case with the noun to
which it belongs.
Nom. puella bona, a good girl.
Gen. puellae bonae, of a good girl.
Ace. puellam bonam, a good girl.
POSITION OF ADJECTIVES

19. An adjective which tells some quality of a noun is

placed after the noun to which it belongs, unless especially
emphasized : Femina benigna, the kind woman.
PREDICATE ADJECTIVES

20. An adjective which is connected with a noun or pro

noun by some form of the verb meaning to be is called a
Predicate Adjective.
The girl is good.
A predicate adjective agrees with the subject of its clause.
Femina benigna est, the woman is kind.
PREDICATE NOUNS

21. A noun which is connected with the subject by some

form of the verb meaning to be is called a Predicate Noun.
A. predicate noun stands in the same case as the subject.
Puella filia feminae est, the girl is the woman's daughter.
22.

VOCABULARY

benigna, kind
bona, good
magna, large
pulchra, beautiful

insula, island
statua, statue
est; is
et, and

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EXERCISES

23.

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.

Puella benigna est.

Statua pulchra est.
Insula magna et pulchra est.
Fllia feminae benignae bona est.
Fllia feminae bonae benigna est.
Femina statuam pulchram laudat.
Puella feminam benignam amat.

24.

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

The
The
The
The
The

woman is kind.
rose is beautiful.
woman's daughter is a good girl.
girl gives a beautiful rose.
woman praises the large statue.

SUGGESTED DRILL

(1) Name the case of each noun in the sentences of 23 and tell
why each noun stands in the case in which it appears. (2) Point out
the predicate adjectives in the sentences of 23 and 24. (3) Point
out the predicate nouns and the objects in the following sentences and
state what the case of each would be in Latin: (a) The man was a
stranger, (b) I have had no dinner, (c) You have been the leader,
(d) This boy will never be a good player, (e) We saw your friend
yesterday.

ROMAN CHILDREN AT PLAY

ELEMENTARY LATIN

LESSON III
INDIRECT OBJECT: DATIVE WITH ADJECTIVES:
OF GENITIVE AND DATIVE

POSITION

THE INDIRECT OBJECT

25. The word denoting the person to whom something

is given or said or shown is called the Indirect Object.
He told the boy an interesting story.
The girl gave her sister a picture.
THE DATIVE AS INDIRECT OBJECT

26. In Latin, the case of the indirect object is called the

Dative. Nouns which end in -a in the nominative have the
same form for the dative as for the genitive in the singular.
Femina puellae rosam dat, the woman gives the girl a rose.
a. In English the indirect object is often expressed
by "to" and the noun.
The woman gives a rose to the girl.
In Latin the phrase to the girl is expressed by the one
word, puellae.
THE DATIVE WITH ADJECTIVES

27. The dative is also used in sentences and phrases con

taining adjectives of attitude or quality or relation, such as
those meaning angry, kind, friendly, pleasing, useful, near,
to name the person or thing toward which the attitude or
quality or relation is directed or in reference to which it is
said to exist: Puellae benigna, kind to the girl.
POSITION OF THE GENITIVE AND THE DATIVE

28. (1) A noun in the genitive case, when not empha

sized, commonly stands after the word to which it
belongs.
(2) A noun in the dative case, when not emphasized,
commonlv stands before the word to which it belonsrs.

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VERB ENDINGS OF THE THIRD PERSON

29. Verbs ending in -t are in the third person, singular

number. The third person plural ends in -nt.
Sing,
PiiU.
30.

laudat, praises.
laudant, praise.
VOCABULARY

agricola, farmer
amicitia, friendship
aqua, water
nauta, sailor

grata, pleasing
tua, your, yours
tibi, to you (dative)
portat, carries

EXERCISES

31.

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.

Puella aquam portat.

Amlcitia tibi grata est.
Nauta et femina puellam laudant.
Amicitia tua nautae est grata.
Puella feminae (dative) benigna est.
Agricola puellae rosam dat.
Puella filiam agricolae amat.

32.

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

The good daughter gives a rose to the woman.

The girl and the woman call the sailor.
The large rose is pleasing to you.
Your friendship is pleasing to the good girl.
The farmer and the sailor praise the statue.
SUGGESTED DRILL

(1) Give the dative and the accusative forms of the nouns in the
vocabulary above. (2) Give the third person plural of the verbs in
the vocabulary of Lesson I. (3) Name the case which may be used
after adjectives meaning friendly, unfriendly, pleasing, opposed, in
jurious. (4)Point out the indirect objects and also the direct objects in
the following sentences: (a) They told us the reason for this, (b) No
one gave the tramp money. (c) Who gave your brother this knife?
(d) He said this to his father.

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LESSON IV
THE ABLATIVE:

THE VOCATIVE:

THE FIRST DECLENSION

IKE ABLATIVE CASE

S3. The case used in Latin to express relations which are

indicated in English by the prepositions from, in, and with
is called the Ablative. There are additional uses of this case
which have been developed from these. Latin prepositions
are sometimes used with the ablative.
ex silva, from the forest.
in silva, in the forest.
cum nauta, with the sailor.
a. The form of the ablative singular is to be dis
tinguished from that of the nominative singular by the
final long a in such nouns as those given above.
Nom.
Abl.

silva.
silva.

THE VOCATIVE CASE

34. The case used in Latin to name the person directly

addressed is called the Vocative. In most nouns the voca
tive singular is identical in form with the nominative singular.
The vocative plural is always identical with the nominative
plural.
Pilia tua, Cornelia, pulchra est, Cornelia, your daughter
is beautiful.
POSITION OF THE VOCATIVE

35. In Latin, the vocative regularly stands after one or

more words in the sentence, as in the example above. Its
English equivalent usually stands either at the beginning or
at the end of the sentence.

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THE FIRST DECLENSION

36. The nouns which have been given thus far belong to
what is called the First Declension. They are declined in
full through the singular and plural according to the follow
ing model:1
rosa, rose
Singular

Nom.
Gen.
Dat.
Ace.
Abl.

rosa,
rosae,
rosae,
rosam,
rosa,

Nom.
Gen.
Dat.
Ace.
Abl.

rosae,
rosarum,
rosls,
rosas,
rosls,

Terminations

a rose (subject or pn3dicate)

of a rose
to or for a rose
a rose (object)
from, in, with a rose

-a
-ae
-ae
-am
-a

roses (subject or predicate)

of roses
to or for roses
roses (object)
from, in, with roses

-ae
-arum
-is
-as
-is

Plural

a. The genitive singular ending, -ae, printed after a

word in the vocabulary shows that the word belongs to
the first declension.
IDENTICAL FORMS

37. The form rosae may be a genitive singular, a dative

singular, a nominative plural, or a vocative plural. The
meaning of the rest of the sentence will usually make it
possible to determine what is the case of a doubtful form.
THE BASE

38. The part of a noun to which the terminations are

added and which is not changed in declension, is called the
Base. The base of rosa is ros-. The base of a noun is found
by dropping the ending of the genitive singular.
1 The noun fllla has the Irregular form flliabus In the dative and
ablative plural.

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30.

VOCABULARY

Cornelia, Cornelia (a woman 's

name)
silva, -ae, forest
ambulat, walks
habitat, lives, dwells

cum, prep. with abl., with

properat, hastens
e, ex,1 prep. with abl., from,
out of
in, in, on

ROMAN FARMER WITH PLOW

EXERCISES

40. 1. Silva magna tibi est grata. 2. Agricola in silva

magna est. 3. Femina cum filia in lnsula habitat. 4. Cor
nelia ex silva properat. 5. Flliae agricolae rosam magnam
laudant. 6. Puellae, Cornelia, in silva ambulant. 7. Amlcitia
feminarum tibi grata est. 8. Femina puellis rosas dat.
41. 1. The sailors live on the large island. 2. The woman
walks with the girls. 3. The rose is pleasing to the girls.
4. The farmer hastens from the forest. 5. The woman praises
the farmer's daughters.
SUGGESTED DRILL

(1) Give the ease terminations of the first declension in the singu
lar and plural. (2) Decline the nouns in the vocabularies of this
lesson and of the preceding lesson. (3) Name the case of each noun
in 40. (4) Point out the subjects of the sentences in 41. (5) Point
out a direct object in 41.
1 Before vowels and h, ex Is used, before most consonants, e.

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LESSON V
PRESENT INDICATIVE: AGREEMENT OF VERB:
THE INFINITIVE: FIRST CONJUGATION
THE THREE FORMS OF THE ENGLISH VERB

42. The English verb has three forms for the present
tense ; walks, does walk, and is walking are all present. In
Latin, there is only one form for this tense. The form
ambulat is translated walks, or is walking, or does walk, as
the sense requires. Non ambulat is translated does not walk,
or is not walking. Ubi puella habitat is translated Where
does the girl live? or Where is the girl living?
PERSONAL ENDINGS OF THE VERB

43. The form porto is translated / carry (am carrying,

do carry). The subject / is indicated by the ending -d, and a
pronoun is not expressed unless the subject is emphasized,
or contrasted with another word.
In the form portat, the ending -t shows that the verb is
third person, singular number. If no subject is expressed
in the Latin, a pronoun of the third person, lie, she, or it, is
regularly to be supplied in translation. Thus est may be
translated he is, or she is, or it is.
The other personal pronouns when not emphatic are like
wise indicated as subjects by verb endings.
AGREEMENT OF THE VERB

44. The verb agrees with its subject in person and

number.
THE INFINITIVE

45. The present active infinitive of porto is portare, to

carry. All verbs given thus far, except the verb meaning
to be, form the present active infinitive with the termination
-are: laudare, to praise; amarej to love.
a. The infinitive dare, to give, is slightly irregular, in
that the a is short.

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THE FIRST CONJUGATION

46. Verbs which have the infinitive termination -are form

what is called the First Conjugation.
The forms of the first conjugation in the present tense,
indicative mood, active voice, are as follows:
Singular

1. porto,
2. portas,
3. portat,

Personal Endings

I carry, (am carrying, do carry) -d (I)

you (singular) carry, etc.
-s (you)1
he, she, it carries, etc.
-t (he, she, it)
Plural

1. portamus, we carry, etc.

2. portatis,
you (plural) carry, etc.
3. portant,
they carry, etc.

-mus (we)
-tis (you)
-nt (they^

a. In the vocabulary, either the infinitive or its ter

mination is printed after the first form given, to indicate
the conjugation.
0. The main body of the verb, ending in the charac
teristic vowel, is called the Present Stem. The present
stem of portare is porta-. The present tense of the
indicative mood is formed by uniting personal endings
to the present stem. In the first person singular of the
first conjugation the characteristic a disappears. Be
fore the endings -t and -nt it becomes short a.
47,

VOCABULARY

Britannia, -ae, Great Britain

Hibernia, -ae, Ireland
patria, -ae, native country
via, -ae, road, street

mea, my, mine

mini, to me (dat.)
non, adv., not
sunt, are, they are

1 In English, you carry may be either singular or plural. In Latin, the

distinction between the singular and the plural of the verb in the second per
son is always indicated.

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EXERCISES

48. 1. Non in Hibernia habito. 2. Britannia et Hibernia

sunt Insulae. 3. Britannia non patria mea est. 4. In via
cum nauta ambulamus. 5. In insula habito. 6. Puella mihi
rosam dat. 7. Tibi rosas do. 8. Statuam pulehram laudatis. 9. Patriam meam amo et laudo. 10. Fllia agricolae
cum femina in via ambulat.
49. 1. I praise the daughter of the farmer. 2. You (sin
gular) are calling (call) the girl. 3. We do not live on the
island. 4. My native country is beautiful. 5. You (plural)
love the forest. 6. You love and praise your native country. '
SUGGESTED DRILL

(1) Give the personal endings of the verb, and the English pronoun
for which each stands. (2) Translate laudo in three different ways.
(3) Give the infinitives of the verbs in the vocabularies of Lessons
I, III, and IV, with the meaning of each. (4) Divide the words
Britannia and Hibernia into syllables and indicate the accent. (5)
Form two English sentences, each of which contains a direct and an
indirect object. (6) Tell what would be the case of these objects in
Latin. (7) Form two English sentences containing predicate nouns
and tell what would be the case of these nouns in Latin.

ROMAN WALL IN BRITAIN

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FIRST REVIEW LESSON

50. (1) The subject of a finite1 verb is in the nominative
case.
(2) The predicate noun used with a finite form of the
verb meaning to be is in the nominative case.
(3) The genitive case is used to name a person or thing
referred to as possessing something.
(4) The indirect object is in the dative case.
(5) The dative is used in sentences or phrases containing
adjectives of attitude or quality or relation to denote that
toward which the attitude, quality, or relation is directed
or in reference to which it is said to exist.
(6) The direct object of a verb is in the accusative case.
(7) The ablative case js used to express relations indicated
in English by the prepositions from, with, or in.
(8) The vocative case is used to denote the person addressed.
TERMINATIONS (First Declension)

Singular

Nom.
Gen.
Dat.
Ace.
Abl.

-a
-ae
-ae
-am
-a

PERSONAL ENDINGS (Active Voice)

Plural

-ae
-arum
-is
-as
-is

Singular

1.
2.
3.

-d or -m2 (7)
-s (you)
-t (he, she, it)

Plural

-mus (we)
-tis (you)
-nt (they)

51. Give Latin words with which the following English

words are connected in derivation :
amble
habitation
patriotic
Hibernian
portable
aquatic
insular
rose
benign
Britain
laudable
statue
feminine
magnify
via (in time-tables)
gratify
nautical
vocation
1 That is, any verb form except the infinitives and participles.
J The use of the personal ending -m will be shown later.

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LESSON VI
GENDER OF NOUNS: SECOND DECLENSION, -UM NOUNS:
AGREEMENT OF ADJECTIVES
GENDER

52. In Latin, gender is only in part a distinction based

on sex. Many nouns referring to objects without life are
either masculine or feminine. For example, silva and rosa
are feminine.
GENDER IN THE FIBST DECLENSION

53. Nouns of the first declension are feminine, with the

exception of a few words which regularly denote men.
Agricola and nauta belong to this class and are masculine.
THE SECOND DECLENSION. NEUTER NOUNS

54. Nouns ending in -um are of the Second Declension

and are neuter in gender. They are declined as follows:
templum, n., temple
Base, templSingular

Nom.
Gen.
Dat.
Ace.
Abl.

templum,
templi,
templS,
templum,
templo,

a temple
of a temple
to or for a temple
a temple
from, in, with a temple

Terminations

-um
-i
-d
-um
-d

Plural

Num.
Gen.
Dat.
Ace.
Abl.

templa,
templorum,
templis,
templa,
templis,

temples
of temples
to or for temples
temples
from, in, with temples

-a
-drum
-is
-a
-is

a. The genitive ending -i placed after a word in the

vocabulary indicates that it is of the second declension.

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AGREEMENT OF ADJECTIVES

55. Adjectives agree with their nouns in gender and

number, as well as in case.
templum magnum, a great temple.
silva magna, a great forest.
56.

VOCABULARY

donum, -i, n., gift, present

oppidum, -i, n., town
periculum, -i, n., danger
saxum, -i, n., rock, stone

sed, conj., but

sto, stare, stand
templum, -i, n., temple
vito, -are, avoid

EXERCISES

57. 1. Agricola saxum magnum portat.

2. Templum
pulchrum in insula laudo. 3. In oppido magno habitamus.
4. Donum gratum tibi non dant. 5. In Insula habito, sed
lnsula non mihi grata est. 6. Agricola et nauta periculum non
vltant. 7. Puellae in via cum femina stant. 8. In via
oppidl cum fllia tua ambulo.
58. 1. In the forest are large stones. 2. We give presents
to the girls. 3. We are standing in the forest with the
farmer. 4. Cornelia loves the woman, but she does not love
the woman's daughter. 5. The woman gives a present to
the sailor's daughter. 6. The sailor praises the beautiful
town.
SUGGESTED DRILL

(1) Decline the nouns oppidum, saxum, and donum. (2) Conjugate
the verbs in the vocabulary of this lesson, in the present tense. (3)
Decline together saxum magnum. (4) Decline together silva magna.
(5) Point out the adjectives in 57 and give the reason for their forms.
(6) Point out an indirect object in 58. (7) Give the case termina
tions of templum.

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LESSON VII
SECOND DECLENSION, -US AND -IR NOUNS: VOCATIVE
FORMS: APPOSITION: POSITION OF ADVERBS
NOUNS OF THE SECOND DECLENSION IN -US AND -IR

59. In addition to the neuter nouns ending in -um, the

second declension has masculine nouns ending in -us, -er,
and -ir. The declension of those which end in -us and -ir is
as follows :
amicus, m., friend
Base, amlc-

vir, m., man

Base, vir-

Singular

Singular
Terminations

Nom.
Gen.
Acc.
Abl.
Voc.

amlcus, a friend
-us
amlcl, of a friend, etc. -i
amlco
-d
anucum
-um
amlco
-d
amlce
-e

Nom.
Gen.
Dat.
Acc.
Abl.

amld
amlcorum
amlcls
amlcos
amlcls

DAT.

Plural

Terminations

vir, man
virl, of a man
viro
virum
viro

-i
-0

-um
-d

Plural

-i
-orum
-Is
-OS

-Is

virl
virorum
virls
viros
virls

-i
-6rum
-is
-ds
-is

FORMS OF THE VOCATIVE

60. The vocative singular of nouns of the second declen

sion in -us ends in -e. In all other Latin nouns the vocative
singular is the same form as the nominative singular. The
vocative plural of all nouns is the same as the nominative
plural.

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APPOSITION

61. A noun which serves to explain another noun refer

ring to the same person or thing is said to be in Apposition
with that noun.
Jones, the captain of the team, was hurt.
In this sentence, captain is in apposition with Jones.

THE APPIAX

WAY

IN

THE TIME OP AUGUSTUS

THE CASE OF NOUNS IN APPOSITION

62. A noun in apposition stands in the same case as the

noun it explains.
Cornelia, filia agricolae, benigna est, Cornelia, the
farmer's daughter, is kind.
POSITION OF ADVERBS

63. An adverb usually stands before the word which it

modifies.

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64.

amicus, -i, m., friend

cur, adv., why
errd, -are, wander
laboro, -are, work
numquam, adv., never

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VOCABULARY

nunc, adv., now

servus, -i, m., slave
Sextus, -i, m., Sextus, name
of a man
vir, viri, m., man
EXERCISES

65. 1. Cur dona non tibi grata sunt? 2. Sextus, servus,

cum agricola laborat. 3. Amlcus agricolae in silva errat.
4. Cornelia, filia nautae, nunc in oppido est. 5. Amicum
Corneliae numquam laudo. 6. Flliam tuam, Sexte, laudo.
7. Servus in templo cum viro stat. 8. Virl mini dona dant.
9. Vir nauta est et in lnsula habitat. 10. Agricola Sextum
servum laudat.
66. 1. The slaves are wandering in the forest. 2. The
man is standing in the street with the slave and the sailor.
3. Why is Sextus, the slave, working in the town?
4. Friend, you never praise your native country. 5. The
man's native country is Ireland, but he lives in Great
Britain.

SUGGESTED DRILL

(1) Form the vocative singular of servus, Sextus, agricola, and

fcmina. (2) Divide into syllables the words amicorum and agricolae
and indicate the accent of each. (3) Point out the words used in
apposition in 66. (4) Name the cases which have the same forms
in the plural of masculine nouns of the second declension. (5) Point
out the appositives (nouns in apposition) and the predicate nouns in
the following sentences, and name the case in which each would stand
in Latin:
(a) Maynard, the captain, was a hero.
(b) We saw
William, the boy who had been hurt, (c) I gave the papers to the
lawyer, the man standing by the table, (d) This plan was the work
of Franklin, the printer.

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LESSON VIII
SECOND DECLENSION, -ER NOUNS: PRESENT INDICATIVE
OF SUM: THE EXPLETIVE "THERE"
NOUNS OF THE SECOND DECLENSION IN -ER

67.

Second declension nouns in -er are declined thus :

puer, m., boy
ager, m., field
Base, puerBase, agrPlural

SlNGULAR

Nom.
Gen.
Dat.
Ace.
Abl.
68.

SlNGULAR

Plural

Nom. ager
puerl
agrl
Gen. agrl
puerorum
agrorum
Dat. agro
agrls
puerls
pueros
Ace. agrum
agros
puerls
Abl. agro
agrls
terminations of the second declension are :

puer
puerl
puero
puerum
puero
The case
Singular
Muse.

Plural
Xeut.

JittSC.

yeut.

-us, -er, ir
-um
Nom -i
-a
-drum
-i
-I
Gen. -drum
-d
Dat. -is
-is
-d
-OS
Ace.
-um
-a
-um
-is
-is
-d
Abl.
-d
(Vocative singular, -e in nouns ending in -us)
69. The genitive printed after a word in the vocabulary
will show whether or not the e of the nominative appears in
the other cases.

Nom.
Gen.
Dat.
Ace.
Abl.

THE PRESENT INDICATIVE OF Sl/Af

70. The irregular verb sum is conjugated as follows in

the present indicative :
Singular

1. sum. / am
2. es,
you are
3. est,
he, she, it is
a. The present infinitive is

Plural

1. sumus,
2. estis,
3. sunt,
esse, to be.

we are
you are
they are

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THE EXPLETIVE "THERE"

71. The English word there is often used as an expletive;

that is, it serves merely to introduce the sentence and has no
adverbial force (no idea of place). In this use it has no
equivalent in Latin, and is to be supplied in translation
when the sense requires; est periculum may be translated,
there is danger.
72.

VOCABULARY

accuso, -are, accuse, censure

ager, agri, m., field
Liber, libri, m., book
murus, -i, m., wall

puer, pueri, m., boy

quod, conj., because
telum, -i, n., weapon
ubi, adv., where, when

EXERCISES

73. 1. Puer in (on) muro ambulat. 2. Vir pueros accusat

quod in agro sunt. 3. Cur pueri et puellae libros portant ?
4. Amlcus puerorum et puellarum es. 5. Vir puellae bonae
librum dat. 6. Periculum virorum et puerorum est mag
num. 7. In silva cum puerls sumus. 8. Ubi liber pueri est ?
74. 1. The boys. are walking on the island with the
sailor. 2. There is danger in the forest. 3. The men are
carrying weapons because there is danger. 4. The woman
praises the roses and the books. 5. The boy is walking in
the field and is carrying a stone. 6. Where does the sailor's
friend live?

SUGGESTED DRILL

(1) Distinguish between the use of there as an expletive and as an

adverb in the following sentences: (a) I lived there two years, (b) I
did not stop, because there was no one at home, (c) There was
thought to be no hope. (2) Form two English sentences containing
appositives and explain the case use of the appositives. (3) Point
out the case endings of the nouns in sentences 3, 4, 6, 7, 73. (4)
Give the accusative plural of liber, puer, and telum. (5) Give the voca
tive singular of amicus and puer.

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LESSON IX
FIRST AND SECOND DECLENSION ADJECTIVES: IRREGULAR
GENITIVE AND VOCATIVE FORMS
ADJECTIVES OF THE FIRST AND SECOND DECLENSIONS

75. There are many adjectives which have their mascu

line and neuter forms in the second declension and their
feminine forms in the first declension. Those having the
masculine ending in -us are declined as follows:
bonus, -a, -um, good
Masc.

Nom.
Gen.
Dat.
Ace.
Abl.
Voc.

bonus
bonl
bono
bonum
bono
bone

Singular
Fern.

bona
bonae
bonae
bonam
bona
bona

Scut.

bonum
bonl
bono
bonum
bono
bonum

Plural

Nom.
Gen.
Dat.
Ace.
Abl.

bonl
bonorum
bonls
bonos
bonls

bonae
bonarum
bonls
bonas
bonls

bona
bonorum
bonls
bona
bonls

The adjectives benignus, gratus, and magnus, the feminine

forms of which have been given, are declined like bonus.
IRREGULAR GENITIVES OF THE SECOND DECLENSION

76. Nouns ending in -ium or -ius regularly form the geni

tive singular by replacing -ium or -ius by -i: beneflcium,
gen., benefici; filius, gen., fili. These shortened genitive
forms are accented on the syllable before the last : benefi'ci.
Adjectives are not thus contracted.

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IRREGULAR VOCATIVE FORMS

77. Proper nouns ending in -ius and also the common

noun filius regularly form the vocative singular in the same
manner as the genitive singular ; hence fill may be either
genitive singular or vocative singular.
78.

VOCABULARY

beneficium, benefici, n., kindness, favor

filius, fill, m., son
latus, -a, -um, wide, broad
longus, -a, -um, long

multus, -a, -um, much ; in the

plural, many
oculus, -i, m., eye
porta, -ae, p., gate
saepe, adv., often

a. The forms of the adjective multus precede the

noun: Multi viri, many men. This is true in general
of words which express an idea of quantity.
EXERCISES

79. 1. Oculi puellae magnl sunt. 2. Portae oppidl sunt

latae. 3. Amlcus benignus saepe dona dat. 4. Cur non
patriam tuam amas? 5. Agricola in agro magno laborat.
6. Viae oppidI longae et latae sunt. 7. Multl virl in Britan
nia habitant. 8. Puerl bonl estis et laboratis. 9. Beneficia
amicorum sunt grata.
80. 1. Why do you walk in the street? 2. The island
is long but it is not wide. 3. The girl is carrying many
roses. 4. The sons of the sailor live in Ireland. 5. The
wall of the town is not long. 6. The farmer often praises
the good slaves.
SUGGESTED DRILL

(1) Decline together vir benignus. (2) Decline together ager latus.
(.'{) Give the genitive singular and the accusative plural of the phrase
auxilium magnum. (4) Decline together filius bonus. (5) Give the
nominative plural of longus in the three genders. (6) Decline to
gether the words meaning many hooks.

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LESSON X
FIRST AND SECOND DECLENSION ADJECTIVES (Continued):
POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES
ADJECTIVES IN -BR OF THE FIRST AND SECOND DECLENSIONS

81. Some adjectives of the first and second declensions

have the masculine singular nominative ending in -er. Of
these, some are declined by adding the case endings to the
nominative singular of the masculine. In others the e before
r appears only in the nominative and vocative singular of
the masculine.
miser, -a, -um, unhappy

Masc.

Singular
Fern.

Nom.
Gen.
Dat.
Ace.
Abl.

miser
miseri
misero
miserum
misero

misera
miserae
miserae
miseram
misera

Nom.
Gen.
Dat.
Ace.
Abl.

miserl
miserorum
miserls
miseros
miserls

miserae
miserarum
miserls
miseras
miserls

Keut.

miserum
miseri
misero
miserum
misero

Plural

misera
miserorum
miserls
misera
miserls

pulcher, -chra, -chrum, beautiful

Singular

Nom.
Gen.
Dat.
Ace.
Abl.

pulcher
pulchrl
pulchro
pulchrum
pulchro

pulehra
pulehrae
pulchrae
pulchram
pulehra

pulchrum
pulchri
pulchro
pulchrum
pulchro

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Plural

Nom.
Gen.
Dat.
Ace.
Abl.

pulchrl
pulchrorum
pulchrls
pulchros
pulchrls

pulchrae
pulchrarum
pulchrls
pulchras
pulchris

pulehra
pulchrorum
pulchrls
pulehra
pulchris

82. The adjective does not always have the same ending
as the noun with which it agrees.
The use of adjectives with masculine nouns of the first
declension is as follows :
nauta bonus, the good sailor.
Singular

Nom.
Gen.
Dat.
Ace.
Abl.
Voc.

nauta bonus
nautae bonl
nautae bono
nautam bonum
nauta bono
nauta bone

Plural

nautae boril
nautarum bonorum
nautls bonls
nautas bonos
nautls bonls
nautae bonl

POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES

83. The possessive words meus, my or mine, tuus, your

(referring to one person), noster, our, and vester, your
(referring to more than one person) are adjectives, and are
declined throughout. They take their gender, number, and
ease from the thing possessed and not from the persons to
whom they refer as possessors.
liber meus, my book.
rosa mea, my rose.
donum meum, my gift.
a. The vocative of meus in the masculine singular is
mi. Tuus has no vocative.

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VOCABULARY
84.
auxilium, auxili, n., aid. help, miser, misera, miserum, unassistance
happy, unfortunate
equus, -i, m., horse
noster, nostra, nostrum, our,
impiger, impigra, impigrum,
ours
energetic, industrious
piger, pigra, pigrum, lazy
liber, libera, liberum, free
postulo, -are, demand

ROMAN WITTING MATERIALS

EXERCISES

85. 1. Virl auxilium nostrum postulant quod perlculum

magnum est. 2. Amlcus noster equum pulchrum tuum
laudat. 3. Femina misera est quod puerl pigrl sunt.
4. Agricola impiger cum servo laborat. 5. Servus miser est
quod non llber est. 6. Puer bonus es et amicos tuos amas.
7. Amlel virorum benignl sunt. 8. Aquain non portatis
quod pigrl estis.
86. 1. A good slave is not lazy. 2. Your daughter loves
beautiful horses. 3. The kind farmer praises the boy.
4. We often praise the good sailor. 5. We are unhappy
because our friends are in danger.
SUGGESTED DRILL

(1) Decline together nauta miser. (2) Give the genitive singular
and the vocative singular of the phrase meaning my son. (3) De
cline together servus piger. (4) Decline noster in full. (5) Give all
the endings of the second declension in the nominative singular.

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SECOND REVIEW LESSON

87.

VOCABULARY REVIEW

ager, agrl, m.
agricola, -ae, m.
amlcitia, -ae, f.
amicus, -l, m.
aqua, -ae, f.
auxilium, -l, n.
benefieium, -l, n.
donum, -l, n.
equus, -I, m.
femina, -ae, f.
fllia, -ae, f.
filius, -1, m.
liber, librl, m.
murus, -I, m.
nauta, -ae, m.
oculus, -1, M.
oppidum, -l, n.
patria, -ae, f.
perlculum, -l, n.
porta, -ae, f.
puella, -ae, f.
puer, puerl, m.

88.

saxum, -I, x.
servus, -I, m.
silva, -ae, f.
telum, -l, n.
templum, -l, n.
via, -ae, f.
vir, virl, m.
benignus, -a, -um
bonus, -a, -um
gratus, -a, -um
latus, -a, -um
liber, llbera, liberum
magnus, -a, -um
meus, mea, meum
miser, misera, miserum
multus, -a, -um
noster, nostra, nostrum
piger, pigra, pigrum
pulcher, -chra, -chrum
tuus, tua, tuum
accuso, -are
amo, -are

do, dare1
erro, -are
habitS, -are
laboro, -are
porto, -are
postulo, -are
stS, stftre
sum, esse
vlto, -are
voco, -are
cur
non
numquam
nunc
saepe
cum
c, ex
in
et
quod
sed
ubi

RELATES ENGLISH WORDS

accusation
agriculture
amicable
auxiliary
beneficial
donation
equine

error
filial
laborious
liberty
library
miserable
multiply

mural
oculist
peril
puerile
servant
temple
station

1 The verb do is irregular in that the a is short in the infinitive (45, a) and
in almost all the other forms except the second person singular, das.

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LESSON XI
DEMONSTRATIVES:

DECLENSION OF HIC:
DEMONSTRATIVES

POSITION OF

DEMONSTRATIVE ADJECTIVES AND PRONOUNS

89. The demonstratives in Latin, like their most general

English equivalents, this and that, are used to point out
objects without describing them.
DECLENSION OF HIC

90. The forms of the demonstrative hic, this, pointing

out an object near at hand, are as follows :
Singular

Nom.
Gen.
Dat.
Ace.
Abl.

Plural

Masc.

Fern.

Keut.

Masc.

hie
huius
huic
hune
hoc

haec
huius
huic
hanc
hac

hoc
huius
huic
hoc
hoc

hi
horum
hls
hos
hls

Fern.

hae
harum
his

has
his

Keut.

haec
horum
hls
haec
hls

91. The demonstratives may be used as adjectives or as

pronouns. As adjectives they agree in gender, number, and
case with the nouns to which they belong. As pronouns
they agree in gender and number with the nouns to which
they refer, but their case is determined by their use in the
clauses in which they stand.
POSITION OF DEMONSTRATIVES

92. Demonstrative adjectives, like words which express

quantity (78, a), unless especially emphasized, precede the
nouns to which they belong: hic vir, this man. This is also
true of words which denote number.

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VOCABULARY

bellum, -i, n., war

demonstro, -are, show, point
out
hic, haec, hoc, this, pl. these
legatus, -i, m., lieutenant,
envoy

locus, -i, m. (usually neuter in

the piural), place
vester, -tra, -trum, your, of
more than one
vulnero, -are, wound

EXERCISES

,94. 1. HI viri bonl bellum non laudant. 2. Legatus hoc

perlculum vltat. 3. Hunc locum amo ul)i amlcl vestrl habi
tant. 4. Hae puellae numquam magna dona postulant. 5.
Huic agricolae belhim non gratum est. 6. Cur amlcnm tuum
vulneras? 7. Fllia huius virl impigrl non impigra est. 8.
Hane puellam laudamus quod laborat. 9. Amlcl huius
feminae ex hoe oppido properant. 10. Hie nauta benignus
perlculum demonstrat.
95. 1. We are hastening from the forest with our friends.
2. This girl loves the farmer's daughter. 3. This gift is not
pleasing to you. 4. The slave wounds the sailor. 5. There
is a large forest on this island. 6. This man points out the
forest. 7. Boys, your friends are in great danger.

SUGGESTED DRILL

(1) Decline together hie ager. (2) Decline together haec silva.
(3) Decline together the words meaning this sailor. (4) In the fol
lowing sentences state which occurrences of your will be translated by
a form of tuus, and which by a form of vester: (a) Soldiers, your
courage has saved us. (b) Mary, where are your books? (c) Your
cap has fallen on the ground, (d) Gentlemen, we need your help.
(e) Your hand is small.

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LESSON XII
FIRST CONJUGATION, PRESENT INDICATIVE PASSIVE:
ABLATIVE OF AGENT
THE PASSIVE VOICE

96. The passive voice represents the subject of the clause

as acted upon.
Puer laudatur, the boy is praised.
97. The passive forms of porto in the present tense,
indicative mood, are as follows :
Singular
Terminations

portor, I am carried
portaris or portare, you are carried
portatur, he, she, it is carried

-r(-or)
-ris (-re)
-tur

Plural

portamur, we are carried

portaminl, you are carried
portantur, they are carried

-mur
-mini
-ntur

a. The passive present forms may also be translated,

/ am being carried, you are being carried, etc.
THE ABLATIVE OF AGENT

98. With passive verbs, the noun or pronoun which indi

cates the person by whom the act is done is put in the
ablative case, governed by the preposition a or ab. This is
called the Ablative of Agent.
Liber a puero portatur, the book is carried by the boy.
a. There are three points to be noted with regard to
the ablative of agent : (1) It always has a preposition.
(2) It is used only with a passive verb. (3) It regularly
denotes a person.

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VOCABULARY

a, ab,1 prep. with abl., from, by

carrus, -i, m., cart
consilium, -i, n., plan, counsel, advice
exspecto, -are, wait for, expect

impigre, adv., industriously,

energetically
iuvo, -are, help, assist
probo, -are, approve, approve
of

EXERCISES

100. 1. Bellum longum ab his virls non exspectatur.

2. Hoc consilium a multls puerls probatur. 3. Laudaris
quod impigre laboras. 4. Ab amlcls tuls iuvamur et laudamur. 5. Multa tela ab his puerls portantur. 6. Haec puella
laudatur quod impigre laborat. 7. Perlculum a legato numquam vltatur. 8. Carrus agricolae in via est. 9. Hie nauta
auxilium postulat quod in perlculo est. 10. Saxa magna ab
hoc agricola portantur.
101. 1. The slave is helped by this kind man. 2. Gifts
are expected by many boys. 3. This plan is praised because
it is good. 4. The good farmer praises these horses. 5. This
sailor now works energetically. 6. This boy's cart is. not
large. 7. We approve of your plan and we are your friends.

SUGGESTED DRILL

(1) Conjugate the verbs of the vocabulary in the present passive.

(2) Point out the examples of the ablative of agent in the sentences
of 100. (.'!) Point out the personal endings of the verbs in 100.
(4) Decline together hoc consilium. (5) Distinguish between the
active and the passive voice in the following phrases: (a) He is
praised, he is praising, he is being praised, (b) He is working, he
approves, he is called.

1 Before vowels or h, ab Is used, before most consonants, a.

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LESSON XIII
ILLE AND IPSE: ABLATIVE OF ACCOMPANIMENT
DECLENSION OF ILLE

102. The demonstrative ille, that, is used to refer to an

object which is somewhat remote from the speaker in time,
place, or thought. It is declined as follows :

Nom.
Gen.
Dat.
Aco.
AbIj.

Masc.

Singular
Fern.
Neut.

Masc.

ille
illlus
illl
illum
illo

illa
illlus
illl
illam
illa

illl
illorum
illls
illos
illls

illud
illlus
illl
illud
illo

Plural
Fern.
Neut.

illae
illarum
illls
illas
illls

illa
illorum
illls
illa
illls

DECLENSION OF IPSE

103. The intensive pronoun ipse, ipsa, ipsum, himself,

herself, itself, myself, yourself, is used to emphasize a noun
or another pronoun, with which it agrees. It is declined as
follows :
[Link]

Masc.

Nom.
Gen.
Dat.
Ace.
Abl.

Fern.

ipse
ipsa
ipslus ipslus
ipsl
ipsl
ipsum ipsam
ipso
ipsa

Plural
Neut.

Neut.

Masc.

Fern.

ipsum
ipslus
ipsl
ipsum
ipso

ipsl
ipsorum
ipsls
ipsos
ipsls

ipsae
ipsarum
ipsls
ipsas
ipsis

ipsa
ipsorum
ipsls
ipsa
ipsis

THE ABLATIVE OF ACCOMPANIMENT

104. The use of the ablative with cum to name the person
with whom one is associated in doing an act is called the
Ablative of Accompaniment.
Cum amico ambulo, I walk with a friend.

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105.

VOCABULARY

convoco, -are, call together

ille, illa, illud, that {pl. those) ;
as pron., he, she, it [pl. they)
ipse, ipsa, ipsum, himself, herself, etc.; pl. themselves, etc.

numerus, -i, m., number

parvus, -a, -um, small
semper, adv., always
vix, adv., scarcely, with difficulty

EXERCISES

106. 1. Ille puer piger est, hie vir impiger est. 2. Illud
saxum a viro ipso vix portatur. 3. Servus ipse impigre
laborat. 4. Perleuhun illl viro semper gratum est. 5. Puer
magnum numerum amicorum convocat. 6. Illa silva magna
in lnsula est. 7. In illo oppido cum amlcls habitamus. 8.
Oppidum ipsum non gratum est. 9. Illa puella parva libros
amat. 10. Fllia illius feminae benigna est.
107. 1. The -boy himself always works. 2. The small
temple is praised by my friend. 3. Those girls are not
always lazy. 4. We avoid the danger with difficulty. 5. The
man himself calls together a large number of small boys.
6. The walls of those towns are large. 7. That farmer
always loves good horses. 8. The small boy is helped by
the energetic farmer.

SFfiGESTED DRILL

(!) Write two Latin sentences containing ablatives of accompa

niment, using the verbs laboro and sto. (2) Point out an ablative of
accompaniment and an ablative of agent in the sentences of 106.
(3) Decline together ilia statua.
(4) Decline together the words
meaning that farmer. (5) Give the accusative singular and plural of
hie in all genders.

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LESSON XIV
THE FOUR CONJUGATIONS: PRESENT INDICATIVE OF THE
SECOND CONJUGATION: ABLATIVE OF PLACE
THE FOUR CONJUGATIONS

108. There are four conjugations of verbs in Latin. They

are distinguished by the final vowel of the present stem.
The termination of the present active infinitive shows to
which conjugation a verb belongs.
Infinitive

portare
monere
III. ducere
IV. audire
I.
II.

Termination

-are
-ere
-ere
-ire

Cliaracteristic Vowel

a
e
e
i

PRESENT INDICATIVE OF TKE SECOND CONJUGATION

109. The characteristic vowel of the second conjugation,

e, appears in all the forms of the present tense. It becomes
short before another vowel and before the personal endings
-t, -nt, and -ntur. (The same change of quantity takes place
in the other conjugations when a long vowel is followed by
another vowel or by the endings given above.)
ACTIVE

PASSIVE

Singular

Singular

moneo, / warn, am warning, etc. moncor, I am warned

mones, you warn, etc.
nioneris, -re, you are warned
monet, he, she, it warns, etc.
monetur. he, she, it is warned
Plural

nionenius, we warn
monetis, you warn
monent, they warn

Plural

nionemur, we are warned

moneminl, you are warned
monentur, they are warned

a. The personal endings are the same as in the first

conjugation.

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THE ABLATIVE OF PLACE

110. The use of the ablative with in to refer to the place

where something is or is done is called the Ablative of Place
or the Locative Ablative.
111.

VOCABULARY

domicilium, -i, n., home,

dwelling place, residence
habeo, -ere, have
iniuria, -ae, f., injury
Italia, -ae, p., Italy

moned, -ere, warn, advise,

remind
proelium, -i, n., battle
timed, -ere, fear
video, -ere, see

EXERCISES

112. 1. Hunc puerum pigrum monemus. 2. Illum puerum

impigrum semper laudamus. 3. Iniuriae tuae multae sunt.
4. Ille puer parvus equum magnum timet. 5. Perlculum ab
illo viro non timetur. 6. Puella saepe in silva ambulat et
ab agricola videtur. 7. Hie vir in proelio non timet. 8.
Cur hoc perlculum magnum non vides? 9. Italia a multls
amatur et laudatur. 10. Agricola bonus semper equos bonos
habet. 11. Domicilium meum in illa Insula est.
113. 1. We do not live in Italy. 2. The sailors see the
small island. 3. The boys are walking with the sailor and
do not fear danger. 4. The man is feared because he has a
weapon. 5. We are in danger and we are warned by our
friends. 6. They see the town where you live. 7. My friend
has a residence in this town.

SUGGESTED DRILL

(1) Explain the reason for the case of each noun in sentences 5, 6,
and 7, of 113. (2) Indicate the personal endings of the verbs in sen
tences 8, 9, and 10, 112. (3) Conjugate timed and video in the present
indicative, active and passive. (4) Give the genitive plural and the
accusative plural of iniuria and proelium.
(5) Give the genitive
singular of the words meaning this kindness.

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LESSON XV
PAST (IMPERFECT) INDICATIVE ACTIVE, FIRST AND SECOND
CONJUGATIONS: HIC AND ILLE AS CORRELATIVES
THE PAST (IMPERFECT)' INDICATIVE ACTIVE

114. The past tense of the indicative mood represents an

act as going on or a situation as existing at a past time.
Vocabam, / was calling.
It is sometimes translated by the simple form of the past
tenser / called.

ENTRANCE TO A ROMAN fORTIfIED CAMP

1 While the name "past descriptive," indicates the use of this tense very
satisfactorily, it has seemed best to employ merely the name "past" in the
paradigms and exercises of this book. Teachers who prefer to use the more
complete name, or to retain the older name, "imperfect," may easily indicate
the necessary change by a general direction to the class.

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115. The past tense is formed on the present stem. It

has the tense sign ba connecting the stem and the personal
endings. In the active the vowel a becomes short before
the endings -m, -t, and -nt.
The endings are the same as in the present tense, except
that the first person singular ends in -m. Porto and moneo
are conjugated in the past indicative active as follows:
Singular

portabam, I was carrying or / carried

portabas, you were carrying, you carried
portabat, he, she, it was carrying, he carried, etc.
Plural

portabamus, we were carrying, we carried

portrdiatis, you were carrying, you carried
portabant, they were carrying, they carried
Singular

monebam, I was iearning or / warned

monebas, you were warning, you warned
monebat, he, she, it was warning, etc.
Plural

monebamus, we were warning, etc.

monebatis, you were warning, etc.
monebant, they were warning, etc.
CORRELATIVE USE OF H1C AND ILLE

116. The forms of hic and ille are sometimes used in

the same sentence to refer to contrasted persons or things,
ln this use ille is regularly translated the former and hic
the latter.
Puer et puella laborant. Ille impiger, haec pigra est.
The boy and the girl are working.
trious, the latter is lazy.

The former is indus

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117.

VOCABULARY

appropinquo, -are, approach

castra, -drum, n., pl., camp
maneo, -ere, remain
moved, -ere, move

Romanus, -i, m., a Roman

rursus, adv., again
sine, prep. with abl., without
tum, adv., then, at that time

EXERCISES

118. Puer ipse saxum portabat. 2. Tum Romanl castra

in silva habebant. 3. Statuam ex illo loco rursus movebant.
4. Legatum et fllium agricolae video. Hie in agrS laborat,
ille in via stat. 5. Hie vir nunc auxilium postulat quod sine
atmeS est.
6. In oppido manebamus quod amlcl nostrl
appropinquabant.
119. 1. The Romans themselves loved Italy. 2. We feared
injury because we did not have many friends. 3. The stones
in the street are large and we walk with difficulty. 4. Then
the sailor was living on the large island, now he is living
in the town. 5. Sextus was calling together the boys again.

SUGGESTED DRILL

(1) Conjugate appropinquo and moveo in the past indicative active.

(2) Decline the words which mean a large camp. (3) Indicate the
tense signs and the personal endings of the verbs of sentences 1, 2, 3,
and 6, 118. (4) Decline together hie Romanus. (5) Decline together
puer ipse. (6) Give the third person singular in the present and the
past indicative active of the verbs in the vocabularies of Lessons XIV
and XV.

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THIRD REVIEW LESSON

120. (1) The second declension of nouns.
(2) Gender in the first and second declensions.
(3) Adjectives of the first and second declensions.
(4) The agreement of adjectives.
(5) The declension of hic and ille.
(6) The position of demonstratives.
(7) Possessive adjectives.
(8) The first conjugation, present indicative passive, past
indicative active.
(9) The second conjugation, present indicative, active and
passive, past indicative active.
(10) Apposition.
(11) The ablative of agent.
(12) The ablative of accompaniment.
(13) Terminations of the second declension.
(14) Terminations of adjectives, first and second declensions :
Singular
Masc.

Nom. -US, , er
Gen. -i
DAT. -d
Acc. -um
Abl. -6

Fern.

-a
-ae
-ae
-am
-a

Kent.

-um
-i
-d
-um
-d

Matte.
-1

-orum
-is
-ds
-is

Plural
Fern.

Neut.

-ae
-arum
-is
-as
-is

-a
-orum
-is
-a
-is

Vocative singular -e in -us masculine forms.

121. Give Latin words with which the following English
words are connected in derivation :
admonition
belligerent
car
convocation
demonstration
domicile

expectation
injuryItalian
legation
location
move

numeral
numerous
probable
Roman
timid
vulnerable

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LESSON XVI
THE DEMONSTRATIVE IS.

DATIVE WITH SPECIAL VERBS

THE DEMONSTRATIVE IS

122. In addition to the demonstratives hic and ille, there

is a third demonstrative, is, translated this or that, as the
sense of the sentence. in which it stands may require. It
does not emphasize the idea that the thing to which it refers
is near, as does hic, or that it is remote, as does ille. Usually
it refers to something which has been recently mentioned.
It is declined as follows :
Singular
Fern.
Masc.

Nom.
Gen.
Dat.
Ace.
Abl.

is
eius
el
eum
CO

ea
eius
el
eam
eft

Keut,

IffWC.

id
eius
el

el (if)
eorum
els (ils)
eos
els (ils)

id
eo

Plural
Fern.

eae
earum
els (its)
eas
els (ils)

Ncut.

ea
eorum
els (ils)
ea
eIs (ils)

Imager latus est, this (or that) field is broad.

Amici eius pueri multi sunt, the friends of this (or that)
boy are many.
In ea insula magnum oppidum est, on this (or that)
island there is a large town.
IS AS A PRONOUN

123. The word is frequently serves as a personal pronoun

of the third person, and is translated by a form of he, she, it,
or (in the plural) they, as the meaning of the sentence requires.
Eum videbam, I saw him.
Amicus eius benignus est, 7m (or her) friend is kind.
Ei multa dona das, you give him (or her) many gifts.
Amicitiam eorum desideramus, we desire their friend
ship, etc.

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a. The genitives eius and eorum (as pronouns) may

either precede or follow the nouns on which they depend.
THE DATIVE WITH SPECIAL VEEBS I

124. Some verbs, the meanings of which suggest the idea

of quality, attitude, or relation, are followed by the dative,
although the equivalent English verbs take a direct object.
Equus tibi placet, the horse pleases you.
125. The most important verbs of this class which govern
the dative are those meaning to favor, please, trust, obey,
serve, resist, envy, threaten, pardon, spare, and persuade.

VICTIMS FOR A ROMAN SACRIFICE

VOCABULARY
126.
is, ea, id, this, that ; as pron.,
fortiter, adv., bravely
Gallia, -ae, f., Gaul (a name
he, she, it
olim, adv., formerly
formerly given France, in
cluding part of the country persuaded, -ere, with dative,
persuade
on the north and northeast)
placed, -ere, with dative,
Gallus, -I, m., a Gaul (an in
please
habitant of the country of
pugno,
-are, fight
Gaul)
1 In the case of some of these verbs, the original meaning which made
natural the use of the dative is not readily seen in translation. For ex
ample, persuaded, persuade, meant make attractive {to).

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EXERCISES

127. 1. Domicilium eius in Gallia est. 2. Fllia eius viri

misera est. 3. Galll castra movebant quod Romanl appropinquabant. 4. Iniuriae eSrum magnae sunt. 5. Cur el
puellae libros das? 6. Olim hi puerl laborabant et eos
laudabamus. 7. Hae puellae pigrae sunt sed librl els placent.
8. Galll et Romanl in eo proelio fortiter pugnabant. 9.
Amleo meo non persuades.
128. 1. Their friends remained in town. 2. The girl is
kind and her friends are many. 3. We ourselves often
praise her. 4. The man persuaded this boy with difficulty.
5. Your plan does not please these men. 6. Why does not
my plan please them?
SUGGESTED DRILL

(1) Point out those forms of is which sire used as pronouns and those
which are used as adjectives in the sentences of 127. (2) Explain the
case of eis in sentence 7 and of amico in sentence 9, 127. (3) Decline
is liber. (4) Conjugate pugno and persuadeo in the past indicative
active. (5) Give the genitive singular of the three demonstratives,
hie, ille, and is.

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LESSON XVII
PAST INDICATIVE PASSIVE, FIRST AND SECOND CONJUGA
TIONS: ABLATIVE OF MEANS
THE FAST INDICATIVE PASSIVE

129. The past indicative passive of the first and second

conjugations is formed as follows:
Singular

portabar, J was being carried or I was carried

portabaris, -re, you were being carried, etc.
portabatur, he was being carried, etc.
Plural

portfibamur, we were being carried, etc.

portabaminl, you were being carried, etc.
portabantur, they were being carried, etc.

Singular

monebar
monebaris, -re
monebatur
Plural

monebamur
monebaminl
monebantur

a. The only difference between the active and the

passive forms of this tense is in the personal endings.
The a of the tense sign becomes short before the endings
-r and -ntur.
THE ABLATIVE OF MEANS

130. The means or instrument with which an act is done

is expressed by the ablative without a preposition. This is
called the Ablative of Means.
Galli gladiis pugnant, the Gauls fight with swords.
Puer saxo vulneratur, the boy is wounded by the stone.
131. In translating the ablative of means into English, a
preposition, by or with, is used. This use of the case is to be
distinguished from the ablative of agent, which refers to the
person by whom the act is done, and which always takes
a or ab, and from the ablative of accompaniment, which
regularly takes cum.

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132.

VOCABULARY

augeo, -ere, increase

gladius, -i, m., sword
ionge, adv., far, at a distanci
necd, -are, kill

poena, -ae, f., punishment

sagitta, -ae, p.. arrow
studeo, -ere, with dat., desire
terreo, -ere, frighten, terrify

ROMAN SWORD AND SCABBARD

EXERCISES

133. 1. Puer equum sagitta vulnerat. 2. El virl gladils

pugnant. 3. Poena ab els non timebatur. 4. Perleulum
augebatur et ab amicls non iuvabamur. 5. Galli multos
Romanos sagittis necabant. 6. Puellae parvae terrebantur
et ex silva properabant. 7. Castra a legato movebantur
quod is perleulum videbat. 8. Tum longe ab oppido domieilium habebamus. 9. Hi pueri donls multls student.
134. 1. You (plur) were often warned by him, but you did
not fear. 2. Formerly Italy was praised by many. 3. The
boys were fighting with stones. 4. We were helping the
boys by our advice. 5. The Gauls were often wounded in
battle by arrows. 6. Your plan was approved, but your
friends did not give aid. 7. We do not desire war.

SUGGESTED DRILL

(1) Point out the examples of the ablative of means and also of the
ablative of agent in 133. (2) Explain the ease of donis in sentence 9,
133. (3) In the following sentences tell what use of the ablative
would be employed to translate the prepositional phrases: (a) He
walked with his father, (b) He struck the horse with a stick.
(4) Give the third person singular in the present indicative passive
and past indicative passive of necd and terreo.

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LESSON XVIII
FUTURE INDICATIVE, ACTIVE AND PASSIVE, FIRST AND
SECOND CONJUGATIONS
THE FUTURE TENSE

135. The future tense is formed on the present stem.

In the first and second conjugations a tense sign, bi, is added
to this stem. This tense sign becomes bu in the third person
plural active and passive, and be in the second person singular
passive. The i of the tense sign disappears before the
endings -d and -or in the first person singular.
The conjugation of moneo and porto in the future indica
tive, active and passive, is as follows:
ACTIVE

Singular

portabo, I shall carry

portabis, you will carry
portabit, he will carry

Singular

monebo, I shall warn

monebis, you will warn
monebit, he will warn
Plural

Plural

portabimus, we shall carry

portabitis, you will carry
portabunt, they will carry

monebimus, we shall warn

monebitis, you will warn
monebunt, they will warn
PASSIVE

Singular

portabor, / shall be carried

portaberis, -re
portabitur

Singular

monebor. 7 shall be warned

moneberis, -re
monebitur

Plural

portabimur
portabiminl
portabuntur

Plural

monebimur
monebiminl
monebuntur

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136.

VOCABULARY

arma, -6rum, n., pi., arms,

weapons
compleo, -ere, fill, fill up
faveo, -ere, with dative, favor
fossa, -ae, p., ditch

oppugnd, -are, attack

scutum, -i, n., shield
supero, -are, defeat, over
come
tamen, adv., nevertheless, still

EXERCISES

137. 1. Amlcl mel monebuntur quod perlculum magnum est. 2. Hi servi arma portabunt sed
non ipsl pugnabunt. 3. Galll fortiter pugnant
sed superabuntur. 4. Agricola fossam saxls complebit. 5. Illud oppidum a Romanls oppugnabitur. 6. In eo proelio fortiter pugnabant sed
tamen superabantur. 7. In oppido multos amlcos
ROMAN
videbimus. 8. Impigre laboras et laudaberis.
SHIELD
9. Amlcls nostrls semper favemus.
138. 1. The slaves will not fight with weapons. 2. The
boy will carry the shield and the sword. 3. We shall see the
danger, but we shall not fear. 4. You (sing.) will often be
praised by your friend. 5. The men will fight bravely, but
nevertheless they will be defeated. 6. We shall not be
frightened by the Gauls. 7. This man favored the Romans.

SUGGESTED DRILL

(1) Point out the tense signs and the personal endings in the verbs
of sentences 4, 5, and 7, 137. (2) Explain the case of amicis, 9, 137.
(3) Conjugate compleo and supero in the future indicative active and
passive. (4) Give the third person plural active of habed in the
present, past, and future indicative.

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LESSON XIX
POSSESSIVES OF THE THIRD PERSON: OMISSION
POSSESSIVES: PAST AND FUTURE
INDICATIVE OF SUM
POSSESSIVES OF THE THIRD PERSON

139. The possessive adjective of the third person, suus,

sua, suum, is reflexive ; that is, it indicates that the subject
of the sentence or clause is the possessor.
Puer amicos suds laudat, the boy praises his (his own)
friends.
Pueri amicos suos laudant, the boys praise their (their
own) friends.
Femina filiam suam monet, the woman warns her
daughter.
a. The gender and number of the subject of the sen
tence or clause in which a form of suus stands determine
whether the meaning is his, her, its, or their. For the
sake of emphasis or clearness, suus may sometimes be
translated his own, her own, its own, or their own.
b. If the possessor is some other person than the sub
ject, his, her, or its is regularly expressed by eius, the
genitive singular of is, and their by eorum or earum, the
genitive plural of is.
Amicos eius laudant, they praise his friends.
Amicos eorum laudat, he praises their friends.
The genitive forms of hic and ille are sometimes used
instead of those of is, to denote possession.
THE OMISSION OF POSSESSIVES

140. The possessives are often omitted in Latin if they are

not emphatic or if they are not needed for the sake of

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clearness. They are to be supplied in translation from Latin

into English whenever the sense requires.
Femina filiam amat, (he woman loves her daughter.
THE PAST AND FUTURE INDICATIVE OF SUM

141. The verb sum is conjugated as follows in the past

and future indicative :
FUTURE

PAST

Singular

erS, I shall be
eris, you will be
erit, he, she, it will be

eram, / was
eras, you were
erat, he, she, it was
Plural

eramus, we were
eratis, you were
erant, they were
142.

erimus, we shall be
eritis, you will be
erunt, they will be
VOCABULARY

inimicus, -i, m., enemy

iratus, -a, -um, angry, angry
at (with dative)
occupo, -are, seize
populus, -i, m., people

potentia, -ae, p., power

primo, adv., at first
Romanus, -a, -um, Roman
suus, sua, suum, his, her, its,
their : his own, her own, etc.

EXERCISES

143. 1. Primo illl puerl inimlcl erant. 2. Ilic vir in

domicilio suo tum erat. 3. Illud oppidum a Gallls occupabitur. 4. Semper amlei tul erimus. 5. Cornelia benigna
est et amlcl eius multl sunt. 6. Patriam semper amabimus
et laudabimus. 7. Hoc consilium tuum bonum est. 8. Cur
hie vir fllio suo lratus orat? 9. Populus Romanus potentiam magnam habebat. 10. Agrieola equos suos laudat.

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144. 1. The number of Gauls in the town was large.

2. These gifts will be pleasing to the small boys. 3. At first
the power of the Roman people was small. 4. We shall not
be angry at your friend. 5. The camp was being seized by
the Gauls. 6. Your daughter has her own book. 7. The
woman loves her son, but she praises your daughter.

SUGGESTED DRILL

(1) Decline suus in full. (2) Give the possessive adjectives of the
first and second persons. (3) Give the Latin equivalent for each of
the possessives in the following sentences: (a) I was walking with
the boy and his brother, (b) The general constructed his camp not
far from the camp of the enemy.
(c) I do not desire their help.
(d) They cannot defend their own homes. (4) Give the third person
singular and plural of sum in the present, past, and future indicative.

GATE IN THE WALL Of MODERN ROME

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LESSON XX
PERFECT INDICATIVE ACTIVE: MEANINGS OF PERFECT
AND PAST
THE PERFECT TENSE, ACTIVE VOICE

145. The perfect tense represents an act as completed at

the time of speaking or writing, or refers to a past act with
out giving any indication of its continuance. It is translated
by the English present perfect or by the English past tense,
as the sense requires.
PERFECT INDICATIVE ACTIVE OF PORTO, MONEO, AND SUM

146. The verbs porto, moneo, and aum are conjugated in

the perfect indicative active as follows :
Singular

portavi, I have carried or / carried

portavi, / have carried, I carried
portavistl, you have carried, etc.
portavit, he has carried, etc.
Plural

portavimus, we have carried, etc.

portavistis, you have carried, etc.
portaverunt or portavere, they have carried, etc.
monui , I have warn ed
Singular

Plural

monul
monuistl
monuit

monuimus
monuistis
monuerunt, -ere

fui, / liave been

SINGULA!i

Plural

ful
fuistl
fuit

fuimus
fuistis
fuerunt, -ere

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ENDINGS OF THE PERFECT

147. The personal endings which are used in forming the

perfect indicative active are different from those used in the
other tenses. They are as follows:
Singular

-i
-isti
-it

Plui

-imus
-istis
-mint or -ere

a. The use of the perfect endings is the same in all

verbs, regular or irregular.
148. The perfect stem to which these endings are added
is found by dropping the final i of the first person singular.
Thus, the perfect stem of porto is portav-, of moneo is monu-,
of sum is fu-.
149. The first person singular of the perfect indicative of
all first conjugation verbs given thus far, except iuvo, do,
and sto, ends in -avi, like the perfect of porto : amavi,
postulavi, exploravi, etc. The perfect of do is dedi, stem
ded-; of iuvo is iuvi, stem iuv-; of sto is steti, stem stet-.
150. Many (but not all) verbs of the second conjugation
have perfects ending in -ui, like the perfect of moneo:
habui, terrui, etc.
MEANINGS OF THE FAST AND THE PERFECT

151. The perfect is distinguished from the past in mean

ing by the fact that the past represents a past act in progress
or a situation in the past, while the perfect either repre
sents an act as past, with no reference to its continuance, or
brings into prominence the fact of its completion at the
time of speaking or writing.
Past, laudabam, I was praising
Perf. laudavi, / praised or / have praised

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152.

VOCABULARY

altus, -a, -um, high, tall, deep

celo, -are, -avi, conceal
epistula, -ae, f., letter
exploro, -are, -avi, explore

expugno, -are, -avi, take by

storm, capture
hodie, adv., today
invito, -are, -avi, invite

EXERCISES

153. 1. Numquam fllium tuum monuistl. 2. Nauta saepe

in eo oppido fuit. 3. Hoc saxiim magnum portavi. 4. Romanl ea castra expugnfiverunt. 5. Amicos suos saepe invltaverunt. 6. Hunc locum hodie exploravl. 7. Multas sagittas
et multos gladios in eo oppido celaverunt. 8. Murus huius
oppidl altus est. 9. Servus multas epistulas portavit. 10.
Agricola fllio sno equum dedit.
154. 1. We have captured many towns of the Gauls.
2. My friends have not explored this island. 3. I have
often invited these men. 4. This boy has always been in
dustrious. 5. Why have you not warned those men ? 6. I
am expecting a long letter today. 7. I have given the boy
a small gift.

SUGGESTED DRILL

(1) Indicate the personal endings of the verbs in the sentences of

153. (2) Conjugate terreo and do in the perfeet indicative active.
(3) Give the third person singular, active voice, of amo and habed in
the present, past, and future indicative. (4) Conjugate invito in the
future indicative active and passive. (5) Decline locus.

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FOURTH REVIEW LESSON

155.
arma, -orum, n. pl:
bellum, -l, n.
carrus, -l, m.
castra, -orum, n. pi.
consilium, -l, n.
domicilium, -l, n..
epistula, -ae, f.
fossa, -ae, p.
Gallia, -ae, p.
Gallus, -l, m.
gladius, -I, m.
inimlcus, -l, m.
iniuria, -ae, p.
Italia, -ae, p.
legatus, -I, m.
locus, -l, M., n.
numerus, -l, m.
populus, -l, m.
potentia, -ae, p.
proelium, -l, n.
Romanus, -I, m.
sagitta, -ae, p.
scutum, -l, n.
altus, -a, -um
hic, haec, hoc

156.
armor
augment
complete
epistle
explore

VOCABULARY REVIEW

ille, illa, illud

ipse, ipsa, ipsum
Iratus, -a, -um
is, ea, id
parvus, -a, -um
Romanus, -a, -um
suus, sua, suuni
vester, vestra, vestrum
appropinquo, -are
augeo, -ere
compleo, -ere
convoco, -are
demonstro, -are
exploro, -are
expugno, -are
exspecto, -are
t'aveo, -ere
habeo, -ere
invlto, -are
iuvo, -are
maneo, -ere
moneS, -ere
moveS, -ere
neeS, -are
occupS, -are

oppugno, -are
persuadeS, -ere
placed, -ere
probo, -are
propero, -are
pugno, -are
studco, -ere
supero, -are
terreo, -ere
timeo, -ere
video, -ere
vulnero, -are
fortiter
hodie
impigre
longe
Slim
prlmo
rursu,s
semper
tamen
tum
vix
a, ab
sine

RELATED EKGLISH WORDS

gladiator
invitation
irate
occupy
persuade

population
potential
pugnacious
student

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LESSON XXI
USE OF PARTICIPLES:

THE PAST PARTICIPLE

THE PARTICIPLE

157. The participle is a form of the verb which partakes

of the nature of an adjective. Like the adjective, it is
declined, and agrees in gender, number, and case with the
word to which it belongs. The tenses of the participles of
Latin verbs are present, past, and future.
THE PAST PARTICIPLE

158. English has both a past active and a past passive

participle : active, having carried; passive, having been car
ried. Latin has the past passive participle, but no past active
participle.
THE FORMS OF THE PAST PARTICIPLE

159. The past participle of porto is portatus, -a, -um,

declined like bonus. It is translated having been carried, or
carried.
Saxum a puero portatum magnum est, the stone carried
(i. c., which was carried) by the boy is largc.
160. The past participle of iuvo is iutus, -a, -um; of do,
datus, -a, -um (differing from portatus in having the a short).
All other verbs of the first conjugation which have been
given form their past participles like porto: laudatus,
amatus, etc.
The past participle of moneo is monitus, -a, -um; of video,
visus, -a, -um.
a. The past passive participle is used in Latin more
frequently than in English. It is sometimes translated
by a clause : portatum in the illustrative sentence above
may be translated, which was carried.

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161.

jy

VOCABULARY

albus, -a, -um, white

concilium, -i, n., council
German!, -drum, m., Germans
ibi, adv., there
late, adv., widely, extensively

oppidanus, -i, m., townsman,

inhabitant of a town
pated, -ere, -ui, extend
periculosus, -a, -um, dangerous, perilous

EXERCISES

162. 1. Legatus concilium convocavit, quod perlculum

videbat. 2. Concilium a legato convocatum terrebatur. 3.
Liber ab amlco datus puero placet. 4. OppidanI a Germanis
superatl in oppido manent. 5. AgrI Germanorum late patebant. 6. Rosa alba fi puella portata pulchra est. 7. Tela
ab hls puerls portata periculosa sunt. 8. Ibi non manebit,
quod locus perlculosus est.
163. 1. The inhabitants-of-the-town, having been called
together, did not fear danger. 2. The gift given by your
son is pleasing. 3. The town of the Germans is large and
has a high wall. 4. We saw the white horses in the field.
5. The lieutenant, having been warned by the Germans, will
move his camp. 6. The slaves, having been praised by
Sextus. are working energetically.

SUGGESTED DRILL

(1) Give the past participles of vito, accuso, and postulo, with
English meanings. (2) Decline the past participle of do in full.
(3) Conjugate pated and invito in the future indicative active.
(4) Name the Latin nouns from which periculosus and oppidanus are
derived. (5) Explain the case of puero and of amlco in sentence 3,
162. (6) Give the gender and number of portata in sentence 6 and
sentence 7, 162.

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LESSON XXII
PRINCIPAL PARTS:

VERB STEMS

THE PRINCIPAL PARTS OF THE VERB

164. The present indicative active (first person singular),

the present infinitive active, the perfect indicative active
(first person singular), and the past. participle, are called the
Principal Parts of the verb. Any form of a verb may be
made when these are known.
The principal parts of porto and moneo are as follows :
porto, portare, portavi, portatum
moneo, monere, monui, monitum
a. The neuter form of the past participle is given in the prin
cipal parts, for the reason that the past participles of some verbs
have no masculine or feminine forms.
THE PRINCIPAL PARTS OF FIRST CONJUGATION VERBS

165. All first conjugation verbs given thus far, except

iuvo, do, and sto, form their principal parts like porto. The
principal parts of these three are as follows :
do, dare, dedi, datum
iuvo, iuvare, iuvi, iutum
sto, stare, steti
a. The fourth principal part of sto will be explained later;
do is irregular in having the a short in the infinitive.
THE STEMS OF THE VERB

166. A verb regularly has three stems : the present, the

perfect, and the participial. The present stem is found by
dropping -re from the present active infinitive, and the per
fect stem by dropping -l from the first person singular of
the perfect indicative active (see Lessons V and XX). The
participial stem is found by dropping -um from the past
participle : portatum, stem portat- ; monitum, stem monit-.

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USE OF THE STEMS

167. The present, the past, and the future indicative,

active and passive, are formed on the present stem.
The perfect stem is used only in the active voice.
Only a few forms are made on the participial stem.
168. The principal parts of the second conjugation verbs
which have been given thus far are as follows :
habeo, habere, habui, habitum
moned, monere, monul, monitum
pated, patere, patui
placed, placere, placui, placitum
studed, studere, studui
terred, terrere, terrui, territum
timed, timere, timui
auged, augere, auxi, auctum
maned, manere, mansi, mansum
persuaded, persuadere, persuasi, persuasum
compled, complere, complevi, completum
faved, favere, favi, fautum
moved, movere, mdvi, mdtum
video, videre, vidi, visum
a. The verbs of which only three principal parts are given have
no past participle.
EXERCISES

169. 1. Magnum numerum equorum in agro vldl. 2.

Amlcl tui tibi multos libros pulchros dederunt. 3. Hic puer
parvus in silva mansit. 4. Periculum vltavistl et laudaberis.
5. Hunc virum saepe iuvl quod impiger est. 6. Oppidanl
numquam bello faverunt sed fortiter pugnabunt. 7. Amicitiae huius virl semper studul. 8. Fllius tuus meos libros
ex hoc loco movit. 9. In multls oppidls habitavi et multos
amicos habeo. 10. In eo bello anna Gallorum erant gladil
et sagittae.

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LESSON XXIII
PAST PERFECT AND FUTURE PERFECT INDICATIVE ACTIVE
THE PAST PERFECT INDICATIVE ACTIVE

170. The past perfect tense represents an act as com

pleted at some specified or suggested time in the past. It is
translated with the English auxiliary had. The tense sign
is era, which is added to the perfect stem. The endings are
the same as those of the past. The a of the tense sign is
shortened before the endings -m, -t, -nt.
portaveram,
/ had carried

monueram,
I had warned

portaveram
portaveras
portaverat

monueram
monueras
monuerat

portaveramus
portaveratis
portaverant

monueramus
monueratis
monuerant

fueram,
I had been

Singular

fueram
fueras
fuerat

Plural

fueramus
fueratis
fuerant

THE FUTURE PERFECT INDICATIVE ACTIVE

171. The future perfect tense represents an act as to be

completed at some specified or suggested time in the future.
The tense sign is eri, which is added to the perfect stem.
portavero,
/ shall have carried

monuero,
I shall have warned

portavero
portaveris
portaverit

monuero
monueris
monuerit

fuero,
I shall have been

Singular

fuero
fueris
fuerit

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Plural

portaverimus
portaveritis
portaverint
172.

monuerimus
monueritis
monuerint

fuerimus
fueritis
fuerint

VOCABULARY

diu, adv., long, for a long time

fuga, -ae, f., flight
hiemo, -are, -avi, -atum, win
ter, spend the winter
hortus, -i, m., garden

renovo, -are, -avi, -atum,

renew
si, conj., if
signum, -i, n., signal
socius, -i, m., ally

EXERCISES

173. 1. Hi puerl diu in horto fuerint. 2. Socil nostrl

fugam Germanorum vlderant. 3. SI bellum renovaverint,
perlculum magnum erit. 4. Signum proeli non vlderint.
5. Amlcl nostrl in illo oppido hiemaverant. 6. Hos pueros
saepe monueram. 7. Ule vir semper amleos iuverat. 8.
Amlcls dona multa non dederat. 9. Portavit; portaverat;
portaverit ; fuit ; fuerat ; fuerit.
174. 1. I had often warned my friend, but he did not
fear. 2. Our friends will have seen many towns. 3. The
flight of the allies had renewed the danger. 4. We were
in the forest a long time. 5. If I see (shall have seen) the
signal, I shall call together a council. 6. Why have you spent
the winter in this town ?
SUGGESTED DRILL

(1) Point out the past perfects and the future perfects in the sen
tences of 173, indicating the tense signs and the personal endings of
each. (2) Give the principal parts of renovo, iuvo, and video, and
indicate the three stems of each. (3) Conjugate do in the past perfect
and the future perfect indicative active. (4) Give the third person
plural of iuvo in the perfect, past perfect, and future perfect indica
tive active. (5) Give the dative singular of the phrase meaning
that toion.

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LESSON XXIV
PERFECT INDICATIVE PASSIVE: ACCUSATIVE OF DURATION
OF TIME
THE PERFECT INDICATIVE PASSIVE

175. The perfect tense of any verb in the passive voice is

formed by combining its past participle with the present
tense of the verb sum.
Singular

portatus sum, / have been carried or I was carried

portatus es, you have been carried or you were carried
portatus est, he has been carried or he was carried
Plural

portatl sumus, we have been carried or we were carried

portatl estis. you have been carried or you were carried
portatl sunt, they have been carried or they were carried
monitus sum, I have been warned or / was warned
Singular

Plural

monitus sum
monitus es
monitus est

lnoniti sumus
monitl estis
monitl sunt

a. The forms of this tense are translated more fre

quently by the English past tense, / was carried, etc.,
than by the present perfect.
176. The participle in the forms of this tense agrees with
the subject in gender as well as in number.
Puer laudatus est, the boy was praised.
Puella laudata est, the girl was praised.

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THE ACCUSATIVE OF DURATION OF TIKE

177. A noun used to tell how long an act or a situation

continues is in the accusative case.
Multas h5ras in insula mansi, / remained on the island
many hours.
178.

VOCABULARY

annus, -i, m., year

circumdd, -dare, -dedi, -datum,
surround
honestus, -a, -um, honorable

hdra, -ae, f., hour

quattuor, indecl. num., four
schola, -ae, F., school
vita, -ae, f., life

EXERCISES

179. 1. Multas horas in eo loco manserunt. 2. Hie amicus

saepe laudatus est, quod vlta eius honesta est. 3. Ille puer
ab agricola monitus est et nunc bene laborat. 4. In hoc
oppido quattuor annos fuero. 5. Scholae in hoc oppido
semper bonae fuerunt. 6. Haec saxa ex illo agro a servo
portata sunt. 7. Legatus oppidum muro et fossa circumdedit. 8. Oppidum a legato muro et fossa circumdatum est.
180. 1. This boy was in school four hours. 2. The boys
of this school have often been praised. 3. The Romans were
in Gaul many years. 4. This man's life has always been
honorable and he has many friends. 5. The camp of the
Germans has not been moved. 6. For many years he had a
residence in Italy.
SUGGESTED DRILL

(1) Point out the phrases in 180 which express duration of time.
(2) Name the tense of each verb in 179. (3) Conjugate laudo and
video in the perfect indicative passive, giving English meanings.
(4) Explain the use of the ablatives in sentences 4 and 8 of 179.
(5) Give the ablative of the phrase meaning four hours. (6) Give the
gender of agricola in sentence 3 and of fossa in sentence 8 of 179.

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LESSON XXV
PAST PERFECT AND FUTURE PERFECT INDICATIVE
PASSIVE: SYNOPSIS OF VERBS
THE PAST PERFECT AND FUTURE PERFECT INDICATIVE PASSIVE

181. The past perfect in the passive voice is formed by

combining the past participle with the past tense of sum.
The future perfect passive is formed by combining the past
participle with the future of sum.
PAST PERFECT

portatus eram,
/ had been carried

monitus eram,
/ had been warned
Singular

portatus eram, / had been carried

portatus eras, you had been carried
portatus erat, he had been carried

monitus eram
monitus eras
monitus erat

Plural

portatl eramus, we had been carried

portatl eratis, you had been carried
portatl erant, they had been carried

monitl eramus
monitl eratis
monitl erant

FUTURE PERFECT

portatus ero,
I shall have been carried

monitus ero,
/ shall have been warned

Singular

portatus ero, / shall have been carried

portatus eris, you will have been carried
portatus erit, he will have been carried

monitus erS
monitus eris
monitus erit

Plural

portatl erimus, we shall have been carried

portatl eritis, you will have been carried
portatl erunt, they will have been carried

monitl erimus
monitl eritis
monitl erunt

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THE SYNOPSIS OF VERBS

182. A group of verb forms made up by taking any one

person of a verb in all the tenses in one voice and number
is called a Synopsis of the verb. The synopsis of porto in
the first person singular, active voice, of the indicative mood
is as follows:
Pres.
Past
Fut.
183.

Perf.
P. Perf.
F. Perf.

porto
portabam
portabo

portavl
portaveram
portavero

VOCABULARY

antea, adv., formerly,

before
dominus, -i, m., master,
owner
frumentum, -i, n., grain
quinque, indecl. numeral, five

repudio, -are, -avi, -atum,

reject
rogo, -are, -avi, -atum, ask
stipendium, -i, n., tribute, tax
supports, -are, -avi, -atum,
bring up, furnish

EXERCISES

184. 1. Hie servus a domino saepe monitus est. 2. Multa

saxa a puero portata sunt. 3. Stlpendium a Germanls numquam antea datum erat. 4. Amlcitia nostra ab his viris
repudiata est. 5. Auxilium tuum in proelio rogatum est.
6. Frumentum a sociis nostris hodie supportatum erit. 7.
In lnsula qulnque horas fueramus. 8. Stlpendium a Gallis
datum magnum erat. 9. Bellum a Germanls renovatum erat
et multa oppida expugnata erant.
185. 1. Help had been asked but had not been given.
2. Formerly the council had often been called together. 3.
Grain has been furnished and we shall now move camp.
4. Why had the Germans rejected the friendship of the
Romans? 5. The lieutenant remained in Gaul four years.
6. The town will have been captured by the Gauls.

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SUGGESTED DRILL

(1) Give a synopsis of porto in the third person singular passive,

and of moneo in the third person plural active, indicative mood.
(2) Conjugate video in the past perfect passive and the future per
fect passive of the indicative, giving the English meanings. (3)
Explain the case of boras in sentence 7, 184. (4) Conjugate repudio
in the perfect passive indicative. (5) Conjugate sum in the past
perfect and in the future perfect of the indicative. (6) Give the
vocative singular of dominus.

FIFTH REVIEW LESSON

186. (1) The declension of is.
(2) Possessives of the third person.
(3) The past indicative passive of the first and second con
jugations.
(4) The future indicative active and passive of the first and
second conjugations.
(5) The perfect indicative active.
(6) The past perfect indicative active.
(7) The future perfect indicative active.
(8) The perfect, past perfect, and future perfect passive.
(9) The past participle.
(10) The principal parts of verbs.
(11) The dative with special verbs.
(12) The accusative of duration.
(13) The ablative of means.
187. Give Latin words with which the following English
words are connected in derivation :
annual
council
dominate
horticulture

renovate
repudiate
scholastic
signal

social
support
stipend
vital

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LESSON XXVI
FUTURE ACTIVE PARTICIPLE: PREPOSITIONS WITH
ACCUSATIVE
THE FUTURE ACTITE PARTICIPLE

188. Latin verbs have a future active participle formed

on the participial stem. It is declined like the past passive
participle, from which it is to be distinguished by -ur,
preceding the case ending.
portaturus, -a, -um, about to carry, or going to carry.
moniturus, -a, -um, about to warn, or going to warn.
a. Some verbs which have no past participle have a
future active participle. The future active participle of
such verbs is given as the fourth principal part.
The future participle of sum is futurus. The principal
parts of sum are sum, esse, fui, futurus. The fourth of the
principal parts of sto is staturus.
189. The future participle is often combined with the
forms of sum to refer to something which some one intends
to do or is about to do.
Mansurus eram, I was about to remain, I intended to
remain.
Laudaturus est, he is about to praise, lie intends to praise.
PREPOSITIONS WITH THE ACCUSATIVE

190. A number of prepositions have their objects in the

accusative case. With some of these the object is used to
name the place toward which motion is directed. Others
express ideas of relation in situation, like the English beyond,
in front of, behind, around. A few express abstract rela
tions, such as on account of, against, about.

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VOCABULARY

ad, prep. with accusative, to,

toward
adversus, -a, -um, unfavorable, opposed
in, prep. w. ace, into
mora, -ae, f., delay

post, prep. w. ace, behind, after

propter, prep. w. ace, on
account of
sex, indecl. num., six
trans, prep. w. ace, across,
beyond

a. The ablative with in tells where an act takes place

or where something exists. The accusative with in
names the place to which an act is directed.
EXERCISES

192. 1. Propter adversum proelium socii nostrl in oppido

manserunt. 2. Ad hunc locum sine mora RomanI castra
moverunt. 3. Tibi multa dona daturus sum. i. Femina
flliam suam in hortum vocavit. 5. Castra GermanSrum
trans eam silvam erant. 6. Fossa alta post oppidum est.
7. SeX viri in via ambulant. 8. Hunc puerum moniturus
eras. 9. Concilium sine mora convocavl et perlculum demonstravl. 10. Non diu in hoc loco mansurl sumus.
193. 1. On account of the great danger there will be
delay. 2. The lieutenant invited the Germans to the camp.
3. The slaves carried the weapons and the grain into the
town. 4. The horses and carts are behind the forest. 5.
The master of the slaves lives beyond those fields. 6. You
(plur.) have been defeated because you did not ask aid.

SUGGESTED DRILL

(1) Give the future active participles of anged, moneo, and dd.
(2) Mention some of the prepositions which take the ablative. (3)
Conjugate demonstro in the perfect indicative active and passive.
(4) Explain the case of hortum, in sentence 4, and of via, in sentence
7, 192. (5) Give the principal parts of moved. (6) Give a synopsis
of vocd in the first person plural of the indicative passive.

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LESSON XXVII
THIRD CONJUGATION, 5 VERBS, PRESENT INDICATIVE:
DATIVE OF PURPOSE
THE THIRD CONJUGATION, 5 VEEBS

194. The present active infinitive of the third conjuga

tion ends in -ere. The stem ending -e is replaced in most
forms of the present indicative by -i or -u.
195. Verbs which have all their forms in the third con
jugation are conjugated as follows in the present indicative :
diico, / lead
ACTIVE

PASSIVE
Singular

diico, / lead
ducis, you lead
ducit, he leads

ducor, / am led
duceris or ducere, you are led
ducitur, he is led
Plural

ducimus, we lead
ducitis, you lead
ducunt, they lead

dticimur, we are led

dueiminl, you are led
diicuntur, they are led

THE DATIVE OF PURPOSE

196. The purpose or end which something serves or is

intended to serve is sometimes expressed by the dative.
Copias subsidio misit, he sent the troops as reinforcements
(to serve as reinforcements).
a. The dative of purpose is often used where the
English idiom would require a predicate nominative.
Amicitia tua semper mihi auxilio fuit, your friendship
has always been a help to me (for a help to me).

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VOCABULARY

ante, prep. w. ace, before, in

front of; adv., previously
copia, -ae, p., supply;
pi., forces
ducd, -ere, duxi, ductum, lead
impedimentum, -i, n., hindrance; pi., baggage

mitto, -ere, misi, missum,

send
relinquo, -ere, reliqui, relictum, leave
septem, indecl. num., seven
subsidium, -i, n., reinforcements, reserves

EXERCISES

198. 1. Legatus magnas copias ad proelium ducit. 2.

Multas epistulas ad amicos mittimus. 3. Septem Galll in
proelio necatl sunt. 4. Hie murus magno impedlmento fuit.
5. Servus ad oppidum mittitur. 6. Multl virl subsidio mittuntur. 7. Puella libros in via relinquit. 8. Librl ante
portam in via a puella relinquuntur.
199. 1. The forces of the Romans are again sent into
Gaul. 2. He gave me the book as a gift (for a gift). 3. I
shall send these men as reinforcements. 4. There was a
large forest in front of the town. 5. The slave leaves the
weapons in the street. 6. On account of the delay we shall
call together a council.

SUGGESTED DRILL

(1) Conjugate mitto and relinquo in the present indicative, active

and passive. (2) Name the prepositions which have been used thus
far with the accusative. (3) Give the future active participles of
duco and mitto. (4) Explain the case of subsidio in sentence 6, and of
puella in sentence 8, 198. (5) Give the principal parts of the verb
need. (6) Give the terminations of the present active infinitive in
the first, second, and third conjugations.

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LESSON XXVIII
FOURTH CONJUGATION, PRESENT INDICATIVE:
SUBSTANTIVE USE OF ADJECTIVES
THE FOURTH CONJUGATION

200. The present active infinitive of the fourth conjuga

tion ends in -ire. The present indicative is as follows:
audio, I hear
ACTIVE

PASSIVE
Singular

audio, I hear
audls, you hear
audit, he hears

audior, / am heard
audlris or audlre, you are heard
audltur, he is heard
Plural

audlmus, we hear
audltis, you hear
audiunt, they hear

audlmur, we are heard

audlminl, you are heard
audiuntur, they are heard

THE SUBSTANTIVE USE OF ADJECTIVES

201. Adjectives arc often used as nouns, especially in

the masculine plural and in the neuter plural : multi is
translated many men, or many; multa is translated many
things. In military language nostri means our men or our
soldiers.
Multi periculum viderunt, many saw the danger.
202.

VOCABULARY

audio, -ire, audivi, auditum,

hear
gere, gerere, gessi, gestum,
carry, carry on ; bellum
gerere, wage war
inter, prep. w. ace, among,
between

munio, -ire, munivi, munitum, fortify

octo, indecl. num., eight
sonus, -i, m., sound
tuba, -ae, p., trumpet
venio, -ire, veni, ventum,
come

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EXERCISES

203. 1. Sonum tubarum audio. 2. GermanI castra hodie

muniunt. 3. Legatus cum socils venit. 4. NSn saepe bellum
gerimus. 5. Castra inter silvam et oppidum a nostrls miiniuntur. 6. Octo equos in agro videmus. 7. Sonus tubae a
nostrls audltur. 8. Ab hls puerls audlmur sed non videmur.
9. Virl sonum proell audiunt et timent. 10. Venls quod
voeiitus es. 11. Romanl in Gallia bellum gesturl erant.

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204. 1. Our men are fortifying this town. 2. War is

being waged with the Gauls. 3. This field is between the
road and the forest. 4. That town had seven gates. 5.
Many are coming with their weapons as reinforcements
(for reinforcement). 6. We hear the sound of carts and
horses in the street.

SUGGESTED DRILL

(1) Indicate the stem and the ending of audltur in sentence 7, 203.
(2) Point out the difference between the formation of the first person
plurals of gero and of audio. (3) Conjugate venid in the present
indicative active, and miinio in the present indicative active and
passive. (4) Give the third person plural of rogo, video, and audio
in the present indicative, active and passive. (5) Give the future
active participles of audio and ger6. (6) Explain the use of nostris
in sentence 5, 203.

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LESSON XXIX
PAST INDICATIVE OF THIRD AND FOURTH CONJUGATIONS:
CONSTRUCTION WITH IUBEO
THE PAST INDICATIVE OF THE THIRD AND FOURTH CONJUGATIONS

205. The past tense of third conjugation verbs which are

conjugated like duco is formed in exactly the same manner
as the past tense of second conjugation verbs. Fourth con
jugation verbs have ie before the tense sign.
ducebam, / was leading
ducebar, / was being led
ACTIVE

audiebam, I was hearing

audiebar, I was being heard

PASSIVE

ACTIVE

PASSIVE

Singular

ducebam
ducebas
ducebat

ducebar
ducebaris, -re
ducebatur

ducebamus
ducebatis
ducebant

ducebamur
dueebaminl
ducebantur

audiebam
audiebas
audiebat

audiebar
audiebaris, -re
audiebatur

Plural

audiebamus audiebamur
audiebatis
audiebamini
audiebant
audiebantur

CONSTRUCTION WITH WBEO

206. The verb iubeo may take as an object an infinitive

with subject accusative.
Eum manere iubemus, we order him to remain.
VOCABULARY
207.
Helvetii, -drum, m. pl., the reperio, -ire, repperi, reperHelvetians, an important
tum, find, find out
Gallic tribe
statim, adv., at once
iubeo, -ere, iussi, iussum,
trado, -ere, tradidi, traditum,
order, command
surrender (transitive)
provincia, -ae, p., province,
tutus, -a, -um, safe
the Province, the south
vinco, -ere, vici, victum,
eastern part of Gaul
conquer, defeat

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EXERCISES

208. 1. Helvetil copias ex castris

ducebant.
2. Cur huic viro arma
tua non tradis? 3. Gallos vincebamus quod arma bona habebamus.
4. Hunc puerum statim venire iussl.
5. Nostrl auxilio tum veniebant. 6.
Tela a legato in hoc domicilio reperta
sunt. 7. Romanl bellum in Gallia
gerebant, et multa oppida Gallorum
expugnaverant. 8. Hie locus numquam tutus fuit. 9. Bellum a Gallls
in provincia gerebatur.
209. 1. The lieutenant orders the
Helvetians to find the weapons at
once. 2. The townspcople were sur
rendering their arms to the lieutenant.
3. The province is now safe. 4. We
were sending many books and letters.
5. The women and children were
coming from the town.

KOMAN CENTURION

SUGGESTED DRILL

(1) Indicate the tense signs and the personal endings in the verbs
of sentences 1, 3, and 9, 208. (2) Conjugate trado and reperio in the
present active indicative and the past active indicative, (.i) Explain
the use of the infinitive venire in sentence 4, 208. (4) Point out an
adjective used as a noun in the sentences of 208. (5) Explain the
case of Gallia in sentence 7, 208. (6) Conjugate iubeo in the perfect
indicative active.

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LESSON XXX
FUTURE INDICATIVE OF THIRD AND FOURTH CONJUGA
TIONS: ABLATIVE OF TIME
THE FUTURE INDICATIVE OF THE THIRD AND FOURTH CONJUGATIONS

210. The tense sign of the future in the third and fourth
conjugations is e, except in the first person singular, where
it appears as a. In the fourth conjugation the tense sign is
preceded by i. In third conjugation verbs like duco, the
tense sign replaces the vowel in which the present stem ends.
ACTIVE
Singular

ducam, I shall lead

duces, you will lead
ducet, he will lead

audiam, I shall hear

audies, you will hear
audiet, he will hear
Plural

ducemus, we shall lead

ducetis, you will lead
ducent, they will lead

audiemus, we shall hear

audietis, you will hear
audient, they will hear
passive

ducar, I shall be led

Singular

diicar
duceris, -re
ducetur

Plural

dvicemur
ducemini
ducentur

audiar, I shall be heard

Singular

audiar
audieris, -re
audietur

Plural

audiemur
audieminl
audientur

THE ABLATIVE OF TIME

211. The ablative without a preposition is used to indi

cate the time at which or within which an act is done or a
situation exists. It is commonly translated with the English
prepositions in or at.
Ed anno concilium convocatum est, the council was called
together in that year.

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VOCABULARY

amitto, -ere, amlsi, amissum,

lose
celeriter, adv., swiftly,
rapidly
contends, -ere, contend!, contentum, contend ; hasten

decem, indecl. num., ten

excedo, -ere, excessi, excessum, withdraw
natura, -ae, f., nature
novus, -a, -um, new
primus, -a, -um, first

EXERCISES

213. 1. Propter naturam locl magnas cSpias non ducebamus. 2. Galll eS anno multa oppida amlserunt. 3. 6ermanl
cum copils nostris saepe ante castra contendunt. 4. Helvetia
eo bello vincentur. 5. Hl virl decem horas laboraverunt.
6. Prlma hSra oppidum occupabitur. 7. SI perlculum erit,
celeriter veniam. 8. Pueros fossam complere iubebit. 9.
Copiae nostrae ex castrls non excedent. 10. Nostrl cum
Germanis ante castra contendent.
214. 1. We shall hasten from the camp at the first hour.
2. The slave will find out the nature of the place. 3. The
sound of weapons will be heard by the women. 4. The men
are withdrawing from the towns to the forests. 5. The
forces of the Germans are coming swiftly.

SUGGESTED DRILL

(1) Give the third person singular of duco and audio in the present,
past, and future tenses of the indicative active. (2) Give the third
person plural of mitto and moneo in these three tenses of the indica
tive passive. (3) Conjugate vinco and munio in the future indicative
active and passive. (4) Explain the difference between the idea of
time which is expressed by the ablative and that which is expressed
by the accusative (177, 211). (5) Point out the examples of the
ablative of time in the sentences of 213,

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215.

VOCABULARY REVIEW

audio, -Ire, -Ivl, -Itum

oircumdo, -dare, -dedl, -datum
contendS, -tendere, -tendI, -tentum
duco, -ere, diixi, ductum
gero, -ere, gessl, gestum
hiemo, -are, -avi, -atum
iubeo, -ere, iussl, iussum
mitto, -ere, mlsl, missum
munio, -Ire, -Ivl, -Itum
pateo, -ere, -ul
relinquo, -ere, rellqul, relictum
reperio, -Ire, repperl, repertum
repudio, -are, -iivl, -atum
rogo, -are. -avi, -atum
supportS, -are, -avl, -atum
trado, -dere, -didl, -ditum
venio, -Ire, venl, ventum
vineo, -ere, vlcl, victum

annus, -I, m.
concilium, -l, n.
copia, -ae, f.
dominus, -l, m.
frumentum, -l, n.
fuga, -ae, p.
hortus, -l, m.
mora, -ae, p.
natura, -ae, p.
oppidanus, -l, m.
prSvincia, -ae, p.
schola, -ae, p.
signum, -l, n.
socius, -l, m.
sonus, -l, m.
stlpendium, -l, n.
tuba, -ae, p.
vlta, -ae, p.
adversus, -a, -um
albus, -a, -um
honestus, -a, -um
perlculosus, -a, -um
prlmus, -a, -um
tutus, -a, -um
216.
adverse
audible
contention
copious
decimal

antea
celeriter
diu
ibi
late
statim

ad
ante
inter
post
propter
trans

RELATED ENGLISH WORDS

interstate
missive
natural
novelty
postpone

primary
provincial
relinquish
sonorous
transport

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LESSON XXXI
VERBS OF THE THIRD CONJUGATION ENDING IN -10
217. There are two classes of verbs in the third eonju
ration, commonly distinguished as d verbs and io verbs.
The d verbs are those which are conjugated like duco. The
io verbs are conjugated in the present indicative partly like
duco and partly like verbs of the fourth conjugation. In the
past indicative and the future indicative they are conjugated
exactly like verbs of the fourth conjugation.
capio, / take
PRESENT

ACTIVE
Singular

capio
capis
capit

'
PASSIVE

Plural

Singular

eapimus
capitis
capiunt

capior
caperis, -re
eapitur

Plural

capimur
capimini
capiuntur

FAST

Singular

capiebam
capiebiis
eapiebat

Plural

capiebamus
capiebatis
capiebant

Singular

capiebar
capiebaris, -re
capiebatur

Plural

capiebamur
capiebaminl
capiebantur

FUTURE

Singular

capiam
capies
capiet

Plural

capiemus
capietis
capient

Singular

capiar
capieris, -re
capietur

Plural

capiemur
capieminl
capientur

a. In the first person plural and the second person

plural of both voices, and in the second person singular
of the active voice in the present tense, the forms of the
verbs of this class are to be distinguished from the corre
sponding forms of the fourth conjugation by the fact

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that the connecting vowel, i, is short. In the second

person singular of the passive in the present tense the
connecting vowel is e, while in the corresponding form
of the fourth conjugation it is i.
218.

VOCABULARY

capio, -ere, cepi, captum,

take, capture
facio, -ere, feci, factum,
make, do
fugio, -ere, fugi, fugiturus,
flee

iacid, -ere, ieci, iactum, throw

incognitus, -a, -um, unknown
nihil, indecl., n., nothing
nuntius, -i, m., messenger
pono, -ere, posui, positum,
place

EXERCISES

219. 1. Nuntius in oppido capietur et necabitur. 2. Puer

carrum parvum facit. 3. Tela a Germanls et Gallis iaciuntur. 4. Nostri in eo oppido multum frumentum capiebant. 5. Si oppidum capietur, fugiemus. 6. Romanl castra
ante silvam ponent. 7. Is locus incognitus erat sed non
timebamus. 8. Ille vir multas iniurias faciebat. 9. Puerl
fugiebant quod perlculum videbant. 10. Multl de muro tela
iaciebant.
220. 1. The boy takes the sword and shield. 2. The
slave will throw a weapon over (across) the wall. 3. Why were
you fleeing from the camp ? 4. 'We were making a large
number of shields. 5. The town will be taken by the Germans.

SUGGESTED DRILL

(1) Conjugate iacio and reperio in the present indicative passive.

(2) Conjugate pono and facio in the past indicative active. (3) Give
the tense sign of the future in the first and second conjugations.
(4) Conjugate video and facio in the future indicative active. (5)
Indicate the stem, tense sign, and personal ending of timebamus, in
sentence 7, 219.

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LESSON XXXII
REVIEW OF THE FOXJR CONJUGATIONS IN THE PRESENT
SYSTEM, INDICATIVE MOOD

221.

PRESENT INFINITIVE
Terminations

portare
ir. monere
( ducere
in.
| capere
IV. audire

-are
-ere

I.

Stem

portamoneducecapeaudi-

-ere
-ire

THE PRESENT INDICATIVE

222. The present tense is formed by adding the personal

endings to the present stem. In the first person singular of
the first conjugation and of the d verbs of the third conju
gation the stem vowel disappears. In the third conjugation
the vowel of the stem ending becomes u before -nt and -ntur.
It becomes i before all other endings except -ris. In all io
verbs -nt and -ntur are preceded by iu.
ACTIVE

Singular
L

II.

porto
portas
portat

moneo
mones
monet

III.
due6
dueis
ducit

IV.
capio
eapis
capit

audio
audls
audit

capimus
capitis
capiunt

audlmus
audltis
audiunt

Plural
portamus
portatis
portant

monemus
monetis
monent

ducimus
iliieitis
ducunt

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PASSIVE

portor
portaris, -re
portatur

moneor
moneris, -re
nionctur

Singular
ducor
duceris, -re
ducitur

capior
caperis, -re
capitur

audior
audiris, re
auditur

portamur .
porta mini
portantur

monemur
monemini
monentur

Plural
ducimur
ducimini
ducuntur

capimur
i,apiminl
capiuntur

audimur
audiniini
audiuutur

THE PAST INDICATIVE

223. The sign of the past tense, ba, appears in all four
conjugations.
In third conjugation d verbs the short e of
the stem becomes long before ba, making their past tense
identical with that of the second conjugation.
Third con
jugation verbs in io and all fourth conjugation verbs have
the tense sijrn preceded by ie.

ACTIVE
Singular
III.

TT.

portabam
portabas
portabat

monebam
monebas
monebat

ducebam
ducebas
ducebat

portabamus
portabatis
portabant

monebamus
monebatis
monebant

dueebaimis
ducobatis
ducebant

IV.
capiebam
capiebas
capiebat

audiebam
audiebas
audiebat

oapiebamus
capiebatis
capiebant

audiebamus
audiebatis
audiebant

PLURAL

PASSIVE

Singular
portabar
monebar
ducebar
capiebar
audiebar
portabaris, -re monfbaris, -rp ducebaris, -re capiebfuis, -re audiebaris, -re
portabatnr
monebatur
ducebatur
capiebatur
audiebatur

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portabamur
portabamini
portabantur

monebamur
monebamini
monebantur

Plural
ducebamur
ducebamini
ducebantur

capiebamur
capiebaminl
capiebantur

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audiebamur
audiebamini
audiebantur

THE FUTURE INDICATIVE

224. In the first and second conjugations the tense sign

is bi except in the third person plural, in which it appears as
bu, and in the second person singular of the passive, where
it becomes be. The i disappears before -d and -or. In the
third and fourth conjugations the tense sign is e (in the first
person singular, a). The i of the io verbs of the third con
jugation and of the verbs of the fourth conjugation is
retained.
ACTIVE
Singular
I.

rv.

III

II.

portabo
portabis
portabit

nioncbo
monebis
monebit

ducam
duces
ducet

portabimus
portabitis
portabunt

monebimus
monebitis
monebunt

ducomus
dOcctis
ducent

capiam
capies
capiet

audiam
audies
audiet

('apicmus
vapietis
capient

audiemuB
audietis
audient

capiar
capieris, -re
capietur

audiar
audierie, -re
audietur

eapiemur
capioniiui
capientur

audiemur
audiemini
audientur

Plural

PASSIVE
Singular
ducar
monebor
portabor
portaberis, -re moneberis, -re duceris, -re
monebitur
ducetur
portabitur

portabimur
portabiniini
portabuntur

iiionebiuiur
moncbimini
monebuntur

Plural
ducemur
ducemini
duceutur

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225.

VOCABULARY

captivus, -i, m., prisoner

castellum, -i, n., fort, redoubt
conficio, -ere, confeci, confectum, finish, complete
iterum, adv., again

luna, -ae, f., moon

magnopere, adv., greatly
paco, -are, -avi, -atum, subdue, make peaceful
victoria, -ae, f., victory

BRIDGE OVER THE TIBER

EXERCISES

226. 1. In castrls multl captlvl et servl erant. 2. Galli

castella Romanorum oppugnabunt sed non capient. 3. Ger
manl ante novam lunam non contendent. 4. Tum castella
faciebamus quod magnopere periculum timebamus. 5. Quod
Gallia pacata erat, bellum non timebatur. 6. Hoc bellum
non celeriter conficietur. 7. Ea victoria magna fuit et
multa oppida capta sunt. 8. Auxilium tuum, mi amice,
iterum postulo.
227. 1. We saw many prisoners in the camp. 2. The
Germans will not again attack this fort, but they will cap
ture the camp. 3. Ireland was never subdued by the Romans.
4. This victory will frighten the Gauls greatly and they
will flee from their towns.

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LESSON XXXIII
REVIEW OF THE PERFECT SYSTEM, INDICATIVE MOOD:
WORD ORDER
KEVIEW OF THE PERFECT SYSTEM IN THE ACTIVE VOICE

228. (1) The formation of the perfect system is the same in

all four conjugations. The perfect stem (which is used only
in the active voice) is found by dropping the i of the perfect
active indicative, the third of the principal parts. The
endings of the perfect indicative active are the same for all
verbs.
Singular
II.

I.

III.

IV.
Terminations

monul
monuisti
monuit

portavl
portavistl
portavit

diixi
(luxisti
duxit

audlvl
audiyisti
audivit

eepi
cepistl
cepit

-I
-isti
-it

Plukal
monuimus
duximus
eepimus
portavimus
audivimus
portavistis
monuistis
audlvistis
duxistis
cepistis
eeperunt
portaverunt monuerunt diixerunt
audiverunt
or -ere
or -ere
or -ere
or -ere
or -ere

-imus
-istis
-erunt
or -ere

(2) The sign of the past perfect indicative is era, which is

added to the perfect stem. The endings are those used in
the past active.
II.
portaverani
portaveras,

monueram
monueras,
etc.

IV.

III.

rle.

diixeram
duxeras,
etc.

ceperam
ceperas,
etc.

audlveram
audlveras,
etc.

(3) The sign of the future perfect is eri, which is added to

the perfect stem. Before d the i of the tense sign disappears.
portavero
portaveris,
etc.

monuero
monueris,
etc.

duxero
duxeris,
etc.

cepero
eeperis,
etc.

audlverS
audiveris,
etc

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REVIEW OF THE PERFECT SYSTEM IN THE PASSIVE VOICE

229. The formation of the perfect system in the passive

is the same in all four conjugations. The perfect is made
up of the past passive participle and the present tense of
sum; the past perfect of the past passive participle and the
past tense of sum ; and the future perfect of the past passive
participle and the future tense of sum.
PERfECT

portatus sum
monitus sum,
etc.

PAST PERfECT

fUTURE PERfECT

portatus eram
monitus eram,
etc.

portatus ero
monitus ero,
vie.

VARIATION FROM THE NORMAL WORD ORDER

230. The normal order of a Latin sentence requires that

the subject, with its modifiers, stand first, and that the
verb, preceded by its modifiers, stand last. But there are
many requirements of emphasis which may change this order.
Any word which is to be emphasized may stand in a
different position in the sentence from that in which it would
normally be placed. The fact that the form of a Latin word
shows what its relation is to other words, makes possible a
much freer arrangement in Latin than in English. If the
subject is to be made emphatic, it may be placed last instead of
first. But the fact that any word is put in an unusual position
means that one or more of the other words in the sentence
will be crowded out of the normal position. Sometimes the
normal order is changed merely for the sake of variety.
231.

VOCABULARY

animus, -i, m., mind, courage,

spirit
carus, -a, -um, dear
iustitia, -ae, f., justice
Labienus, -i, m., Labienus, an
officer in Caesar's army
nondum, adv., not yet

pervenio, -ire, perveni, perventum, arrive

recipio, -ere, recepi, receptum, receive, take back
regnum, -I, n., royal authority, kingdom
triduum, -i, n., three days

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EXERCISES

232. 1. Romanls cara fuit patria. 2. Ibi triduum mansl

sed audlvl nihil. 3. Hie vir propter hlstitiam laudatus est.
4. Labienus triduo cum copils suls in hoc oppidum pervenit.
5. Nondum amissus est animus. 6. Multos Gallos ad castelluni duxerat. 7. El virl in oppidum receptl sunt. 8.
Tum regnum occupavit et multos necavit. 9. Captlvi poena m
timebant et ex eastrls fiigerunt. 10. A Labieno saepe Gallorum copiae victae erant. 11. Dvixistis; cepistis; audlverunt :
cepit ; ceperat ; ceperit. 12. Audltus est ; audltus erat ;
audltus erit ; captl sunt ; captl erant ; captl erunt.

THE ROMAN FORUM IN ITS PRESENT CONDITION

233. 1. In three days I shall have arrived in Gaul. 2.

Our allies had placed the standard on the wall. 3. The
royal authority has been seized and the towns have been
captured. 4. We had fortified the camp and were awaiting
the forces of the Germans. 5. I came, I saw, I conquered.

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LESSON XXXIV
ADJECTIVES WITH THE GENITIVE IN -WS

234. There are nine adjectives which have the genitive

singular ending in -ius and the dative singular ending in -i.
In the other cases of the singular and in all the cases of the
plural they have the same endings as adjectives of the first
and second declensions. The vocative is lacking except in
rare uses of unus and solus. Most of these words are used
also as pronouns. They are as follows :
unus, -a, -um, one
totus, -a, -um, whole
niillus, -a, -um, no

alius, alia, aliud, another

solus, -a, -um, alone, only
ullus, -a, -um, any

alter, altera, alteram, the other (of two)

neuter, neutra, neutrum, neither
uter, utra, utrum, which (of two)
235.

These adjectives are declined as follows :

Singular
Fein.

Uasc.

solus
sollus
soli
solum
solo

sola
solius
soli
solam
sola

Neut.

solum
solius
soli
solum
solo

Mase.

alter
alterius
alterl
alteram
altero

Fern.

Kent.

altera
alterlus
alterl
alteram
altera

alteram
alterlus
alterl
alterum
altero

alterae

altera,
etc.

Plural

soll

solae

sola,
etc.

alterl

a. Alius has the neuter aliud. Otherwise it is declined

like the remaining words of the group. The i of the
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b. These words are sometimes used in pairs (correla

tives) as follows:
alius
alil
alter
alterl. . .

alius
alil
alter
.alterl

=
=

i=

one
some
one
the one party . . .

another.
others.
the other.
.the other party.

Alius fugit, alius manet in castris, one flees, another

remains in the camp.
EXERCISES

236. 1. Unum virum et decem pueros vldimus. 2. Alter

fugit, alter eaptus est. 3. Alil statim venerunt, alil in
oppido manserunt.
4. Alius gladium gerebat, alius nulla
arma habebat. 5. Gladius meus mihi auxilio fuit. 6. Murus
neutrlus oppidI altus est. 7. Utrl puellae donum dedistl?
8. Amlcitiam totlus Italiae repudiavit. 9. Alterl in castrls
manserunt, alterl ad silvam fugerunt. 10. Nulllus Insulae ;
Labieno soll ; ulllus morae ; alterius locl.
237. 1. The nature of the whole place was unknown.
2. The one was a Gaul, the other was a German. 3. He
will give a reward to the messenger alone. 4. Some fight
bravely, others hasten from the camp. 5. One demands aid,
another avoids danger. 6. This boy has no book. 7. The
danger of neither is great.

SUGGESTED DRILL

(1) Explain the case of auxilio in sentence 5, 236. (2) Decline

together neuter liber. (3) Decline together unum oppidum. (4) Give
a synopsis of amitto in the third singular active of the indicative.
(5) Conjugate trado in the perfect passive indicative and the past
perfect passive indicative. (6) Conjugate recipio in the future per
fect, active and passive.

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LESSON XXXV
THE THIRD DECLENSION

238. The third declension has three classes of nouns,

known as Consonant Stems, i-Stems, and Mixed Stems. The
genitive ending is -is.
a. Some masculine and feminine nouns have a nomi
native ending -s. If the stem ends in -c or -g the combi
nation of the final -c or -g of the stem with -s gives -x:
dux, nominative from the stem duc-; lex nominative
from the stem leg-. If the stem ends in -d or -t the final
consonant is dropped before -s: laus, nominative from
the stem laud-. If the vowel i stands before the final
consonant of the stem it is frequently changed to e
in the nominative : princeps, nominative from the stem
princip-, miles, nominative from the stem milit-.
Consonant stems are declined as follows :
lex, f., law
Base, leg

miles, m., soldier

Base, [Link]

Nom.
Gen.
Dat.
Ace.
Abl. ,

lex
legis
legI
legem
lege

Nom.
Gen.
Dat.
Ace.
Abl.

mlles
mllitis
mllitl
mllitem
mllite

Termi
nations

-S

-is
-i

-em
-e

Plural

Nom.
Gen.
Dat.
Ace.
Abl.

leges
legum
legibus
leges
legibus

Nom.
Gen.
Dat.
Ace.
Abl.

mllites
mllitum
mllitibus
mllites
mllitibus

-es
-um
-ibus
-es
-ibus

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b. Nouns with stems ending in -tr have the nominative

ending in -ter: frater from the stem fratr-.
c. Nouns with stems ending in -din and -gin replace
-in of the stem by -d in the nominative : virgo from the
stem virgin-, multitiido from the stem multitudin-. The
nominative homo is formed by replacing -in of the stem
in the same manner.
frater, m., brother
Base, friitr-

homo, man
Base, hominSingular

Nom.
Gen.
Dat.
Ace.
Abl.

frater
fratris
fratrl
fratrem
fratre

Nom.
Gen.
Dat.
Ace.
Abl.

Nom.
Gen.
Dat.
Ace.
Abl.

fratfes
fratrum
fratribus
fratres
fratribus

Nom .
Gen.
Dat.
Ace.
Abl.

homo
hominis
homini
hominem
homine

Termi
nations

-IS

-i
-em
-e

Pluraij

homines
hominum
hominibus
homines
hominibus

-es
-um
-ibus
-es

-ibus

d. Nouns with stems ending in -on form the nomina

tive by dropping n: legio from the stem legion-.
e. Most nouns with stems ending in -1 or -r have the
nominative identical with the stem. A long vowel of
the stem is shortened before a final 1 or r of the nom
inative.
/. The base is identical with the stem in nouns with
consonant stems. Since the base can always be found
by dropping the genitive ending, any noun of this class
can be declined according to the models given above
when its genitive is known.

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239.

ELEMENTARY LATIN
VOCABULARY

conduco, -ere, conduxi, conductum, bring together,

collect
frater, fratris, m., brother
homo, hominis, m., man,
human being

interficio, -ere, interfeci,

interfectum, kill
item, adv., also, likewise
lex, legis, f., law
miles, militis, m., soldier
rex, regis, m., king

EXERCISES

240. 1. Rex multos mllites habuit. 2. Prater meus item

mlles fuit et in bello vulneratus est. 3. Hanc legem probamus et laudamus. 4. Ad eum locum magnum numerum
mllitum conduxit. 5. Rex ab inimlco interfeetus est. 6.
Hl homines leges non timent. 7. Alil gladios tradiderunt,
alil interfectl sunt. 8. Is vir potentiam nullius regis timet.
9. HSrum hominum alter amicus (est), alter incognitus est.
241. 1. This law is good, but it was then unknown. 2.
The king had brought together into the town a large number
of men. 3. Your brother also saw the soldiers in the forest.
4. Many Gauls were killed in flight by the soldiers. 5. This
man has lost his brother and his son. 6. The slave is alone
in the field.

SUGGESTED DRILL

(1) Decline together lex bona. (2) Decline together frater meus.
(3) Give the accusative plural of sagitta, ager, and frater. (4) Give
the genitive singular of the words meaning one soldier. (5) Give the
principal parts of tradiderunt. (6) Give the base of the noun rex.

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SEVENTH REVIEW LESSON

242. (1) The third declension of nouns, consonant stems.
(2) Adjectives with the genitive in -ius.
(3) The present indicative of the third conjugation, 6 verbs.
(4) The present indicative of the fourth conjugation.
(5) The past indicative of the third and fourth conjugations.
(6) The future indicative of the third and fourth conjuga
tions.
(7) The present, past, and future of io verbs of the third
conjugation.
(8) The future active participle.
(9) The substantive use of adjectives.
(10) The dative of purpose.
(11) The accusative with prepositions.
(12) The ablative of time.
243. Give Latin words with which the following English
words are connected in derivation :
animated
alternate
captive
castle
conduct
fact
fraternal
fugitive

impediment
item
justice
legal
lunar
military
neutral
nihilist

nullify
reception
regal
sole
subsidy
total
union
victory

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LESSON XXXVI
THE THIRD DECLENSION, CONSONANT STEMS (Continued):
DATIVE OF REFERENCE
NEUTER CONSONANT STEMS

244. There are many neuter nouns among the consonant

stems of the third declension. These, like the masculine and
feminine nouns, form the nominative in different ways.
a. Nouns which have -in as the stem ending change i
of the stem to e in the nominative: flumen from the
stem flumin-. A few other nouns likewise change the
vowel hefore the final consonant of the stem in forming
the nominative : caput from the stem capit-.
flumen, n., river
Rase, flumin-

caput, n.. head

Base. capit
Singular

Nom.
Gen.
Dat.
Ace.
Abl.

flumen
fluminis
fluminl
flumen
flumine

Nom.
Gen.
Dat.

Ace.
Abl.

TEliMlNATIONS

es! put
capitis
capitl
caput
capite

-is
-i
-e

Plural

Nom.
Gen.
Dat.

Ace.
Abl.

flumina
fluminum
fluminibus
flumina
fluminibus

Nom.
Gen.
Dat.

Ace.
Abl.

capita
capitum
capitibus
capita
capitibus

-a
-um
-ibus
-a
-ibus

b. Neuter nouns with stems ending in -er or -or regu

larly have the nominative in -us: genus from the stem
gener-, corpus from the stem corpor-.1 The nominative
iter used with the stem itiner- is somewhat irregular.
1 In these words the stem ending was originally -s.

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corpus, n., body

Base, corpor-

iter, m ., journey, road

Base, itinerTermi
nations

Singular

Nom.
Gen.
Dat.
Ace.
Abl.

corpus
corporis
corporl
corpus
corporc

97

Nom.
Gen.
Dat.
Ace.
Abl.

iter
itineris
itinerl ,
iter
itinere

-is
-i

itinera
itinerum
itineribus
itinera
itineribus

-a
-um
-ibus
-a
-ibus

-e

Plural

Nom.
Gen.
Dat.
Ace.
Abl.

corpora
corporum
corporibus
corpora
corporibus

Nom.
Gen.
Dat.
Ace.
Abl.

THE DATIVE OF REFERENCE

245. The dative is often used to refer to a person who is

likely to be affected favorably or unfavorably by an act or
situation, or with reference to whom an act is said to be
done or a situation to exist. This is called the Dative of
Reference.
Librum amico emi, I bought a book for a friend.
a. This use of the dative is sometimes found with
words denoting things.
b. The dative of reference is often used in connection
with a dative of purpose.
Milites oppidanis auxilio erant, the soldiers were a help
(for a help) to the townspeople.
Vir amico auxilio venit, the man came to help (as a help
for) his friend.

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ELEMENTARY LATIN
246.

VOCABULARY

armatus, -a, -um, armed

caput, capitis, n., head
corpus, corporis, n., body
defessus, -a, -um, tired out,
exhausted
emo, -ere, emi, emptum, buy

flumen, fluminis, n., river

iter, itineris, n., march, journey, road
nemo, dat. nemini, ace. neminem (no genitive or abl.),1
110 one.

EXERCISES

247. 1. Id fhimen latum et altum est. 2. Hi homines

magna corpora habent, sed non mllites boni erunt. 3. Frater tuus iter longum fecerat et defessus erat. 4. Hie equus
pulcher caput parvum habet. 5. Tum legatus mllites suos
celeriter conduxit quod Germanl appropinquabant. 6. Antea
nemo in eo oppido armatus erat, nunc multl arma habent.
7. Hie homo equum fllio suo emit. 8. Galli magno auxilio
Komanis in eo bello erant.
248. 1. The head of that statue is beautiful. 2. The
Gauls fought in the river and many were killed. 3. I saw
no one on that journey. 4. The soldiers were a great help to
our friends in danger. 5. The boys have worked industriously
and are tired out. 6. I bought these books for my brother.

SUGGESTED DRILL

(1) Conjugate emo in the present and future indicative, active and
passive. (2) Give a synopsis of video in the third person singular,
indicative passive.
(3) Give a synopsis of emo in the third person
plural, indicative active. (4) Decline together the words which mean
a beautiful river.
(5) Explain the case of auxilio and of Romanis,
in sentence 8, 247.
1 The missing genitive and ablative forms of this word are supplied by
the genitive and ablative forms of nuilus.

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LESSON XXXVII
THE THIRD DECLENSION, /-STEMS AND MIXED STEMS
GENITIVE AND ACCUSATIVE PLURAL FORMS

249. Nouns with i-stems and mixed stems have the geni
tive plural ending in -ium. Masculine and feminine nouns
of these classes may have either -es or -is as the ending of
the accusative plural. In the singular they are usually
declined like consonant stems.
MASCULINE AND FEMININE /-STEMS AND MIXED STEMS

250. (1) Nouns which have the nominative ending in -is

or -es, and which have the same number of syllables in the
genitive as in the nominative, are i-stem nouns.
(2) The most important mixed stems are :
a. Monosyllables ending in -s or -x following a con
sonant: mdns, arx.
b. Words of more than one syllable ending in -ns or
-rs; cliens, cohors.
c. The noun nox.
Nouns with 1-stems and mixed stems are indicated in the vocabulary
by the ending of the genitive plural, -ium, printed after that of the
genitive singular.

MANNER OF WEARING THE TOGA

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100

Masculine and feminine i-stems are declined thus:

caedes, r., slaughter
Base, caed-

hostis, m., enemy

Base, host-

Singular

Nom.
Gen.
Dat.
Ace.
Abl.

Nom.
Gen.
Dat.
Ace.
Abl.

hostis
hostis
hostl
hostem
hoste

eaedes
caedis
caedl
caedem
caede

Termi
nations
-S

-is
-i
-em
-e

Plural

Nom.
Gen.
Dat.
Ace.
Abl.

Nom.
Gen.
Dat.
Ace.
Abl.

hostes
hostium
hostibus
hostls, -es
hostibus

caedes
caedium
caedibus
caedls, -es
caedibus

-es
-ium
-ibus
-is, -es

-ibus

The declension of mixed stems is as follows :

urbs, f., city

Base, urb-

gens, f., nation, race

Base, gentSingular

Nom.
Gen.
Dat.
Ace.
Abl.

urbs
urbis
urbi
urbem
urbe

Nom.
Gen.
Dat.
Ace.
Abl.

Nom.
Gen.
Dat.
Ace.
Abl.

urbes
urbium
urbibus
urbes, -Is
urbibus

Nom.
Gen.
Dat.
Ace.
Abl.

gens
gentis
gentl
gentem
gente

Termi
nations

-S

-is
-i
-em
-e

Plural

gentes
gentium
gentibus
gentes, -Is.
gentibus

-es
-ium
-ibus
-es, -is
-ibus

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251.

101

VOCABULARY

caedes, caedis, -ium, f.,

slaughter, massacre
deled, -ere, -evi, -etum, destroy
deserd, -ere, deserui, desertum, desert
finis, finis, -ium, m., end,
limit ; pl., country

gens, gentis, -ium, f., nation,

race
hostis, hostis, -ium, m., enemy
(of the state)
incendo, -ere, incendi, incensum, set on fire, burn
urbs, urbis, -ium, f., city

EXERCISES

252. 1. Galli finis latos habebant. 2. In finibus eorum

multae urbes erant. 3. Gentes Germanorum cum els bellum
olim gerebant. 4. Multas urbes et oppida Gallorum expugnaverunt et incenderunt. 5. HI saepe oppida deseruerunt
quod hostls timebant. 6. A Germanls magna caedes facta est
et multa oppida deleta sunt. 7. Sed RomanI in Galliam
venerunt et Germanos vlcerunt. 8. Gallos quoque superaverunt et Galliam provinciam RSmanam fecerunt.
253. 1. This nation has large cities in its territories.
2. No one fears danger and no one deserts his place. 3. This
road is unknown to the enemy. 4. Our soldiers made a great
slaughter of the enemy and destroyed many towns. 5. This
book has been a great help (for a great help) to your son.

SUGGESTED DRILL

(1) Give the nominative singular of each noun in 252. (2) Indicate
the stem of each verb in the sentences of 252; and state whether it is
the present, perfect, or participial stem. (3) Point out a phrase in the
sentences of 253 which is translated by the dative of reference.
(4) Decline finis. (5) Decline together the words for an exhausted
enemy.
(6) Name the nine adjectives which have the genitive
ending -ius.

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LESSON XXXVIII
THE THIRD DECLENSION (Continued), NEUTER /-STEMS:
GENDER IN THIRD DECLENSION
THE THIRD DECLENSION, NEUTER /-STEMS

254. Nouns of the third declension which end in -e, -al,

or -ar are i-stems and are neuter in gender. They have the
ablative singular ending in -l, the nominative and accusative
plural in -ia, and the genitive plural in -ium.
insigne, n.,
badge, decoration
Base, Insign-

calcar, n.,
spur
Base, calcar-

animal, n.,
animal
Base, animalTermi
nations

SlNGULAR

Nom.
Gen.
Dat.
Ace.
Abl.

calcar
calcaris
calcarl
calcar
calcarl

Insigne
Insignis
Insignl
Insigne
Insigni

animal
animalis
animall
animal
animall

-IS

-i
-l

Plural
Nom.
Gen.
Dat.
Ace.
Abl.

Insignia
Insignium
Insignibus
Insignia
Insignibus

calcaria
calcarium
calcaribus
calcaria
calcaribus

animalia
animalium
animalibus
animalia
animalibus

-ia

-ium
-ibus
-ia
-ibus

GENDER IN THE THIRD DECLENSION

255. Nouns ending in -tas and -tiis, and most nouns end
ing in -go and -io, are feminine.
Nouns ending in -tor are masculine.
Nouns ending in -e, -al, -ar, -n, and -t are neuter.

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256.

103

VOCABULARY

aedifico, -are, -avi, -atum,

build
animal, animalis, -ium, n.,
animal
calcar, calcaris, -ium, n., spur
certe, adv., certainly, at least

insigne, insignis, -ium, n.,

badge, decoration
legio, legionis, f., legion
navis, navis, -ium, f., ship
vendo, -ere, vendidi, venditum, sell

EXERCISES

257. 1. In hls locls multa animalia interfecta sunt. 2.

Equus meus calcar magnopere timet. 3. HI mllites Insignia
habent quod fortiter in bello pugnaverunt. 4. Labienus
multas naves aedificavit et oppidum munlvit. 5. Una legio
ab hostibus deleta est. 6. Legatus urbem expugnavit et
multos servos vendidit. 7. Hie homo certe hostis patriae
fuit, sed non interfectus est. 8. Olim multae naves in
fluminibus patriae nostrae vlsae sunt.
258. 1. This small animal has a large head. 2. The boy
wounded the horse with the spur. 3. Many ships were built
by the lieutenant and the town was fortified. 4. We saw
the badges and the weapons of the Gauls. 5. The soldiers
were a help (for a help) to the sailors.

SUGGESTED DRILL

(1) Decline navis longa. (2) Decline animal magnum. (3) Give
the principal parts of the verbs in sentences 6, 7, and 8, 257. (4) Point
out the differences between the case endings of corpus and of calcar.
(5) Conjugate vendd in the past perfect active indicative. (6) Explain
the case use of hostibus in sentence 5, 267.

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LESSON XXXIX
THE THIRD DECLENSION, IRREGULAR AND EXCEPTIONAL
NOUNS
DECLENSION OF

VIS

259. A few nouns of the third declension are somewhat

irregular. The noun vis has a different stem in the plural
from that used in the singular.
vis, force, violence; pl., strength
Bases, vi-, virPlural

SlNGULAR

Nom.
Gen.
DAT.
Acc.
Abu

vls

vim
vi

vires
virium
vlrihus
vlrls or vlres
vlribus

a. The accusative plural of vis is to be distinguished

from the dative and ablative plural of vir by the long i
of the first syllable.
DECLENSION OF IGNIS AND TURRIS

260. There are a few i-stems which show variations from

the declension of consonant stems in the singular as well as
in the plural.
ignis, m.. fire
Base, ign
Singular

Nom. . ignis
Gen. ignis
Dat. ignl
Acc. ignem
Abl. ignl, igne

turris, p.. /'oivcr

Base, turrPlural

ignes
ignium
ignibus
ignis, -es
ignibus

Singular

turris
turris
turri
turrim, -em
turrl, turrc

Plural

turres
turrium
turribus
turrls, -es
turribus

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261.

105

VOCABULARY

bos,1 bovis, m., p., ox, cow;

pl., cattle
ignis, ignis, -ium, m., fire
impedio, -ire, impedivi. impeditum, hinder
mons, montis, -ium, m.,
mountain

neque, conj., nor ; neque . . .

neque, neither . . . nor
non numquam, adv., sometimes
turris, turris, -ium, p., tower
vis, see 259, p., force, violence;
pl., strength

EXERCISES

262. 1. Hostes urbem ignl deleverunt. 2. Vim hostium

non timebamus neque eos vltabamus. 3. In eo monte turrim
altam vidimus. 4. Galli iter nostrorum impedlverunt et
multos mllites interfecerunt. 5. Puer territus est quod
boves in agro vlderat. 6. Neque rex neque frater eius tum
in urbe erat. 7. Non numquam naves ex hac turrl videntur.
8. Legatus quattuor legiones ad montem duxit et ibi castra
munlvit.
263. 1. The Gauls destroyed the tower with fire. 2. The
violence of the soldiers frightened the townspeople and
many fled from the town. 3. The boy had wandered in the
mountains five hours. 4. We saw horses and cattle on the
islands, but we saw no men. 5. Sometimes the march of
the legions was hindered by the deep rivers and the forests.
6. In that city there was neither slave nor master.
SUGGESTED DRILL

(1) Name the three classes of nouns in the third declension. (2)
Give the case endings of masculine and feminine consonant stems.
(3) Give the case endings of masculine and feminine i-stems and
mixed stems. (4) Give the rules for gender in the third declension.
(5) Decline together vis magna.
' The genitive, dative, and ablative of the plural of bos are some
what irregular. These forms dc not occur in the exercises of this book.
They may be found in the Appendix, section 3, D.

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LESSON XL
Idem-, genitive of the whole
DECLENSION OF IDEM

264.

The declension of idem, same, is as follows :

Singular
Masc.

Fern.

Nom.
Gen.
Dat.
Ace.
Abl.

idem
eiusdem
eldem
eundem
eodem

eadem
eiusdem
eldem
eandem
eadem

Nom.
Gen.
Dat.
Ace.
Abl.

Idem or ei dem
eorundem
elsdem or lsdem
eosdem
elsdem or Isdem

eaedem
earundem
elsdem or Isdem
easdem
elsdem or Isdem

Keut.

idem
eiusdem
eldem
idem
eodem

Plural

eadem
eorundem
elsdem or Isdem
eadem
elsdem or Isdem

THE GENITIVE OF THE WHOLE (PARTITIVE GENITIVE)

265. The genitive is sometimes used to designate the whole

of something of which a part is denoted by the word on
which the genitive depends. This use of the genitive is
called the Genitive of the Whole.
Multi nostrorum fugerunt, many of our men fled.
a. The Latin uses the genitive of the whole in certain
phrases where the English employs an adjective in
agreement.
Nihil novi, nothing new (nothing of that which is new).

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266.

107

VOCABULARY

absum, abesse, afui, afuturus,

be absent, be away, be distant
aestas, aestatis, f., summer
apud, prep. w. ace, among,
with, at the house of
dux, ducis, m., leader

eques, equitis, m., horseman ;

pi., cavalry
idem, eadem, idem, same, the
same
pars, partis, -ium, f., part
vexo, -are, -avi, -atum, overrun, plunder

EXERCISES

267. 1. Pars equitum statim fiigit et multl interfeetl sunt.

2. Hi homines numquam amlcos deseruerunt. 3. Apud Romanos iustitia semper laudata est. 4. Idem dux ad castra
iterum cum elsdem mllitibus veniet. 5. Silva non longe ab
eo flumine abest. 6. Eam aestatem in Italia cum amicis
mansi. 7. Germanl eandem partem Italiae antea vexaverant. 8. Galll turrim ignl deleverunt sed oppidum non
expugnaverunt. 9. Nihil novl de bello audivl, quod non in
urbe ful.
268. 1. Part of the men were absent from the town because
the lieutenant feared no danger from (ab) the enemy. 2. We
shall send the same leader and the same soldiers. 3. We re
mained in Italy one summer and saw many beautiful cities.
4. The Gauls overran part of Britain and destroyed many
towns. 5. Among the soldiers, these arms are praised. 6.
We saw the horsemen in the river and we fled.

SUGGESTED DRILL

(1) Decline together idem dux. (2) Decline together eadem pars.
(3) Point out three examples of the use of the genitive of the whole
in the sentences of 267. (4) Conjugate absum in the present indicative
and the future indicative. (5) Give a synopsis of fugio in the third
person singular indicative active. (6) Explain the ease of aestatem,
in sentence 6, 267.

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EIGHTH REVIEW LESSON

VOCABULARY REVIEW

aestas, -tatis, p.
animal, animalis, n.
animus, -l, m.
bos, bovis, m., f.
eaedes, eaedis, f.
calcar, calcaris, n.
captlvus, -l, m.
caput, capitis, n.
castellum, -l, n.
corpus, corporis, n.
dux, ducis, m.
eques, equitis, m.
flnis, flnis, m.
fliimen, fluminis, n.
frater, fratris, M.
gens, gentis, f.
homo, hominis, m.
hostis, hostis, m.
ignis, ignis, m.
impedlmentum, -l, n.
Insigne, Insignis, n.
iter, itineris, n.
iustitia, -ae, f.
legio, legionis, f.
lex, legis, f.
luna, -ae, f.
mlles, mllitis, m.
mons, montis, M.
navis, navis, f.
nemS, dat. neminl, m., f.
nihil, indeclinable, n.

alius, alia, aliud

alter, altera, alterum
armatus, -a, -um
earus, -a, -um
defessus, -a, -um
Idem, eadem, idem
incognitus, -a, -um
neuter, neutra, neutrum
niillus, nulla, nullum
solus, sola, solum
totus, tota, totum
ullus, ulla, ullum
unus, una, unum
uter, utra, utrum
absum, abesse, afui, afuturus
aedifico, -are, -avl, -atum
iimitto, -ere, amlsl, amissum
conduco, -ducere, -duxl, -ductum
deleo, -ere, -evl, -etum
desero, -ere, -ul, -tum
emo, -ere, eml, emptum
excedo, -eedere, -cessl, -cessum
facio, -ere, fecl, factum
fugio, -ere, fugl, fugitiirus
iaciS, -ere, iecl, iactum
impedio, -Ire, -Ivl, -Itum
incendo, -ere, incendl, incensum
interficio, -ficere, -fecl, -fectum
paco, -are, -avl, -atum
pervenio, -venlre, -venl, -ventum
recipio, -cipere, -cepl, -ceptum

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nuntius, -I, m.
pars, partis, f.
regnum, -l, n.
rex, regis, M.
subsidium, -I, n.
trlduum, -l, N.
turris, turris, f.
urbs, urbis, f.
victoria, -ae, p.
Vls, p.

70.

109

vendo, -dere, -didl, -ditum

vexo, -are, -avl, -atum
eerte
item
iterum
maguopere
nondum
non numquam
apud
neque

RELATED ENGLISH
WORDS

absent
animal
army
bovine
capital
corporal
desert
duke
edifice
ensign
final

hostile
ignite
impede
incendiary
legion
naval
part
turret
urban
vendor
vex

DRAWING OX THE OUTER WALL Of A

HOUSE IN POMPEII

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ELEMENTARY LATIN

LESSON XLI
PRESENT PASSIVE INFINITIVE OF REGULAR VERBS:
USE OF INFINITIVE
THE PRESENT PASSIVE INFINITIVE

271. The terminations of the present passive infinitive in

the four conjugations are as follows .
I.

II.

-ari

-eri

III.

-i

iv.

-iri

The following table shows the formation and translation

of the present infinitives, active and passive, of the four
conjugations :
ACTIVE

I.
II.

portare, to carry
monere, to warn
( ducere, to lead
III ,1
( capere, to take
IV. audlre, to hear

PASSIVE

portarl, to be carried
monerl, to be warned
duci, to be led
capi, to be taken
audlrl, to be heard

THE INFINITIVE AS MODIFIEK OF A VERB (COMPLEMENTARY INFINITIVE)

272. The infinitive is frequently used in direct depend

ence on a verb, as an object, or as an adverbial modifier.
When thus used, it may be said to complete the meaning of
the verb on which it depends.
Maturat venire, he hastens to come.
a. A dependent English infinitive expressing purpose
in such phrases as, We came to help you, represents a
different usage, and cannot be translated by a Latin
infinitive.

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273.

HI

VOCABULARY

convenio, -ire, conveni, conventum, come together,

assemble
cupio, -ere, cupivi, cupitum,
wish, desire
ferus, -a, -um, fierce

incipio, -ere, incepi, inceptum, begin

invitus, -a, -um, unwilling
possideo, -ere, possedi, possessum, possess
praemium, -i, n., reward

EXERCISES

274. 1. Hie puer laudarl semper cupit. 2. Hostes convenlre non maturaverunt quod invltl erant. 3. El homines
feri flnes latos possident. 4. Legatus mllites ad castra hostium duel iubet. 5. Sonus armorum audlrl incipit et oppi
danl terrentur. 6. Urbs nostra longe a monte abest. 7.
Praemium el non dabitur quod non honestus est. 8. Magna
pars eius Insulae Gallls incognita erat sed RomanI ibi multa
oppida reppererunt.
275. 1. The lieutenant wishes to be sent to Gaul. 2. You
do not wish to be warned because you do not see the danger.
3. This reward was given by the king to his brother. 4. The
soldiers are beginning to assemble, but the leader is absent.
5. Many hastened to flee from the city, but this man remained.
6. There are many fierce animals in [Link] of that island.

SUGGESTED DRILL

(1) Give the present active and passive infinitives of all the verbs
of the vocabulary of this lesson. (2) Explain the use of the infinitives
in sentences 1 and 2, 274. (3) Explain the case of insulae, 8, 274.
(4) Give the genitive and the dative singular of the phrase which
means the same reward. (5) Give the accusative singular and plural
of vis.

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LESSON XLII
ADJECTIVES OF THE THIRD DECLENSION:
MANNER

ABLATIVE OF

ADJECTIVES OF THE THIRD DECLENSION

276. Some adjectives of the third declension have only

one form for the three genders in the nominative singular,
others have two forms, one for the masculine and feminine
and one for the neuter, and others have three forms, one
for each gender. They are accordingly known as adjectives
of one, two, or three endings.
Those of three endings and two endings are i-stems. They
are declined as follows:
ADJECTIVES OF THREE ENDINGS

acer, hold
Plural

Singula i:

Num.
Gen.
Dat.
Ace.
Abl.

Masc.

Fcm ,

Neut.

acer
acris
acrl
acrem
acrl

acris
acris
acrl
acrem
acrl

acre
acris
acrl
acre
acrl

Mane.

acres
acrium
acribus
acres, -Is
acribus

Fern.

acres
acrium
aeribus
acres, -ls
acribus

Xeut.

iieria
acrium
aeribus
acria
acribus

ADJECTIVES OF TWO ENDINGS

omnis, all
1 '[Link]

[Link]
Mane, ami Fein.

Nom.
Gen.
Dat.
Ace.
Abl.

omiiis
omnia
omnT
omnem
omnl

Xeut.

omne
omnis
omul
omne
omnl

Mhkc. and Fcrn.

01 ii nes

omnium
omnibus
omnes, -Is
omnibus

Neut.
omnia
omnium
omnibus
omnia
omnibus

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THE ABLATIVE OF MANNER

277. The manner in which an act is done may be expressed

by the ablative with cum. But cum may be omitted if the
noun is modified by an adjective. This use of the ablative
is called the Ablative of Manner.
Cum virtute pugnant, they fight with courage.
Cum magna virtute pugnant, or virtute magna pugnant,
they fight with great courage.
278.

VOCABULARY

acer, acris, acre, spirited,

bold , sharp
Caesar, Caesaris, m.. Caesar,
(Gains Julius Caesar, a famous Roman general and
statesman)
celeritas, -tatis, f., speed

fortis, forte, brave

omnis, omne, all, every
pedester, pedestris, pedestre,
on foot ; copiae pedestres,
infantry
vicus, -i, m., village
virtus, virtutis, f., courage

EXERCISES

279. 1. Copiae pedestres (cum) magna celeritate appropinquaverunt. 2. Nullum bellum in omnl Italia eo anno
erat. 3. Tile puer equum acrem habet. 4. Galll fortes erant
et bellum cum virtute gerebant. 5. llostes omnes vlcos
ineenderunt et agros vexavcrunt. 6. Omnes convenlre iussl
erant sed multl invltl erant. 7. Inter montem et flumen
urbs magna erat. 8. Caesar saepe virtutem mllitum suorum
laudat. 9. In omnibus locls ignes videbantur et multl
fugiebant.
280. 1. The Germans attacked the city with great courage
and many of them were killed. 2. Part of the village was
burned by the enemy. 3. The lieutenant sent the infantry
with great speed, but the horsemen had fled. -1. The danger

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begins to be seen by all. 5. You demand the aid of all your

friends, but you never help them.

SUGGESTED DRILL

(1) Decline together miles acer. (2) Dei,line together vir fortis.
(3) Give the genitive plural of mons and flumen. (4) Decline pedester
in full. (5) Explain the case of virtute in sentence 4 and of flumen
;n sentence 7, 279. (6) Give the principal parts of the verbs gero and
iubeo.

LESSON XLIII
THIRD DECLENSION ADJECTIVES (Continued):
ORDER OF
WORDS IN PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES
THIRD DECLENSION ADJECTIVES OF ONE ENDING

281. Most third declension adjectives of one ending are

i-stems. The ablative singular sometimes ends in -e.
felix, fortunate
Mam: and Fern.

Nom.
Gen.
Dat.
Ace.
Abl.

felix
felicis
felicl
felicem
felicl

potens, powerful

Xeut.

Masc. and Fern.

felix
felicis
felicl
felix
felici

potens
potentis
potentl
potentem
potentl, -e

Kcut.

potens
. potentis
potentl
potens
potentl, -e

Plural

Nom.
Gen.
Dat.
Ace.
Abl.

fellces
fellcium
felicibus
fellces, -Is
fellcibus

felicia
fellcium
felicibus
felicia
fellcibus

potentes
potentium
potentibus
potentes, -Is
potentibus

potentia
potentium
potentibus
potentia
potentibus

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282. Vetus, old, is a consonant stem, and is declined as

follows :
Singular
Masc. and Fern.
Xeut.
Nom. vetus
vetus
Gen.
veteris
veteris
Dat.
Ace.
A'bl.

veterl '
veterem
vetere

Plural
Masc. and Fem.
Neut.

veteres
veterum
veteribus
veteres
veteribus

veterl
vetus
vetere

Vetera
veterum
veteribus
vetera
veteribus

ORDER OF WORDS IN PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES

283. Phrases consisting of a monosyllabic preposition and

a noun modified by an adjective sometimes have the adjective
first and the preposition between the adjective and the noun.
Magna cum virtiite, with great courage.
His de causis, from these causes (for these reasons).
284.

VOCABULARY

accipio, -ere, accepi, acceptum,

accept, receive
centum, indecl. num., one hun
dred
de, prep. with abl., from, down
from ; about, concerning
debeo, -ere, -ui, -itum, owe, ought

felix, genitive felicis,

happy, fortunate
pax, pads, p., peace
potens, genitive potentis,
powerful
vetus, genitive veteris, old ;
former, of long standing

EXERCISES

285. 1. Nihil de fratre tuo audlvimus. 2. Hie puer

praemia magna in schola accepit et ab amico tuo laudatur.
3. Epistulam hodie ad eum hominem mittere debemus. 4.
Virl bonI semper pacem cupiunt. 5. Omnes eum propter
iiistitiam et virtutem eius laudant. 6. Hie rex fellx et
potens erat et multos socios habebat. 7. In eo loco eosdem
viros saepe vlderamus. 8. Magna cum celeritate centum

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virl ex agris convenerunt.

tamen in animo manent.

9. Ilae iniuriae veteres sunt sed

ARCH OVER ROMAN ROAD

286. 1. You (singular) ought to invite all your friends.

2. This powerful king had many soldiers and he waged
many wars. 3. We are happy because we have received a
letter today. 4. These soldiers were far distant from the
battle. 5. This man is working, and we ought to help him.
6. Our old friends are now in the citv.
SUGGESTED DRILL

(1) Give the Latin equivalent for the phrase with great speed.
(2) Explain the use of the infinitive mittere, in sentence 3, 285.
(3) Mention adjectives illustrating each of the three classes of third
declension adjectives. (4) Give the ablative singular and the genitive
plural of fortis and vetus. (5) Give a synopsis of accipio in the third
person singular, active, and the third person plural, passive, indicative.

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LESSON XLIV
THE RELATIVE PRONOUN
THE DECLENSION OF THE RELATIVE PRONOUN

287.

The relative pronoun is declined as follows :

Muse.

Nom.
Gen.
Dat.
Ace.
Abl.

qul
cuius
cui
quem
quo

Singular
Fern.
Ncut.

quae
cuius
cui
quam
qua

quod
cuius
cui
quod
quo

Alasc.

Plural
Fern.

Neut.

qul
quorum
quibus
quos
quibus

quae
quarum
quibus
quas
quibus

quae
quorum
quibus
quae
quibus

AGREEMENT OF RELATIVE PRONOUN

288. The relative pronoun agrees with its antecedent in

gender and number, but its case depends on its use in its
own clause.
Homo quem vides amicus meus est, the man whom you
see is my friend.
289.

VOCABULARY

causa, -ae, f., cause

defendo, -ere, defendi, defensum, defend
mare, maris, n., sea
mater, matris, f., mother
pater, patris, m., father

qui, quae, quod, who, which,

that
resisto, -ere, restiti, (with
dative), resist
tempus, temporis, n., time,
occasion

EXERCISES

290. 1. Praemia legato qul oppidum defendit dabuntur.

2. Haec urbs cuius murum eo tempore videbas magna est. 3.
Pater puerl cui praemia data sunt laetus est. 4. Femina quam
vides est mater huius puerl. 5. Multae erant causae eius
belll veteris. G. Hoc mare latum et altum est. 7. Oppidani

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mllitibus resistebant a quibus oppidum oppugnatum erat.

8. Galli magna cum virtute patriam suam defendebant. 9.
Multl eraiit vicl quos mllites incenderunt.
291. 1. The cause of the war which was being waged is
unknown. 2. At that time there was peace among the Gauls.
3. The father of this king resisted the enemies who wished
to destroy his city. 4. The legion which had been sent,
attacked the camp with great courage. 5. You feared the
violence of these soldiers, but they have defended your city.

SUGGESTED DRILL

(1) Explain what is meant by "simple sentence," "complex sen

tence," and "compound sentence." (2) State to which of these
classes each of the sentences of 291 belongs. (3) Point out the sub
ordinate clauses of the complex sentences in 291. (4) Name the
antecedents of the relative pronouns in these complex sentences.
(5) Explain the cases of the relative pronouns in 290.

LESSON XLV
THE FOURTH DECLENSION

292. In the fourth declension the nominative ends in -us

for the masculine and feminine and in -u for the neuter.
Most nouns ending in -us are masculine.
exercitus, m., army
Base, exercit-

cornu, n., horn

Base, cornSingular

XOm.

Gen.
Dat.
Ace.
Abl.

Termi
nations
-US

exercitus
exercitus
-US
exercitul, -ii -ui, -u
-um
exercitum
-u
exercitu

Termi
nations

Nom.
Gen.
Dat.
Ace.
Abl.

cornu
corniis
cornu
cornu
cornu

-U
-US

-u
-u
-u

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Plural

Nom.
Gen.

exercitus
exercituum
exercitibus
exercitus
exercitibus

DAT.

Acc.
Abl.

-us

Nom. cornua
Gen. cornuum
Dat. cornibus
Acc. cornua
Abl. cornibus

-uum
-ibus
-us
-ibus

-ua
-uum
-ibus

-ua
-ibus

a. The dative and ablative plurals of a few masculine

and feminine nouns of the fourth declension end in

-ubus.
293.

VOCABULARY

circumvemo, -venire, -vein,

-ventum, surround
cornu, cornus, n., horn ; wing
(of an army)
exercitus, -us, m., army, body
of trained men
fluctus, -us, m., wave

manus, -us, p., hand; band

(of men)
peto, -ere, petivi or petii, petitum, beg for, seek
tendo, -ere, tetendi, tentum,
hold out
vox, vocis, f., voice

EXERCISES

294. 1. Fluctus maris altl erant et navis in perlculo erat.

2. Castra in quibus exercitus est circumventa sunt. 3. Galli
ad Caesarem manus tendebant et pacem petebant. 4. Voces
Gallorum quas mllites audlverunt eos terruerunt. 5. Id
cornu superatum est. 6. Exercitus quem Galli conduxerant
parvus erat. 7. Legio quam Labienus in castrls reliquit ab
hostibus oppugnata est. 8. Felix es quod patria tua pacem
habet.
295. 1. The Germans will surround the town which the
army is defending. 2. We heard the sound of the waves at
that time. 3. The Gauls resisted the army of the Romans and
fought bravely. 4. The enemy will hold out their hands and
beg for peace. 5. You did not receive the letter which I sent.

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SUGGESTED DRILL

(1) Decline together the words which mean a small hand. (2)
Explain the gender and number of the relative pronouns in the sen
tences of 294. (3) Point out the complex sentences in 295. (4) Point
out the subjects of the subordinate clauses in these complex sentences.
(5) Indicate the personal endings, tense signs, and stems of the
forms tendebant and conduxerant. (6) Conjugate peto in the future
indicative active.

NINTH REVIEW LESSON

296.

(1)
(2)
1 3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
(7)
(8)
1 9)

The third declension of i-stem nouns.

The third declension of adjectives.
The fourth declension of nouns.
The declension of idem.
The relative pronoun.
The present infinitive of the four conjugations.
Gender in the third declension.
The genitive of the whole.
The ablative of manner.

297. Give Latin words with which the following English

words are connected in derivation .
accept
celerity
century
convene
convention
defend
felicity
fluctuate

fortitude
inception
manual
marine
maternal
omnipresent
pacify
paternal

pedestrian
possession
premium
resist
temporary
veteran
virtue
vocal

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LESSON XLVI
DECLENSION OF DOMUS:

LOCATIVE CASE

DECLENSION OF DOMUS

298 The noun domus, home, is irregular in that some of

its cases have forms both of the second and of the fourth
declensions.
Singular

Nom.
Gen.
Dat.
Ace.
*{Abl.

Plural

domus
dGmus, doml
domul, domo
domum
domo, domii

domus
domuum, domorum
domibus
domos, domus
domibus

THE LOCATIVE CASE

299. With names of towns and small islands, also with

domus, the place where some act is done or something exists is
expressed by a form called the Locative Case. This has the
same form as the genitive in the singular of nouns of the first
and second declensions ; elsewhere it has the same form as
the ablative: Romae, at Rome. Oceli, at Ocelum.
The locative of domus is domi.
a. The ablative of the noun locus (and occasionally
of a few other nouns of similar meaning) is commonly
used without a preposition to denote Place Where, if
modified by an adjective: his locis, in these places.
300.

VOCABULARY

clarus, -a, -um, distinguished,

famous
cdnscribd, -ere, conscripsi,
conscriptum, enroll
domus, -us, (-i), f., home,
house

iniquus -a, -um, unfavorable,

unjust
laus, laudis, p., praise
ndmen, nominis, n., name
Ocelum, -i, n., Ocelum (a town)
Roma, -ae, p., Rome

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EXERCISES

301. 1. Saepe nomen huius virl audivistl. 2. Non omnes

qui fortes sunt laudem cupiunt. 3. Hie homo clarus Romae
domicilium habebat. 4. Cur hae legiones non Oceli hiemabant? 5. Exercitus castra in loco inlquo posuit. 6. Caesar
quattuor legiones novas conscrlpsit. 7. Multos annos doml
mansimus. 8. Hie puer laborat quod praemium petit. 9. Id
cornu exercitus locum deseruit et ad montem fugit.

ROMAN OIL VAULT

302. 1. The names of these nations are unknown to Caesar.

2. The soldiers who fought bravely in an unfavorable place
received praise. 3. The son of this distinguished German is
in Rome. 4. At home you (sing.) were often unhappy. 5.
The town in which the soldier's father lives is small. G. We
do not desire war, but we shall defend our homes.
SUGGESTED DRILL

(1) Give the endings of the fourth declension. (2) Decline together
fluctus altus. (3) Decline the relative pronoun in full. (4) Give a
synopsis of conscribo in the third person singular, active voice, indica
tive.
(5) Explain the case of Romae in sentence 3, 301,

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The Conquest of Gaul

123
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The greater part of the region known as Gaul was conquered by the
Romans in a series of campaigns lasting from 58 to 50 B. C. The
Roman army was under the command of Gaius Julius Caesar, who was
governor of the Roman province lying to the south of independent
Gaul. The province had been conquered and brought under Roman
authority some years earlier. The extension of Roman influence over'
the whole of Gaul brought about the adoption of the Latin language
and of Roman customs in this important part of Europe, a result
which has affected all the later history of France and of the whole
civilized world.
The successes of Caesar in this war made it possible for him to
become the ruler of Rome a little later, and to change the form of its
government from a republic to a monarchy.
The main events of the first two years of the war are told in
connection with the lessons which follow.

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LESSON XLVII
NUMERALS:

DECLENSION OF DUO AND TRES

CARDINAL NUMERALS

303. The cardinal numerals from one to twenty are as

follows :
unus, -a, -um,
duo, duae. duo,
tres, tria,
quattuor,
qulnque,
sex,
septem,
octo,
novem,
decem,

one
two
three
four
five
six
seven
eight
nine
ten

findecim,
duodecim,
tredecim,
quattuordecim..
qulndecini,
sedecim,
septendecim,
duodevlgintl,
undevlgintl,
vlgintl,

eleven
twelve
thirteen
fourteen
fifteen
sixteen
seventeen
eighteen
nineteen
twenty

DECLENSION OF DUO AND TRES

304.

Duo and tres are declined as follows:

Masc.

Nom.
Gen.
Dat.
Ace.
Abl.

duo
duorum
duobus
duos, duo
duobus

Fern.

duae
duarum
duabus
duas
duabus

Neut.

duo
duorum
duobus
duo
duobus

Masc. and Fern. Neut.

tres
trium
tribus
tres
tribus

tria
trium
tribus
tria
tribus

a. The declension of unus has been explained in 234.

With the exception of duo and tres, the other numerals
given above are not declined. The remaining numerals
from twenty-one to one thousand may be found in the
Appendix, section 14.

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305.

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VOCABULARY

Aquitani, -6rum, m. pi., the

Aquitanians
Belgae, -arum, m. pl., the
Belgians
Oeltae, -arum, m. pi., the Celts
divido, -ere, divisi, divisum,
divide, separate

divisus, -a, -um (participle as

adjective), divided
fortissimus, -a, -um (superlative of fortis), bravest
incolo, -ere, incolui, inhabit
quoque,1 adv., also
tertius, -a, -um, third

EXERCISES
Gaul and Its Inhabitants

306. Gallia est omnis dlvlsa in partes tres. Unam harum

partium ineolunt Belgae, aliam Aquitanl. Tertiam partem
incolunt Celtae. Horum omnium fortissiml sunt Belgae qui
longe a provincia nostra absunt et saepe cum Germanls
bellum gerunt. Helvetil sunt gens Celtarum. HI quoque
cum Germanls bellum gerunt et fortissiml Celtarum sunt.
307. 1. There are three parts of Gaul. 2. The province
is far distant from the Belgians. 3. One part is inhabited
by brave men. 4. War is often waged with the Germans,
who have good weapons and do not fear the Gauls. 5. The
third part is inhabited by the Celts.

SUGGESTED DRILL

(1) Decline unus. (2) Give the accusative of the phrase meaning
three Aquitanians. (3) Give the present passive infinitive of divido.
(4) Explain the case of Celtarum in the last sentence of 306. (5)
Decline omnis. (6) Conjugate Incolo in the perfect indicative active.
1 The adverb quoque always stands after the word which it emphasizes.

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LESSON XLVIII
THE FIFTH DECLENSION

308. The genitive singular of the fifth declension ends in -ei

(after a consonant, -ei). The nominative singular ends in -es.
dies, dayBase, dires, thingBase, rPlural

Singular
1"RUMI
NATIONS

Nom.
Gen.
Dat.
Ace.
Abl.

dies
dieI
dieI
diem
die

res
rd
rel
rem
re

-es
-el (-el)
-ei (-ei)
-em
-e

Termi
nations

dies
dierum
diebus
dies
diebus

res
rerum
rebus
res
rebus

-es
-erum
-ebus
-es
-ebus

a. Dies is sometimes masculine and sometimes femi

nine in the singular, but always masculine in the plural.
The other nouns of this declension are feminine (except
one compound of dies).
b. Only dies and res are declined in full. Other nouns
of this declension lack some or all of the plural forms.
309.
VOCABULAEY
indicium, -i, n., disclosure,
civitas, -tatis, f., state
information ; per indicium,
dies, -ei, m., p., day
through informers
ducenti,1 -ae, -a, num. adj.,
Orgetorix, Orgetorigis, m..
two hundred
Orgetorix, a Helvetian
enuntio, -are, -avi, -atum,
eh ief
make known, report, dis
per, prep. w. ace, through,
close
finitimus, -a, -um, neighbor
by means of
res, rei, p., thing, affair
ing; m. pl., neighbors
1 The numerals for two hundred, three hundred, etc., are declined like
the plural of bonus. Centum is not declined.

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EXERCISES

310. 1. Multos dies; eo die; hls diebus; omnium rerum;

ad eas res. 2. Caesar ducentos mllites in castris rellquit.
The Plot op Orgetorix

Olim fuit dux apud Helvetios cuius nomen erat Orgetorlx.

Is regnum in clvitate oecupare cupiebat, et auxilium ab
duobus ducibus clvitatum flnitimarum postulavit. Sed ea
res Helvetils per indicium enuntiata est, qul consilils Orgetorlgis restiterunt.
311. 1. Orgetorix, who wished to seize royal power, had
large forces. 2. For many days this man worked indus
triously. 3. On that day two famous men were killed.
4. Our friends remained in Rome three days. 5. The Romans
sent two armies into Gaul. 6. A reward was given to the
slave who disclosed this fact (thing).

SUGGESTED DRILL

(1) Decline the phrase meaning three days. (2) Decline domus.
(3) Give the rule for the locative case (299). (4) Conjugate enuntid
in the present indicative active. (5) Give the genitive plural of hora,
animus, and dies. (6) Explain the case of Helvetils in the last
sentence of 310.

ROMAN JAVELINS

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LESSON XLIX
ACCUSATIVE OF EXTENT: ACCUSATIVE OT
PLACE TO WHICH
THE ACCUSATIVE OF EXTENT

312. * The accusative is used to express extent in space.

Fossa duo milia passuum patebat, the ditch extended two
miles.
THE ACCUSATIVE OF PLACE TO WHICH

313. With names of towns and small islands, also with

domus, the accusative without a preposition is used to name
the place to which motion is directed. With other words a
preposition, ad or in, is used.
Legiones Ocehim venient, the legions will come to Ocelum.
Legiones ad urbem venient, the legions will come to the
city.
314.

VOCABULARY

atque, conj., and

contentus, -a, -um, contented,
satisfied
itaque, adv., and so, accordingly
latitudo, latitudinis, f., width
longitudo, longitudinis, f.,
length

mille, indecl. num., thousand,

one thousand
octoginta, indecl. num., eighty
passus, -us, m., pace; mille
passus (or passuum), a
(Roman) mile
quadraginta, indecl. num.,
forty

a. Mille in the singular is not declined and is gener

ally used as an adjective. In the plural it is a third
declension neuter noun with the forms milia, milium,
milibus, etc. The Latin form of expression is always
two thousands of soldiers, duo milia militum, etc. The
genitive used in these phrases is the genitive of the
whole.

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EXERCISES

315. 1. Nuntius Eomam nondum pervenit.

2. Pater
puellae domum veniet. 3. Puerl libros suos donium portaverunt. 4. Exercitus per magnam silvam iter fecerat.
The Helvetian Emigration

Helvetil fines latos et agros bonos possidebant. Flnes

eorum ducenta quadraginta mllia passuum in longitudinem,
centum octoginta in latitudinem patebant. Helvetil non
contentl erant quod bellum gerere semper cupiebant et
multls locls flumina et montes altl a gentibus finitimls eos
dlvidebant. Itacpie vicos incenderunt atque e patria sua
excesserunt.
316. 1. The territories of the Helvetians extended many
miles. 2. The sailor has not yet arrived at Rome. 3. We
shall come home within ten days. 4. The army which was
sent to Ocelum was small. 5. The legions marched (made
a march) through the mountains for many days (177). 6.
The Helvetians collected an army and resisted the friends of
Orgetorix.

SUGGESTED DRILL

(1) Explain the case of Eomam in sentence 1, 316. (2) Decline

passus.
(3) Explain the case of gentibus in line 8, 315.
(4) Indi
cate the personal endings in the last three verbs of 315. (5) Give the
cardinal numerals from one to twenty. (6) Point out a phrase in 316
which expresses duration of time and one which expresses time within
which, and name the Latin case required by each.

ROMAN COINS

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LESSON L
CONJUGATION OF EO: ABLATIVE OF ROUTE
THE CONJUGATION OF E5

317. The irregular verb eo, go, is conjugated in the

present system in the indicative as follows:
Present

Past

Future

Singular

eo
Is
it

Ibam
Ibas
Ibat

lb6
lbis
lbit

Plural

lmus
Itis
eunt

Ibamus
Ibatis
Ibant

Ibimus
lbitis
lbunt

The perfect system is regularly formed with the stem i-.

'erfect

1' ast Perfect

Future Perfect

Singular
il

Istl or iistl
iit or It

ieram
ieras
ierat

iero
ieris
ierit

Plural

iimus
Istis or iistis
ierunt or iere

ieramus
ieratis
ierant

lerimus
ieritis
ierint

a. Occasionally forms are found in the perfect system

with the stem iv- : ivit, iverat, etc.
o. The compounds exeo, go out, transeo, go across,
reded, return, etc., are conjugated like eo.

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THE ABLATIVE OF ROUTE

318. The way or route by which one goes may be expressed

by the ablative without a preposition.
Hac via ibimus, we shall go by this road.
319.

VOCABULARY

Cassius, -i, m., Cassius, a Ro

man name (Lucius Cassius,
a Roman consul killed in
battle with the Helvetians)
eo, Ire, ii (Ivi), itum, go
exed, -ire, exii, exitum, go
out, go forth (from), go
from
iugum, -i, n., yoke; ridge (of
hills or mountains)
L., abbreviation for Lucius,
a Roman first name

profectio, -onis, p., setting

out, departure
proximus, -a, -um, nearest,
next to
sub, prep. with ace. or abl.,
under (takes ace. to denote
place toward which motion
is directed, and abl. to de
note place where something
exists or occurs)
transeo, -ire, transii, transitum, cross

EXERCISES

320. 1. Exeunt; exibant; exibunt; transit; transibit; it;

Ibit. 2. Omnes eodem itinere ibant. 3. Ex urbe cum omni
bus amlcis suls exiit. 4. E6 die legiones vlgintl mllia passuum
ierant.
The Helvetians and the Romans

ITelvetii hostes populi RomanI erant et antea exercitum

Romanum vlcerant. L. Cassium, ducem eius exercitus, interfecerant et exercitum sub iugum miserant. itaque profectio
eorum perlculosa popnlo Romano erat quod provincia Romana
proxima finibus Helvctiorum erat.
321. 1. A Roman army had been defeated by the Helve
tians. 2. Their territories were next to the Roman province.
3. Lucius Cassius had led an army into Gaul, but the Gauls

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had defeated him. 4. They were crossing the river with all
their forces. 5. The soldiers who had been enrolled in Italy
were led into Gaul by this route.

SUGGESTED DRILL

(1) Give a synopsis of transed in the third person singular, of the

indicative. (2) Explain the eases of ducem and of finibus in lines 6
and 9, 320. (3) Give the case endings of the fifth declension. (4)
Give rules for gender in the fourth and fifth declensions. (5) Point
out an example of the ablative of route in the sentences of 320.
(6) Give the rule for the expression of place to which.

TENTH KEVIEW LESSON

322.
causa, -ae, f.
celeritas, -tatis, f.
civitas, -tatis, f.
eornu, -us, n.
dies, diel, m. and f.
domus, -us (-1), f.
exercitus, -us, m.
fluctus, -us, M.
gratia, -ae, f.
indicium, -l, n.
iugum, -l, n.
latitudo, -dinis, f.
laus, laudis, f.
longitudo, -dinis, p.
manus, -us, f.
mare, maris, n.
mater, matris, f.

VOCABULARY REVIEW

fortis, forte
inlquus, -a, -um
invltus, -a, -um
mllle
oetoginta (indeclinable)
omnis, omne
pedester, -tris, -tre
potens, gen. potentis
proximus, -a, -um
quadraginta (indeclinable)
tertius, -a, -um
vetus, gen. veteris
accipio, -cipere, -cepl, -ceptum
circumvenio, -venlre, -venl, -ventum
conscrlbo, -scrlbere, -scrlpsI, -scrlptum
convenio, -venlre, -vcnl, -ventum
cupio, -ere, cupivl, cupltum

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liomen, nominis, n.
passus, -us, m.
pater, patris, m.
pax, paeis, f.
praemium, -l, n.
profectio, -Snis, p.
res, rei, f.
tempus, temporis, n.
vlcus, -l, m.
virtus, virtutis, f.
vox, vocis, F.
qul, quae, quod
acer, acris, acre
centum (indeclinable)
elarus, -a, -um
contentus, -a, -um
dueentl, -ae, -a
felix, gen. felicis
finitimus, -a, -um
323.
approximate
city
contented
divide
division

debeS, -ere, -ul, -ituni

defendS, -ere, defendl, defensum
dlvido, -ere, dlvlsl, dlvlsum
enuntio, -are, -avi, -atum
eo, lre, il or IvI, itum
exeo, -ire, -ii or -IvI, -itum
incipio, -cipere, -cepl, -ceptum
incolo, -ere, -ul
peto, -ere, -Ivl, -Itum
possideo, -ere, possedl, possessum
resisto, -ere, restitl
tendo, -ere, tetendl, tentum
transeS, -Ire, -il or -IvI, -itum
quoque
de
per
sub
atque

BELATED ENGLISH WORDS

enunciate
exit
iniquity
latitude
laudable

longitude
nominate
octogenarian
subnormal
transition

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LESSON LI
DATIVE WITH COMPOUNDS:

DATIVE OF POSSESSION

THE DATIVE WITH COMPOUNDS

324. Frequently with verbs compounded with ante, ob,

prae, and sub, the noun or pronoun connected in sense with
the preposition is put in the dative.1
Provinciae praeest, he is in command of the province.
a. The dative may also be used in the same manner
with compounds- of ad and in when motion is not ex
pressed.
Bellum Gallis inferunt, they make war on the Gauls.
b. If the simple verb is transitive, the compound may
take an accusative and a dative.
Labienum castris praefecit, he placed Labienus in
command of the camp.
c. Often the dative with a compound is merely an
indirect object or a dative of reference, or is to be
explained by the rule of Lesson XVI.
THE DATIVE OF POSSESSION

325. The possessor of something may be denoted by a

noun or pronoun in the dative case, with the thing pos
sessed in the nominative as the subject of a form of the
verb meaning to be.
Puero2 g,ladius est, the boy has a sword.
1 Other prepositions whose compounds sometimes take a dependent
dative are circum, con, inter, post, pro, super.
1 The exact force of the case In this construction cannot be rendered in
idiomatic English.

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326.

ELEMENTARY LATIN
VOCABULARY

acriter, adv., fiercely, spiritedly

constituo, -stituere, -stitui,
-stitutum, determine, deeide; draw up [troops, an
army, etc.)
dico, -ere, dixi, dictum, say
inimicus, -a, -um, unfriendly

nox, noctis, -ium, f., night

omnino, adv., only
praesum, -esse, -fui, -futurus,
be in command of, be in
charge of
prohibeo, -ere, -ui, -itum, prevent, restrain, keep back
ut, adv., as

EXERCISES

327. 1. Labienus non totl exercitul praefuit. 2. Huic

hominl multl amicl sunt. 3. In Britannia noctes aestate
non longae sunt. 4. In eo loco Galli et Germanl acriter
contendebant.
Caesar Interferes

Eo tempore Caesar provinciae praeerat. Is Helvetios prohibere constituit quod inimici populo Romano erant, ut ante
diximus. Erat omnino legio una in ea parte Garlliae, et
Helvetils (325) magnae copiae erant. Socios (as allies) habebant tres alias gentes quae domos suas relinciuebant et cum
Helvetils e finibus suis exibant.
328. 1. Caesar had one legion. 2. A brave man is-incommand-of the town. 3. The Helvetians and their allies
will not wage war long. 4. We shall go home and remain
there two days. 5. The soldier who stands before the gate
has a shield. (5. Labienus was-in-command-of the legions
which were left in Gaul. 7. The enemy attacked the town
fiercely that night.
SUGGESTED DRILL

(1) Explain the ease of exercitui in sentence 1, and hominl in sen

tence 2, 327. (2) Conjugate exeo in the future indicative, and transeo
in the past indicative. (3) Decline eadem nox. (4) Conjugate dlco
in the perfect indicative, active and passive.
(5) Give a synopsis
of praesum in the third person plural.
(6) Decline duo.

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LESSON LII
ABLATIVE OF SEPARATION: ABLATIVE OF PLACE
FROM WHICH
THE ABLATIVE OF SEPARATION

329. Verbs meaning to separate, remove, deprive of, lack,

be absent, and the like, take the Ablative of Separation,
often with the prepositions ab or ex.
Haec fhimina Gallos a Belgis dividunt, these rivers sepa
rate the Gauls from the Belgians.
THE ABLATIVE OF PLACE FROM WHICH

330. With names of towns and small islands, and with

domus, the ablative without a preposition is used to express
the idea of Place from Which. With other words a prepo
sition (ab, ex, or de) is used.
Helvetii domd excesserunt, the Helvetians departed from
home.
Helvetii ex urbe excesserunt, ihr Helvetians departed
from the city.
331.

VOCABULARY

facile, adv., easily

Genava, -ae, p., Geneva
paro, -are, -avi, -atum,
prepare
pertineo, -ere, -ui, extend,
pertain

repelld, -ere, reppuli, repulsum, drive back, repulse,

repel
Ehodanus, -i, m., the Rhone, a
river of Gaul
ventus, -i, m., wind

EXERCISES

332. 1. Provincia nostra a marl ad montes pertinet. 2.

Propter magnam vim ventl naves nostrae magno in perlculo
erant. 3. Tum pars exercitus Gtenavae erat. 4. Legatus
nondum Roma exiit.

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The Helvetians Repulsed

Caesar statim mllites in provineia conscrlpsit et bellum

cum Helvetils gerere paravit. Iter quo (318) exlre parabant
per provinciam Romanam erat. Flumen Rhodanus provinciam a finibus Helvetiorum dlvidit sed id tiumen facile
multls locis (299, a) transltur. His locis Caesar muro et fossa
(130) Helvetios prohibuit. Tum mllites Romanl tela ieeerunt et hostes reppulerunt.

ROMAN DRINKING CUPS

333. 1. Many soldiers came from Ocelum. 2. These three

nations have gone forth from home. 3. The mountains
which you see separate the Helvetians from the neighboring
state. 4. The Gauls will go by this road because they have
no other road. 5. A river separates the Belgians from the
Germans. 6. Your brother and my friend were in Geneva
the same summer.
SUGGESTED DRILL

(1) Explain the case of exercitus and Genavae in sentence 3, 332.

(2) Name the simple verb from which the compound pertineo is
derived, and give principal parts of both. (3) Mention two English
words derived from repello and state from which stem of the verb each
is derived. (4) Explain the case of Roma in sentence 4, 332. (5)
Name some prepositions whose compounds may govern the dative.

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LESSON LIII
COMPARISON OF ADJECTIVES: DECLENSION OF
COMPARATIVES
TEE COMPARISON OF ADJECTIVES

334. (1) The comparative degree of an adjective is formed

by replacing the genitive ending of the positive with -ior
for the masculine and feminine and with -ius for the neuter.
The superlative is regularly formed by replacing the geni
tive ending of the positive with -issimus (-a, -um).
Positive
altus, high

Comparative
altior, altius, higher

fortis, brave fortior, fortius, braver

Superlative
altissimus, -a, -um,
highest
fortissimus, -a, -um,
bravest

(2) The comparatives are third declension adjectives of

two endings and are declined as follows:
Singular
Masc. and Fern.

Nom.
Gen.
Dat.
Ace.
Abl.

latior
latioris
latiorl
latiorem
latiore

Kent.

latius
latioris
latiorl
latius
latiore

Plural
Masc. and Fein.
A'eut.

latiores
latiorum
latioribus
latiores, (-Is)
latioribus

latiora
latiorum
latioribus
latiora
latioribus

a. The superlative is declined like bonus.

b. The comparative is often translated with the adverb
rather or too, and the superlative with very.
Flumen latius erat, the river was rather widc.
Montem altissimum vidimus, we saw a very high
mountain.

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335.

ELEMENTABY LATIN
VOCABULARY

angustus, -a, -um, narrow

autem, but, however (never
stands first in its clause)
deicio, -ere, deieci, deiectum,
dislodge; disappoint
Haeduus, -i, m., a Haeduan ;
pl., the Haeduans

impended, -ere, overhang,

impend
Sequani, -drum, m. pl., the
Sequani
spes, spei, p., hope
vasto, -are, -avi, -atum, lay
waste

EXERCISES

336. 1. Flumen latissimum ; mons altior ; vir clarissimus ; mllitem fortissimum ; iter angustius. 2. GermanI in
Galliam transierant et agros Gallorum vastabant. 3. Itinere
angustiore exierunt. 4. Montes altiores numquam vldl.
Another Route Found

Itaque Helvetil de ea spe deiectl sunt. Sed aliud iter erat

per fines Sequanorum. Id angustum erat et mons altissimus
impendebat. Sequanl autem nSn restiterunt et Helvetil omnes
copias suas hac via duxerunt. Per flnes Sequanorum sine
iniuria ierunt et in fines Haeduorum pervenerunt, quorum
agros vastaverunt.
337. 1. The Helvetians had great hopes of victory. 2. This
mountain was higher and this road was narrower. 3. These
boys are very brave. 4. These gifts are the most pleasing of
all. 5. The most famous city of Italy was set on fire. 6. Our
fields have been laid waste by our enemies and we fear their
power (violence). 7. No one has kinder friends.
SUGGESTED DRILL

(1) Compare (i. e., give the positive, comparative, and superlative of)
the adjectives angustus, cams, benignus, and longus. (2) Decline the
comparative of tutus. (3) Explain the case of itinere in sentence 3,
336.
(4) Give the genitive of the phrase vir clarior.
(5) Decline
together dies longior. (6) Point out the compound sentences in 337.

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LESSON LIV
COMPARISON OF ADJECTIVES (Continued):
OF COMPARISON

ABLATIVE

COMPARISON OF ADJECTIVES (Continued)

338. Adjectives ending in -er form the superlative by

adding -rimus (-a, -um) to the nominative singular masculine
of the positive.
Positive

Comparative

miser
acer

miserior, miserius
acrior, acrius

Superlative

miserrimus, -a, -um

acerrimus, -a, -um

a. The comparative is formed like that of other

adjectives.
339. The following adjectives ending in -lis form the
superlative by replacing the genitive ending of the positive
with -limus: facilis, difficilis, similis, dissimilis, humilis.
Positive

Comparative

Superlative

facilis
similis

facilior, -ius
similior, -ius

facillimus, -a, -um

simillimus, -a, -um

a. Other adjectives ending in -lis form the superlative

regularly with -issimus.1
THE ABLATIVE OF COMPARISON

340. With a comparative, if quam, than, is omitted, the

noun or pronoun denoting the person or thing with which
comparison is made, is put in the ablative.
Ille puer fortior fratre est, that boy is braver than his
brother.
1 gracilis, slender, is sometimes given in this list of adjectives, but its
superlative is so rare as to make It of little importance.

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a. If quam is used, the word denoting the person or
thing with which comparison is made stands in the same
case as the thing compared.
Ille puer fortior quam frater est, that boy is braver than
his brother.
b. If the word denoting the person or thing com
pared stands in any other case than the nominative or
accusative, quam must be used.

341.

VOCABULARY

Alpes, -ium, p. pl., the Alps

difficilis, -e, difficult
facilis, -e, easy
interea, adv., meanwhile,
in the meantime

perterreo, -terrere, -terrui, -territum, frighten thoroughly

quam, adv., than, how, as
similis, -e, like
utilis, -e, useful

EXERCISES
342. 1. Res difficillima; iter facillimum; ager simillimus;
in loco difficillimS. 2. Is homo miserrimus omnium era't.
3. Nostrl hostes acerriml superatl sunt. 4. Mihi amlcus
utilissimus fuistl. 5. Nemo honestior hoc homine est. 6.
Nemo honestior quam hie homo est.
The Haeduans Ask Aid
Haedul qui erant amlcl et socil popull RomanI statim ad
Caesarem nuntios mlserunt et auxilium petierunt. Perterriti
sunt, et vim hostium vix ab oppidls prohibebant. Caesar
interea quinque legiones ex alia parte provinciae per Alpes
duxerat et cum omnibus copils ad hostes contendebat.
343. 1. Meanwhile the fields of the Haeduans were being
laid waste. 2. The road by which the Helvetians went forth
was very difficult. 3. The Germans were braver than the
Haeduans. 4. This man is taller than his brother. 5. This

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girl is the unhappiest of all. 6. At that time, flight was very

easy. 7. The cart was very useful on (in) the journey.
SUGGESTED DRILL

(1) Compare difficilis, utilis, pulcher, and liber. (2) Give the rule
for expressions of place from which. (3) Give the rule for the dative
of possession. (4) Give the rule for expressions of extent in space.
(5) Give the present infinitives, active and passive, of peto, prohibeo,
and oppugno.

LESSON LV
COMPARISON OF ADJECTIVES (Continued):
DEGREE OF DIFFERENCE

ABLATIVE OF

ADJECTIVES COMPARED IRREGULARLY

344. There are a few adjectives which form their com

paratives and superlatives irregularly. The most important
are the following :
Positive
bonus, -a, -um
malus, -a, -um
magnus, -a, -um
multus, -a, -um
parvus, -a, -um

Comparative
melior, -ius
peior, -ius
maior,
, plus
maius

Superlative
optimus, -a, -um
pessimus, -a, -um
maximus, -a, -um
plurimus, -a, -um
minimus, -a, -um

minor, minus
DECLENSION OF PLUS

345. Plus is an adjective in the plural, but in the singular

it is a neuter noun. It is declined as follows:
Singular
Neut.

Nom.
Gen.

plus
pluris

DAT.

A co.
Abl.

plus
plure

Plural
Masc. and Fern.

plures
plurium
pluribus
plures or -Is
pluribus

Neut.

plura
plurium
pluribus
plura
pluribus

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a. Complures, several, is declined like the plural of

plus except that the neuter may have either -ia or -a in
the nominative and accusative.
b. Citerior, ulterior, and a few other comparatives
have no positive. The comparison of superus and inferus
is as follows :
Positive
superus
Inferus

Comparative
superior
Inferior

Superlative
supremus or summus
lnfimus or Iniiis

THE ABLATIVE OF DEGREE OF DIFFERENCE

346. The ablative is used to express the degree or measure

of difference between two objects or persons compared.
Turris duobus pedibus altior quam miirus est, the tower
is two feet higher than the wall [higher by two feet).
a. A frequent use of this construction is to be seen in
multo, the ablative of the neuter multum, used as a
noun: multo clarior, much more distinguished [more
distinguished by much).
347.

VOCABULARY

Arar, Araris, m., the Saone,

a river of Gaul
citra, prep. w. ace, on this
side of
concido, -ere, concidi, concisum, cut to pieces, kill
impedltus, -a, -um, impeded,
hindered

impetus, -us, m., attack

improviso, adv., unexpectedly
pes, pedis, m., foot
reliquus, -a, -um, remaining,
rest of ; m. pl. as noun, the
rest
traduco, -ducere, -duxi, -ductum, lead across

EXERCISES

348. 1. Haec urbs multo maior eo oppido est. 2. Ea

femina uno pede altior quam fllia est. 3. Galll nSn fortiSres Germanls erant. 4. Legatus reliquls legionibus prae

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erat quae citra flumen [Link] erant.

maior ager ; minor exercitus.

5. Maxima pars;

The Helvetian Disaster at the Saone

Hi tum Humeii Ararim1 translbant et tres partes copiarum

traduxerant. Caesar imprSvIso impetum in eam partem
fecit quae citra flumen erat. Magnam partem eorum impedltorum concldit. Reliqui in silvas proximas fugerunt.

ROMAN SOLDIERS

STORMING A TOWN

349. 1. The larger part remained on this side of the

river. 2. The river is much wider than the ditch. 3. This
route is many miles longer. 4. This school is the best but
not the largest. 5. We saw a better place in the forest.
6. The Gauls made an attack unexpectedly on the legion
which was crossing the river. 7. The tower is ten feet
higher than the wall.
SUGGESTED DRILL

(1) Decline the comparatives of magnus and parvus. (2) Point out
examples of the ablative of degree of difference in 348. (3) Explain
the case of Germanis in sentence 3, and of legionibus in sentence 4,
348. (4) Decline together impetus acrior in the singular. (5) Give a
synopsis of transeo and of traduco in the third person singular, active
voice, in the indicative mood, giving English meanings throughout.
1 A few i-stem proper nouns have the accusative singular in -lm.

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ELEVENTH REVIEW LESSON

350.

(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
(7)
(8)
(9)
(10)
(11)
(12)
(13)
(14)

The fifth declension of nouns.

The comparison of adjectives.
The conjugation of eo.
Numerals.
The dative with compounds.
The dative of possession.
The accusative of extent.
The accusative of place to which.
The- ablative of comparison.
The ablative of degree of difference.
The ablative of place from which.
The ablative of route.
The ablative of separation.
The locative case.

351. Give Latin words with which the following English

words are connected in derivation:
constitution
dejected
dictionary
difficult
facility
impending

impetuous
inimical
nocturnal
pedal
pertinent
prohibition

a
ROMAN SPOONS AND BOWL

relic
repel
repulse
similar
utility
ventilation

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LESSON LVI
GENITIVE OF DESCRIPTION:

ABLATIVE OF DESCRIPTION

THE GENITIVE OF DESCRIPTION

352. The genitive modified by an adjective may be used

to describe a person or thing.
Homo magnae virtutis, a man of great courage.
a. The genitive is often employed in this construc
tion to express measure.
Murus trium pedum, a three-foot wall [a wall of three
feet).
THE ABLATIVE OF DESCRIPTION

353. The ablative modified by an adjective may be used

to describe a person or thing.
Homo magna virtute, a man of great courage, i. e., a man
with great courage.
a. In many phrases such as the example above, either
the genitive or the ablative may be used, but physical
characteristics are usually expressed by the ablative,
and measure always by the genitive.
354.

VOCABULARY

altitudo, altitudinis, p.,

height, depth
auctoritas, -tatis, f., influence,
authority
calamitas, -tatis, f., disaster
commemoro, -are, -avi, -atum,
mention

pons, pontis, m., bridge

praedico, -are, -avi, -atum,
announce, boast
responsum, -i, n., reply,
answer
transports, -are, -avi, -atum,
convey across

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EXERCISES

355. 1. Orgetorlx magna auctoritate apud Helvetios fuerat.

2. Legatl Gallorum hoc responsum dederunt neque vim Romanorum timebant. 3. Murus magna altitudine erat. 4.
Mllites iter sex dierum fecerunt. 5. Exercitus magni animl
est quod saepe hi hostes victl sunt.
Caesar Crosses the Sa6ne

Post id proelium Caesar pontem fecit et exercitum traduxit. Helvetil flumen vlgintl diebus transierant sed Caesar
iin6 die omnem exercitum transportavit. Tum Helvetil legatos mlserunt et pacem petierunt. Legatl autem multa (much)
praedicaverunt de virtute suae gentis et calamitatem veterem
populi RomanI commemoraverunt.
356. 1. The river was of great width. 2. The soldiers
were of great courage and defended the camp bravely. 3.
A journey of five days was made by the army. 4. The
soldier whom you see is much braver than his brother. 5.
The men went by the most difficult road. 6. He is not a
boy of great strength, but he works energetically. 7. You
ask for peace, and this is my answer.

SUGGESTED DRILL

(1) Mention some English words derived from the words in the
vocabulary of this lesson. (2) Give the Latin adjective from which
the noun altitudo is derived. (3) Explain the derivation of transportd.
(4) Explain the case of altitudine in sentence 3, and of dierum in sen
tence, 4, 355. (5) Explain the gender of multa, line 9, 355. (6) Give
the genitive of the phrase which means one day.

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LESSON LVII
THE FORMATION OF ADVERBS

357. Most adverbs are formed from adjectives by the use

of certain adverbial endings. Those derived from adjectives
of the first and second declension regularly take -e in place
of the genitive ending of the adjective. Those derived from
third declension adjectives regularly have -ter or -iter (-er
only, if the genitive ending follows -nt), in place of the
genitive ending.
latus, wide
fortis, brave
audax, bold
prudens, prudent

late, widely
fortiter, bravely
audacter, boldly
prudenter, prudently

a. The neuter accusative singular of some adjectives

is used as an adverb: facile, easily; multum, much.
b. The adverb of magnus is magnopere; of bonus,
bene. Some adverbs do not have a corresponding adjec
tive: e. g., saepe, often.
358.

VOCABULARY

complures, -a, (-ia), several,

some
conditio, -onis, p., terms,
condition
fides, fldei, p., confidence ;
fidem habere, trust (with
dative)

obses, obsidis, m., hostage

pau'ci, -ae, -a (singular not
often used), few; masculine
as noun, a few
posco, -ere, poposcl, demand
procedo, -ere, processi, prdcessum, advance

EXERCISES

359.' 1. Helvetil qui in flnes Haeduorum pervenerant

agros late vastabaut. 2. Exercitus noster celeriter numen
transiit sed hostes fvigerant.

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Marching and Fighting

Caesar quod els fidem non habebat obsides poposcit. Hl

autem eam condicionem 11611 acceperunt neque pax est facta.
Tum Helvetil eastra moverunt et ex eo loco processerunt.
Caesar item eastra movit et iter paucls mllibus passuum post
eos fecit. Complures dies idem factum est. Hls diebus
equites Romanl in hostes impetum fecerunt sed repulsl sunt
et paucl sunt interfectl.

ROMAN TEMPLE AT CORI

360. 1. The enemy fiercely made an attack on our horse

men. 2. The fields of the Haeduans, who were allies of the
Romans, were laid waste widely. 3. Several men advanced
toward (ad) Caesar. 4. These men who were killed in war
certainly loved their country.
5. The hostages greatly
desired to see their friends.
SUGGESTED DRILL

(1) Form adverbs from the adjectives altus, gratus, and honestus.
(2) Explain the derivation of acriter and feliciter. (3) Explain the
meaning of the phrase bona fide. (4) Explain the derivation of the
words transportation and procession. (5) Decline complures.

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LESSON LVIII
THE COMPARISON OF ADVERBS

361. The comparative of an adverb is the same as the

accusative singular neuter form of the comparative of the
adjective from which the adverb is derived. The superla
tive is formed by changing the ending -US of the superlative
of the corresponding adjective to -e.
Comparative

Positive
Adj.
Adv.
Adj.
Adv.
Adj.
Adv.

lalus
late
acer
acriter
facilis
facile

latior
latius .
acrior
acrius
facilior
facilius

Superlative
latissimus
latissime
acerrimus
acerrime
facillimus
facillime

a. The following are irregular

Comparative

Positive
bene.
male.
magnopere,
multum,
multum,
parum,
prope,
saepe,
diii,

well
badly
greatly
much
m uch
little
near

often
long

melius
peius
magis
magis
plus
minus
propius
saepius
diutius

Superlative
optime
pessime
maxime
maxime
plurimum
minime
proxime
saepissime
diutissime

b. Occasionally adverbs (and also adjectives) are com

pared with magis, more, aml maxime, most.

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VOCABULARY

deterred, -ere, detemri, deterritum, hinder, prevent

Dumnorix, Dumnorigis, m.,
Dumnorix, a Gaul
imperium, -i, n., power, supreme power, authority
magis, adv., more

princeps, principis, m., leader,

chief
promitto, -ere, promisi, promissum, promise
satis, adv., enough
summus, -a, -um, highest, supreme, highest part of

EXERCISES

363. 1. Belgae longissime absunt. 2. Facilius eis persuasit.

3. Tum acerrime bellum gerebant. 4. Ea loca latius explorabimus si id cupis. 5. Non magnopere impetum hostium
timemus quod anna meliora habemus.
Failure of Supplies

Caesarl erat impedlmento (196) quod1 exercitus eius satis

frumenti non habebat. HaeduI friimentum promiserant sed
non dabant.
Erant multl inter eos qui Romanls inimiei
erant et alios deterrebant. Princeps horum erat Dumnorix.
Is amlcus Orgetorlgis Helvetii fuerat et in clvitate Haeduorum
summo imperio studebat.
364. 1. Caesar desired supreme power. 2. We have not
enough grain, but we are expecting aid from Italy. 3. The
enemy were more often driven back. 4. The Romans crossed
very easily because they had many boats (naves). 5. Nothing
pleases the Gauls more than war. 6. This wing of the army
which had made an attack, drove back the horsemen.
SUGGESTED DRILL

(1) Compare the adverbs fortiter and certe. (2) Give the endings
which are regularly used in the formation of adverbs. (3) Point out
the irregularity in the formation of the adverb male. (4) Explain the
comparison of the adverb parum. (5) Give the rules for the ablative
of comparison and the ablative of degree of difference.
1 Translate that or the fact that.

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LESSON LIX
PRESENT PARTICIPLE:

ABLATIVE OF RESPECT

THE PRESENT PARTICIPLE

365. The present active participle of a Latin verb ends

in -ns, and is formed on the present stem. Its formation in
the regular verbs of the four conjugations is as follows :
III.

II.

porto
portans,
carrying

moneo
monens,
warning

IV.

duco
capio
ducens, capiens,
leading
taking

audio
audiens,
hearing

a. Like the other participles, the present participle

agrees in gender, number, and case with the noun or
pronoun to which it belongs. It is declined as an adjec
tive of the third declension with the stem ending in -nt.
Singular
Mane, and Fetn.

Nom.
Gen.
Dat.
Ace.
Abl.

portans
portantis
portantl
portantem
portante (-1)

Nom.
Gen.
Dat.
Ace.
Abl.

portantes
portantium
portantibus
portantes (-Is)
portantibus

Tfeut.

portans
portantis
portantl
portans
portante (-1)
Plural

portantia
portantium
portantibus
portantia
portantibus

b. The present active participle is used in Latin less

frequently than in Plnglish. There is no present passive
participle in Latin.

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THE ABLATIVE OF KESPECT

366. The ablative without a preposition is used to indi

cate in what respect a statement is true.
Miles Gallos virtute praecedebat, the soldier surpassed
the Oauls in courage
367.

VOCABULARY

adhibed, -ere, -ui, -itum, summon

condono, -are, -avi, -atum,
pardon
Diviciacus, -i, m., Diviciacus.
a Haul
graviter, adv., heavily,
severely

imploro, -are, -avi, -atum, entreat, ask, ask for, implore

noceo, -ere, -ui, -itum (with
dative), injure
praecedo, -cedere, -cessi, -cessum, surpass
pro, prep. w. all, for, on
behalf of

EXERCISES

368. 1. Acciisans ; implorans; munientes; iacientes; ducentes. 2. Voces captlvorum auxilium implorantium audiebantur. 3. Puero impigre laborantl favemus. 4. Ille vir
melior consilio [judgment) est. 5. Fratrem meum consili6
non praeeedis. 6. Nulli mllites fortiores animS sunt. 7. Hie
homo fratrl su6 noeere cupit.
Dumxorix Cexstred by Caesar

Dumnorlgi (325) erat frater nomine1 Dlvioificus qul amlcus

populi Romanl erat Is frumentum supportare cupiebat sed
Dumnorlx maiorem potentiam in civitate habebat. Caesar
hos duos fratres adhibuit atque Dumnorlgem graviter accusavit. Quod Dlviciacus pro fratre Caesarem imploravit,
Caesar eam rem condonavit.
369. 1. Caesar's army surpassed the Germans in courage.
2. They are few in number, but brave in spirit. 3. The man
1 nomine, bti name, is here an ablative of respect

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imploring help was heard by all. 4. The mountain over

hanging is very high. 5. An arrow wounded the fleeing
soldier. 6. The fire had injured the tower and the bridge.
SUGGESTED DRILL

(1) Give the present active participles of adhibeo, venio, tendo, and
aedifico, with the English meanings. (2) Decline the present parti
ciples of raunio, accuso, and duco. (3) Explain the case of consilio in
sentence 4, and of ammo in sentence 6, 368. (4) Explain the case of
fratri, in sentence 7, 368. (5) Compare the adverb graviter (from
the adjective gravis).

LESSON LX
THE ABLATIVE ABSOLUTE

370. A noun or pronoun in the ablative case, together

with a participle, an adjective, or another noun in agree
ment, may be used to refer to some circumstance or event
loosely connected with the rest of the sentence.
Monte occupato milites exspectabant, the mountain hav
ing been seized (after seizing the mountain), the soldiers
waited.
Nullo prohibente iter fecerunt, no one preventing, they
made their march.
Helvetiis invitis Orgetorix haec fecit, the Helvetians
being unwilling, Orgetorix did these things.
Labieno duce montem ascenderunt, Lahienus being
leader, they ascended the mountain.
a. The original force of the case may be seen if these
phrases are translated with the English preposition with.
with
with
with
with

the mountain seized

no one preventing
the Helvetians unwilling
Labienus (as) leader

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b. The participle being, which is often employed in
translating the ahlative ahsolute, has no equivalent in
Latin.

371. Often the ablative absolute is best translated by a

clause introduced by when, after, if, since, or although, as the
sense of the main clause may suggest.
Monte occupato, when the mountain had been seized.
a. Various prepositional phrases, also, may be em
ployed in translating this ablative.
Sequanis invitis, against the will of the Sequani.
Caesare consule, in the consulship of Caesar.
372.

VOCABULARY

ascendo, -ere, ascendi, ascensum, ascend

cognosco, -ere, cognovi, cognitum, find out ; perf., know
decerto, -are, -avi, -atum,
fight to a finish; proelio
decertare, fight a decisive
battle

explorator, -toris, m., scout

lux, lucis, f., light; prima
lux, daybreak
praemitto, -ere, praemisi,
praemissum, send ahead
teneo, -ere, -ui, hold
Considius, -i, m., Considius,
an officer in Caesar's army

EXERCISES
373. 1. Legione c6nscripta, Caesar bellum gerere parabat
2. Duce interfecto, mllites repulsl sunt. 3. Hls rebus cognitls, exploratores in eo loco manserunt.
Caesar Plans an Attack

Eodem die Helvetil sub monte castra posuerunt octo mllia

passuum a castris Romanorum. Hac re cognita, Caesar qui
proelio decertare cupiebat Labienum cum duabus legionibus
montem ascendere iussit. Prlma luce summus mons1 a Labieno tenebatur et Caesar cum copils suis non longe aberat.
'The mountain top.

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Tum Caesar hominem nomine Considium cum exploratoribus praemisit. Is multos annos in exercitu fuerat atque
Caesar el fidem habebat.
374. 1. After Considius had been sent ahead (abl. aos.)
Caesar advanced at daybreak. 2. With Caesar as leader the
soldiers fought bravely. 3. When the king had been killed
the army fled. 4. If the legion is defeated the town will be
captured. 5. The Germans do not surpass us in courage.
6. When this was known scouts were sent ahead.
SUGGESTED DRILL

(1) Translate the examples of the ablative absolute in 373 literally,

then suggest clauses which are equivalent to these phrases. (2) State
which of the original uses of the ablative (33) is seen in the ablative
absolute. (3) Give English phrases which are equivalent to the sub
ordinate clauses of the sentences of 374 in the form (literal equiva
lents) of the ablative absolute. (4) Give the present active participles
of ascendo and teneo.

TWELFTH REVIEW LESSON

375.
altitudo, -dinis, f.
auctoritas, -tatis, p.
calamitas, -tatis, f.
condicio, -onis, f.
explorator, -toris, m.
fides, -el, f.
imperium, -l, n.
impetus, -us, m.
lux, liicis, p.
nox, noetis, f.
pons, pontis, m.
prlnceps, prlncipis, m

VOCABULARY REVIEW

responsum, -l, n.
ventus, -l, h.
angustus, -a, -um
complures, -a or -ia
difficilis, -e
facilis, -e
impedltus, -a, -um
inimlcus, -a, -um
paucl, -ae, -a
reliquus, -a, -um
similis, -e
summus, -a, -um

utilis, -e
acriter
facile
graviter
improvlso
interea
quam
satis
ut
citra
pro
autem

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adhibeo, -ere, -ul, -itum

ascendo, -ere, ascendl, ascensum
cognosco, -ere, cognovl, eognitum
commemoro, -are, -avl, -atum
concldo, -ere, concldl, conclsum
condono, -are, -avl, -atum
constituo, -stituere, -stitui, -stitutum
deeerto, -are, -avl, -atum
deicio, -ere, deiecl, deiectum
deterreo, -ere, -ul, -itum
dlco, -ere, dlxl, dictum
impendeo, -ere
noceo, -ere, -ul, -itum
paro, -are, -avl, -atum
perterreo, -ere, -ul, -itum
pertineo, -ere, -ui
posco, -ere, poposcl
praedieo, -are, -avl, -atum
praemitto, -mittere, -mlsl, -missum
praesum, -esse, -ful, -futurus
procedo, -eedere, -cessl, -eessum
prohibeo, -ere, -ul, -itum
repello, -ere, reppull, repulsum
teneo, -ere, -ul
traduco, -diicere, -duxl, -ductum
transporto, -are, -avl, -atum
vasto, -are, -avl, -atum
RELATES ENGLISH WORDS

altitude
ascend
ascension
calamity
commemorate
condone

deter
fidelity
imperial
implore
lucid
principal

proceed
procession
pro-slavery
response
tenant
transportation

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LESSON LXI
THE CONJUGATION OF POSSUM
376. The verb possum is a compound of the verb sum
and the adjective potis, able. The present system in the
indicative mood is as follows:
Present
Singular

Plural

possum, / am able or / can

potes, you are able, you can
potest, he is able, he can

possumus, we are able, etc.

potestis, you are able, etc.
possunt, they are able, etc.
Past

Singular

Plural

poteram, / was able, I could

poteramus, we were able, etc
poteras, you were able, etc.
poteratis, you were able, etc.
poterat, he was able, etc.
poterant, iltey were able, etc.
Future
Singular

potero, I shall be able

poteris, you will be able
poterit, he will be able

Plural

poterimus, we shall be able

poteritis, you will be able
poterunt, they will be able

377.
VOCABULARY
acies, -ei, p., line of battle
metus, -us, m., fear
collis, collis, m., hill
possum, posse, potui, be able,
conspicio, -ere, conspexi, concan
spectum, catch sight of, see redeo,1 -ire, -ii, -itum, return
instruo, -ere, instruxi, in- subducd, -ere, subduxi, sub
structure draw up, arrange
ductum, withdraw
EXERCISES
378. 1. Mllites quos ducis oppidum capere possunt. 2.
Eum videre poteram quod in colle erat. 3. In patriam snam
redlre poterit. 4. Me audlre potes. 5. Mons ex hac urbe
conspici potest. 6. Propter metum silvas non exploravl.
1 A compound of eo.

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The Blunder of Considius

Considius, hominibus in summo monte conspectls, perterritus est. Eos Romanos esse non cognovit et ad Caesarem
magna celeritate rediit. Caesar impetum timens suos in
collem proximum subdiixit. Acie Instructa Helvetios exspectabat. Homines autem quos Considius vlderat mllites Caesaris erant qui montem cum Labieno ascenderant.
379. 1. After drawing up the line of battle (abl. abs.)
Labienus will wait for Caesar. 2. The legions can repulse
the enemy. 3. Our friends could not help us. 4. Grain
cannot be sent. 5. The enemy having been repulsed, wo
can advance. 6. You can see the statue which stands on a hill.
SUGGESTED DRILL

(1) Explain the use of the ablatives celeritate, line 7, and acie,
line 8, 378. (2) Conjugate reded in the past and future tenses of
the indicative active.
(3) Give a synopsis of instruo in the third
person singular, active and passive. (4) Decline collis.
(5) Decline
the phrase acies longa in the singular.
(0) Explain the derivation
of subdued.

THE CAPITOLINE HILL

(RESTORATION)

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LESSON LXII
PERSONAL PRONOUNS:

OBJECTIVE GENITIVE

THE PERSONAL PRONOUNS

380. As has been seen, the personal pronouns as subjects

may, if not emphatic, be indicated by the endings of the
verb. The nominative forms are used, however, when they
are needed for emphasis or contrast.
The personal pronouns of the first and second persons are
declined as follows :
Singular

Nom.
Gen.
Dat.
Ace.
Abl.

ego
mel
mihi
me
me

Plural

nos
nostrum, nostrl
nobls
nos
nobls

Singular

tu
tul
tibi
te
le

Plural

vos
vestrum, vestrl
vobls
vos
vobls

a. As a pronoun of the third person, the forms of is

are commonly employed.
THE OBJECTIVE GENITIVE

381. Certain nouns and adjectives which express action

or feeling sometimes take a dependent genitive in a relation
similar to that of the direct object to the verb on which it
depends. This is called the Objective Genitive
Amor patriae, love of country.
a. The forms mei, tul, nostri, vestri, are used as
objective genitives and seldom in any other way.
Possession is expressed in the first and second persons
by the possessive adjectives meus, tuus, noster, vester,
as explained in 80.
b. The forms nostrum and vestrum are used as geni
tives of the whole.

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VOCABULARY

averts, -ere, averti, aversum,

turn away
Bibracte, -tis, n., Bibracte, a
town of the Haeduans
converto, -ere, convert!, conversum, turn, change ; signa
convertere, wheel about
denique, adv., finally

ego, mei, I
lacesso, -ere, -ivi, -itum,
harass, attack
posterus, -a, -um, following,
the following, next
renuntio, -are, -avi, -atum,
bring back word, report
tu, tui, you

EXERCISES

383. 1. Ego in urbe, tu in oppido habitas. 2. Apud Germanos est metus tin. ,i. Frater meiis mihi hunc gladium
dedit. 4. Vos semper amavimus. 5. A me laudatus es. 6.
Exercitus eo die Genavam pervenlre non poterat.
Caesar Changes His Course

Denique Labienus et legiones ab exploratoribus visl sunt.

Celeriter Caesarl renuntiatum est. Sed Helvetil castra
moverant neque proelium factum est. Postero die Caesar
iter ab Helvetils avertit et Bibracte ire contendit quod erat
in eo oppido copia frumentl. Tum Helvetii itinere converso
exercitum Romanum lacesslverunt.
384. 1. Fear of you (sing.) did not hinder the enemy.
2. We have no hope of peace. 3. I gave you the book
which you have. 4. I shall not go to Kome against your
will (abl. abs., you unwilling). 5. They were defended by
us. 6. I cannot see you, but I hear your voice.
SUGGESTED DRILL

(1) Explain the reason for the use of the personal pronouns in sen
tence 1, 383. (2) Point out an example of the use of the objective
genitive in 383. (3) Point out two phrases in 384 which will be trans
lated by the objective genitive. (4) Give a synopsis of redeo in the
third person, singular and plural, active voice. (5) Conjugate possum
in the present tense.

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LESSON LXIII
REFLEXIVES:

CUM AS ENCLITIC

THE REFLEXIVE PRONOUN

385. The reflexive pronoun is used in the genitive, dative,

accusative, or ablative to refer back to the subject.
Ndn me laudo, I do not praise myself.
Tibi places, you please yourself.
Se defendit, he defends himself.
a. The reflexive must be distinguished from the inten
sive ipse, which merely emphasizes the word with which
it agrees. The reflexive denotes the same person or
thing as the subject, but its case depends on some other
element of the sentence.
Vir ipse amicum accusat (intensive), the man himself
accuses his friend.
Vir se accusat (reflexive), the man accuses himself.
386. In the first and second persons the forms of ego and
tu (excluding, of course, the nominative) serve as reflexives.
In the third person there is a reflexive pronoun which has no
other uses. It is translated himself, herself, itself, or them
selves, as the gender and number of the subject may require.
Singular

Gen.
Dat.
Ace.
Abl.

sui
sibi
se or sese
se or sese

Plural

sul
sibi
se or sese
se or sese

THE ENCLITIC USE OF CUM

387. With the ablatives me, te, se, nobis, vobis, and regu
larly quibus, the preposition cum is used as an enclitic.
That is, it is added to the word as a final syllable.
mecum, with me.
tecum, with you, etc.

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ELEMENTARY LATIN
VOCABULARY

colloco, -are, -avi, -atum,

place, station
comparo, -are, -avi, -atum,
prepare
equitatus, -us, m., cavalry [a
collective noun)
interim, adv., meanwhile

medius, -a, -um, the middle

of, middle
proxime, adv. (superlative of
prope). last
sui, of himself, herself, itself,
themselves
veteranus, -a, -um, veteran

EXERCISES

389. 1. Cur non te in his periculis defendis? 2. Ego me

laudo, tu non me laudas. 3. Equitatu praemisso legatus
cum paucis mllitibus in colle manebat. 4. Se fortiter defendit. 5. Sibi semper favit, sed alios amlcos habet nullos.
6. Cur non mecum manebis? 7. Mllites se defendunt.
Preparations for Battle

Caesar iterum aciem lnstruxit et omnia comparavit ad

proelium. Equitatus interim cum hostibus contendebat.
Quattuor legiones veteranas Caesar in colle medio collocavit.
Eae legiones quas proxime conscrlpserat in summo iugo
Instructae sunt. Omnia impedlmenta ad eundem locum
missa erant.
390. 1. This legion will defend itself with great courage.
2. The boy wounded himself with the sword. 3. The man
who is lazy injures himself. 4. Why do you not remain with
me in the city 1 5. The veteran soldiers had been stationed
half way up the hill (on the middle of the hill). 6. When
everything (all things) had been prepared (abs. abl), I ordered
the soldiers to make an attack.
SUGGESTED DRILL

(1) Explain the case of the reflexive pronouns in sentences 4, 5,

and 7, 389. (2) Point out the reflexive pronouns in sentences 1 and 2,
389. (3) Explain the case of equitatu and of mllitibus in sentence 3,
389. (4) Decline the phrase legio veterana. (5) Give the third
person plural of possum in the present, past, and future.

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LESSON LXIV
PRESENT, PAST, AND FUTURE INFINITIVES OF
REGULAR VERBS
THE INFINITIVES OF THE FOUR CONJUGATIONS

391. The Latin infinitive has three tenses, the present,

the past, and the future. The infinitives of the four conju
gations are formed as follows:
PASSIVE

ACTIVE

portarl, to be carried
portatus esse,
to have been carried
portatum lri,
to be about to be carried

Pres. portare, to carry

Past portavisse.
to have carried
Fut. portatfirus esse.
to be about to carry
II.

moneri
monitus esse
monitum Irl

Pres. monere
Past monuisse
Fut. moniturus esse
III.
Pres. ducere
Past duxisse
Fut. ducturus esse

duel
ductus esse
ductum Irl

Pres. eapere
Past cepisse
Fut. captflrus esse

capl
i,aptus esse
captum Iri
IV.

Pres. audlre
Past audlvisse
Fut. audlturus esse

audlrl
audltus esse
audltum Irl

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FORMATION OF THE INFINITIVES

392. (1) In the first, second, and fourth conjugations the

present passive infinitive is formed by changing the final e
of the present active infinitive to i. In the third conjugation
the termination -ere is replaced by I.
(2) The past active infinitive is formed with the termina
tion -isse, which is added to the perfect stem.
(3) The past passive participle, which is used in forming
the past passive infinitive, and the future active participle,
which is used in forming the future active infinitive, agree
in gender, number, and case with the subject.
(4) The ending -um is always retained with the future
passive infinitive. The form used in this infinitive is not a
participle.1 The future passive infinitive is not much used.
EXERCISES

393. 1. Compararl ; comparavisse ; comparatus esse. 2.

Audlturus esse ; audlvisse ; audlri. 3. Iecisse ; defendisse ;
munivisse.
4. Mittl ; mlsisse ; missus esse.
5. Terrerl ;
territurus esse ; terruisse. 6. TraducI ; traduxisse ; traducturus esse. 7. Vastarl ; timerl ; petl ; interficl ; munlrl. 8.
Iuvisse ; reliquisse ; fugisse. 9. Ducturus esse ; ductum Irl ;
ductus esse. 10. Vincl; victus esse; victum Irl.
394. 1. To defend; to be defended; to have defended.
2. To hinder; to be hindered; to have been hindered. 3.
To have begun ; to have fortified ; to have left. 4. To be
sent ; to have been sent ; to be about to send. 5. To be con
quered ; to have conquered ; to have been conquered. 6. To
be increased ; to have increased ; to have persuaded.
SUGGESTED DRILL

(1) Indicate the stems of the infinitives in 393. (2) Point out
the difference between the future active infinitive and the past passive
infinitive. (3) Decline the personal pronouns of the first and second
persons. (4) Decline the reflexive pronoun of the third person.
1 It is called the supine. The forms of the supine will be given later (547).

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LESSON LXV
INFINITIVE WITH SUBJECT ACCUSATIVE: INFINITIVES OF
SUM AND EO
THE INFINITIVE WITH SUBJECT ACCUSATIVE

395. Verbs of knowing, thinking, saying, hearing, and

observing may take a dependent infinitive with its subject
in the accusative case. The infinitive when thus used is
regularly translated by an English indicative introduced by
that.
a. The infinitive in this use will be present, past, or
future according as the time to which it refers is present,
past, or future, from the point of view of the verb on
which it depends.
Hostes fugere video, I see that the enemy are fleeing.
Hostes fugere videbam, / saw that the enemy were
fleeing.
Hostes fugisse video, I see that the enemy have fled.
Hostes fugisse videbam, I saw that the enemy had fled.
Puer dicit fratrem venturum esse, the boy says that
his brother will come.
Puer dixit fratrem venturum esse, the boy said that
his brother would come.
3Q0

THE INFINITIVES OF SUM AND EO

Pres. esse
Past fuisse
' Put. futurus esse or fore

Ire
isse (iisse)
itflrus esse

a. The predicate noun or adjective with the infinitive

of sum is in the accusative if the subject is in the
accusative.
Te fortem esse video, I see that you are brave.

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397.

ELEMENTARY LATIN

VOCABULARY

cedo, -ere, cessi, cessum,

yield, retreat
circiter, adv., about
committo, -ere, commisi, commissum, unite; do; proelium committere, begin
battle

deinde, adv., thereupon, then

perturbo, -are, -avi, -atum,
throw into disorder
pilum, -i, n., javelin
succedo, -ere, success!, successum, advance, come
up to

EXERCISES

398. 1. Puerum laborare vldl. 2. Cognovi iter longum

esse. 3. Exploratores renuntiaverunt montem a Labieno
tenerl. 4. Donum missum esse repperistl. 5. Legiones
proelium commisissc legatus videbat. 6. Caesar dlxit Helvetios fortes esse. 7. Hi homines dlcunt se in Italia duos
annos fuisse.
The Helvetians Repulsed

Helvetil sub collem successerunt atque proelium est commissum. Mllites Komanl pilis celeriter hostes perturbaverunt, deinde gladiis impetum in e6s fecerunt. Multls vulneratls (370), Helvetios reppulerunt, qui ad montem se receperunt (withdrew). Is mons circiter mllle passus aberat.
399. 1. "We see that the boys are walking. 2. The soldier
knows that the danger is great. 3. The leader hears that
the enemy are fleeing. 4. You found out that the book had
been sent. 5. The scout reported that the town had been
captured. 6. The man said that the island was large. 7.
Caesar heard that the Germans had crossed the river.
SUGGESTED DRILL

(1) Give all the infinitives of committo and perturbo. (2) Explain
the case of longum in sentence 2, 398. (3) Give a synopsis of cedo in
the third person plural, active voice, indicative mood.
(4) Give
the principal parts of repello and recipid.
(5) Give the present
participles of the verbs in this lesson.

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THIRTEENTH REVIEW LESSON

400.

(1)
(2)
(.'!)
(4)
(5)
(6)
(7)
(8)
if))
(10)
Ill)
(12)
|13)

Personal pronouns.
Reflexive pronouns.
The conjugation of possum.
The present participle.
The infinitives of the four conjugations.
The formation of adverbs.
The comparison of adverbs.
The genitive of description.
The objective genitive.
The ablative of description.
The ablative absolute.
The ablative of respect.
The infinitive with subject accusative.

401. Hive Latin words with which the following English

words arc connected in derivation:
avert
cede
collocation
commission

commit
convert
egotism
instruction

interim
medium
proximity
veteran

LESSON LXVI
THE IMPERATIVE MOOD

402. The imperative mood in Latin, as in English, is used

to express commands. It has the present and future tenses.
The forms of the future, except in the ease of a few words,
are rarely used.
a. The present has only the second person. In the
singular number of the active voice it is the same as
the present stem and may be found by dropping the -re

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of the present active infinitive. In the singular number of

the passive it is the same as the present active infinitive.
Present
passive

ACTIVE

I.

ama. love [thou)

amate. love (ye)

amare, be (thou) loved

amamini, he (ye) loved
II.

mone
monete

monere
monemini
III.

mitte
mittite

mittere
mittiminl

cape
capite

capere
capiminl
IV.

audl
audlte

audlre
audlmini

b. The verbs dico, duco, and facio have the irregular

forms dic, duc, and fac in the singular of the present
active imperative. Their other imperative forms are
regular.
403.

VOCABULARY

advenio, -ire, adveni, adventum, arrive

Boii, -6rum, m. pi., the Boii
brevis, breve, short
intellego, -ere, intellexi, intellectum, know

latus, lateris, n., side, flank

(of an army)
redintegro, -are, -avi, -atum,
renew
Tulingi, -orum, m. pi., the
Tulingi

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EXERCISES

404. 1. Amlcos tuos ama. 2. Illos homines statim mone.

3. Breve tempus in eo vico mane. 4. Librum, puer, mihi da.
5. Proeedite, mllites, et proelium committite. 6. Castra,
mllites, infinlte. 7. Vlta eius hominis brevis fuit. 8. Galll
intellexerunt potentiam popull Romanl magnam esse.
An Unsuccessful Rally

Interea Boil et TulingI, socil Helvetiorum qul advenerant,

impetura in Romanos a lateribus fecerunt. Hoe cognito
Helvetil signa converterunt et proelium redintegraverunt.
Galll aeriter pugnaverunt sed denique repulsl ad montem
et in castra sua se receperunt. In eo loco ad multam noctem
se defenderunt. Multls interfectls Romanl castra et impedl
menta ceperunt.
405. 1 . Soldiers, fight bravely. 2. Boy, warn your brother.
3. Hear me, friends. 4. We know that the army is large.
5. The boy says that no one came. 6. That war was short,
but many were killed. 7. I know that the river is wide and
deep.
SUGGESTED DRILL

(1) Give the present active imperatives of the verbs in the vocab
ulary of this lesson. (2) Point out the difference between the active
imperatives of moneo and mitto in the singular. (3) Give the plural
of the present imperatives of dico, duco, and facio in the active.
(4) Give the passive imperatives of these verbs. (5) Compare the
adjective brevis, and decline its comparative.

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LESSON LXVII
THE CONJUGATION OF FEttS

406. The verb ferd, bear, carry, is irregular. Its principal

parts are fero, ferre, tuli, latum.
Present
active

PASSIVE

Singular

Plural

Singular

fero
fers
fert

ferimus
fertis
ferunt

feror
ferris
fertur

Plural

ferhnur
feriminl
feruntur

a. The past and future are like those of duco.

active .
ferebam
ferebas,
etc.

Future
active
passive
feram
ferar
feres,
fereris, -re
etc.
etc.

Past
passive
ferebar
ferebaris, -re,
etc.

b. The perfect system is formed regularly with the

stem tul- in the active, and with the participle latus in
the passive.
Infinitives
active
Pres. ferre
Past tulisse
Fut. IS turns esse

PASSIVE

ferrl
latus esse
latum lrl

Imperatix rs
ACTIVE

PASSIVE

Singular

Plural

Singular

Plural

fer

ferte

ferre

feriminl

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407.

ELEMENTARY LATIN
VOCABULARY

civis, civis, -ium, m., p., citizen

confero, conferre, contuli,
conlatum, collect, bring
together
fero, ferre, tuli, latum, bear,
carry, bring

infero, inferre, intuli, Inlatum, bring upon, cause

opus, opens, n., work, labor
pereo, -ire, -ii, -itum, perish
restituo, -ere, restitui, restitutum, restore

EXERCISES

408. 1. Pert ; ferebat ; feret. 2. Confert ; confers ; conferebam. 3. Romanl bellum Gallis1 inferunt. 4. Mllites in
Gnum locum impedlmenta conferebant. 5. Bellum multa
perlcula fert. 6. Eo tempore multl clves perierunt et multl
alii ex urbe fugerunt. 7. Opus quod facis magnum est.
The Terms op Peace

Hoc proelio facto, Galll legatos (envoys) mlserunt et pacem

petierunt. Caesar arm a et obsides poposcit. His traditls,
Helvetil domum redlre atque oppida et vicos restituere iussl
sunt. Boil autem in finibus Haeduorum manserunt quod
Haedul els amicl erant.
409. 1. The Helvetians are collecting the arms. 2. This
nation will make war on the Germans. 3. They could not
bring aid. 4. Caesar says that the Gauls surrendered their
arms. 5. Restore your towns and villages. 6. Caesar praised
the work of the soldiers. 7. A great many (complures)
citizens assembled because they wished to see the leader of
the army.
suggested drill
(1) Conjugate confero and infero in the present indicative active,
and the future indicative active. (2) Decline civis and opus, and
state what is the class of stems to which each belongs. (3) Give the
present imperatives of restituo, active and passive. (4) Give the past
infinitives, active and passive, of restituo. (5) Conjugate pereo in
the past indicative and the future indicative. (6) Give all the infini
tives of infero.
*The phrase bellum Tnferre, make war on, takes a dative (324).

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LESSON LXVIII
SYNOPSIS OF POSSUM AND FER6

410. The synopsis of possum and of fero (active) in the

first person of the indicative is as follows :
Pres.
Past
Put.
Perf.
P. Perp.
F. Perp.

fero
ferebam
feram
tuli
tuleram
tulero

possum
poteram
potero
potui
potueram
potuero

The infinitives of possum are :

Pres. posse, to be able
a.
b.
tive
c.

Past potuisse, to have been able

This verb has no future infinitive.

In irregular verbs, as in all others, the past infini
is formed by adding -isse to the perfect stem.
The participles of fero are as follows :
Pres.
ferens
Past
latus
Put. Act. latiirus

Possum has no participles.

ROMAN COIN

411.

VOCABULARY

Ariovistus, -i, m., Ariovistus,

a German king
Arverni, -drum, m. pl., the
Arverni, a Gallic tribe
cliens, clientis, clientium, m.,
dependent
contra, prep. w. ace, against,
opposite

factio, factionis, p., faction,

party
ingens, gen., ingentis, huge,
very large, very great
principatus, -us, m., leadership
tego, -ere, texi, tectum, cover,
protect

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EXERCISES

412. 1. Galli auxilium tulerunt. 2. Dlxit Gallos auxilium

tulisse. 3. Id facere potuit. 4. Intellegimus eum id faeere
potuisse. 5. Bellum celeriter eonfectum est. 6. Populus
Romanus hunc regem qul e patria sua fugerat texit. 7.
Dlvieiacus multos clientes et amlcos habebat. 8. In eo
fiumine est ingens lnsula.
A Request for Help

Bello Ilelvetiorum confecto, multl prlncipes clvitatum

Galliae ad Caesarem venerunt, inter hos Dlvieiacus Haeduus.
Auxilium a Caesare contra Ariovistum regem Germanorum
petebant. Olim erant duae factiones totlus Galliae. Alterlus
ArvernI et SequanI prlneipatum tenebant, alterlus Haedul.
ArvernI et SequanI auxilium a Germanls petierunt, quorum
prlmo circiter qulndecim mllia Rhenum transierunt.
413. 1. The Gauls could not defend the camp. 2. He
says that the Gauls could not defend the camp. 3. The
soldiers are collecting (conferd) grain. 4. We have heard
that the soldiers are collecting grain. 5. Soldiers, bring aid.
6. The citizens feared the dependents of Orgetorix because
they had weapons. 7. A very great number of Helvetians
had been killed and others had been wounded.

SUGGESTED drill

(1) Give a synopsis of possum in the third person, singular and

plural. (2) Give a synopsis of fero in the third person singular of the
passive and the third person plural of the active. (3) Give the par
ticiples of Inferd and conferd. (4) Decline the present participle of
tego.
(5) Explain. the case of qui in sentence 6, 412.
(G) Decline
the adjective ingens.

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LESSON LXIX
DEPONENT VERBS

414. A deponent verb is one which is passive in form but

active in meaning.
Its principal parts are passive forms.
Deponents have only two stems, the present and the par
ticipial.
a. The endings of the present infinitives which are
used to indicate the conjugations are therefore as follows :
T.

II.

-ari

-eri

ill.
-i

IV.

-iri

b. Deponents of the first and second conjugations are

conjugated as follows :
conor, conari, conatus sum, try.
polliceor, polliceri, pollicitus sum, promisc.
Present
Singular

conor
conaris, -re
conatur

Plural

conamur
conaminl
conantur

Singular

polliceor
polliceris, -re
pollicetur

Plural

pollicemur
pblliceminl
pollicentur

Past
conabamur
conabar
conabaris. -r( conabaminl
conabatur
conabantur

pollicebar
pollicebamur
pollicebaris, -re pollicebaininl
pollicebatur
pollicebantur
Future

conabor
cSnabimnr
conaberis, -re conabiminl
conabitur
conabuntnr

pollicebor
pollicebimur
polliceberis. -re pollicebiminl
pollicebitur
pollicebuntur

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Perfect
pollicitus sum

conatus sum

conatus cram

cSnatus ero

Sing, conare
Plur. conaminl

Pres. conaii
Past conatus esse
Fut. conaturus esse

Past Perfect
pollicitus eram
Future Perfect
pollicitus ero
Imperatives
pollicere
polliceminl
Infinitives
pollicerl
pollicitus esse
polliciturus esse

Participies
Pres. conans
pollicens
Past conatus, -a, -um
pollicitus. -a. -um
Fut. conaturus. -a, -um
polliciturus. -a. -tim
c. Deponents have the following active forms : the
present' and future participles, and the future infinitive.
They have also the future passive participle, used with
passive meaning. The past participle is usually active
in meaning, like the other forms: conatus, having tried.
Occasionally, however, it is used with passive meaning.
415.

VOCABULARY

conor, -ari, -atus sum, try

multitudo, multitudinis, p.,
multitude, great number
polliceor, -eri, pollicitus
sum, promise

postea, adv., afterwards

senatus, -us, m., senate
supplicium, -i, n., punishment
vereor, -eri, veritus sum, fear,
be afraid of

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EXERCISES

416. 1. Hi homines auxilium pollicentur. 2. Dlviciacus

frumentum conferre conatur. 3. Exlre conatl sunt quod
flnes angustos habebant. 4. Galll magnum numerum equitum pollicitl erant. 5. Urbem defendere conabuntur sed
non poterunt. 6. Perlculum magnopere veremur.
The Germans and the Haeduans

Postea pliires traductl erant et eo tempore magna multitudo eorum in Gallia erat. Cum hls Haedul saepe armis
contenderant sed victl erant et obsides dederant. Auxilium
antea non petierant quod supplicia ab Ariovisto verebantur.
Dlviciacus qui solus obsides non dederat Romam venerat et
auxilium a senatii Romano petlverat. Romanl autem auxilium
non tulerunt.
417. 1. The man does not try to defend himself. 2. No
one promised you a reward. 3. We cannot promise aid. 4.
The soldier protected his brother with his shield. 5. The
Sequani feared punishment from Aribvistus. 6. Why do
you fear danger ? 7. Fearing ; promising ; having feared ;
to have feared; to have promised.

suggested drill
(1) Conjugate vereor in the present indicative and the perfect
indicative. (2) Give a synopsis of conor and of polliceor in the third
person singular, giving English meanings. (3) Analyze verebantur,
indicating stem, tense sign, and personal endings. (4) Give a synop
sis of fer6 in the second person singular, active and passive. (5) Give
the infinitives of vereor.

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LESSON LXX
DEPONENT VERBS (Continued) : ABLATIVE WITH UTOR, ETC.
DEPONENT VERBS. (Continued)

418. Deponent verbs of the third conjugation ending in

-or and those of the fourth conjugation are conjugated as
follows :
sequor, sequi, secutus sum, follow
potior, potiri, potitus sum, get possession of
Present
Singular
sequor
sequeris. -re
sequitur

Plural
sequimur
sequimmi
sequuntur

Singular
potior
potlris, -re
potltur

Plural
potlmur
potlminl
potiuntur

Past
sequebar
sequebamur
sequebaris, -re sequebaminl
sequebatur
sequebantur

potiebar
potiebamur
potiebaris, -re potiebaminl
potiebatur
potiebantur

Future
sequar
sequeris, -re
sequetur

sequemur
sequeminI
sequentur

potiar
potieris
potietur
Perfect

secutus sum

potltus sum
Past Perfect

secutus eram

potltus eram

potiemur
potieminl
potientur

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Future Perfect
potltus ero

secutus ero
Imperatives

potlre
potlminl

Sing, sequere
Plur. sequiminl
Infinitives
Pres. scqul
Past secutus esse
Fut. secuturus esse

potlrl
potltus esse
potlturus esse
Participies

Pres. sequens
Past secutus
Fut. secuturus

potiens
potltus
potlturus

THE ABLATIVE WITH UTOR, FRUOR, ETC.

419. The deponents utor, fruor, fungor, potior, and vesoor

take their objects in the ablative case.
Gladio utitur, he uses a sword.
Oppido potiti sunt, they have gained possession of the
town.
420.

VOCABULARY

decedo, -ere, decessi, decessum, withdraw

etiam, adv., also, even
existimo, -are, -avl, -atum,
think
potior, -iri, potitus sum, get
possession of

sequor, sequi, secutus sum,

follow
solum, adv., only
sustineo, -ere, sustinui, sustentum, endure, hold out
utor, iiti, usus sum, use

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EXERCISES

421. 1. Hostes exercitum nostrum sequebantur. 2. Diutius sequi non potest. 3. Considius exploratoribus non usus
est. 4. Nostri castrls et impedlmentls hostium potltl sunt.
5. Exploratores secutus ad ingentem montem pervenit. 6.
Usus ; secutus ; utl ; potlrl ; sequi ; sequere.
The Condition of the Sequani

Non solum Haedul sed etiam Sequani auxilium a Caesare

implorabant. Ariovistus, qui maiorem numerum Germanorum traducere cupiebat, Sequanos de magna parte agrl
ipsorum decedere iusserat. Itaque ei qui antea socii Ariovistl fuerant tum potentiam eius maxime verebantur. Omnes
Galll dlxerunt se non posse diiitius imperium eius sustinere.
ExIstimabant Caesareni auxilium ferre posse.
422. 1. On that day our army followed the enemy. 2.
Why did they use boats? 3. At that time they could notgain possession of the bridge. 4. They all tried to follow,
but they could not cross the river. 5. Having promised aid,
the leader withdrew.
SUGGESTED DRILL

(1) Conjugate utor in the present and future of the indicative.

(2) Give all the infinitives and participles of utor. (3) Give a synop
sis of sequor and of potior in the third person singular. (4) Explain
the case of exploratoribus in sentence 3, and of castrls in sentence 4,
421. (5) Explain the case of se, line 11, 421. (6) Explain the use
of the infinitive ferre in line 12, 421.

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FOURTEENTH REVIEW LESSON

423.

VOCABULARY REVIEW

acies, -ei, P.
clvis, elvis, m. and f.
cliens, clientis, m.
collis, collis, m.
equitatus, -us, m.
latus, lateris, n.
metus, -us, M.
multitudo, -inis, f.
opus, operis, n.
prlncipatus, -us, m.
senatus, -us, m.
supplicium, -l, n.
ego, mel
tii, tul
brevis, -e
ingens, gen. ingentis
medius, -a, -um
posterus, -a, -um
veteranus, -a, -um
circiter
deinde
denique
etiam
postea
proxime
solum
424.

advent
brevity
civic
client

advenio, -venlre, -venl, -ventum

averto, -ere, avertl, aversum
cedo, -ere, cessi, cessum
committo, -mittere, -mlsl, -missum
confero, -ferre, -tull, -latum
conor, -arl, conatus sum
conspicio, -spicere, -spexl, -spectum
convertS, -vertere, -vertl, -versum
decedo, -ccdere, -cessl, -cessum
fero, ferre, tull, latum
Infero, -ferre, -tull, -latum
Instruo, -ere, lnstruxl, lnstructum
intellego, -legere, -lexl, -lectum
lacesso, -ere, -Ivl, -Itum
pereo, -Ire, -il or -Ivl, -itum
polliceor, -erl, pollicitus sum
possum, posse, potul
potior, potlrl, potltus sum
redeo, -Ire, -il or -IvI, -itum
renvintiS, -are, -avl, -atum
restituo, -ere, -ul, -utum
sequor, sequl, secutus sum
sustineo, -ere, -ul, sustentum
tego, -ere, texl, tectum
utor, utl, usus sum
vereor, vererl, veritus sum

RELATED ENGLISH WORDS

confer
contradict
infer
intellect

intelligent
lateral
multitude
operation

senate
sequence
sustain
use

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LESSON LXXI
DEPONENT VERBS (Continued):
PREDICATE NOMINATIVE
WITH PASSIVE VERBS
DEPONENT VERBS (Continued)

425. Deponent verbs of the third conjugation ending in

-ior are conjugated as follows:
ingredior, ingredi, ingressus sum, enter
Present
Singular

ingredior
ingrederis or ingredere
ingreditur
Plural

ingredimur
ingredimiiil
ingrediuntur
Past
ingrediebar
ingrediebaris or ingrediebare,
etc.

Future
ingrediar
iugredieris or ingrediere
etc.
Perfect
ingressus sum,
etc.
Past Perfect
ingressus eram,
etc.
Future Perfect
ingressus ero,
etc.

Infinitives
Participies
Imperative
Pres. ingredl
Pres. ingrediens Sing, ingredere
Past ingressus esse
Past ingressus
Plur. ingredimini
Put. ingressurus esse Fut. ingressurus
THE PREDICATE NOMINATIVE WITH CERTAIN PASSIVE VERBS

426. Verbs meaning to call, name, appoint, make, and the

like, when used in the passive, may be followed by a predi
cate nominative.
Ariovistus rex appellatus est, Ariovistus was called king.

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a. A predicate noun used with an infinitive which has

its subject in the accusative is also in the accusative.
THE DEFECTIVE VERB COEPI

427. The verb coepi, / began, is used only in the perfect,

past perfect, and future perfect. The other tenses are
replaced by forms of incipio.
428.

VOCABULARY

appello, -are, -avi, -atum, call,

name
C, abbreviation for Gaius, a
Roman name
coepi, coepisse, coeptum,
began
ingredior, ingredi, ingressus
sum, enter, invade (sometimes followed by intra and
accusative)

intra, prep. w. ace, within,

into
Marius, -i, m., Marius, a Roman name; Gaius Marius, a
famous Roman general
memoria, -ae, f., memory
Vesontio, Vesontionis, m.,
Vesontio, a town of Gaul,
now Besanqon

EXERCISES

429. 1. Celtae Galli appellantur. 2. Tum frumentum

Vesontionem conferre coeperunt. 3. Hoc fllimen quod Helvetil
translbant Arar appellatur. 4. Caesar intra flnes Gallorum
ingressus est et multa oppida eorum cepit. 5. Galli magnts
sciitls usl sunt. 6. Dlcis hoc oppidum appellarl Genavam.
7. Impigre laborare coeperas qiiod patrl tuo placere cupiebas.
Caesar Promises Help

Caesar Haeduos defendere constituit quod hi a senatu

fratres appellatl erant. Itaque auxilium suum pollicitus est.
Olim GermanI intra provinciam ingressI erant atque magnam
calamitatem intulerant. Denique a C. Mario superatl sunt,
sed memoria eius belli apud Romanos manebat.

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STREET OF POMPEII

430. 1. The Haeduans were called friends by the Romans.

2. The Gauls began to set fire to their villages. 3. Orgetorix
was called the leader of the Helvetians. 4. We shall gain
possession of the weapons of the enemy. 5. The soldiers
did not use javelins. 6. Those who had begun to cross the river
were repulsed. 7. This town of the Gauls is called Vesontio.
8. The cavalry could not follow through the mountains.

SUGGESTED DRILL

(1) Conjugate COepI in the perfect and the past perfect of the
indicative. (2) Give a synopsis of ingredior in the second person
singular and the third person plural. (3) Name the verbs which take
their objects in the ablative. (4) Explain the case of Arar in sen
tence 3, 429. (5) Explain the case of Genavam in sentence 6, 429.

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LESSON LXXII
INTERROGATIVE PRONOUN: INTERROGATIVE PARTICLES
THE INTERROGATIVE PRONOUN

431. The interrogative pronoun quis? quid? who? what?

is declined as follows in the singular:
Neut.

Maac. and Fern.

Nom.
Gen.
Dat.
Ace.
Abl.

quis
cuius
eui
quem
quo

quid
cuius
cui
quid
quo

The plural forms are the same as those of the relative

pronoun.
a. The interrogative adjective qui, quae, quod, is
declined like the relative, except that the masculine
nominative singular may be either qui or quis.
Quis hoc fecit? Who did this? (pronoun)
Quod templum incensum est? What tempie was
burned? (adjective)
INTERROGATIVE PARTICLES

432. (1) Questions which merely ask for information and

have no interrogative pronoun or adverb, usually have the
enclitic -ne added to the first word.
Venitae legio? Has the legion come?
(2) Questions which imply that the answer "yes" is
expected are regularly introduced by nonne.
Nonne Caesar fortis erat?

Was not Caesar brave?

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433.

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VOCABULARY

colloquium, -i, n., conference,

interview
consulatus, -us, m., consulship
eo, adv., to that place, there,
thither
gravor, -ari, gravatus sum, be
unwilling

Insolenter, adv., insolently

queror, queri, questus sum,
complain
quis, quid, who? what? (for
adj. forms, see 431, a)
responded, -ere, respond!,
responsum, answer, reply

EXERCISES

434. 1. Quis colloquium postulavit? 2. Nonne Caesar id

postulavit? 3. Nonne Ariovistus ad colloquium venit? 4.
Rosponditne insolenter legatls qui ad eum venerant? 5.
Quid Ariovistus timebat? 6. Legatus cum ducibus eo pervenit. 7. Cuius gladium hie puer fert? 8. Helvetil in hoc
itinere magna numero carrorum usl sunt.
Caesar Requests a Conference

Caesar ad Ariovistum legatos (envoys) mlsit et colloquium

postulavit. In consulatu Caesaris Ariovistus a senatu amicus
appellatus erat. Sed tamen ad colloquium venlre gravabatur et insolenter respondit. Caesar iterum legatos misit
et de iniiirils Ilaeduorum questus est. Eadem responsa ab
Ariovisto data sunt quae antea (data erant).
435. 1. "Who complained regarding the wrongs of the
Haeduans ? 2. Did not Caesar make war on the Helvetians ?
3. Were the Romans defeated? 4. What did the man who
ascended the mountain see? 5. Is this river wide? 6. What
legion will be sent there ?
SUGGESTED drill

(1) Explain the derivation and the meaning of the English words
colloquy and querulous. (2) Explain the derivation of the Latin noun
responsum. (3) Compare the adverb insolenter (from the adjective
insolens). (4) Decline consulatus in the singular. (5) Decline the
relative pronoun.

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LESSON LXXIII
QUIDAM, QUISQUE:

IMPERSONAL VERBS

DECLENSION OF QUiDAM AND QUISQUE

436. The indefinite pronoun or adjective quidam, a certain,

a certain one, is declined as follows :
Singular
Fern.

Neut.

quaedam
cuiusdam
cuidam
quandam
quadam

quoddam or quiddam
cuiusdam
cuidam
quoddam or quiddam
quodam

Mane.

Nom.
Gen.
Dat.
Ace.
Abl.

quidam
cuiusdam
cuidam
quendam
quodam

Plural

Nom.
Gen.
Dat.
Ace.
Abl.

quidam
quorundam
quibusdam
quosdam
quibusdam

quaedam
quarundam
quibusdam
quasdam
quibusdam

quaedam
quorundam
quibusdam
quaedam
quibusdam

a. The form quiddam is used as a pronoun, quoddam

as an adjective.
b. Quidam may sometimes be translated by the in
definite article a or an.
437. Quisque, each, when used as a pronoun is declined
as follows in the singular:
Mafic, and Fern.

Nom.
Gen.
Dat.
Ace.
Abl.

quisque
cuiusque
cuique
quemque
quoque

Xeut.

quidque
cuiusque
cuique
quidque
quoque

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a. As an adjective the nominative is quisque, quaeque,

quodque, and the other case forms are the same as those
of the relative, with the suffix -que. The plural is rare.
IMPERSONAL VERBS

438. Impersonal verbs have only the third person singu

lar, the infinitives, and occasionally the participles. They
are sometimes translated by English impersonal verbs with
it as subject, but the English equivalent is often a verb
with a personal subject. Many of these may take a clause
or an infinitive with or without the accusative as subject.
Among the most important are oportet and licet.
Sum venire oportet, he ought to come (it is necessary for
him to come).
a. Many intransitive verbs also are used impersonally
in the passive.
Pugnatur, it is being fought (a fight is going on).
Perventum est, it was arrived (they arrived).
439.

VOCABULARY

Cimberius, -i, m., Cimberius,

a German chief
licet, -ere, licuit, it is permitted
Nasua, -ae, m., Nasua, a German chief
oportet, -ere, oportuit, it is
necessary, it is proper, one
ought

quidam, quaedam, quoddam

or quiddam, a certain, a
certain man, etc.
quisque, quidque, pron., each
one, each ; as adj., quisque,
quaeque, quodque, each
Rhenus, -i, m., the Rhine
ripa, -ae, p., bank (of a stream)
Suebi, -drum, m. pl., the Suebi

EXERCISES

440. 1. Statim procedere licet. 2. Amlcum manere opor

tet. 3. Quisque secum frumentum tulit. 4. Quendam mllitem

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ad castra hostium mlsit. 5. Fortiter pugnatum est. 6. Diu

ab Helvetiis pugnatum erat. 7. Quldam Gallus cum epistula
ad urbem missus est. 8. Quemque frumentum domo portare
iusserunt.
The Suebi at the Rhine

Interea nova manus Germanorum ad rlpas RhenI venerat

et translre conabatur. Hi erant Suebi, quae gens est magnae
virtutis inter Germanos.
Duo fratres, Nasua et Cimberius, els praeerant. Legatl Haeduorum et Treverorum eam rem Caesari
enuntiaverunt. His rebus
audltls, Caesar frumentum
comparavit et ad Ariovistum contendit.
441. 1. We gave a re
ward to each. 2. A certain
man demanded aid. 3. The
soldier ought to fight
ROMAN MOSAIC
bravely. 4. They ordered
each one to carry a weapon. 5. No one ought to fear. 6. The
Germans did not attack Vesontio, because they could not
cross the river.

SUGGESTED drill

(1) Decline together quldam civis. (2) Give all the forms of
oportet in the indicative. (3) Give the perfect infinitives of licet and
oportet. (4) Explain the case of amicum in sentence 2, and of domo
in sentence 8, 440. (5) Give the Latin noun with which the English
word riparian is connected in derivation, and explain its meaning in
the phrase riparian rights.

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LESSON LXXTV
SEMI-DEPONENTS:

THE ENCLITIC -QUE

SEMI-DEPONENTS

442. There are four verbs which are deponent in the

perfect system but which have active forms in the present
system. Their principal parts are as follows:
audeo, -ere, ausus sum, dare
gaudeo, gaudere, gavisus sum, rejoice
soleo, solere, solitus sum, be accustomed
fido, fidere, fisus sum, trust
a. The compounds of fido, also, are semi-deponents.
h. The "synopsis of audeo in the first person singular
of the indicative is as follows:
Pres. audeo
Past audebam
Put. audebo

Peep.
ausus sum
P. Perf. ausus eram
F. Perp. ausus ero
THE ENCLITIC -QUE

443. The enclitic conjunction -que, and, connects more

closely than et. It is translated before the word to which
it is joined.
Legio equitatusque, ihe legion and the cavalry.
444.

VOCABULARY

audeo, audere, ausus sum,

dare
cingo, -ere, cinxi, cinctum,
surround
facultas, -tatis, p., opportunity. supply
paene, adv., almost

prior, prius, comparative

adjective, former, first, previous
-que, and
soleo, solere, solitus sum, be
accustomed
iisus, -us, m., use, advantage

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EXERCISES

445. 1. Paene omnes equites in eo proelio interfectl sunt.

2. Quod ea legio non prior transire audebat, proelium non
commissum est. 3. Mllites veteranl non fugere solent, sed
eS die perterritl sunt. 4. Nemo dlcere ausus est. 5. Obsides
aecipere solitl erant. 6. Dux mllitesque interfectl sunt. 7.
Caesarem eos prohibere oportet. 8. Quandam urbem incenderunt. 9. Mecum Ire licet.
The Race for Vesontio

Ariovistus Vesontionem occupare conatus est. Id erat

maximum oppidum Sequanorum et magnam facultatem habebat earum rerum quae ad bellum usul (196) erant. Flumen
paene totam urbem cingebat atque una ex parte erat mons
magna altitudine. Quod hoc oppidum facile defendl poterat
Caesar quoque id occupare cupiebat. Itaque magnls itineribus eS contendit et prior advenit.
446. 1. The soldiers did not dare complain. 2. They had
always been accustomed to do this. 3. The town and the
camp will be set on fire. 4. We ought to go at once. 5.
Caesar said that (395) the town was easily defended. 6. He
will hasten to that place with the cavalry. 7. Slave, do you
dare kill Gaius Marius?

SUGGESTED DRILL

(1) Give a synopsis of soleo in the third person singular and plural
in the indicative. (2) Give a synopsis of fido in the first person
singular and the third person singular in the indicative. (3) Decline
prior. (4) Give the accusative singular and plural of quidam. (5)
Conjugate cingo in the perfect active and the past perfect passive of
the indicative.

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LESSON LXXV
ALIQUIS, QUISQUAM:

ABLATIVE OF CAUSE

THE INDEFINITES ALIQUIS AND QUISQUAM

447. The indefinite pronoun aliquis, someone, anyone, is

declined as follows :
Singular
IfMe.

Nom.
Gen.
Dat.
Ace.
Abl.

aliquis or aliqul
alieuius
alicui
aliquem
aliquo

Fcm.

Neut.

aliqua
alieuius
alicui
aliquam
aliqua

aliquid or aliquod
alieuius
alicui
aliquid or aliquod
aliquo

Plural

Nom.
Gen.
Dat.
Ace.
Abl.

aliqul
aliquorum
aliquibus
aliquos
aliquibus

aliquae
aliquarum
aliquibus
aliquas
aliquibus

aliqua
aliquorum
aliquibus'
aliqua
aliquibus

a. The forms aliquis and aliquid in the singular are

used as pronouns ; the forms aliqui, aliqua, and aliquod
are adjectives, with the meaning some.
448. The indefinite pronoun quisquam, any one at all, is
declined as follows :
Nom.
Gen.
Dat.
Ace.
Abl.

Maac. and Fein.

Neut.

quisquam
cuiusquam
cuiquam
quemquam
quoquam

quicquam
cuiusquam
cuiquam
quiequam
quoquam

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a. Quisquam is used chiefly in sentences containing a

negative or a comparative, or in conditions. It has no
plural. The plural forms of ullus are used when a plural
is needed.
THE ABLATIVE OF CAUSE

449. The ablative with or without a preposition (ab, de, ex)

is used to express cause.
Multis de causis, for many reasons (because of many
reasons).
Numero suo gloriati sunt, they boasted of their numbers
(because of their numbers).
450.

VOCABULARY

aliquis, aliquid, pron., some

one ; aliqui, aliqua, aliquod,
adj., some
fleo, flere, flevi, netum, weep,
lament
glorior, -ari, gloriatus sum,
boast

magnitudo, magnitudinis, f.,

size, magnitude
quisquam, quicquam, any one
at all
tabernaculum, -i, n., tent
testamentum, -i, n., will
timor, timoris, m., fear

EXERCISES

451. 1. Legatus aliquem cum epistula mlsit. 2. Nullus

sonus in eo loco audltus est neque quisquam vlsus est. 3.
Caesar virtiite iinlus legionis gloriatus est. 4. Intellegimus
eum gloriatum esse. 5. Exlstimavit eam legionem fortissimam esse.
Panic in the Roman Army

In eo oppido exercitus paucos dies mansit. Hls diebus

mllites perterritl sunt quod Galll dlxerunt Germanos magna
virtute et ingentl magnitudine corporum esse. Is timor
totum exercitum occupavit. Multl flentes ad tabernacula
sua ierunt et testamenta fecerunt. Magnae silvae inter
Ariovistum et exercitum Romanum erant, et iter erat
perlculosum.

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452. 1. Some one saw the boy in the forest. 2. You

often boast of the friendship of the Romans. 3. For (from)
these reasons the town will be easily defended. 4. Roman sol
diers were not always brave, but they defeated many enemies.
5. Divieiaeus, weeping, implored aid from Caesar. 6. I have
never given praise to anyone who did not work.

SUGGESTED DRILL

(1) Give a synopsis of glorior in the third person singular in the

indicative. (2) Explain what is meant by an impersonal verb. (3) Give
all the forms of licet in the indicative. (4) Decline the interrogative
pronoun. (5) Explain the case of virtute in sentence 3, 451.

FIFTEENTH REVIEW LESSON

453.

(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
(7)
(8)
(9)
(10)

Interrogative pronouns.
The declension of quidam and quisque.
The declension of aliquis and quisquam.
Deponent verbs.
The conjugation of fero.
Semi-deponent verbs.
The imperative mood.
The predicate nominative w7ith passive verbs.
The ablative of cause.
The ablative with iitor, etc.

454. Give Latin words with which the following English

words are connected in derivation :
appeal
audacious
colloquy
faculty
ingredient

license
magnitude
memory
priority
querulous

respond
tabernacle
testament
timorous

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LESSON LXXVI
THE SUBJUNCTIVE: PRESENT SUBJUNCTIVE OF FIRST AND
SECOND CONJUGATIONS
THE SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD

455. The subjunctive mood has four tenses, the present,

the past, the perfect, and the past perfect.
The present subjunctive of the first and second conjuga
tions is as follows :
ACTIVE

Singular

Plural

Singular

Plural

portem
portes
portet

portemus
portetis
portent

moneam
moneas
moneat

monefimus
moneatis
moneant

PASSIVE
Singular

Plural

Singular

Plural

porter
porteris, -re
portetur

portemur
porteminl
portentur

monear
monearis, -re
moneatur

moneamur
moneaminl
moneantur

a. The sign of the present subjunctive in the first

conjugation is e, which replaces the characteristic a of
the conjugation. In the second conjugation the sign
is a, which is added to the present stem.
THE SUBJUNCTIVE IN EXPRESSIONS OF DESIRE

456. The subjunctive expresses a variety of ideas, among

the most important of which is desire [will or wish).
a. The expression of desire may consist in urging
somcone to act with the speaker.
Eum iuvemus, let us help him.

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b. The act desired may be expressed in the form of

an order to be carried out by somcone else than the
person addressed.
Legio impetum faciat, let the legion make an attack.
c. The negative used with the subjunctive of desire
is ne.
Ne eum moneamus, let us not warn him.
457.

VOCABULAEY

centurid, centurionis, m., centurion, an officer in the

Roman army
cupiditas, -tatis, f., eagerness,
desire
decimus, -a, -um, tenth
doceo, -ere, docui, doctum,
teach, tell
*

incuso, -are, -avi, -atum,

reprimand
mens, mentis, p., niind, disposition, attitude
ne, adv., not (with subj. in
expressions of desire, etc.)
praecipue, adv., especially
vehementer, adv., severely

EXERCISES

458. 1. HSs mllites moneamus. 2. Servl gladios et scuta

portent. 3. Centurio in eo loco maneat. 4. Ne eum vehe
menter ineusemus. 5. Impigre hodie laboremus et hoc opus
conficiamus.
Order and Courage Restored

Convocato concilio Caesar mllites et centuriones vehemen

ter incusavit. Eos docuit (told) nullam causam esse timoris.
Decimam legionem quae non timuerat praecipue laudavit.
Verbis eius mentes eorum conversae sunt et cupiditas bellI
inlata est. Tum castra movit et septem dies iter fecit ad ea
loca in quibus Ariovistum esse audierat.
459. 1. Let us move camp at once. 2. Let the legion
make an attack. 3. Let us praise the centurions of this
legion. 4. Let them not fear this enemy whom they have

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often conquered. 5. The mountain which overhung was of

great height. 6. The legions have not dared to follow the
Germans through the forests.

SUGGESTED DRILL

(1) Conjugate doced and incuso in the present subjunctive, active

and passive. (2) Conjugate conor and polliceor in the present sub
junctive. (3) Name the tense and the mood of each verb in the
sentences of 458. (4) Decline quisque. (5) Name the semi-deponent
verbs.

LESSON LXXVII
CLAUSES OF PURPOSE: PRESENT SUBJUNCTIVE OF THIRD
AND FOURTH CONJUGATIONS
CLAUSES OF PURPOSE

460. The subjunctive is used in subordinate clauses intro

duced by ut, that, or ne, that not, to express the purpose of
the main act.
Fugit ut periculum vitet, he flees that he may avoid
danger (in order to avoid danger).
Auxilium mittit ne hostes oppidum capiant, he sends aid
that the enemy may not capture the town.
a. The act which is expressed by a clause of this form
is one which is desired (or one the prevention of which is
desired). Hence the force of the mood is the same as in
the independent clauses of the preceding lesson,' that is,
it expresses desire or, more exactly, will.
b. Tn English, purpose is commonly expressed by the
infinitive or by phrases introduced by in order to, or by
clauses introduced by that or in order that.
He came to see his friend; he came in order to see his
friend; he came in order that he might see his friend.

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Such phrases or clauses cannot be translated into Latin by

the infinitive, but are rendered by ut (or ne) and the subjunc
tive. If the purpose clause is negative, ne is used.
THE PRESENT SUBJUNCTIVE OF THE THIRD AND FOURTH
CONJUGATIONS

461.L.

ACTIVE
Singular

ducam
ducas
ducat

capiam
capias
capiat

ducamus
diicatis
diicant

capiamus
capiatis
capiant

audiam
audias
audiat

Plural

audiamus
audiatis
audiant

PASSIVE
Singular

ducar
ducaris, -re
ducatur

capiar
capiaris, -re
capiatur

ducamur
ducaminl
ducantur

capiamur
capiaminl
capiantur

audiar
audiaris, -re
audiatur

Plural

audiamur
audiaminl
audiantur

VOCABULARY
462
pedes, peditis, m., foot soldier ;
adventus, -us, m., arrival, ap
pl., infantrymen, infantry
proach
proficiscor,
proficisci, profecgaudeo, gaudere, gavisus
tus
sum,
set
out
sum, rejoice
quintus, -a, -um, fifth
insidiae, -arum, p. pl., treach
ut, conj., that
ery, ambush
ne, conj., that not (in clauses uterque, utraque, utrumque,
each of two, each
of purpose)

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EXERCISES
463. 1. Uterque proficlscitur ut urbem capiat. 2. Unam
legionem relinquit ut locus muniatur. 3. Iter avertunt ut
copias RSmanas sequantur. 4. Aciem Instruit ut proelium
committat. 5. Auxilium implorant ne urbes incendantur.
6. Cum omnibus copils proficlscamur. 7. Caesar gavlsus est
quod Ariovistus colloquium postulaverat.
A Conference Is Arranged
Cognito Caesaris adventu, Ariovistus legatos ad eum mlsit
ut colloquium postularent. Dies colloquio constitutus est
ex eo die qulntus. Uterque ad colloquium cum equitatu et
sine peditibus venit quod Ariovistus dlxit se vereri Insidias.
Sed Caesar decimam legionem pro equitatu duxit quod
equitatul fidem non habebat.
464. 1. He sends envoys in order to demand (that he may
demand) a conference. 2. He remains in the city to see his
friend. 3. He sends the soldiers that the town may be de
fended. 4. He brings (leads) the legion that he may not be
surrounded (circumvenire) through treachery. 5. Let us
bring the cavalry and one legion with us (387).
SUGGESTED DRILL

(1) Conjugate mitto and venio in the present active subjunctive.

(2) Conjugate proficiscor and potior in the present subjunctive. (3)
Give the third person plural of the present active subjunctive of laudo,
moveo, defendo, and miinio. (4) Conjugate proficiscor in the future
tense. (5) Indicate the tense sign and personal ending of moveat.

ROMAN SEAT, RINGS

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LESSON LXXVIII
RELATIVE CLAUSES OF PURPOSE: PRESENT SUBJUNCTIVE
OF SUM AND POSSUM
BELATIVE CLAUSES OF PURPOSE

465. Sometimes a relative pronoun is used to introduce

a purpose clause.
Legatum mittit qui colloquium postulet, he sends an
envoy who shall demand (to demand) an interview.
a. The relative clause of purpose is frequently em
ployed in dependence upon a main clause which has a
form of mitto or some one of its compounds as its verb.
466. The present subjunctive of sum and possum is as
follows:
Singular

Plural

Singular

Plural

sim

slmus
sltis
sint

possim
possls
possit

posslmus
possltis
possint

sls

sit
467.

VOCABULARY

arroganter, adv., insolently

ita, adv., so, thus
loquor, loqui, lociitus sum,
speak

paratus, -a, -um, prepared

postulatum, -i, n., demand,
request
priusquam, conj., before

EXERCISES

468. 1. HomS mittitur qul sit dux exercitus. 2. Exercitum dlvidit ut hostes circumvenlre possit. 3. Legionem
in castrls relinquit quae hostes repellat. 4. Legatos mittet
qul eadem postulent. 5. Sint omnes fortes.

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Ariovistus Is Defiant

In eo colloquio Caesar iterum questus est de iniurils quas

Ariovistus fecerat, et quaedam (certain things) postulavit.
Hls postulatls Ariovistus arroganter respondit, atque ita
locutus est: Ego in Galliam venl priusquam populus Eomanus. Non ego bellum Gallls intull sed Galll mihi bellum
intulerunt. Omnes copias eorum proelio superavl. Paratus
sum iterum decertare. Si tu in Gallia manebis hostis tuus
ero. Sl decedes amlcus ero.
469. 1. He demands help, that the city may not be cap
tured. 2. I am leaving ten men to fortify this place (who
shall fortify). 3. They are collecting forces that they may
be able to lay waste the fields. 4. Caesar enrolls two new
legions in order to defend the province. 5. Let us be brave
in danger.

SUGGESTED DRILL

(1) Conjugate loquor in the present subjunctive and the future

indicative. (2) Explain the mood of Bit in sentence 1, and of sint in
sentence 5, 468. (3) Give the principal parts of questus, respondit,
intuli, and veni. (4) Decline quidam. (5) Conjugate decedo in the
present indicative and subjunctive, active voice.

ROMAN HELMETS

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LESSON LXXIX
SUBSTANTIVE CLAUSES WITH VERBS OF DESIRE:
SUBJUNCTIVE

PAST

THE SUBJUNCTIVE IN SUBSTANTIVE CLAUSES DEFENDING ON WOKDS OF

DESIRE

470. Many verbs expressing or implying an idea of

desire, such as those meaning to persuade, command, urge,
determine, wish, and the like, may take as object a clause
with its verb in the subjunctive. The conjunction is ut,
negative ne. A clause of this kind is usually translated into
English by an infinitive phrase.
His persuasit ut exirent, he persuaded them to go forth.
THE PAST SUBJUNCTIVE

471. The past subjunctive of all regular verbs has the

tense sign re* before the personal endings. Its forms are
made on the present stem.
ACTIVE
Singular

II.

portarem
portares
portaret

monerem
moneres
moneret

III.

ducerem
duceres
duceret

IV.

eaperem
caperes
caperet

audlrem
audlres
audlret

Plural

portaremus moneremus duceremus caperemus audlremus

portaretis
moneretis
duceretis caperetis audlretis
portarent
monerent
ducerent
caperent audlrent
JAs has been previously stated, a long vowel in a tense sign or stem
ending becomes short before the personal endings -m, -t, -nt, -r, and -ntur.

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PASSIVE
Singular

portarer
portareris
or
portarere
portaretur

monerer
monereris
or
monerere
moneretur

dueerei
ducereris
or
ducerere
dueeretur

caperer
capereris
or
caperere
caperetur

audlrer
audlreris
or
audlrere
audlretur

Plural

portaremur moneremur duceremur capercmur audlremur

portareminl monereminl ducereminl caperominl audlreminl
portarentur monerentur ducerentur eaperentur audlrentur
a. The past subjunctive may be formed by adding
the personal endings to the present active infinitive,
with the necessary changes in quantity. This statement
applies to all irregular verbs as well as regular verbs.
472.

VOCABULARY

colloquor, colloqui, collocutus

sum, confer, converse
comprehendo, -hendere,
-hendi, -hensum, seize
discedo, -cedere, -cessi, -cessum, withdraw
hortor, -ari, -atus sum, urge

impero, -are, -avi, -atum,

command (with dative)
lapis, lapidis, m.% stone
patior, pati, passus sum,
permit, allow
reducd, -ere, reduxi, reductum, lead back

EXERCISES

473. 1. El persuadet ut decedat. 2. El persuasit ut decederet. 3. ESs hortatur ut impetum sustineant. 4. Caesar
legionem hortatus est ut impetum hostium fortiter sustineret. 5. Mllitem ad amicum mlsit qul eum hortaretur ut
venlret.

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A Treacherous Attack

Interea equites Germanorum appropinquaverunt et tela

lapidesque in Romanos iaeere eoeperunt. Caesar ex colloquio
discessit et suos (201) ad castra reduxit. Els imperavit ne
tela in Germanos iacerent. Postea Ariovistus legatos misit
et aliud colloquium postulavit. Caesar duos legatos mlsit
qul cum eo colloquerentur. Sed Ariovistus eos comprehendit neque dlcere passus est.

CAESAR'S TRIUMPH

474. 1. I persuaded the boy to remain. 2. The man per

suaded his brother to withdraw. 3. The soldiers urged the
centurions to lead them to the camp. 4. No one commanded
(imperare) you to do this. 5. The king persuaded the Germans
to cross the river.

SUGGESTED DRILL

(1) Conjugate hortor and colloquor in the past subjunctive. (2)

Decline together idem lapis. (3) Give a synopsis of potior in the third
person singular, in the indicative and in the present and the past sub
junctive. (4) Explain the mood of hortaretur and of veniret in
sentence 5, 473. (5) Analyze the forms sustinerent and hortaretur.

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LESSON LXXX
SUBJUNCTIVE OF FERO AND EO:
SUBJUNCTIVE

ANTICIPATORY

the present and past subjunctive of fero and eo~

475.

Present
ACTIVE

PASSIVE

Singular

Plural

Singular

feram
feras
ferat

i'eramus
feratis
ferant

ferar
feraris or ferare
feratur

Plural

feramur
feramini
ferantur

Past
ACTIVE

Singular

ferrem
ferres
ferret

PASSIVE

Plural

ferremus
i'erretis
ferrent

Singular

Plural

ferrer
i'erreris o,r ferrere
ferretur

Present

ferremur
ferreminl
ferrentur

Past

Singular

Plural

Singular

Plural

CH 111

eamus
eatis
eant

Ireni
Ires
Iret

Iremus
Iretis
Irent

eas
eat

THE ANTIOIPATORY SUBJUNCTIVE

476. The subjunctive may be used in subordinate clauses

to refer to an act as expected or anticipated.
Exspectavit dum frater rediret, he waited until his
brother should return.
a. The Anticipatory Subjunctive is most frequently
used after conjunctions meaning until or before.

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VOCABULARY

commeatus, -us, m., supplies

consido, -sidere, -sedi, -sessum, encamp
contineo, -ere, continui, contentum, restrain

dum, conj., until

intercludo, -ere, interclusi,
interclusum, cut off
postridie, adv., the next day
ultra, prep. w. ace, beyond

EXERCISES

478. 1. Auxilium mlsit priusquam urbs caperetur. 2. In

castrls exspeetabant dum auxilium ferretur. 3. Ad oppidum pervenit priusquam hostes fugerent. 4. Ex urbe exefimus ut proelium committamus. 5. DomI puer manebat dum
frater redlret. 6. Auxilium feramus et amicos iuvemus.
Caesar Offers Battle

Eodem die Ariovistus castra movit et sex mllibns passuum a Caesaris castrls consedit. Postrldie .castra ultra
Caesarem fecit ut eum commeatu intercluderet.
Caesar
aciem Instruxit sed Ariovistus suSs castris (in camp) continuit, neque proelium commisit. Equites autem Germanorum cum equitatu_ Romanorum proelio contendebant.
479. 1. The Germans waited until Caesar should move
camp. 2. We seized the camp before the enemy fled. 3.
The soldiers will set out to bring aid. 4. The centurion
urged the legion to go by this road (that it should go, etc.).
5. Ariovistus restrained his men until the Romans should
move their camp.

SUGGESTED DRILL

(1) Conjugate confero in the present subjunctive passive and the

past subjunctive active. (2) Conjugate transeo in the present and
past subjunctive. (3) Give a synopsis of exe.d in the third person
plural of the indicative and in the present and past subjunctive.
(4) Explain the mood of fugerent in sentence 3, 478.

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SIXTEENTH REVIEW LESSON

480.

VOCABULARY REVIEW

adventus, -us, m.
commeatus, -us, m.
consulatus, -us, m.
cupiditas, -tatis, f.
facultas, -tatis, f.
Insidiae, -arum, f. pl.
lapis, lapidis, M.
mens, mentis, f.
pedes, peditis, m.
postulatum, -I, n.
rlpa, -ae, f.
tabernaculum, -l, n.
testamentum, -l, n.
timor, timoris, m.
iisus, -us, m.
paratus, -a, -um
prior, prius
arroganter
eo
lnsol enter
it a
paene
postridie
praecipuo
vehementer
481.
arrogantly
comprehend
contain
cupidity

aliquis, aliquid
quldam, quaedatn, quoddam
quis? quid?
quisquam, quicquam
quisque, quidque
uterque, utraque, utrumque
appello, -are, -avl, -atum
audeo, -ere, ausus sum
cingo, -ere, clnxl, eInctum
coepl, coepisse, coeptum
colloquor, colloqul, collocutus sum
contineo, -ere, continul, contentum
doceo, -ere, docul, doctum
gaudeo, -ere, gavlsus sum
glorior, -an, gloriatus sum
hortor, -arl, hortatus sum
impero, -are, -avl, -atum
ingredior, ingredl, ingressus sum
licet, licere, licuit
loquor, loqul, locutus sum
oportet, -ere, oportuit
patior, patl, passus sum
queror, querl. questus sum
reduco, -ere, rediixl, reductum
soleo, -ere, solitus sum

RELATED ENGLISH WORDS

docile
exhort
imperative
insidious

loquacious
mental
reduce
vehemently

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LESSON LXXXI
PAST SUBJUNCTIVE OF SUM AND POSSUM: RESULT
CLAUSES
THE PAST SUBJUNCTIVE OF SUM AND POSSUM

482. The irregular verb sum and its compound, possum;

are conjugated in the past subjunctive as follows:
Singular

essom
esses
esset

Plural

Singular

Plural

essemus
esset is
essent

possem
posses
posset

possemus
possetis
possent

a. These forms may be found by adding the personal

endings to the present infinitives (471, a).
THE SUBJUNCTIVE IN CLAUSES OF RESULT

483. Subordinate clauses expressing result are intro

duced by ut (occasionally by a relative pronoun) and have
their verbs in the subjunctive.
Ita arroganter respondit ut omnes irati essent, he an
swered so arrogantly thai all were angry.
a. The negative used in clauses of result is non.
b. The subjunctive in these clauses usually states a
fact and is translated by the English indicative, as in
the example above.
484.

VOCABULARY

deligo, -ere, delegi, delictum,

choose, select
diligenter, adv., diligently
idoneus, -a, -um, suitable, appropriate

perficio, -ere, perfeci, perfectum, complete

tam, adv., so (with adjectives
or adverbs)
undiquc, adv., on all sides

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EXERCISES

485. 1. Tam celeriter mllites eastra undique circumvenerunt ut nemo fugere posset. 2. Puerl tam dlligenter labora,verunt ut multl eos laudarent. 3. Illls hominibus persuasimus ut nobis amlcl essent. 4. Legio pervenlre contendebat
priusquam oppidum expugnaretur. 5. Mllites ita acriter
pugnaverunt ut omnes hostes fugerent.
The Romans Fortify Another Camp

Ubi (when) Caesar vldit Germanos castrls sc continere,

aliud consilium cepit [formed). Locum idoneum delegit et
eastra parva munlre coepit. Ariovistus equites ad eum
locum mlsit qul Romanos terrerent. HI autem repulsl sunt
atque opus perfectum est.
486. 1. The Gauls fought so fiercely that we could not
drive them back. 2. The horsemen were so brave that they
dared to make an attack on the legion. 3. We could not
persuade the soldiers to choose (that they choose) a suitable
place. 4. The Romans tried to complete the work before
the Helvetians should cross the river.

SUGGESTED DRILL

(1) Give a synopsis of sum in the third person singular of the

indicative and of the present and the past subjunctive. (2) Give a
synopsis of possum in the third person plural of the indicative and of
the present and the past subjunctive. (3) Explain the subjunctive
expugnaretur in sentence 4, 485. (4) Compare the adverb dlligenter
(from the adjective diligens). (5) Conjugate perficio in the present
and the past subjunctive, active voice.

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LESSON LXXXII
PERFECT SUBJUNCTIVE:

INDIRECT QUESTIONS

THE PERFECT SUBJUNCTIVE, ACTIVE VOICE

487. The perfect active subjunctive is formed on the

perfect stem, with the tense sign eri.
Singular
II.

portaverim
porta verls
portaverit

IV.

III.

monuerim
monuerls
monuerit

diixerim
duxerls
diixerit

audlverim
audlverls
audlverit

Plural

portaverlmus
portaverltis
portaverint

monuerlmus
monuerltis
monuerint

diixerimus
diixerltis
dtixerint

audlverlmus
audlverltis
audlverint

THE PERFECT SUBJUNCTIVE, PASSIVE VOICE

488. The perfect passive subjunctive is made up of the

past participle and the present subjunctive of sum.
portatus sim
portatus sis, .
etc.

monitus sim
monitus sls,
etc.

ductus sim
audltus sim
ductus sis,
audltus sls,
etc.
etc.

INDIRECT QUESTIONS

489. An indirect question is a question which is quoted

with changed form. Indirect questions depend on words of
asking, knowing, perceiving, and the like :
He asked who the man teas. (Direct, Who is the man?)
In Latin, an indirect question has its verb in the subjunctive.
Scio cur timeas, I know why you fear.
times? Why do you fear?)

(Direct, Cur

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213

VOCABULARY

arbitror, -ari, arbitratus sum,

think
confido, -ere, confisus sum
(442), trust [usually takes
dative)
demum, adv., at last

educo, -ere, eduxi, eductum,

lead out
quaero, -ere, quaesivi, quae
Situm, ask
scio, scire, scivi, scitum, know
vesper, vesperi, m., evening

EXERCISES

491. 1. Quaero quis hie homo sit. 2. Nemo intellegit

quia hoc doiium mlserit. 3. Scimus cur omnes hunc puerum
monuerint. 4. Non reperire possum in quo locS amlcl nostrl
habitaverint. 5. Pater tuus huic hominl non confidit quod
eum honestum esse non arbitrator. 6. Tam diii in silva
mansit ut ante noctem domum pervenIre non posset.
The Battle Begins

Caesar duas legiones in castris minoribus reliquit ne eommeatu prohiberetur. Reliquos in castra maiora reduxit.
Ariovistus statim partem copiarum misit quae impetum in
eas legiones faceret. Acriter ad vesperum pugnatum est
(438, a), sed Germanl repulsl sunt. Tum demum Ariovistus
omnes copias eduxit ut proelio decertaret.
492. 1. We know who has heard this. 2. The man asks
who has promised a reward. 3. No one thinks that the
enemy are brave. 4. The leader knows who has captured
the town. 5. We shall find out where you have been. 6. The
camp was so placed that the soldiers could see the bank of
the river.
SUGGESTED DRILL

(1) Conjugate possum in the perfect indicative and the perfect sub
junctive. (2) Conjugate fero in the perfect subjunctive, active and
passive. (3) Give a synopsis of confido in the third person singular
of the indicative. (4) Explain the mood of mlserit in sentence 2,
and of posset in sentence 6, 491. (5) Explain the mood of faceret,
line 10, 491, and of decertaret, line 12, 491.

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LESSON LXXXIII
PAST PERFECT SUBJUNCTIVE
THE PAST PERFECT SUBJUNCTIVE, ACTIVE VOICE

493. The past perfect subjunctive in the active voice is

formed on the perfect stem with the tense sign isse.
Singular
I.

II.

III.

IV.

portavissem
portavisses
portavisset

monuissem
monuisses
monuisset

duxissem
duxisses
diixisset

audlvissem
audlvisses
audlvisset

Plural

portavissemus monuissemus
portavissetis
monuissetis
portavissent
monuissent

duxissemus
duxissetis
duxissent

audlvissemus
audlvissetis
audlvissent

THE PAST PERFECT SUBJUNCTIVE, PASSIVE VOICE

494. The past perfect subjunctive in the passive voice is

made up of the past participle and the past subjunctive
of sum.
I.

II.

III.

portatus essem monitus essem ductus essem

portatus esses, monitus esses, ductus esses,
etc.
etc.
etc.
495.

IV.

audltus essem
audltus esses.
etc.

VOCABULARY

communis, adv., hand to hand

dexter, dextra, dextrum,
right hand, right
firmus, -a, -um, firm, strong
minime, adv., least
premo, -ere, pressi, pressum,
press hard, press

procurro, -ere, procurri, procursum, run forward

sinister, sinistra, sinistrum,
left hand, left
videor, videri, visus sum
(passive of video as de
ponent), seem

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EXERCISES

496. 1. Puer quaesivit cur amicus suus auxilium postulavisset. 2. Legatus repperit cur mllites urbem non defendissent. 3. Crassus auxilium tulit ne ea pars repelleretur. 4.
Tam celeriter proeurrerunt ut statim comminus pugnaretur.
5. Centurio locum castrls (for a camp) delegit qul idoneus
videbatur.
A Hard-Fought Battle

Caesar a dextrS cornu proelium commlsit quod ea pars

hostium minime iirma erat. Mllites Romanl acriter impetum
fecerunt et Germanl celeriter proeurrerunt. Comminus pugnatum est. Germanl a sinistra parte repulsl sunt sed a
dextra parte vehementer Romanos premebant. Ad eam
partem P. Crassus qui equitatul praeerat auxilium tulit.
497. 1. No one knew why the soldiers had come. 2. "We
asked why the soldiers had not been sent. 3. We know
who is defending the town. 4. The centurion persuaded
the scouts to set out. 5. Caesar made an attack before the
enemy fortified their camp.
SUGGESTED DRILL

(1) Give a synopsis of pugno and of porto in the third person sin
gular, active voice, in the indicative and the subjunctive. (2) Give
the tense signs of the past perfect indicative, the perfect subjunctive,
and the past perfect subjunctive in the active voice. (3) Explain the
mood of repelleretur in sentence 3, 496. (4) Decline in the singular
the words cornu dextrum.

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LESSON LXXXIV
INDIRECT DISCOURSE

498. A direct quotation is one which repeats the exact

words of the original speaker.
He said, "I will come."
An indirect quotation is one which repeats the thought, but
not the exact words of the original speaker.
He said that he would come.
In English, an indirect quotation is commonly introduced
by the conjunction that; sometimes no conjunction is used.
499. In Latin, indirect quotations are expressed as follows :
(1) A main clause containing a statement has its
verb in the infinitive with the subject in the
accusative.
(2) A main clause containing a command has its
verb in the subjunctive.
(3) All subordinate clauses have their verbs in the
subjunctive.
Legatus dixit locum quem centuridnes
delegissent non idoneum esse, the lieu
tenant said that the place which the
centurions had chosen was not suitable.
a. The constructions of indirect discourse are used
after words of saying, thinking, knowing, perceiving, and
the like. For this use in simple sentences see 395.
500.

VOCABULARY

incolumis, -e, safe

nam, conj., for
regid, regidnis, f., region
remaned, -manere, -mansi,
-mansum, remain

salus, salutis, p., safety

tergum, -i, n., back
uxor, uxoris, p., wife
verto, -ere, verti, versum,
turn ; terga vertere, flee

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EXERCISES

501. 1. Nuntius dlcit hostes oppidum munlre quod impetum timeant. 2. Labienus cognoverat eas legiones quae
trans flumen essent in perlculo magnS esse. 3. Considius
reniintiavit Gallos eum montem tenere ad quem Labienus
profeetus esset. 4. Ariovistus dlxit se bellum gerere quod
Galll se oppugnavissent. 5. In ea regione diu remansI
Rout of the Germans

Denique Germanl repulsl sunt et terga verterunt. Ad

flumen Rhenum eontenderunt qui ex eo loco circiter qulnque
mllia passuum aberat. Ibi paucl transierunt et sibi salutem
reppererunt. In his fuit Ariovistus, sed fllia eius atque duae
uxores interfectae sunt. Nam Ariovistus duas uxores habebat. Bl legatl quos Caesar mlserat repertl sunt et incolumes
reduetl sunt.
502. 1. The centurion said that the place which had been
chosen for a camp was not suitable. 2. We think the boy
is working because he fears his father. 3. The scouts re
ported to Caesar that the army which was approaching was
large. 4. The enemy crossed the river so quickly that we
were not able to fortify our camp. 5. The soldiers saw that
Caesar was in danger.
SUGGESTED DRILL

(1) Indicate the base of the nouns regio and salus. (2) Give the
three stems of the verb verto. (3) Give the principal parts of
proficiscor and of reperio. (4) Conjugate absum in the past indicative
and past subjunctive. (5) Give all the infinitives of premo, active
and passive.

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LESSON LXXXV
INDIRECT DISCOURSE (Continued) : EO (Completed)
INDIRECT DISCOURSE (Continued)

503. The infinitive in indirect discourse is present, past,

or future, according as the verb in the direct discourse
expressed present, past, or future time.
The subjunctive is regularly present or perfect if the verb
on which the indirect discourse depends is present or future.
It is regularly past or past perfect if the verb on which the
indirect discourse depends is in any tense of past time.
IKE CONJUGATION OF EO (Completed)

504. The imperatives, participles, and infinitives of eo

are as follows :
Imperatives
Sing. l
Plur. lte

505.

Participles
Pres. iens (gen. euntis)
Past itum
Fut. iturus

Infinitives
Pres. ire
Past Isse (iisse)
Fut. iturus esse

VOCARULARY

citerior, -ius, comparative

adj., nearer, hither
credo, -dere, -didi, -ditum,
believe
pecunia, -ae, v., money
praeficio, -ficere, -feci, -fec
tum, put in command of

redigo, -ere, redegi, redactum, reduce

servitus, servitutis, f., slav
ery, servitude
Ubii, -orum, m. pl., the Ubii,
a German tribe

EXERCISES

506. 1. Centurio oppido1 praefectus est. 2. Labienus centurionem oppido praefecit. 3. Caesar vidit Belgas exercitum conduxisse. 4. Omnes exlstimabant hostes impetum
1 See 324.

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facturos esse. 5. Legatus dlcit Germanos discedere quod

pugnare non cupiant. 6. Belgae crediderunt Romanos in
Gallia remanere ut eam regionem in servitutem redigerent.
7. Galli auxilium petlverunt et pecuniam pollicitl sunt.
The End of the Campaign

HSc proelio cognito trans Rhenum, Suebl qui ad rlpas

RhenI venerant domum redlre coeperunt. Ubil qul eas
regiones incolebant impetum in eos in itinere fecerunt atque
magnum numerum interfecerunt. Itaque duo bella una
aestate confeeta sunt. (Haec erant bellum Helvetiorum et
bellum Germanorum.) Caesar Labienum castrls praefecit ;
ipse in Galliam eiteriorem profectus est.
507. 1. The Ubii said that their fathers had inhabited
that region. 2. The Romans found out that the Germans
were brave. 3. Labienus knew that the scouts would set
out. 4. The Ubii had not been reduced to (in) slavery.
5. "We did not promise money to the slave.

SUGGESTED DRILL

(1) Decline together meus liber.

(2) Explain the case of oppido
in sentence 2, 506. (3) Explain the case of hostes in sentence 4, 506.
(4) Give the accusative singular and the genitive plural of citerior.
(5) Explain the mood of redigerent in sentence 6, 506.

SEVENTEENTH REVIEW LESSON

508.

(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)

The
The
The
The
The
The

imperative, infinitives, and participles of eo.

present subjunctive of regular verbs.
present subjunctive of sum and possum.
past subjunctive of regular verbs.
past subjunctive of sum and possum.
perfect and past perfect subjunctive.

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(7)
(8)
(9)
(10)
(11)
(12)

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The use of the subjunctive in main clauses.

Clauses of purpose.
Substantive clauses of desire.
The anticipatory subjunctive.
Indirect questions.
Indirect discourse.

509. Give Latin words with which the following English

words are connected in derivation :
arbitration
confide
credit
dexterity
firm

pecuniary
perfect
pressure
remain
requisition

salutary
servitude
sinister
version
vespers

LESSON LXXXVI
TENSES OF SUBJUNCTIVE IN SUBORDINATE CLAUSES:
DESCRIPTIVE CLAUSES OF SITUATION
TENSES IN SUBORDINATE CLAUSES

510. The relation between the tense of a subjunctive1 in

a subordinate clause and the tense of the verb of the main
clause on which it depends is usually as follows :
(1) If the tense of the main verb denotes present or future
time, the dependent subjunctive is present or perfect.
(2) If the tense of the main verb denotes past time, the
tense of the dependent subjunctive is past or past perfect.
(3) The present and past tenses of the subjunctive in sub
ordinate clauses denote acts incomplete at the time of the
1 The relation between the tense of a dependent indicative and that of
the main verb is sufficiently evident from the English to cause the pupil
no difficulty.

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main verb. The perfect and past perfect denote acts com
plete at the time of the main verb.
a. If the main verb is a perfect which is equivalent
to an English present perfect, the dependent subjunc
tive is sometimes present or perfect.
b. A result clause occasionally has its verb in the
perfect after a main tense of past time.
DESCRIPTIVE CLAUSES OF SITUATION

511. A clause introduced by cum meaning when, with its

verb in the past or past perfect subjunctive, is used to
describe the situation in which the act of the main clause
took place.
Cum pons factus esset, exercitus flumen transiit, when
the bridge had been made, the army crossed the river.
512.

VOCABULARY

coniuro, -are, -avi, -atum,

league together, plot
cum, conj., when, since,
although
libertas, -tatis, f., liberty
mereor, merer!, meritus sum,
deserve

ob, prep. with accusative,

on account of
occido, -ere, occidi, occisum,
kill
tantus, -a, -um, so great
inter se, among themselves,
to one another, one another

EXERCISES

513. 1. Mllites eo die magnam laudem meritl sunt. 2.

Cum Belgae inter se couiuravissent, bellum parare coeperunt.
3. Ob eam rem Caesar statim profectus est. 4. Timor tantus
erat ut multl flerent. 5. Cum nuntius hoc dlxisset, discessit.
6. Cum multl occlsi essent, reliqul fugerunt.
Plots Among the Belgians

Cum Caesar in citeriore Gallia esset, Belgae contra populum

Romanum coniurare coeperunt. Eae gentes quae proximae

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erant a Romanis superatae erant. Exercitus Romanus in

Gallia hiemabat, quod numquam antea factum erat. Itaque
Belgae potentiam popull Romanl timebant et llbertatem suam
defendere constituerunt. Copias in unum locum conduxerunt
et bellum paraverunt.

INTERIOR Of A HOUSE AT POMPEII

(RESTORATION)

514. 1. When the lieutenant had drawn up the line of

battle, the enemy advanced. 2. The danger was so great
that all remained in the city. 3. On account of this fact
(thing) a legion was sent. 4. When the Belgians had seen
this, they began to league together. 5. We cannot remain
longer in this region.
SUGGESTED DRILL

(1) Conjugate sum and possum in the past perfect indicative and
the past perfect subjunctive. (-) Give a synopsis of possum in the
third person, singular and plural, of the indicative and subjunctive.
(3) Give the infinitives of exeo and transeo, (4) Explain the mood
of coniuravissent in sentence 4, and of flereut in sentence 6, 513.
(5) Conjugate occidd in the perfect subjunctive, active voice.

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LESSON LXXXVII
CONJUGATION OF Fid: SUBSTANTIVE CLAUSES OF FACT
THE CONJUGATION OF FIO

515. The verb fid, become or be made, is used as the

passive of facio in the present system. The perfect system
of facio in the passive is regularly formed with the past
participle and the forms of sum. The endings of fid are
those of the active voice. Its forms will be found in the
Appendix, section 35.
a. In this verb the vowel i is long before another
vowel except in the past subjunctive and the present
infinitive.
b. The third person singular, when followed by ut
and the subjunctive, is commonly translated it happens,
it results, the result is.
SUBSTANTIVE CLAUSES OF FACT INTRODUCED BY UT
516. Some verbs and phrases which express the bringing
about of an act or situation may take as object lor as subject
in the passive) a dependent clause introduced by ut, with its
verb in the subjunctive.
The words with which this type of clause is most fre
quently used are facio and its compounds, and words mean
ing to happen.
Fiebat ut omnes timerent, it resulted (the result was)
that all feared.
Ea res effecit ut castra tuta essent, this fact brought it
about that the camp was safe [made the camp safe).
1 With the compounds of facio a substantive clause of desire is sometimes
used (470).

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VOCABULARY

certus, -a, -um, certain

fid, fieri, factus sum, become,
be made
frumentarius, -a, -um, of
grain; res frumentaria,
grain supply
pabulum, -i, n., forage
Pedius, -i, m., Pedius, a lloman name

Q., abbreviation for Quintus,

a Roman name
Remi, -drum, m. pl., the Remi,
a tribe of Gaul
ulterior, ulterius, farther
certiorem (certiores) facere,
to inform (lit. to make more
certain) ; certior (certiores)
fieri, to be informed

a. The phrases certiorem (-es) facere, certior i-es) fieri,

may be followed by an infinitive with subject accusative.
Caesarem certiorem fecerunt hostes fugisse, they in
formed Caesar that the enemy had fled.
EXERCISES

518. 1. Flebat ut non facile domo exlre possent.

2.
Dumnorlx fit dux equitiltus. 3. Hie vir certior factus est
moram esse peiiculosam. 4. De his rebus omnes certiores
flunt. 5. Remi Caesarem certiorem faciunt.
Caesar Organizes a Larger Army

Caesar a Labieno de ea re certior factus est. Itaque duas

novas legiones in Gallia citeriore conscrlpsit. Q. Pedium
legatum mlsit qui eas in Galliam ulteriorem duceret. Ipse,
cum copia pabuli esset, ad exercitum venit. Re frumentaria
comparata castra movit et qulndecim diebus ad flnes Belgarum pervenit. Cum eo [there) venisset, Reml qul proximl
Galliae ex Belgls sunt legatos mlserunt et pacem petierunt.
519. 1. All things (omnia) which you command are being
done. 2. The lieutenant is being informed concerning the
danger. 3. The centurion was informed that the enemy
were approaching. 4. We have informed the man that this

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place is dangerous.
Remi sent envoys.

5. When the camp had been moved, the

SUGGESTED DRILL

(1) Decline the phrase rSs friimentaria (used only in the singular).
(2) Give the Latin noun from which the adjective frumentarius is
"derived. (3) Conjugate the verb petd in the perfect and the past per
fect subjunctive passive. (4) Explain the case of dux in sentence 2,
518. (o) Explain the mood of duceret, line 7, 518.

LESSON LXXXVTTI
CUM CAUSAL CLAUSES:

GENITIVE OF MATERIAL

CUM CAUSAL CLAUSES

520. A subordinate clause introduced by cum meaning

since, has its verb in the subjunctive.
Gum se defendere non possent, auxilium a Caesare
petebant, since they could not defend themselves, then
requested aid from Caesar.
THE GENITIVE OF MATERIAL

521. The genitive may be used to denote the material of

which something is composed or the persons making up a
collective noun.
Multitudo Belgarum convenit, a multitude of Belgians
assembled.
a. This use is found chiefly with collective nouns.
522.

VOCABULARY

adsum, adesse, adfui, adfuturus, be present, be at hand

fluo, -ere, fluxi, now
gravis, -e, heavy, hard to bear,
serious

Hberaliter, adv., generously

onus, oneris, n., burden,
weight
ordo, ordinis, m., rank, order
valles, vallis, -ium, f., valley

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EXERCISES

523. 1. Cum magnus numerus mllitum in oppido esset,

hostes impetum non fecerunt. 2. Ariovistus magnam multitudinem Germanorum traduxerat. 3. Cum iniuriae hostium
graves sint, auxilium tuum petimus. 4. Quod onus armorum
magnum erat, nostri vix flumen transierunt. 5. IJuic puero
persuadere potes ut domi maneat. 6. Eo die omnes Srdines
aderant. 7. Hoc flumen per magnam vallem fluit, et multls
locls transltur.
Submission of the Remi

Dlxerunt se paratos esse obsides dare et Romanos frumento iuvare. De hls rebus quae apud Belgas flebant, et de
numero quem quaeque clvitas ad hoc bellum pollicita erat
Caesarem certiorem fecerunt. Caesar 3ls Hberaliter respondit et obsides eorum accepit. Dlviciacum Haeduum hortatus
est ut copiae Haeduorum in flnes Belgarum ducerentur.
524. 1. Since Ariovistus remained in camp, Caesar led
back "his forces to the town. 2. Since the scouts are not
present, we shall send three soldiers. 3. A multitude of
Gauls and Germans were killed in flight. 4. The road was
so narrow that a few could defend it. 5. When the first
ranks had crossed, the rest followed at once.

SUGGESTED DRILL

(1) Explain the case of Germanorum in sentence 2, and of puero in

sentence 5, 523. (2) Explain the case of die in sentence 6, 523.
(3) Explain the mood of esset in sentence 1, 523. (4) Give a synop
sis of adsum in the third person plural of the indicative and the sub
junctive. (5) Give the genitive plural of ordo and valles.

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LESSON LXXXIX
CONJUGATION OF VOLO: CUM ADVERSATIVE CLAUSES
THE IRREGULAR VERB VOLO

525. The verb volo, wish, be willing, is irregular.

principal parts are vold, velle, volui.

Its

Present
Indicativt

Subjunc tiue

Singular

Plural

Singular

Tlural

volo
vult

volumus
vult is
volunt

velim
vells
velit

vellmus
velltis
velint

volebam
vol ("bas
volebat

volebamus
volebatis
volebant

veliem
velles
vellet

vellemus
velletls
vellent

volam
voles
volet

volemus
voletis
volent

volul

voluimus

voluerim

voluerlmus

volueram

Past Perfect
volueramus
[Link]

voluero

Future Perfect
voluerimus

vis

Past

Future

Perfect

Participle
volens

Pres.

velle

a. This verb has no imperatives.

voluissemus

Infinitives
Past

voluisse

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CVM ADVERSATIVE CLAUSES

526. A subordinate clause introduced by cum, meaning

although, has its verb in the subjunctive.
Cum periculum magnum sit, tamen impetum faciSmus,
although the danger is great, still we shall make an
attack,
a. The adverb tamen usually stands in the main clause
with which an adversative clause is connected.
527.

VOCABULARY

Axona, -ae, f., the Aisne, a

river of France
bene, adv., well
Bibrax, Bibractis, f., Bibrax,
a town of Gaul
difficultas, -tatis, f., difficulty

extremus, -a, -um, last, farthest. farthest part of

propond, -ere, prdposui, prdpositum, point out, explain
tarde, adv., slowly
vold, velle, volui, wish, will

EXERCISES

528. 1. Cum paucl in oppido essent, tamen hostes id

expugnare non poterant. 2. Caesar proelium committere
volebat. 3. Cum non bene meritl sltis, tamen vos iuvabimus. 4. Tardius appropinquaverunt quod magna onera
portabant. 5. Flebat ut nemo huie hominl conflderet. 6.
Magnae difficultates itineris proponebantur, sed tamen omnes
proficlsci volebant. 7. Vult, volet, vis, volent.
Location of the Roman Camp

Ipse exercitum trans flumen Axonam, quod est in extremls

flnibus Kemorum, diixit et ibi castra posuit. Rlpae eius fluminis latus eastrorum muniebant. ltaque factum est ut
commeatus ad eum sine perlculo portiirl possent. Nam fInes
Remorum post eum erant. Ab hls castrls oppidum Remorum

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nomine (366) Bibrax aberat mllia passuum octo. Id Belgae

magno iuipetu oppugnare coeperunt.
529. 1. Although the town is large, still a few soldiers can
defend it. 2. This man wishes to live in the city. 3. Although
the river was not deep, the legion advanced slowly. 4. The
centurions could not persuade the soldiers to cross (470) the
ditch. 5. The Germans wish to cross the Rhine.
SUGGESTED DRILL

(1) Give the derivation of the English words extreme, tardy, and
proposition. (2) Give the Latin adjective from which the noun
difficultas is derived. (3) Explain the case of homini in sentence 5,
528. (4) Give the principal parts of volebant and confidamus. (5)
Explain the mood of confideret in sentence 5, 528.

LESSON XC
CONJUGATION OF NOLO: CLAUSES OF FEAK
CONJUGATION OF NOLO

530. The verb nolo is a compound of volo and non.

forms will be found in the Appendix, section 36.

Its

CONSTRUCTIONS WITH EXPRESSIONS OF FEAR

531. Verbs and other expressions of fear may take a

dependent clause with the subjunctive, introduced by ne,
meaning that, or ut, meaning that not.
Verebantur ne exercitus noster in Gallia maneret, they
feared that our army would remain in Gaul.
Timed ut se fortiter defendant, / fear that they will not
defend themselves bravely.
a. The English future tense depending on a word or
phrase of fear in the present tense is translated by the
present subjunctive.

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VOCABULARY

aedificium, -i, n., building,

house
dedo, -ere, dedidi, deditum,
give up, yield, surrender
depopulor, -ari, depopulates
sum, lay waste

Iccius, -i, m.. Iccius, a chief of

the Kemi
nol5, nolle, nolui, not wish,
be unwilling
paulisper, adv., a little while
propinquus, -a, -um, near

EXERCISES

533. 1. Labienus veritus est ne hostes flumen translrent.

2. Belgae, qui obsides mittere nolebant, paulisper restiterunt. 3. Veremur ne aedificia incendantur. 4. [Link] timebant ut se defendere possent. 5. Cum aedificia vlcosque
trans Rhenum haberent, eo redlre volebant. 6. Iccius sc
hostibus dedere noluit.
The Defense of Bibrax

Oppidanl vix se defendebant. Iccius qul oppido praefuit

nuntios ad Caesarem mlsit qui auxilium peterent. Dixit se
non posse diutius sustinere. Cum Caesar haec cognovisset.
auxilium statim mlsit. Hostes ab oppido discesserunt sed
agros RemSrum depopulati sunt et multa aedificia vlcosque
incenderunt. Ad castra Caesaris contenderunt et sua castra
in loco propinquo posuerunt.
534. 1. We fear that the town may be captured. 2. The
army was unwilling to advance. 3. The Romans feared that
the enemy would lay waste the province. 4. The Haeduans
were unwilling to furnish the grain which they had promised.
5. We feared that the messenger would not come.
SUGGESTED DRILL

(1) State the difference between the use of eonjunctions in purpose

clauses and in clauses of fear. (2) Point out the difference between
the forms of negative clauses of purpose and of negative clauses of
result. (3) Name the three kinds of cum clauses, giving the meaning
of cum with each. (41 State what tenses of the subjunctive are used
with cum meaning n,hrn.

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EIGHTEENTH EEVIEW LESSON

535.

VOCABULARY REVIEW

aedificium, -I, n.
difficultas, -tatis, f.
libertas, -tatis, f.
onus, oneris, n.
ordo, ordinis, m.
pabulum, -l, n.
pecunia, -ae, f.
regio, -onis, f.
saliis, salutis, f.
servitus, -tutis, F.
tergum, -I, n.
uxor, uxoris, f.
valles, vallis, f.
vesper, vesperl, m.
eiterior, citerius
dexter, -tra. -tram
extremus, -a, -um
firmus, -a, -um
frumentarius, -a, -um
gravis, grave
idoneus, -a, -um
incolumis, incolume
propinquus, -a, -um
sinister, -tra, -trum
tantus, -a, -um
ulterior, ulterius
53g_

certain
difficulty
extreme
grave

adsum, -esse, -ful, -futurus

arbitror, -arl, arbitratus sum
confido, -ere, confisus sum
coniuro, -are, -avl, -atum
dedo, -ere, dedidi, deditum
deligo, -ere, delegl, delectum
depopulor, -arl, -atus sum
t'lo, fierl, factus sum
mereor, -erl, meritus sum
nolo, nolle, nolul
occldo, -ere, occidi, occlsum
perficio, -ere, perfect, perfectum
praeficio, -ere, praefecl, praefectum
premo, -ere, pressI, pressum
propono, -ere, proposul, propositum
quaero, -ere, quaeslvl, quaesltum
redigo, -ere, redegl, redactum
scio, sclre, sclvl, scltum
verto, vertere, vertl, versum
volo, velle, volul
bene
tam
tarde
e omniums
undique
demum
cum
Hberaliter
nam
minime
ubi
paulisper
ob

RELATED ENGLISH WORDS

merit
ordinal
propinquity
propose

tardy
ulterior
valley
volition

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LESSON XCI
FUTURE PASSIVE PARTICIPLE:

DATIVE OF AGENT

THE FUTURE PASSIVE PARTICIPLE

537. The Latin verb has a future passive participle,

formed on the present stem, with the endings -ndus, -nda,
and -ndum.
I.

amandus, -a, -um

II.

monendus

III.
ducendus
eapiendus

IV.

audiendus

a. This participle refers to something that is to be

done or ought to be done.
Homo monendus est, the man is to be (must be) warned.
THE DATIVE OF AGENT

538. With the future passive participle, the person by

whom the act must be done or ought to be done is regularly
indicated by the dative.
Homo fratri monendus est, the man must be warned by
his brother.
a. In translating expressions of obligation or necessity
into Latin with this construction it is often necessary to
change the verb from the active to the passive.
We must send help (help must be sent by us), auxilium
nobis mittendum est.
539.

VOCABULARY

cotidie, adv., daily, every day

fortuna, -ae, f.. fortune
opinio, opinionis, f.. belief,
expectation
regina, -ae, f., queen

sol, solis, m., the sun

superseded, -sedere, -sedi,
-sessum, refrain from
umquam, adv., ever (used
with negatives)

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EXERCISES

540. 1. Caesari acies Instruenda est. 2. Castra mllitibus

defendenda sunt. 3. Olim fortuna eius clvitatis melior erat
quod clves meliores habebat. 4. Reml verebantur ne oppidum caperetur. 5. Domum redlre non vult. 6. Auxilium
nobis statim ferendum est. 7. Eo die iter nostrum per silvam magnam fuit neque solem vldimus. 8. Rex et regina
iugerunt neque umquam ad urbem redierunt.
Battle at the Aisne

Prlmo ( 'aesar propter multitudinem hostium et propter

oplnionem virtiitis proelio supersedebat. Equites eius auteni
cum equitibus Belgarum cotldie proelio contendebant. Cum
ipse vidisset Romanos non minus fortes esse, (in) loco idoneo
aciem lnstruxit. Hostfs item copias suas lnstruxerunt. Sed
eo die proelium non commissum est. Postero die Belgae ad
flumen Axonam eontenderunt et translre conatl sunt. Sed
multls interfectls repulsl sunt.
541. 1. The army ought to cross the river (the river
ought to be crossed, etc.). 2. The centurion ought to lead
back the soldiers to camp. 3. No one ought to be sent into
danger by the leader. 4. The enemy led out their army
every day, but they did not begin battle. 5. The towns of
our allies ought not to be burned by the legion.

SUGGESTED drill

(1) Explain the ease of militfbus in sentence 2, and of nobis in sen

tence 6, 540. (2) Give the future active and the future passive par
ticiples of postulo, habeo, dico, and munio. (3) Give a synopsis of
void in the third person singular of the indicative and the subjunctive.
(4) Give a synopsis of nolo in the second person plural of the indica
tive and the subjunctive. (5) Explain the mood of eaperetur in
sentence 4, 540.

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LESSON XCII
CONJUGATION OF MALO: GENITIVE OF OBJECT
THE CONJUGATION OF mAlO

542. The verb mald, prefer, is a compound of raagis and

volo. Its forms will be found in the Appendix, section 36.
Mald has no imperatives or participles.
THE QENITIVE WITH CEBTAIN VERBS

543. The verbs memini and reminiscor, remember, and

obliviscor, forget, frequently take a noun in the genitive as
object. But if the object is a neuter pronoun, or a neuter
adjective used as a noun, it is always in the accusative.
544.

VOCABULARY

egredior, egredi, egressus

sum, set out, depart from
mald, malle, malui, prefer
memini, meminisse, defective
verb, remember (the perfect is translated as present, the past perfect as
past, and the future perfect
as future)

obliviscor, oblivisci, oblitus

sum, forget
pristinus, -a, -um, former,
old-time
reminiscor, reminisci, remember, recall
secundus, -a, -um, second
vigilia, -ae, p., watch (one
fourth of the night)

EXERCISES

545. 1. Caesar veterum iniuriarum Helvetiorum reminlseebatur. 2. Pristinae virtutis eorum non oblltus est. 3.
Has condiciones pacis non acceperunt quod in llbertate
manere malebant. 4. Domo exlre mavult quod numquam
domi contentus fuit.
5. Semper perlculorum eius belll
meminero. 6. Copiae Instruendae sunt et proelium committendum est.

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The Belgians Disperse

Cum Belgae magnam copiam rel frumentariae non haberent, in eo loco non diu remanere poterant. Itaque conciliS
convocato, domum redlre constituerunt. Secunda vigilia
castrls egressl sunt. Cum quisque prlmum locum itineris
peteret, fecerunt ut RomanI eos fugere exlstimarent.
546. 1. The Romans remembered the victory of the Hel
vetians. 2. On that day Caesar preferred to refrain from
battle. 3. Labienus did not forget the flight of the cavalry
of the Gauls. 4. The Belgians remembered the liberty in
which their fathers had lived (remained). 5. The soldiers
seemed to fear the Germans.

SUGGESTED drill

(1) Conjugate volo, nd1d, and maid, in the present indicative and
the present subjunctive. (2) Give the future passive participles of
egredior and conroco. (3) Explain the case of virtutis in sentence 2,
and of domo in sentence 4, 545. (4) Conjugate egredior and obliviscor
in the present indicative.
(5) Conjugate memini in the perfect
subjunctive.

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LESSON xcni
THE SUPINE: PLACE CONSTRUCTIONS
THE SUPINE

547. The Supine is a verbal noun with only two case

forms, the accusative and the ablative of the singular number.
The accusative ends in -um and the ablative in -ii.
i.

ii.

portatum
portatu

monitum
monitu

m.
ductum
ductu

iv.
captum
captu

audltum
audltu

a. The accusative of the supine may be used to express

purpose in a clause in which the finite verb expresses
motion.
Legatos pacem petitum miserunt, they sent envoys to
ask peace.
b. The ablative of the supine is used with a few adjec
tives as an ablative of respect. It is usually translated
by the English present infinitive.
Optimum factu, best to do (the best thing to do).
REVIEW OF PLACE CONSTRUCTIONS

548. a. Place to Which is regularly expressed by the

accusative with ad or in.
b. Place Where is regularly expressed by the ablative
with in.
c. Place from Which is regularly expressed by the
ablative with ab, de, or ex.
d. With names of towns or small islands, and with
domus, Place to Which is expressed by the accusative
without a preposition, and Place from Which by the
ablative without a preposition.

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e. With names of towns and small islands, and with

domus, Place Where is expressed by the locative, which
in the singular of the first and second declensions is
identical with the genitive ; with other words it is iden
tical with the ablative.
/. The locative of domus is domi. A few words,
among which are locus and pars, may omit the. prepo
sition in expressing Place Where, especially if modified
by an adjective.
549.

VOCABULARY

agmen, agminis, n., line,

column (of an army)
conservo, -are, -avi, -atum,
spare, protect
incredibilis, -e, incredible, extraordinary
moror, -ari, moratus sum,
delay

Noviodunum, -i, n., Noviodunum, a town of Gaul

novissimus, -a, -um (superlative of novus), last; rear
subsequor, -sequi, -secutus
sum, follow, follow closely
Suessiones, -um, m. pl., the
Suessiones, a tribe of Gaul

EXERCISES

550. 1. Haedu! ad Caesarem auxilium rogatum venerunt.

2. Id facillimum est factu. 3. Omnes qul arma tradiderunt
ab eo conservatl sunt. 4. Proxima nocte domum venerunt
et paulisper doml manserunt. 5. Domo proficiscl volebant
quod numquam contentl fuerant. 6. Caesar Novioduni non
diii moratus est. 7. In ea lnsula magnus numerus equorum
erat. 8. Incredibili celeritate fliimen transierunt.
The Romans Pursue

Prlma luce Caesar omnem equitatum mlsit qul novissimum

agmen moraretur. Labienum cum tribus legionibus subsequl
iussit. Hae magnam multitudinem hostium fugientium conclderunt. Caesar exercitum in flnes Suessionum duxit qul
Remls proximl sunt. Suessiones in oppidum Noviodunum

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convenerunt sed cum Caesar omnia comparavisset legatos

pacem petltum mlserunt.
551. 1. Those who have returned home ought to be pro
tected. 2. The Belgians set out for home in the second
watch. 3. Iccius sent men to ask. aid. 4. Some will remain
at home, others will set out for the city. 5. This is the best
thing to do (is best to do). 6. The courage of these men is
incredible.

SUGGESTED DRILL

(1) Decline domus. (2) Give a synopsis of moror in the third

person singular of the indicative and the subjunctive. (3) Give a
synopsis of subsequor in the third person plural of the indicative and
the subjunctive. (4) Give all the infinitives and all the participles of
conservo. (5) Give the supines of video and dico.

CIRCUS MAXIMUS

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LESSON XCIV
THE GERUND

552. The Gerund is a verbal noun of the second declen

sion. It is in the neuter gender, and its only forms are the
genitive, dative, accusative, and ablative cases of the singular
number. Its nominative is supplied by the infinitive. Its
declension is as follows:
I.

II.

Gen. portandl
Dat. portandS
Ace. portandum
Abl. portando

monendl
monendS
monendum
monendS

III.
ducendl
ducendo
ducendum
ducendo

IV.

audiendl
audiendS
audiendum
audiendo

a. The gerund of capio is declined like the gerund

of audio.
553. (1) The genitive of the gerund is used chiefly as an
objective genitive with an adjective or a noun. With the
ablative causa, it expresses purpose.
Cupidus bellandi, desirous of engaging in war.
Resistendi causa, for the sake (purpose) of resisting.
(2) The dative of the gerund is little used.
(3) The accusative of the gerund is frequently used as the
object of the preposition ad to express purpose.
Ad oppugnandum, for attacking, to attack.
(4) The ablative may be used to express means or cause,
or as the object of the prepositions ab, de, ex, or in.
pugnando, by fighting.
in quaerendo, on inquiring.

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a. The gerund when used as the object of a preposi

tion cannot have an object. For expressions of this kind
the Latin employs a different construction.

VIEW OF MOBERN ROME FROM THE CAPITOLINE HILL

554.

VOCABULARY

accedo, -ere, access!, accessum, approach (usually with

ad and the accusative)
Ambiani, -drum, m. pl., the
Ambiani, a tribe of Gaul
bello, -are, -avi, -atum, engage
in war, carry on war
Bellovaci, -drum, m. pl., the
Bellovaci, a tribe of Gaul

cohors, cohortis, p., cohort,

one of the ten divisions of
the legion
cupidus, -a, -um, desirous,
fond of
pando, -ere, pandi, passum,
hold out
pared, -ere, peperci, parsum,
spare (with dative)

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EXERCISES

555. 1. Ariovistus cupidus bellandl erat. 2. Spem amicos

videndl non habebam. 3. Pacem petendl causa venerunt.
4. Ad hoc oppidum cum cohortibus accedet. 5. Omnia ad
proficiscendum paraverunt. 6. In quaerendo Caesar repperit arma tradita esse.
Surrender of the Bellovaci

Obsidibus acceptls Caesar els pepereit et in fines Bellovacorum profectus est. Cum ad oppidum eorum accessisset,
puerl feminaeque ex muro maims panderunt, et pacem
imploraverunt. Pro hls Dlviciacus Haeduus locutus est.
Caesar eis quoque pepereit sed magnum numerum obsidum
poposcit. Hls datls et armls traditls ab eo loco in llnes
Ambianorum pervenit qul se sine mora dediderunt.
556. 1. They have hope of capturing the city. 2. The
enemy prepared everything for making an attack (for attack
ing). 3. I have this army for the purpose of carrying on
war. 4. The Belgians preferred to return home. 5. You
cannot help your friend by pleading (implorare). 6. Caesar
protected the Bellovaci because he thought this was best
(to do).
SUGGESTED DRILL

(1) Point out the gerunds in sentences 1-6, 555. (2) Give the
gerunds of habco and moror. (3) Give the past infinitives, active and
passive, of dedo. (4) Explain the case of obsidibus and of eis, line
5, 555. (5) Give the principal parts of patior and of pando.

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LESSON XCV
THE GERUNDIVE:

ORDINAL NUMERALS

557. The future passive participle of a transitive verb is

often used in agreement with a noun or pronoun in phrases
which are equivalent in meaning to a gerund with an object.1
Spes urbis capiendae. The meaning is the same as
Spes urbem capiendi, hope of capturing the city.
The future passive participle when thus used is called the
Gerundive. The gerundive may be used in either number
and in any case to agree with the noun or pronoun to which
it belongs.
a. Since the gerund cannot stand as the object of a
preposition and at the same time govern an object,
gerundive phrases are frequently used with the forma
of transitive verbs. The English translation of such
phrases is the same as if the gerundive were a gerund
having as its object the word with which the gerundive
agrees.
b. The case uses of the gerundive construction are in
general the same as those of the gerund.
Cupidus oppidi expugnandi, desirous of storming the
town.
Auxili ferendi causa,, for the purpose (sake) of bringing
aid.
Ad eas res conficiendas, for accomplishing these things.
De auxilio mittendo, about (concerning) sending aid.
Lapidibus portandls, by carrying stones.
1 The gerundive construction was not a substitute for the gerund in the
thought of the Romans, but was probably the usage from which the gerund
was derived.

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558. The following distinctions between the gerund and

gerundive are to be observed :
Gerund
A noun
Active in meaning
Neuter gender
Used only in the singular

Gerundive
A participle
Passive
All genders
Both numbers

ORDINAL NUMERALS

559.

The first twenty ordinals are as follows :

primus,
secundus,
tertius,
quartus,
qulntus,
sextus,
Septimus,
octavus,
nonus,
decimus,

Gndecimus,
duodecimus,
tertius decimus,
quartus decimus,
qulntus decimus,
sextus decimus,
Septimus decimus,
duodevlcesimus,
undevlcesimus,vlcesimus,

first
second
third
fourth
fifth
sixth
seventh
eighth
ninth
tenth

eleventh
twelfth
thirteenth
fourteenth
fifteenth
sixteenth
seventeenth
eighteenth
nineteenth
twentieth

a. The ordinals are declined as adjectives of the first

and second declensions. Compound ordinals, such as
tertius decimus, have both parts declined.
560.

VOCABULARY

accidd, -ere, accidi, happen

experior, -iri, expertus sum,
try
Nervii, -orum, m. pl., the
Nervii, a tribe of Belgians
plenus, -a, -um, full

Sabis, Sabis, m., the Sambre,

a river of Gaul
tempestas, -tatis, f., storm,
tempest
una, adv., together, at the
same time

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EXERCISES

561. 1. Hostes qul trans flumen consederunt spem oppidl

capiendl habent. 2. Ad eas res conficiendas Orgetorlx de
lectus est. 3. Lapidibus iaciendls multos vulneraverunt.
4. Pacis petendae causa legatos mlsl. 5. Accidit ut luna
plena esset. 6. Tempestates tantae erant ut proficlscl nSn
possemus.
The Nervii Prepare for "War

ProximI his erant Nervii qul maxime ferl inter eos exlstimabantur. Ill trans Sabim consederant ibique adventum
Romanorum exspectabant. Una cum his erant duae gentes
flnitimae quae eandem fortunam belll experlrl volebant. Hls
rebus cognitls Caesar centuriones exploratoresque praemlsit
qul locum castrls (196) deligerent.
562. 1. The cohort was left in the town for the purpose
of defending the townspeople. 2. We shall send a legion to
capture the town (ad with gerundive phrase). 3. By throw
ing stones we drove back the enemy who were crossing the
river. 4. Orgetorix will be chosen to accomplish these things.
5. The Nervii set out that they might try the fortune of war.

SUGGESTED DRILL

(1) Point out the gerundives in 561. (2) Give the gerunds of
capio.
(3) State whether capiendi in sentence 1, 561, is a gerund
or a gerundive, and give proof. (4) Give a synopsis of iacio in the
third person plural. (5) Conjugate possum in the past indicative and
the past subjunctive.

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NINETEENTH REVIEW LESSON

563.

(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
(7)
(8)
(9)
(10)
(11)
(12)
(13)

The conjugation of fio.

The conjugation of vold, nolo, malo.
Future passive participles.
The supine.
The gerund.
The gerundive.
The genitive of material.
The genitive with verbs of remembering
and forgetting.
The dative of agent.
cum descriptive clauses.
cum causal clauses.
cum adversative clauses.
Clauses of fear.

564. Give Latin words with which the following English

words are connected in derivation :
accession
accident
conservation
cupidity
egress
experiment

fortune
incredible
moratorium
oblivion
opinion
pristine
S&Zi

ROMAN KITCHEN RANGE

reminiscence
second
solar
subsequent
tempest
vigil

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LESSON XCVI
REVIEW OF PARTICIPLES :

NEGATIVE COMMANDS

REVIEW OF PARTICIPLES

565. The Latin verb has four participles, the present

active, the past passive, and the future, active and passive.
Present
ACTIVE

PASSIVE

portans
monens
ducens
capiens
audiens

Past
ACTIVE

PASSIVE

portatus
monitus
ductus
captus
audltus

Future
active
passive
portaturus portandus
moniturus monendus
ductiirus
ducendus
captiirus
capiendus
audlturus audiendus

a. In English there is a present passive participle,

being carried, etc., and a past active participle, having
carried, etc. These two participles are lacking in the
Latin verb.
b. Deponent verbs have the same number of participles
as other verbs: conans, conatus, conaturus, conandus,
etc. The past participle of a deponent verb is usually
active in meaning, but sometimes it is passive. The
sense of the sentence in which the participle stands will
make it possible to decide in which voice it is used.
c. The present participle is declined as an adjective
of the third declension: portans, portantis, etc. The
other participles are declined as adjectives of the first
and second declensions : portatus, -a, -um, etc.
NEGATIVE COMMANDS

566. Negative commands (prohibitions) in the second

person are frequently expressed by the imperative of nolo
fnoli, nolite), followed by the infinitive of the verb expressing
the act forbidden: Noli eum iuvare, do not help him.

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ELEMENTABY LATIN
VOCABULARY

efficio, -ere, effeci, effectum,

bring about
fugo, -are, -avi, -atum, put to
flight, rout
expeditus, -a, -um, unimpeded, ready for action

lateo, -ere, -ui, lurk, remain

concealed
nescio, -ire, -ivi, not know
silvestris, -tre, wooded, forest
covered
vergo, -ere, slope

EXERCISES

568. 1. Belgae crediderunt RSmanSs in Gallia remanere

quod eam regionem in servitutem redigere vellent. 2. Noli
huic puero pecuniam dare. 3. Nescio ubi castra posita sint.
4. Hostes, flumen translre conatl, fugatl sunt. 5. Noli exercitum in perlculum ducere. 6. Haec res effecit ut GermanI
discedere nollent. 7. Nollte hostium impetum timere.
Position of the Armies

Locum castris delegerunt in colle qul ad flumen Sabim

vergebat. Trans id flumen alter collis erat cuius pars magna
erat silvestris. In his silvls hostes latebant. Altitudo fluminis non magna erat. Caesar equitatu praemisso subsequitur omnibus copils. Quod hostibus appropinquabat duas
legiones expedltas ducebat.
569. 1. We shall find out who is in the town. 2. The boy
said that his brother who had been in the war had been
wounded. 3. The Romans did not know in what place the
Nervii were lurking. 4. Having promised aid, we returned
to Gaul. 5. Do not receive money from this man.
SUGGESTED DRILL

(1) Name a Latin noun with which servitus is connected in

derivation. (2) Give the noun from which silvestris is derived. (3)
Give an English word which is connected in derivation with pecunia.
(4) Explain the mood of vellent in sentence 1, 568. (5) Explain the
mood of sint in sentence 3, 568. (6) Give the principal parts of do,
credo, dedo, and trado.

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LESSON XCVII
CONDITIONS AND CONCLUSIONS: NON-COMMITTAL
CONDITIONAL SENTENCES
CONDITIONAL SENTENCES

570. A conditional sentence is a complex sentence, the

subordinate clause of which is introduced by if. The sub
ordinate clause is called the Condition, the main clause is
called the Conclusion.
NON-COMMITTAL CONDITIONAL SENTENCES >

571. In Latin, a conditional sentence which does not imply

that the condition is either true or false regularly has both
verbs in the indicative.
Si puer domi est, mater laeta est, if the boy is at home,
his mother is glad.
Si hostes flumen transierunt, nostri pontem non
defenderunt, if the enemy have crossed the river,
our men did not defend the bridge.
a. Sometimes an imperative or a subjunctive of desire
is used in the conclusion of a conditional sentence of
this kind instead of an indicative.
Si pacem cupitis, anna tradite, if you desire peace,
surrender your arms.
b. A non-committal conditional sentence referring to
future time is commonly called a Future More Vivid
conditional sentence. The verb of its conditional clause
is usually translated by an English present tense, but
the Latin sentence has the verb of the condition as well
as of the conclusion in the future or future perfect.
1 Conditional sentences of this type are sometimes called neutral condi
tional sentences.

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VOCABULARY

claudo, -ere, clausi, clausum,

close
nisi, conj., if not, unless
pello, -ere, pepuli, pulsum,
rout, put to flight

provolo, -are, -avi, rush forth,

fly forth
subito, adv., suddenly
transgredior, -gredi, -gressus
sum, cross

EXERCISES

573. 1. Sl hostes in silva latent, perlculum est. 2. Sl

Galli flumen transgrediuntur, perlculum nostrum magnum
est. 3. Pedites ad proelium committendum processerunt.
4. Equitfitus proell committendl causa praemissus est. 5.
Sl omnes legiones in castrls sunt, portas claudite. 6. Nisi
pedites pervenient, hostes flumen transgredientur.
Beginning of the Battle

Equites Komanl flumen transgressI cum equitatii hostium

proelium commiserunt. Hostes ad silvas se receperunt ac
rursus ex silva in nostros impetum fecerunt. Interim sex
legiones quae venerant castra miinlre coeperunt. Tum hostes
qui in silvls latebant subito provolaverunt impetumque in
nostros equites fecerunt. His pulsis flumen transierunt et
incredibili celeritate ad castra contenderunt.
574. 1. If the cavalry are crossing the river, the enemy
do not see them. 2. The legion set out for the purpose of
burning the town. 3. Caesar did not think the enemy would
cross the river. 4. If the enemy are collecting an army,
they wish to wage war. 5. We do not know in what place
the Belgians are lurking.
SUGGESTED DRILL

(1) Explain the meaning and the derivation of the English words
latent and transgress. (2) Give the rules for the use of moods and
tenses in indirect discourse. (3) State what the difference is between
the English and the Latin usage in regard to conjunctions introducing
indirect discourse. (4) Give the method of expressing negative com
mands. (5) Give the past and future infinitives of transgredior.

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LESSON XCVIII
CONDITIONAL SENTENCES CONTRARY TO FACT:
REVIEW OF CASES WITH PREPOSITIONS
CONDITIONAL SENTENCES, CONTRAST TO FACT

575. A conditional sentence which implies by its form

that the condition is not true and that the actual situation
is not that which is referred to in the conclusion is called
a conditional sentence Contrary to Fact.
If he had seen the danger, he would have avoided it
(implying that he did not see the danger and that he
did not avoid it).
576. In Latin, a conditional sentence contrary to fact has
its verbs in the past or the past perfect subjunctive; the
past to express present time, and the past perfect to express
past time.

SI fortes milites haberemus, in periculo non essemus,

if we had brave soldiers, we should not be in danger.
Si fortes milites habuissemus, in periculo non fuissemus,
if we had had brave soldiers, we should not have been
in danger.
REVIEW OF CASES WITH PREPOSITIONS

577. The following prepositions used in this book always

have their objects in the ablative case: a (ab), de, e (ex),
cum, pro, sine.
In phrases denoting the place toward which motion is
directed, in and sub have their objects in the accusative
case; in phrases denoting the place in which something
exists or some act is done, they have their objects in the
ablative case.
All other prepositions used in this book have their objects
in the accusative case.

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578.

ELEMENTARY LATIN
VOCABULABY

ago, -ere, egi, actum, drive,

do, carry on
exercitatus, -a, -um, trained
incursus, -us, m., attack
militaris, -e, military; res
militaris, military science,
warfare

necessities, -tatis, f., necessity,

urgency
ratio, rationis, f., theory,
reason
superior, superius, compar.
adj., higher, preceding,
previous

VIEW ON THE APPIAN WAY

EXERCISES

579. 1. Si hostes in silva laterent, perlculum esset. 2. Si

pedites se recepissent, castra capta essent. 3. Si omnes
legiones in castrls essent, non timeremus. 4. Si legatl
Caesaris imperia exspectavissent, exercitus repulsus esset.
5. Hie locus mllitibus defendendus est.

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Roman Discipline

Caesarl omnia Qno tempore agenda erant. Incursus nos

trum magnam partem earum rerum impediebat quas ratio
rel mllitaris postulabat. Mllites autem superioribus proelils
exercitatl fuerant, et legatl qul legionibus praeerant imperium Caesaris non exspectaverunt. Itaque exercitus Instructus est magis ut (as) necessitas temporis (postulabat) quam
ut ratio rel mllitaris postulabat.
580. 1. If the soldiers had fortified the camp, the enemy
would not have made an attack. 2. If the soldier had set
out from the camp, he would have been captured. 3. If the
enemy were not laying waste our fields, we should not be
asking aid of (from) the Romans. 4. If you are brave sol
diers, defend the camp. 5. If the man were not lazy, he
would be working today.
SUGGESTED ERILL

(1) Name the class of conditional sentences to which sentences 1, 2,

and 3, 579, belong. (2) Point out the verb of the conclusion in each
of these three sentences. (3) Explain the use of the tenses of the
verbs in sentence 3, 579. (4) Explain the case of muitibus in sen
tence 5 and of Caesarl, line 6, 579.

LESSON XCIX
FUTURE LESS VIVID CONDITIONAL SENTENCES:

ISTE

FUTITRE LESS VIVID CONDITIONAL SENTENCES

581. A conditional sentence which implies doubt on the

part of the speaker or writer as to the fulfillment of the
condition, and which has as its conclusion a verb denoting
an act as conceivable or imaginable, is called a Future Less
Vivid conditional sentence. Its verbs stand in the present
(or perfect) subjunctive.
Si hostem videat, fugiat, if he should see the enemy, he
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a. The perfect is used in the place of the present when

the completion of the act is prominent in thought.
o. The verbs of a future more vivid conditional sen
tence are translated with the auxiliaries shall and will,
or (in the condition) by the present tense. The verbs of
a future less vivid conditional sentence are translated
with should and would.
THE DEMONSTRATIVE ISTE

582. Besides hic, ille, and is, there is another demonstra

tive, iste, translated that of yours, or simply that. It is less
frequently used than the others and commonly refers to some
thing associated with the person addressed. It is declined
like ille.
Matte.

Fern.

Neut.

iste
istlus

ista
istlus

istud
istlus, etc.

a. Iste is sometimes used to express contempt.

583.

VOCABULARY

cogo, -ere, coegi, coactum,

collect, compel
duodecimos, -a, -um, twelfth
nudo, -are, -avi, -atum, strip,
leave unprotected

reverter, reverti, revertl, re

versum, return (deponent
in present system)
septimus, -a, -um, seventh
spero, -are, -avi, -atum, hope

EXERCISES

584. 1. Istud donum parvum esse videtur. 2. Sl amicus

meus esses, non haec dlceres. 3. Tantus erat numerus Germanorum ut Galli qul eam regionem incolebant els resistere
non possent. 4. Si diseessissent, Caesar eos secutus esset.
5. Magnae copiae coactae sunt quod hostes appropinquabant. 6. Mllites sperant legatum auxilium missurum esse.1
1 Spero Is followed by indirect discourse.

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The Nervii in the Roman Camp

Pars hostium ab RomanIs repulsa statim fugit. Sed cum

eastra Romana nudata essent, magnus numerus Nerviorum
ad eum locum contendit. Eo tempore equites RomanI in
castra se recipiebant, sed, hostibus vlsls in castrls, aliam
in partem fugam petierunt. Interim duodecima legio et
septima ab hostibus premebantur.
585. 1. They fled so swiftly that the legion which had
crossed the river did not make an attack. 2. Since the
scouts who had been sent ahead had not seen the enemy, the
soldiers did not fear danger. 3. If the town had been cap
tured, many would have been killed. 4. If the legion should
cross the river, the cavalry would flee.
SUGGESTED DRILL

(1) Explain the mood of possent in sentence 3, 584. (2) State what
form of conditional sentences is illustrated by 2 and 4, 584. (3) Con
jugate revertor in the present indicative and the perfect indicative.

LESSON C
FUTURE IMPERATIVE:

SUBJUNCTIVE BY ATTRACTION

THE FUTURE IMPERATIVE

586. The forms of the future imperative are found in the

second and third persons. They are as follows :
ACTIVE
Singular

2. portato
3. portato

moneto
moneto

mittito
mittito

capito
capito

audlto
audlto

capitote
capiunto

audltote
audiunto

Plural

2. portatote
3. portanto

monetote
monento

mittitote
mittunto

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PASSIVE
Singular

2. portator
3. portator

monetor
monetor

mittitor
mittitor

capitor
capitor

audltor
audltor

capiuntor

audiuntor

Plural

2. [Lacking]
3. portantor

monentor

mittuntor

a. The future imperative is used when there is a clear

reference to future time indicated by an adverb or
other expression of time. It is translated thou shalt
carry, he shall carry, or let him carry, etc.
b. The verbs memini and scio regularly (and habed
occasionally) use the future imperative instead of the
present.
THE SUBJUNCTIVE BY ATTRACTION

587. Sometimes a subordinate clause which would other

wise have its verb in the indicative takes the subjunctive
because it is closely dependent on a subjunctive or an
infinitive.
Ita acriter pugnaverunt ut omnes qui in proelio essent
vulnerarentur, they fought so fiercely that all who were
in the battle were wounded.
588.

VOCABULARY

Atuatuci, -orum, m. pl., the

Atuatuci, a tribe of the
Belgians
cohortor, -ari, -atus sum,
urge, encourage
dimitto, -ere, dimisi, dimissum, send away, dismiss

paulum, adv., a little, some

what
robur, -oris, m., oak, strength
supersum, -esse, -fui, -futurus,
be left, survive
tardo, -are, -avi, -atum,
hinder, check

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EXERCISES

589. 1. MementSte hanc patriam meam esse. 2. Sclto

me amlcum eius hominis semper fuisse. 3. Galli tempestates nSn timebant quod naves eorum ex robore factae sunt.
4. Equites dlmissl sunt sed legiones in hlbernls manent. 5.
Signum datum est ut el qui profectl essent reverterentur.
End of the Battle

Tum Caesar scutum cepit et ipse in prlmam aciem processit. Centuriones mllitesque cohortatus est. Eius adventus
spem mllitibus intulit et impetus hostium paulum tardatus
est. Eodem tempore Labienus, qul advenerat, auxilium mlsit
et omnes hostes fugatl sunt. Postea el qul supererant se
dediderunt. Eo bellS confecto AtuatucI qul socil Nervioruni
fuerant Caesarl resistere conatl sunt. Sed oppidum eorum
captum est et paene omnes servl factl sunt. Tum Caesar
legiones in hibernls reliquit atque in Italiam profectus est.
590. 1. They came to the camp because they wished to
beg for peace. 2. "We sent them away because we did not
trust them (dative). 3. Remember that your fathers were
brave men. 4. Be assured (know) that the danger is not
great.
SUGGESTED DRILL

(1) Conjugate supersum in the present and the past subjunctive.

(2) Mention two other compounds of sum. (3) Give the rule for
the use of tenses of the subjunctive in subordinate clauses. (4) Give
the future imperatives of probo, video, and munio. . (5) Give all the
imperatives, present and future, of laudo.

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TWENTIETH REVIEW LESSON

591.

VOCABULARY REVIEW

agmen, agminis, n.
cohors, cohortis, F.
incursus, -us, m.
necessitas, -tatis, f.
opinio, -6nis, p.
ratio, -onis, f.
robur, roboris, n.
sol, solis, m.
tempestas, -tatis, P.
vigilia, -ae, f.
cupidus, -a, -um
exercitatus, -a, -um
ineredibilis, -e
mllitaris, -e
plenus, -a, -um
prlstinus, -a, -um
secundus, -a, -um
silvestris, -e
superior, superius
cotldie
paulum
subito
umquam
una
nisi

592.

accedo, -ere, aceessl, accessum

accido, -ere, accidl
ago, -ere, egl, actum
attribuo, -ere, attribul, attributum
claudo, -ere, clausl, clausum
cogo, -ere, coegl, coactum
cohortor, -arl, cohortatus sum
consldo, -ere, eonsedl, consessum
efficio, -fieere, -fecl, -fectum
egredior, egredl, egressus sum
lateo, -ere, -ul
malo, malle, malul
meminl, meminisse
moror, -arl, moratus sum
nescio, -sclre, -sclvl
oblivlscor, oblivlscl, oblltus sum
parco, -ere, pepercl, parsum
pando, -ere, pandl, passum
pello, -ere, pepuli, pulsum
reminlscor, reminlscl
spero, -are, -avi, -atum
supersedeS, -sedere, -sedl, -sessum
supersum, -esse, -ful, -futurus
transgredior, -gredl, -gressus sum
vergo, vergere
RELATED ENGLISH WORDS

act
agent
close
cogent
efficient

expedite
latent
necessity
nude
rational

retard
revert
superior
transgress
verge

EUTROPIUS' HISTORY OF ROME

(SELECTIONS)
BOOK ONE
Romulus and the Founding of Rome
Romanum imperium, Romulo exordium habet, qul Rheae
Silviae, Vestalis virginis, fllius et, quantum putatus
est, Martis erat. Is decem et octo annos natus urbem
exiguam in Palatlno monte constituit, post Troiae excidium anno trecentesimo nonagesimo quarto.
5
Condita clvitate, quam ex nomine suo Romam vocavit,
haec fere egit. Multitudinem flnitimorum in clvitatem
recepit, centum ex senioribus legit, quorum consilio omnia
ageret, quos senatores nominavit propter senectutem. Tuin,
cum uxores ipse et populus suus non haberent, invltavit 10
ad spectaculum ludorum vlclnas urbi Romae nationcs
atque earum virgines rapuit. Commotls bellls propter
raptarum iniuriam Caeninenses vlcit, Antemnates, Crustumlnos, Sablnos, Fldenates, Veientes. Haec omnia oppida
urbem cingunt. Et cum orta subito tempestate non com- 15
paruisset, annS regnl trlcesimo septimS ad deos transisse
creditus est et consecratus. Deinde Romae per qulnos dies
senatores imperaverunt et hls regnantibus annus iinus
completus est.
Numa, the Peaceful King
Postea Numa Pompilius rex creatus est, qul bellum 20
quidem nullum gessit, sed non minus civitatl quam
Romulus profuit.
Nam et leges Romanis moresque
constituit, qul consuetudine proeliorum iam latrones ac
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semibarbarl putabantur, et annum descrlpsit in decem.

menses prius sine aliqua supputatione confusum, et lnfinlta
Romae sacra ac templa constituit. Morbo decessit quadragesimo et tertio imperil anno.
Tullus Hostilius, the Warrior
6

Iluic successit Tullus Hostllius. Hic bella reparavit,

Albanos vlcit, qul ab urbe Roma duodecimo mlliario sunt,
Veientes et Fldenates, quorum alii sexto mlliariS absunt
ab urbe RSma, alii octavo decimo, bello superavit, urbem
airipliavit adiecto Caelio monte. Cum triginta et duSs
10 annos regnasset, fulmine ictus cum domo sua arsit.
Ancus Marcius. Expansion of Soman Power
Post hunc Ancus Marcius, Numae ex filia nepos, suscepit imperium. Contra LatlnSs dlmicavit, Aventlnum
montem clvitatl adiecit et Ianiculum, apud ostium Tiberis
clvitatem supra mare sexto decimo mlliario ab urbe Roma,
15 condidit. Vlcesimo et quarto anno imperil morbo periit.
Tarquin the Elder. Development of the City
Deinde regnum Prlscus Tarquinius accepit. Hic numerum senatorum duplicavit, circum Romae aedificavit,
ludos Romanos lnstituit, qul ad nostram memoriam per
manent. Vleit Idem etiam Sabinos et nSn parum agrorum
20 sublatum Isdem urbis Romae territorio iunxit, prlmusque
triumphans urbem intravit.
Muros fecit et cloacas,
Capitolium inchoavit. TrlcesimS octavo imperil anno per
Anci filios occlsus est, regis eius, cui ipse successerat.
Servius Tullius. Further Expansion
Post hunc Servius Tullius suscepit imperium, genitus ex
25 nobili femina, captlva tamen et ancilla. Hie quoque
Sablnos subegit, montes tres, Quirlnalem, Viminalem,

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Esquilinura, urbl adiunxit, fossas eircum murum duxit.

Prlmus omnium censum ordinavit, qul adMc per orbem
terrarum incognitus erat.
Sub eo Roma omnibus in
censum delatls habuit capita lxxxiii mllia clvium Romanorum cum his, qul in agrls erant. Occlsus est scelere 6
generl sul TarquinI Superbl, filil eius regis, cui ipse successerat, et flliae, quam Tarquinius habebat uxorem.
Tarquin the Proud. End of the Kings
L. Tarquinius Superbus, Septimus atque ultimus regum,
Volscos, quae gens ad Campaniam euntibus non longe ab
urbe est, vlcit, Gabios clvitatem et Suessam Pometiam 10
subegit, cum Tuscls pacem fecit et templum Iovl in Capitolio aedificavit. Postea Ardeam oppugnans, in octavo
decimo mlliario ab urbe Roma positam clvitatem, imperium
perdidit. Cumque imperasset annos quattuor et vlgintl
cum uxore et Hberls suls fugit. Ita Romae regnatum est i5
per septem reges annls ducentls quadraginta tribus, cum
adhuc Roma, ubi plurimum, vix usque ad qulntum decimum mlliarium possideret.
Beginning of the Republic
Hinc consules coepere, pro uno rege duo, hac causa
creatl, ut, sl unus malus esse voluisset, alter eum habens 20
potestatem similem coerceret. Et placuit ne imperium
longius quam annuum haberent, ne per diuturnitatem potestatis Insolentiores redderentur, sed clvlles semper essent,
qul se post annum sclrent futuros esse prlvatos. Fuerunt
igitur anno prlmo ab expulsls regibus consules L. Iiinius 25
Brutus, qul maxime egerat ut Tarquinius pelleretur, et
Tarquinius Collatlnus, marltus Lucretiae. Sed Tarquinio
CollatlnS statim sublata est dignitas. Placuerat enim, ne
quisquam in urbe maneret, qul Tarquinius vocaretur. Ergo
acceptS omnl patrimoniS suo ex urbe migravit et loco 30
ipslus factus est L. Valerius Publicola consul.

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Wars of the Early Republic

10

i5

zo

Commovit tamen bellum urbi Romae rex Tarquinius,

qul fuerat expulsus, et colleetls multls gentibus, ut in
regnum posset restitui, dlmicavit. In prima pugna Brutus
consul et Arruns, TarquinI fllius in vicem se occiderunt,
Romanl tamen ex ea pugna victores recesserunt. Brutum
matronae Romanae, defensorem pudlcitiae suae, quasi
commiinem patrem per annum luxerunt. Valerius Piiblicola Sp. Lucretium Tricipitlnum collegam sibi fecit,
Lucretiae patrem, quo morbo mortuo iterum Horatium
Pulvillum collegam sibi sumpsit. Ita primus annus qulnque consules habuit, cum Tarquinius Collatlnus propter
nomen urbe cessisset, Brutus in proelio perisset, Sp.
Lucretius morbo mortuus esset.
Secundo quoque anno iterum Tarquinius ut reciperetur
in regnum bellum Romanls intulit, auxilium el ferente
Porsenna, Tusciae rege, et Romam paene cepit. Verum
tum quoque victus est.
Tertio anno post reges exactos Tarquinius cum suscipl
non posset in regnum neque ei Porsenna, qui pacem cum
Romanls fecerat, praestaret auxilium, Tusculum se contulit, quae civitas non longe ab urbe est, atque ibi per
quattuordecim annSs privatus cum uxore consenuit.
Quarto anno post reges exactos cum Sabinl RSmanis
bellum intulissent, victl sunt, et de his triumphatum est.
Death of Brutus. The Dictatorship

25

Qulnto anno L. Valerius ille, Brutl collega et quater

consul, fataliter mortuus est, adeo pauper, ut collatls a
populo nummis sumptum habuerit sepulturae. Quem
matronae slcutl Brutum annum luxerunt.
Nono anno post reges exactos cum gener TarquinI ad
30 iniuriam socerl vindicandam ingentem collegisset exercitum, nova Romae dignitas est creata, quae dictatura
appellatur, maior quam consulatus. Eodem anno etiam

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magister equitum factus est, qul dictatorl obsequeretur.

Dictator autem Romae primus fuit T. Larcius, magister
equitum prlmus Sp. Cassius.
The Establishment of the Tribunate
Sexto decimo anno post reges exactos seditionem populus
Romae fecit, tamquam a senatu atque consulibus pre- 5
meretur. Tum et ipse sibi tribiinSs plebis quasi proprios
iudices et defensores creavit, per quos contra senatum et
consules tiitus esse posset.
War with the Volscians
SequentI anno VolscI contra Romanos bellum reparaverunt, et victl acie etiam Coriolos clvitatem, quam habe- 10
bant optimam, perdiderunt.
Octavo decimo anno postquam reges eiectl erant, expulsus ex urbe Q. Marcius, dux Romanus, qui Coriolos
ceperat, Volscorum clvitatem, ad ipsos Volscos contendit
Iratus et auxilia contra Romanos accepit. Romanos saepe 15
vlcit, usque ad qulntum mlliarium urbis accessit, oppugnaturus etiam patriam sua'm, legatls, qui pacem petebant,
repudiatls, nisi ad eum mater Veturia et uxor Volumnia
ex urbe venissent, quarum fletu. et deprecatione superatus
removit exercitum. Atque hie secundus post Tarquinium 20
fuit, qul dux contra patriam suam esset.
The Fabii and the War with Veii
C. Fabio et L. Virglnio consulibus trecentl nobiles
homines, qui ex Fabia familia erant, contra Veientes
bellum soli susceperunt, promittentes senatul et populo per
se omne certamen implendum. Itaque profectl, omnes 25
nobiles et qul singuli magnorum exercituum duces esse
deberent, in proelio conciderunt. Unus omnlno superfuit ex tanta familia, qul propter aetatem puerllem
duel non potuerat ad pugnam. Post haec census in urbe

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habitus est et inventa sunt clvium capita cxvii mllia

cccxix.
Cincinnatus Made Dictator

Sequentl tamen anno cum in Algido monte ab urbe duo

decimo ferme mlliario Romanus obsideretur exercitus, L.
6 Qulntius Cincinnatus dictator est factus, qul agrum quattuor iugerum possidens manibus suls colebat. Is cum in
opere et arans esset inventus, sudore deterso togam praetextam accepit et caesls hostibus llberavit exercitum.
Wars with Fidenae and Veii
Anno trecentesimS et qulnto decimo ab urbe condita
10 Fldenates contra Komauos rebellaverunt. Auxilium his
praestabant Veieiites et rex Veientium Tolumnius. Quae
ambae clvitates tam vlcinae urbl sunt, ut Fldenae sexto,
Vel octavo decimo mlliario absint. Coniunxerunt se his et
Volscl. Sed Mam. Aemilio dictatore et L. Quintio Cin16 cinnato magistro equitum vietl etiam regem perdiderunt.
Fldenae captae et exclsae.
Post vlgintl deinde annos Veientanl rebellaverunt. Dic
tator contra ipsos missus est Fiirius Camillus, qul prlmuin
eos vlcit acie, mox etiam clvitatem diu. obsidens cepit,
20 antlquissimam Italiae at(pie dltissimam. Post eam cepit et
Faliscos, non minus nobilem clvitatem. Sed commota est
el invidia, quasi praedam male dlvlsisset, damnatusque ob
eam causam et expulsus clvitate.
Capture of Rome by the Gauls
Statim Galll Senones ad urbem veneruut et victos Romazb nos iindecimo mlliario a Roma apud flumen Alliam secutl
etiam urbem occupaverunt. Neque defendl quicquam nisi
Capitolium potuit; quod cum diu obsedissent et iam Romanl fame laborarent, accepto auro, ne Capitolium obsiderent, recesserunt. Sed a Camillo, qul in vlclna clvitate

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exulabat, Gallls superventum est gravissimeque victl sunt.

Postea tamen etiam secutus eSs Camillus ita cecldit, ut et
aurum, quod hls datum fuerat, et omnia, quae ceperant,
mllitaria signa revocaret. Ita tertio triumphans urbem
ingressus est et appellatus secundus Romulus, quasi et ipse 6
patriae conditor.
BOOK SIX
(Chapters 17-25)
Caesar's Wars In Gaul
Anno urbis conditae sexeentesimo nSnagesimo tertio
C. Iiilius Caesar, qul postea imperavit, cum L. Bibulo con
sul est factus. Decreta est el Gallia et Illyricum cum
legionibus decem. Is prlmus vlcit Helvetios, qul nunc 10
Sequanl appellantur, deinde vincendo per bella gravissima
usque ad Oceanum Britannicum prScessit. Domuit autem
annls novem fere omnem Galliam, quae inter Alpes, flumen
Rhodanum, Rhenum et Oceanum est et circuitu patet ad
bis et trlcies centena mllia passuum. Britannls mox bellum is
intulit, quibus ante eum ne nomen quidem RomanSrum cognitum erat, eosque victos obsidibus acceptls stlpendiaries
fecit. Galliae autem tributl nomine annuum imperavit
stlpendium quadringenties, Germanosque trans Rhenum
adgressus inmanissimis proelils vlcit. Inter tot successiis ao
ter male pugnavit, apud Arvernos semel praesens et absens
in Germania bis. Nam legatl eius duo, Titurius et Aurunculeius, per Insidias caesl sunt.
Defeat of Crassus by the Parthians
Circa eadem tempora, anno urbis conditae sexeentesimo
nSnagesimo septimo, M. Licinius Crassus, collega Cn. Pom- 26
pel Magnl in consulatii secundo, contra Parthos missus est
et cum circa Carras contra 6men et auspicia dlmicasset, a

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Surena, Orodis regis duce, victus ad postremum interfectus

est cum fllio, clarissimo et praestantissimo iuvene. Reli
quiae exercitus per C. Cassium quaestorem servatae sunt,
qul singularl animo perditas res tanta virtute restituit, ut
6 Persas rediens trans Euphraten crebrls proelils vinceret.
Beginning of the Civil War
Hinc iam bellum clvlle successit exsecrandum et lacrimabile, quo praeter calamities, quae in proelils acciderunt,
etiam popull Romanl fortuna mutata est. Caesar enim
rediens ex Gallia victor coepit poscere alterum consulatum
10 atque ita, ut sine dubietate aliqua el deferretur. Contradictum est a Marcello consule, a Bibulo, a Pompeio, a
Catone, iussusque dlmissls exercitibus ad urbem redlre.
Propter quam iniuriam ab Arlmino, ubi mllites congre
gates habebat, adversum patriam cum exercitu venit. ConiB sules cum Pompeio senatusque omnis atque iiniversa nobilitas ex urbe fugit et in Graeciam transiit. Apud Bpirum,
Macedoniam, Achaiam Pompeio duce senatus contra Caesarem bellum paravit.
The War in Spain and Greece
Caesar vacuam urbem ingressus dictatorem se fecit. Inde
20 Hispanias petiit. Ibi Pompel exercitiis validissimos et
fortissimos cum tribus ducibus, L. Afranio, M. Petreio,
M. Varrone, superavit. Inde regressus in Graeciam trans
iit, adversum Pompeium dimicavit. Prlmo proelio victus
est et fugatus, evasit tamen, quia nocte interveniente Pom26 peius sequi noluit, dlxitque Caesar nee Pompeium sclre
vincere et illo tantum die se potuisse superarl. Deinde in
Thessalia apud Palaeopharsalum productls utrimque ingentibus copils dlmicaverunt. Pompel acies habuit XL
mllia peditum, equites in sinistro cornu sexcentos, in dextro
30 qulngentos, praeterea totlns Orientis auxilia, totam nobilitatem, innumeros senatores, praetorios, cSnsulares et qui

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magnorum iam bellorum victores fuissent. Caesar in acie

sua habuit peditum non integra xxx mllia, equites mllle.
Pompey's Defeat and Death
Numquam adhiie Romanae copiae in unum neque
maiores neque melioribus ducibus convenerant, totum
terrarum orbem facile subactiirae, sl contra barbaros duce- 5
rentur. Pugn&tum tum est ingentl contentione, victusque
ad postremum Pompeius et eastra eius dlrepta sunt. Ipse
fugatus Alexandrlam petiit, ut a rege Aegyptl, cui tutor a
senatu datus fuerat propter iuvenllem eius aetatem, acciperet auxilia. Qul fortunam magis quam amlcitiam secutus 10
occldit Pompeium, caput eius et anulum Caesarl mlsit. Quo
conspecto Caesar etiam lacrimas fudisse dlcitur, tantl virl
intuens caput et generl quondam sul.
Cassar In Egypt and Asia Minor
Mox Caesar Alexandrlam venit. IpsI (|uo(jue Ptolemaeus parare voluit Insidias, qua causa bellum rcgl inlatum 15
est. Victus in Nllo periit inventumque est eius corpus cum
lorlca aurea. Caesar Alexandria potltus regnum Cleopatrae
dedit, Ptolemael sororl. Rediens inde Caesar Pharnacen,
Mithridatis Magnl fllium, qul Pompeio in auxilium apud
Thessaliam fuerat, rebellantem in Ponto et multas popull 20
Romanl provincias oceupantem vlcit acie, postea ad mortem
coegit.
Renewal of the War in Africa
Inde Romam regressus tertio se consulem fecit cum M.
Aemilio Lepido, qul el magister equitum dictatorl ante
annum fuerat. Inde in Africam profectus est, ubi Inflnita 26
nobilitas cum Iubii, Mauritaniae rege, bellum reparaverat.
Duces autem Romanl erant P. Cornelius Sclpio ex genere
antlquissimo Sclpionis Africanl (bie etiam socer Pompel
Magnl fuerat), M. Petreius, Q. Varus, M. Porcius Cato,

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L. Cornelius Faustus, Sullae dictatoris fllius. Contra hos

commisso proelio post multas dlmicationes victor fuit
Caesar. Cato, Sclpio, Petreius, Iuba ipsl se occlderunt.
Faustus, Sullae quondam dictatoris fllius, Pompel gener, a
5 Caesare interfectus est.
End of the Civil War
Post annum Caesar Romam regressus quarto se consulem fecit et statim ad Hispanias est profectus, ubi Pompel fllil, Cn. Pompeius et Sex. Pompeius, ingens bellum
praeparaverant. Multa proelia fuerunt, ultimum apud
10 Mundam civitatem, in quo adeo Caesar paene victus est,
ut fugientibus suis se voluerit occldere, ne post tantam
rel mllitaris gloriam in potestatem adulescentium natus
annSs sex et qulnquaginta venIret. Denique revocatls suls
vlcit. Ex Pompel filiis maior occlsus est, minor fugit.
Caesar the Ruler of Rome. His Death
i5

Inde Caesar bellls clvllibus toto orbe compositls Romam

rediit. Agere Insolentius coepit et contra consuetudinem
Romanae libertatis. Cum ergo et honores ex sua voluntate
praestaret, qui a populo antea deferebantur, nee senatui ad
se venientl adsurgeret aliaque regia ac paene tyrannica
20 faceret, coniiiratum est in eum a sexaginta vel amplius
senatoribus equitibusque Romanls. Praecipul fuerunt
inter coniuratos duo Brutl ex eo genere Brutl, qui prlmus
Romae consul fuerat et reges expulerat, et C. Cassius et
Servllius Casca. Ergo Caesar, cum senatus die inter
25 ceteros venisset ad curiam, tribus et vlgintl vulneribus
confossus est.

NOTES
Eutropius was a Roman historian who wrote in the latter part of the
fourth century A. D. His book, which was called Breviarium ab XJrbe
Condita, was a brief history of Rome from the founding of the city to
the year 364 a. d.
Page 259, 1. 1. imperium, state (literally authority).
qui Rheae Silviae, etc., order for translation, qui erat filius Rheae
Silviae, Vestalis virginis, et (quantum putatus est) Martis.
2. quantum putatus est, as it was believed (literally, as he was
thought).
3. decem et octo annos natus, at the age of eighteen years (literally,
having been born eighteen years; annos is accusative of duration of
time.
4. Palatino monte, the Palatine Hill, one of the seven hills of Rome.
5. anno trecentesimo, etc., according to the common legend Rome
was founded in the year 753 B. c. Some authorities give 754.
6. Condita civitate, after he had founded the city, when the city was
founded (literally with the city founded, ablative absolute).
7. haec fere egit, his further achievements were about as follows
(he did about these things).
8. quorum . . . ageret, by whose advice he should act in all matters
(should do everything) ; a relative clause of purpose.
10. cum, since.
uxores, object of haberent.
12. Commotis bellis, when war broke out, ablative absolute.
propter raptarum iniuriam, a genitive modifying the object of a
preposition often stands between the preposition and the object.
14. Sabinos, in apposition with the three proper names preceding.
The towns whose inhabitants are referred to were Sabine towns. The
other two towns (Fidenae and Veii) were Etruscan towns.
15. non comparuisset, had disappeared.
17. consecratus (est), was deified.
Romae, locative case.
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18. his rSgnantibus, under their rule.

21. civitati, dative with profuit. Most compounds of sum take
the dative.
22. at, correlative with et in line 1, p. 260, both . . . and. The first
et may be omitted in translation.
Romanis, for the Somans, a dative of reference.
23. consuetudine proeliorum, from their continual battles (from their
custom of battles).
Page 260, 1. 1. in decem menses, others say that Numa divided the
year into twelve months.
2. confusum, agrees with annum.
3. Morbo decessit, died a natural death (died from illness) ; morbo
is ablative of cause.
5. Huic, dative with a compound of sub (successit).
6. duodecimo mlliario, twelve miles (at the twelfth milestone). The
form of expression in Caesar, Cicero, or any other writer of the best
period would have been duodecim milia (or milibus) passuum.
7. quorum alii . . . alii, translate as if quorum referred to the
names of the towns instead of to their inhabitants: one of which . . .
the other. A Latin writer of the best period would use alter! . . . alteri.
9. adiecto Caelio monte, by adding the Caelian Hill.
10. regnasset, contracted form of regnavisset.
arsit, was consumed; from ardeo, to burn, in intransitive sense.
11. Numae ex filia nepos, a grandson of Numa, the son of his
daughter.
suscepit imperium, succeeded to the throne.
13. Ianiculum, part of the object of adiecit. The Janiculum is
on the opposite side of the Tiber from the other hills and is not
usually reckoned as one of the seven hills.
apud ostium, the conjunction et is understood before apud, and
also before Aventinum in line 12. Conjunctions are omitted more
freely in Latin than in English.
14. civitatem, the name of the city was Ostia. It was the sea
port of Bome.
supra mare, on the sea.
17. circum (noun), the Circus Maximus, an enclosure between
the Palatine and the Aventine hills, for races and other sports.
18. ludos Romanos, this was a particular celebration occurring in
September of each year.
19. idem, translate simply he (subject of vicit). It is sometimes
difficult to indicate in English the exact emphasis given by this word.

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non parum agrorum, a large area of their country (not a little of

their land) ; the phrase is object of iunxit. The word parum, which is
sometimes an adverb, is here a noun.
20. sublatum isdem . . . iunxit, he took from them (isdem) a large
area of their country and annexed it to; isdem is a dative of reference
used with a word of taking away.
sublatum, perfect participle of tolld, in agreement with parum.
The participle is occasionally translated as here by a verb coordi
nate with the main verb of its sentence.
21. triumphans, with a triumphal procession.
Miiros fecit, this wall was known as the Servian Wall, and was
commonly believed to have been built by the king who followed
Tarquinius Priscus.
22. per filios. The accusative with per is here equivalent to the
ablative of agent, a filiis.
23. regis eius, in apposition with Anci.
24. geuitus ex, a son of.
Page 261, 1. 1. duxit, extended.
3. omnibus in censum delatis, when all had been enumerated.
4. capita lxxxill milia civium Bomanorum, a population of eightythree thousand Soman citizens, milia is a noun in apposition with
capita, which means heads, as in the phrase ' ' so many head of cattle. ' '
7. filiae, genitive, depending on scelere, connected by et with generi.
uxorem, as his wife.
9. quae gens, a nation which.
ad Campaniam euntibus, in the direction of Campania (for those
doing toward), a special use of the dative of reference. The par
ticiple is used as a substantive.
10. Gabios civitatem, the city of Gabii. When the name of a city
is given with the word urbs (or civitas) it usually stands in apposi
tion. The English equivalent is of and the proper name.
11. Capitolio here means the Capitoline Hill; in line 22, p. 260,
Capitolium means the Capitoline temple.
12. in octavo decimo miliaria, the preposition might have been
omitted without affecting the meaning, as in line 7, p. 260.
13. positam, situated.
14. perdidit, he was compelled to flee because of the indignation
aroused by a crime committed by one of his sons,
cumque imperasset, etc., and after a reign of twenty-four years, -que
is always translated before the word to which it is added.
imperasset, contracted form of imperavisset.
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regnatum est per septem reges, the reigns of seven kings lasted.
The verb is impersoual. The use of per septem reges is like that of
per filios, lino 22, p. 260.
16. annis, the use of the ablative instead of the accusative to
express duration is irregular.
cum, although.
17. ubi plurimum, at its greatest extent (where most).
18. possideret, exercised authority.
19. Hinc cdnsules coepere, after this the consulship was established.
coepere, the ending -erunt is more frequently used than -ere in
the third person plural of the perfect, but some writers use both.
duo, in apposition with cdnsules.
20. mains, may here be translated troublesome to the state.
voluisset. subjunctive by attraction.
eum, object of coerceret.
21. placuit ne haberent, it was thought best that they should not
hold (it was pleasing that, etc.)
22. ne redderentur, that they might not become (be rendered).
23. civiles, of the character of citizens.
24. qui scirent, since they knew.
se futuros esse privatos, indirect discourse.
25. ab expulsis regibus, after the expulsion of the kings.
26. maxime egerat ut Tarquinius pelleretur, had been especially
active in bringing about the expulsion of Tarquinius.
27. Lucretiae, she was the victim of the crime which had been
the cause of the uprising against Tarquinius.
Tarquinid Collatino, from Tarquinius Collatinus. The case is the
same as that of Isdem, line 20, p. 260.
28. ne quisquam, that no one.
30. loco ipsius, in his place.
31. consul, predicate nominative with factus est.
Page 262, L 1. urbi, dative of reference with the phrase bellum
commovit.
RSmae, dative, in apposition with urbi.
3. restitui, present passive infinitive.
4. in vicem se occiderunt, killed each other.
7. luxerunt, from lugeo.
9. patrem, in apposition with Sp. Lucretlum Tricipitinum.
quo . . . mortuo, and when he (Tricipitinus) fell ill and died, ablative
absolute.
10. collegam sibi, as his colleague, sibi in line 10, and also in line 8,
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12. urbe, from the city.

perisset, from pereo.
15. Romanis, dative with a form of inferre, a compound of in
which does not express motion.
ferente Porsenna, ablative absolute; auxilium is object of ferente.
18. post reges exactos means the same as ab expulsis regibus,
line 25, p. 261.
20. Tusculum, to Tusculum.
21. quae civitas, the order of translation is the same as that of
quae gens, line 9, p. 261.
22. privatus, in private life.
consenuit, from consenesco.
24. de his triumphatum est, a triumph was celebrated for the victory
over them. The verb is impersonal like regnatum est, line 15, p. 261.
25. ille, following the noun with which it agrees, means the celebrated.
26. fataliter mortuus est, translate like morbo decessit, line 3,
p. 260 (fataliter, by fate).
27. sumptum habuerit sepulturae, the expense of his funeral was
paid (he had the expense of his funeral).
29. ad iniuriam soceri vindicandam, to avenge the overthrow of his
father-in-law.
30. ingentem, modifies exercitum.
Page 263, 1. 1. dictatorI, dative with a compound of ob.
obsequeretur, subjunctive in a relative clause of purpose.
5. tamquam premeretur, on the ground that they were oppressed.
6. Tum et ipse, then, also, they; ipse is singular to agree with
populus, but the English idiom requires a plural.
16. urbis, we should say ' ' from the city. ' '
oppugnaturus patriam suam, intending to attack his native city.
20. secundus post Tarquinium, the first-after Tarquinius. The Latin
counts the starting point of a series in reckoning the position of any
member of the series.
25. omne certamen implendum, that the whole undertaking (struggle)
would be carried out. This construction is not according to the usage
of Latin of the best period.
omnes nobiles- et qui . . . deberent, all of them (being) men of
high rank and each one capable of commanding a great army.
Page 264, 1. 7. togam praetextam, the toga praetexta, which had a
purple border, was worn by the more important officials of the govern
ment and also by young boys. The toga worn by the adult private
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12. sexto miliario absint, is (only) six miles distant.

20. ditissimam, superlative of dives.
22. quasi, on the ground that.
24. Statim, just at this time,
victos, translate by a relative clause, whom they had defeated.
25. secuti, pursuing.
28. laborarent, were suffering.
Page 265, 1. 1. Gallis superventum est, the Gauls were surprised.
Impersonal construction,
gravissime, overwhelmingly.
2. eos ita cecidit, so thoroughly crushed them.
5. quasi, as if he were.
11. SequanI, the Sequani and Helvetians were originally different
< tribes, but either they had been united at the time of Eutropius, or
else Eutropius confused their identity.
vincendo per bella gravissima, conquering in hard-fought wars.
vincendo is a gerund used somewhat freely as an ablative of manner.
12. Oceanum Britannicum, the English Channel.
14. ciTcuitu, in circumference.
ad bis et tricies centena milia passuum, about 3,200 miles.
16. ne . . . quidem, the emphatic word stands between ne and quidem.
17. eos victos, when he had conquered them.
18. Galliae imperavit, he levied upon Gaul.
annuum, modifies stipendium.
19. quadringenties (supply centena milia sestertium), forty million
sesterces, a little over $1,600,000.
21. male pugnavit, met with defeat.
27. circa, near, an unusual meaning of the word.
Page 266, 1. 4. qui . . . restituit, who teas a man of unusual courage,
and remedied the disaster.
5. Persas, object of vinceret.
6. exsecrandum, deplorable.
7. qud, by ichich.
10. Contradictum est, he was opposed; the verb is impersonal.
13. iniuriam, affront.
congregates habebat, translate like the past perfect of congrego.
15. nobilitas, nobles.
16. fugit, singular, to agree with the nearest part of the com
pound subject.
17. Pompeio duce, under the leadership of Pompey.
20. petiit, went to (sought).
24. nocte interveniente, as night had come on.

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25. nee Pompeium scire vincere, that Pompey did not know how to
conquer.
27. Palaeopharsalum, the town is usually called Pharsalus.
Page 267, 1. 1. fuissent, subjunctive in a relative descriptive clause.
2. non Integra, not quite (not entire).
3. Numquam . . . subacturae, never before had larger or more skil
fully commanded Soman forces met, forces which might easily have
subdued the whole world. The employment of the future active par
ticiple here is not according to the best Latin usage. The negatives
neque . . . neque do not destroy the effect of the preceding nega
tive, numquam.
5. ducerentur, a somewhat irregular use of a condition. It is
in sense contrary to fact in past time (had been led), but the form
suggests merely anticipation from a past point of view.
6. Pugnatum est ingenti contentione, the battle was fought with
great stubbornness.
victus, supply est.
10. Qui, he.
fortunam magis quam amicitiam secutus, having regard for his own
fortunes rather than for friendship.
11. Quo conspecto, at the sight.
13. generi, Pompey had married Caesar's daughter, but she had
died before the beginning of the civil war.
14. Ipsi parare voluit insidias, wished to deal treacherously with
hirn. Ipsi is a dative of reference.
16. Victus peritt, he was defeated and lost his life.
17. Alexandria, ablative with potior.
18. Pharnacen, object of vicit; rebellantem and occupantem agree
with Pharnacen. It was after this battle that Caesar sent the famous
message vfini, vidi, vici.
21. ad mortem coegit, Eutropius implies that Caesar compelled
Pharnaces to commit suicide. But other historians say that he was
killed by one of his generals.
24. ei dictatori, when he (Caesar) was dictator; ei is a dative of
reference and dictatori is in apposition with it.
ante annum, a year before.
26. infinita nobilitas, a great many of the nobles (who had fled
from Eome).
Page 268, 1. 6. Post annum, a year later.
9. ultimum, supply proe?ium.
10. adeo paene, so nearly.
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12. natus annos sex et quinquaginta, at the age of fifty-six.

14. maior, the older; minor, the younger. The word natu is
understood.
15. bellls civilibus compositis, when the civil wars had oeen ended.
16. Agere insolentius, to conduct himself somewhat arrogantly.
17. et, coordinate with nec and -que. Omit in translation,
honoris, offices.
19. regia, king-like.
20. coniuratum est in eum, a conspiracy was formed against him,
impersonal.
24. senatus die, on the day of the meeting of the senate.

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THE FORMATION OF LATIN WORDS

(1) Many Latin words are formed from other words by the use of
endings which have special meanings. The meaning and use of some
of the endings which are thus employed are as follows:
(2) Nouns formed by adding -tor (occasionally -sor) to the parti
cipial stem indicate the person who does the act expressed by the verb
from which they are derived:
victor, a conqueror, from vinco.
a. Such nouns may be formed from moneo, capio, duco, audio,
and many other verbs.
b. These nouns in -tor and -sor are masculine. There is a
corresponding feminine form, ending in -trix: victrix, adiutrix,
administratrix.
c. Many of these words have been taken into the English
language without change of form, but sometimes the meaning
has been changed from that of the Latin word; doctor, from
doceo, originally meant one who teaches, then a learned man in any
special form of knowledge.
(3) Names of qualities (abstract nouns) are formed from adjective
stems with the endings -tas and -tudd, and from adjective or noun
stems with the ending -tus. These nouns are all feminine:
libertas, freedom, from liber.
magmtudo, greatness, from magnus.
virtus, manliness, courage, from vir.
a. Nouns with the ending -tas may be formed from gravis,
heavy, levis, light, ndbilis, well-known, noble. Some of these words
came to be used as collective nouns, indicating a group of persons
possessing the quality named: nobilitas, originally celebrity, came
to mean the prominent persons of a state.
b. The English derivatives of these words end in -ty: liberty,
nobility.
c. Nouns with the ending -tudd may be formed from latus,
broad, altus, high, fortis, brave. The English derivatives from
this group end in -tude: magnitude, fortitude.
d. Other nouns formed like virtus are servitus, slavery, from
servus; senectus, old age, from senex (old).

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(4) Nouns formed with the ending -lus (-ulus, -ellus, -illus) are
diminutives; that is, they indicate a small object. The ending is
really an adjective ending, but most of the words thus derived have
come to be used as nouns:
i

filiolus, little son, from filius.

regulus, a petty king, from rSx (stem rSg-).
a. Nouns ending in -r change the final r to 1 when -lus is added:
libellus, a little book, from liber; agellus, a little field, from ager.
(5) Adjectives ending in -osus are formed from nouns, and mean
full of or abounding in that which is named by the nouns from which
they are derived:
periculosus, full of danger, dangerous, from periculum.
annosus, full of years, aged, from annus.
a. An adjective meaning abounding in space may be derived
from gpatium.
(6) There are also certain syllables used as prefixes with special
meanings.
a. The syllable re- or red- (red- always before vowels and h)
means back or again :
redire, to come back.
rescribere, to write in reply.
b. Sometimes the prefix seems to have lost its force, leaving no
appreciable difference between the simple verb and the derivative:
manere, remanere.
(7) The syllable in- prefixed to adjectives means not:
iniustus, not just.
indignus, not worthy.
a. In English derivatives from these words the prefix usually
becomes un-: unjust, uncommon. But sometimes it keeps its
original form: incapable, incorrect.
b. The Latin preposition in, meaning in, on, or against, which is
used to form compound verbs, is a different word.
(8) The syllable per- used with adjectives and adverbs means very:
perfacilis, very easy.
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a. per when used with verbs means through or else serves to

emphasize the meaning of the verb:
perrumpeie, to break through.
perfrui, to enjoy thoroughly.
(9) The syllable dis- or dl- used with verbs means apart:
discedere, to go apart.
distinere, to hold apart.
(10) Most prepositions are used as prefixes to form compound verbs,
usually with their original meaning. Sometimes, however, they serve
merely to emphasize. The preposition cum appears in composition as
com- or con-: comportare, to carry together, collect; concurrere, to run
together.

FAMILIAR LATIN PHRASES

The following list of phrases includes quotations from Latin which
are frequently found in English literature, and also a number of
mottoes and phrases which are in common use:
Ad astra per aspera, To the stars through difficulties (motto of Kansas).
Ad utrumque paratus, Prepared for either result.
Alter ego est amicus, A friend is one's second self.
Aurl sacra fames, Accursed greed for gold.
E piuribus unum, One (formed) from many (motto of the United States).
Ex animo, Sincerely.
Esse quam viderl, To be rather than to seem.
Fata viam invenient, The fates will find a way.
Fere libenter homines id quod volunt credunt, Men usually believe
willingly that which they wish.
Fiat lux, Let there be light.
Flat iustitia, Let justice be done.
Fortes fortuna iuvat, Fortune favors the brave.
Homo sum, humanx nihil a me alienum puto, I am a man, and I regard
nothing as foreign to me which has to do with humanity.
Horribile dictu, Horrible to relate.
In hoc signo vinces, In this sign you shall conquer.
Laborare est orare, To labor is to pray.
Labor omnia vincit, Toil conquers all things.

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Mens sana in corpore sand, A sound mind in a sound body.

Mens sibi conscius recti, A mind conscious in itself (to itself) of right.
Mirabile dictu", Wonderful to say.
Montdni semper liberi, Mountaineers are always freemen (motto of
West Virgiuia).
Ifon progredi est regredi, Not to go forward is to go backward.
Non sibi scd omnibus, Not for one 's self but for all.
Pace tua, With your permission.
Possunt quia posse videntur, They can because they think they can.
Quod erat demonstrandum (abbr. Q.E.D.), Which was to be proved.
Semper paratus, Always ready.
Sic itur ad astra, Thus one rises to fame (to the stars).
Sic semper tyrannls, Ever thus to tyrants (motto of Virginia).
Sic transit gloria mundi, Thus passes away the glory of the world.
Sine die, Without a day (said of an assembly which adjourns without
a date fixed for meeting again).
Tempora mutantur et nos mutamur in illis, The times change and we
change with them (in them).
Vincit qui patitur, He conquers who endures.
Vincit qui se vincit, He conquers who conquers himself.

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APPENDIX
SUMMABY OF DECLENSIONS AND CONJUGATIONS
NOUNS
FIBST DECLENSION, a-stems
SINGULAR

Norn,
Gen.
Bat.
Ace.
Abl.
2.

PLURAL

rosa
rosae
rosae
rosam
rosa

rosae
rosarum
rosis
rosas
rosis

SECOND DECLENSION, o-stems

SINGULAR

N.
G.
D.
Ac.
Ab.

amicus
amici
amico
amicum
amico

puer
pueri
puero
puerum
puero

ager
agri
agro
agrum
agro

vir
viri
viro
virum
viro

templum
templi
templo
templum
templo

viri
viro rum
viris
viros
viris

templa
templorum
templis
templa
templis

PLURAL

N.
G.
D.

Ac.
Ab.

amici
amicorum
amicis
amicos
amicis

pueri
puerorum
pueris
pueros
pueris

agri
agrorum
agris
agros
agris

Note. The vocative singular of -us nouns ends in -e: amice. The
genitive singular and the vocative singular of filius and of proper
nouns in -ius end in -I: fill.
3.

THIRD DECLENSION
A.

Consonant Stems
SINGULAR

N.
G.
D.
Ac.
Ab.

lex
legis
legi
legem
lege

miles
militis
militl
militem
milite

frater
fratris
fratri
fratrem
fratre

homo
hominis
homini
hominem
homine

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PLURAL

N.
G.
D.
Ac.
Ab.

leges
legum
legibus
leges
legibus

milites
militum
militibus
milites
militibus

N.
G.
D.
Ac.
Ab.

(lumen
fluminis
flflmini
flumen
flumine

caput
capitis
capiti
caput
capite

N.
G.
D.
Ac.
Ab.

flfimina
flumiimm
fluminibus
flfimina
fluminibus

capita
eapitum
capitibus
capita
capitibus

fratres
fratrum
fratribus
fratres
fratribus

homines
hominum
hominibus
homines
hominibus

corpus
corporis
corpori
corpus
corpore

iter
itineris
itineri
iter
itinera

corpora
corporum
corporibus
corpora
corporibus

itinera
itinerum
itineribus
itinera
itineribus

ignis
ignis
igni
ignem
igni or -e

turris
turris
turri
turrim or -em
turri or -e

ignes
ignium
ignibus
ignis or -es
ignibus

turres
turrium
turribus
turris or -es
turribus

SINQULAB

PLURAL

B.

1-stems

SINOULAU

N.
G.
D.
Ac.
Ab.

hostis
liostis
hosti
hostem
hoste

caedes
caedis
caedi
caedem
caeile

X.
G.
1).
Ac.
Ab.

hostes
hostium
hostibus
hostis or -es
hostibus

caedes
caedium
caedibus
caedis or -es
caedibus

N.
G.
D.
Ac.
Ab.

insigne
insignis
insigni
insigne
insigni

PLURAL

SINOULAB

calcar
calearis
calcari
calcar
calcari

animal
animalis
animalI
animal
animal!

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FLURAI.

N.
G.
D.
Ac.
Ab.

insignia
insignium
insignibus
insignia
insignibus

C.
SINGULAR

N.
G.
D.
Ac.
Ab.

Mixed Stems

PLURAL

urbs
urbis
urbi
urbem
urbe

urbes
urbium
urbibus
urbes or -is
urbibus

D.
SINGULAR

N.
G.
D.
Ac.
Ab.

animalia
animalium
animalibus
animalia
animalibus

calcaria
calcarium
calcaribus
calcaria
calcaribus

vires
virium
viribus
viris or -es
viribus

vim
vi

gentes
gentium
gentibus
gentes or -is
gentibus

Irregular Nouns

FLU HAL

vis

gens
gentis
genti
gentem
gente

SINGULAR

bos
bovis
bovi
bovem
bove

PLURAL

boves
boum
bubus or bobus
boves
bubus or bobus

FOUETH DECLENSION, u-stems

SINGULAR

y.
G.
D.
Ac.
Ab.

exercitus
exercitvis
exercitui or -u
exercitum
exercitu

PLURAL

exercitus
exercituum
exercitibus
exercitus
exercitibus

SINGULAR

N.
G.

n.
Ac.
Ab.
Loc.

domus
domus
domui or domo
domum
domu or domo
domi

SINGULAR

PLURAL

cornfi
corniis
cornu
cornu
cornu

cornua
cornuum
cornibus
cornua
cornibus

PLURAL

domus
domuum ior domorum
domibus
domus or domos
domibus

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5.

FIFTH DECLENSION, 8-stems

SINGULAR

AT.
G.
1).
Ac.
Ab.

PLURAL

dies
diei
die!
diem
die

dies
dierum
diebus
dies
diebus

SINGULAR

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res
rei
rel
rem
re

res
rerum
rebus
res
rebus

ADJECTIVES
6.

FIRST AND SECOND DECLENSIONS

bonus, good
SINGULAR

Masc.
A'. bonus
a. boni
l). bono
Ac. bonum
Ab . bono

Fern.
bona
bonae
bonae
bonam
bona

PLURAL

Neut.
bonum
boni
bono
bonum
bono

Masc.
boni
bonorum
bonis
bonos
bonis

Fern.
bonae
bonarum
bonis
bonas
bonis

Neut.
bona
bonorum
bonis
bona
bonis

miser, unhappy
SINGULAR

N. miser
a. miserl
D. misero
Ac. miserum
Ab.. misero

misera
miserae
miserae
miseram
misera

PLURAL

miserum
miseri
misero
miserum
misero

miseri
miserorum
miseris
miseros
miseris

miserae
miserarum
miseris
miseras
miseris

misera
miserorum
miseris
misera
miseris

pulchrae
pulchrarum
pulchris
pulchras
pulchris

pulchra
pulchrorum
pulchris
pulchra
pulchris

pulcher, beautiful
SINGULAR

N. pulcher
G. pulchri
V. pulchro
Ac. pulchrum
Ab. pulchro

pulchra
pulchrae
pulchrae
pulchram
pulchra

pulchrum
pulchrl
pulchro
pulchrum
pulchro

pulchri
pulchrorum
pulchris
pulchros
pulchris

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285

THIRD DECLENSION
A.

Three Terminations (i-stems)

acer, sharp

SINGULAR

N.
G.
D.
Ac.
Ab.

PLURAL

Masc.

Fern.

Xeut.

Masc.

acer
acris
fieri
acrem
acri

acris
acris
acri
acrem
acri

acre
acris
acri
acre
acri

acres
acres
acria
acrium
acrium
acrium
acribus
acribus
acribus
acres or -is acres or is acria
acribus
acribus
acribus

Fern.

Neut.

Two Terminations (1-stems)

omnis, all
SINGULAR

Mane, and Fern.

N.
omnis
omnis
G.
omni
D.
Ac. oimiem
Ab. omni

PLURAL

Masc. and Fern .

Neut.
omne
omnis
omni
omne
omni

omnes
omnium
omnibus
omnes or ls
omnibus

C.

Neut.
omnia
omnium
omnibus
omnia
omnibus

One Termination

1-stems
felix, fortunate

potens, powerful

vetus, old
(a consonant stem)

SINGULAR

M. and F.

2V.

M . and F.

N.
G.
U.
Ac
Ab

felix
felicis
felici
felicem
felici

felix
felicis
felici
felix
felici

potens
potentis
potenti
potentem
potenti, -e

N.
G.
I).
Ac
Ab

felices
felicium
felicibus
felices, -is
felicibus

felicia
felicium
felicibus
felicia
felicibus

potentes
potentium
potentibus
potentes, -is
potentibus

N.

M. and F.

potens
potentis
potenti
potens
potenti, -e

vetus
veteris
veteri
veterem
vetere

y.
vetus
veteris
veteri
vetus
vetere

potentia
potentium
potentibus
potentia
potentibus

veteres
veterum
veteribus
veteres
veteribus

vetera
veterum
veteribus
vetera
veteribus

PLURAL

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PRESENT PARTICIPLES

8.
SINGULAR

N.
G.
D.
Ac.
Ab.

FLURAL

Neut.

Masc. and Fern.

portans
portantis
portanti
portans
portante (-1)

portans
portantis
portanti
portantem
portante (-1)

Ma8c. and Fern.

portantes
portantium
portantibus
portantes (-Is)
portantibus

Neut.
portantia
portantium
portantibus
portantia
portantibus

IRREGULAR ADJECTIVES
N.

a.
v.
Ac.
Ab.

sola
solius
soli
solum
sola

solus
solius
soli
solum
solo

solum
solius
soli
solum
solo

alter
alterius
alter!
alteram
altero

altera
alterius
alter!
alteram
altera

alterum
alterius
alter!
alterum
altero

(The piurals are like those of bonus and miser.)

10.

REGULAR COMPARISON OF ADJECTIVES

Positive
latus
fortis
felix
miser
facilis

11.

Comparative
latior, latius
fortior, fortius
felicior, felicius
miserior, miserius
facilior, facilius

Superlative
latissimus, -a, -um
fortissimus, -a, -um
felicissimus, -a, -um
miserrimus, -a, -um
facillimus, -a, -um

IRREGULAR COMPARISON OF ADJECTIVES

Positive
bonus
malus
magnus
parvus
multus

Comparative
melior, melius
peior, peius
maior, maius
minor, minus
, plus

Superlative
optimus, -a, -um
pessimus, -a, -um
maximus, -a, -um
minimus, -a, -um
plurimus, -a, -um

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DECLENSION OF COMPARATIVES

12.

latior, broader
SINGULA It

Masc. and Fern.

N.
latior
G.
latioris
D.
latiori
Ac. latiorem
Ab. la till 10

PLUBAL

Masc. and Fern.

latiores
latiorum
latioribus
latiores
latioribus

JTet.
lathis
latioris
latiorl
latins
latiore

Neut.
latiora
latiorum
latioribus
latiora
latioribus

plus, more
PLURAL

SINGULAR

Masc. and Fern.

N
C

Masc. and Fern.

plures
plurium
pluribus
plures or -is
pluribus

Neut.
plus
pluris

7>
JJ.

plus

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.46.

13.

REGULAR COMPARISON OF ADVERBS

roiitive
late
fortiter
acriter
facile

Comparative
latius
fortius
acrius
facilius

Superlative
latissime
fortissime
acerrime
facillime

IRREGULAR COMPARISON OF ADVERBS

bene
male
magnopere
multum
multum
parum
prope
saepe
diu

melius
peius
magis
magis
plus
minus
propius
saepius
diutius

optime
pessime
maxime
maxime
plurimum
minimi
proxime
saepissime
diutissime

Neut.
plura
plurium
pluribus
plura
pluribus

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14.

NUMERALS

Numeral adjectives are of three classes : cardinals, answering the ques

tion how many? as one, two, etc.; ordinals, answering the question which
in order? as first, second, etc.; and distributives, answering the question
how many each? as one each, two each, etc.

Soman
Numerals
I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
VI.
VII.
VIII.
IX.
X.
XI.
XII.
XIII.
XIV.
XV.
XVI.
XVII.
XVIII.
XIX.
XX.
XXI.

:xviii.
XXIX.
XXX.
XL.
L.
LX.
LXX.
LXXX.

xc.
c.

Cardinal
Onus, -a, -um
duo, -ae, -o
tres, tria
quattuor
quinque
sex
septem
octo
novem
decem
iindecim
duodecim
tredecim
quattuordecim
quindecim
sedecim
septendecim
duodeviginti
findeviginti
vlgintl
finus et viginti
(viginti unus)
duodetrlginta
undetrlginta
triginta
quadraginta
quinquaginta
sexaginta
septuaginta
octoginta
nonaginta
centum

Ordinal

Distributive

primus, -a, -um

secundus or alter
tertius
quartus
qulntus
sextus
Septimus
octavus
nonus
decimus
undecimus
duodecimus
tertius decimus
quartus decimus
quintus decimus
sextus decimus
Septimus decimus
duodevicesimus
undevlcesimus
vicesimus
vicesimus primus

singuli, -ae, -a
bini
terni or trini
quaterni
quini
seni
septeni
octoni
noveni
deni
undeni
duodenl
terni deni
quaterni deni
quini deni
seni deni
septeni deni
duodeviceni
findeviceni
viceni
viceni singuli

duodetricesimus
undetricesimus
tricesimus
quadragesimus
quinquagesimus
sexagesimus
septuagesimus
octogesimus
nonagesimus
centesimus

duodetriceni
undetriceni
triceni
quadrageni
quinquageni
sexageni
septuageni
octogeni
nonageni
centeni

2!
CI.

cc.
ccc.
cccc.
D.
DC.
DCC.
DCCC.
DCCCC.
M.
MM.

centum (et)
unus
ducentl, -ae, -a
trecentl
quadringenti
quingenti
sescenti
septingenti
octingenti
nongenti
mllle
duo milia

15.

centesimus (et)
primus
ducentesimus
trecentesimus
quadringentesimus
quingentesimus
sescentesimus
septingentesimus
octingentesimus
nongentesimus
millesimus
bis millesimus

Declension op duo and tres

duo, two

N.
G.
D.
Ac.
Ab.

centeni (et)
singull
duceni
treceni
quadringeni
quingeni
sesceni
septingeni
octingeni
nongeni
singula milia
bina milia

Masc.
duo
duorum
duobus
duos, duo
duobus

Fern.
duae
duarum
duabus
duas
duabus

tres, three
Neut.
duo
duorum
duobus
duo
duobus

Masc. and Fetn.

tres
trium
tribus
tres, tris
tribus

Neut.
tria
trium
tribus
tria
tribus

PRONOUNS
PERSONAL PRONOUNS

16.

First person, ego, J

SINGULAR

N.

ego

G.

mel

D.
Ac.
Ab.

mihi
me
me

PLDRAL

nos
( nostrum
I nostri
nobis
nos
nobis

Second person, tu, you {thou)

SINGULAR

tu
tui
tibi
te
te

PLURAL

vSs

( vestrum
1 vestri
vobis
vos
vobis

a. There is no personal pronoun of the third person.

Its place is
taken either by a demonstrative pronoun (usually is, he, ea, she, id, it),
or, if the antecedent is the subject of the sentence or clause, by the
reflexive pronouns.

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REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS

17.
First person, mei,
of myself

G.
D.
Ac.
Ab.

SING.

PLDH,

mei
mihi
me
me

nostri
nobis
nos
nobis

18.

Second person, tui,

of yourself
SING.

PLUS.

SING.

tul
tibi

vestri
vobis
vda
vobis

Sill

Sill

sibi
se
se

sibi
se
se

te
to

PLUS.

POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS

1st pers. meus, -a, -um, my

id pers. tuus, -a, -um, your (of one)
suus, -a, -um, his, her, its (when
referring to the subject)
Sd pers. eius (gen. sing, of Is) his, her,
its (when not referring to
the subject)

19.

Third person, sui,

of himself, etc.

noster, -tra, -trum, our

vester, -tra, -trum, your (of
more than one)
suus, -a, -um, their (when re
ferring to the subject)
eorum, pit mm, eorum (gen.
plur. of Is) their (when not
referring to the subject)

DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUNS
hie, this
SINGULAIl

Masc.
N.
hio
huius
G.
huic
D.
Ac. hunc
Ab. hoc

Fern.
haec
huius
huic
hanc
h&c

PLURAL

Masc.
hi
horum
his
hos
his

Neat.
hoc
huius
huic
hoc
hoc

Fern.
hae
harum
his
has
his

Neut.
haec
horum
his
liaec
his

ille, that
SINGULAR

Masc.
ille
N.
illius
G.
D.
illl
Ac. illum
Ab. illo

Fern.
il1a
illius
ill!
illam
illa

'

Neut.
illud
illius
illl
illud
illo

Masc.
illl
illorum
illis
illos
illis

a. Iste is declined like ille

PLDRAL

Fern.
illae
illarum
illis
illas
illis

-\e*.
il1a
illorum
illis
illa
illis

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is, this, that, he, she, it

SINGULAR

N.
G.
D.
Ac.
Ab.

Masc.
is
eius

er
cum
eo

20.

Fern.
ea
eius
el
eam
ea

PLURAL

Uasc.
ii, el
eorum
iis, eis
eos
iis, eis

Neut.
id
eius
el
id
eo

Fern.
eae
earum
iis, eis
eas
iis, eis

Neut.
ea
eorum
iis, eis
ea
iis, eis

THE IDENTIFYING PRONOUN

idenl, the .same
PLURAL

SINGULAR

Masc.
N.
idem
G.
eiusdemi
D.
eidem
Ac. cundem
Ab. eodem

Fern.
eadem
eiusdem
eidem
eandem
eadem

Neut.
idem
eiusdem
eidem
idem
eodem

N.
G.
D.
Ac..
Ab .

21.

Masc.
idem or
eidem
eorundem
isdem or
eisdem
eosdem
isdem or
eisdem

Fern.
eaedem

Neut.
eadem

earundem
isdem or
eisdem
easdem
isdem or
eisdem

eorundem
isdem or
eisdem
eadem
isdem or
eisdem

THE INTENSIVE PRONOUN

ipse, self
PLURAL

Masc.
N.
ipse
G.
ipsius
D.
ipsi
Ac. ipsum
Ab. ipso

Fern.
ipsa
ipsius
ipsi
ipsam
ipsa

Neut.
ipsum
ipsius
ipsi
ipsum
ipso

Masc.
ipsi
ipsorum
ipsis
ipsos
ipsis

Fern.
ipsae
ipsarum
ipsis
ipsas
ipsis

Neut.
ipsa
ipsorum
ipsis
ipsa
ipsis

THE RELATIVE PBONOUN

qui, who
SINGULAR

Masc.
qui
N.
cuius
G.
cui
D.
Ac. quem
Ab. quo

Fern.
quae
cuius
cui
quam
qua

PLURAL

Neut.
quod
cuius
cui
quod
quo

Masc.
qui
quorum
quibus
quos
quibus

Fern.
quae
quarum
quibus
quas
quibus

Neut.
quae
quorum
quibus
quae
quibus

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23.

INTERROGATIVE PRONOUN AND ADJECTIVE

SINGULAR

Masc.
quis
cuius
cui
quem
quo

N.
G.
D.
Ac.
Ab.

PLUEAL

Fern.
quae
cuius
cui
quam
qua

Neut.
quid
cuius
cui
quid
quo

Masc.
qui
quorum
quibus
quos
quibus

Fern.
quae
qua rum
quibus
quas
quibus

Neut.
quae
quorum
quibus
quae
quibus

a. In the nominative singular masculine the adjective form is

sometimes qui. In the nominative and accusative singular neuter it
is always quod.
INDEFINITE PRONOUNS

24.

quisque, each

quisquam, anyone
SINGULAR

N.
G.
D.
Ac.
Ab.

Masc.
quisque

Fern.
quaeque

Neut.
quidque,
quodque
cuiusque cuiusque cuiusque
cuique
cuique
cuique
quemque quamque quidque,
quodque
quoque
quaque
quoque
Plural rare

Masc. and Fern.

Neut.
quisquam quicquam
(quidquam)
cuiusquam cuiusquam
cuiquam
cuiquam
quemquam quicquam
(quidquam)
quoquam
quoquam
Plural missing

quidam, a certain
SINGULAR

N.
G.
D.
Ac.
Ab.

Masc.
quidam
cuiusdam
cuidam
quendam
quodam

Fern.
quaedam
cuiusdam
cuidam
quandam
quadam

N.
G.
B.
Ac.
Ab.

quidam
quorundam
quibusdam
quosdam
quibusdam

quaedam
quarundam
quibusdam
quasdam
quibusdam

Neut.
quiddam (quoddam)
cuiusdam
cuidam
quiddam (quoddam)
quodam

PLUEAL

quaedam
quorundam
quibusdam
quaedam
quibusdam

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aliquis, some
SINGULAR

N.
G.
D.
Ac.
Ab.

Mate.
aliquis (aliqui)
alicuius
alicui
aliquem
aliquo

Fern.
aliqua
alicuius
alicui
aliquam
aliqua

N.
G.
D.
Ac.
Ab.

aliqui
aliquorum
aliquibus
aliquos
aliquibus

aliquae
aliqua rum
aliquibus
aliqua s
aliquibus

Neut.
aliquid (aliquod)
alicuius
alicui
aliquid (aliquod)
aliquo

PLURAL

aliqua
aliquorum
aliquibus
aliqua
aliquibus

EEGULAR VERBS
25.

FIRST CONJUGATION
Principal parts :

Active Voice
porto, portare, portavl, portatum
Present
SUBJUNCTIVE

INDICATIVE
SINGULAR

portem
portes
portet

porto, / carry
portas, you carry
portat, he carries
PLURAL

portemus
portetis
portent

portamus, we carry
portatis, you carry
portant, they carry
Past
SINGULAR

portabam, 7 was carrying

portabas, you were carrying
portabat, he was carrying

portarem
portares
portaret

PLURAL

portabamus, we were carrying

portabatis, you were carrying
portabant, they were carrying

portaremus
portaretis
portarent

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INDICATIVE

SUBJUNCTIVE

Future
SINGULIS

portabo, / shall carry

porta bis, you will carry
portabit, he will carry
PLURAL

portabimus, we shall carry

portabitis, you will carry
portabunt, they will carry
Perfect
SINGULAR

portavl, I have carried, I carried

portavisti, you have carried, etc.
portavit, he has carried, etc.

portaverim
portaveris
portaverit

PLURAL

portavimus, we have carried, etc.

portaverimus
portavistis, you have carried, etc. .
portaveritis
portaverunt, -ere, they have carried, etc. portaverint
Past Perfect
portaveram, / had carried
portaveras, you had carried
portaverat, he had carried

portavissem
portavisses
portavisset

PLURAL

portaveramus, we had carried

portaveratis, you had carried
portaverant, they had carried
Future Perfect
SINGULAR

portavero, I shall have carried

portaveris, you will have carried
portaverit, he will have carried
PLURAL

portaverimus, we shall have cirried

portaveritis, you will have carried
portaverint, they will have carried

portavissemus
portavissetis
portavissent

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IMPERATIVE

Sing. 2.
Plur. 2.

Present
porta, carry (thou)
portate, carry (ye)

Sing. 2.
3.
Plur. 2.
3.

PARTICIPLES

INFINITIVES

Pres.
Past
Fut.

portare, to carry
Pres.
portavisse, to have carried
Fut.
portaturus esse, to be about to carry
GERUND

G.
D.
Ac.
Ab.

portandl, of carrying
portando, to (for) carrying
portandum, carrying
portando, from, by carrying

26.

Future
portato, thou shalt carry
portato, he shall carry
portatote, ye shall carry
portanto, they shall carry

Ac.
Ab.

porting, carrying
portaturus, about to carry

supine
portatum, to carry
portatii, to carry

Passive Voice
Present
INDICATIVE

SUBJUNCTIVE

SINGULAR

SINGULAR

portor, / am carried
portaris, -re, you are carried
portatur, he is carried

porter
porteris, -re
portetur
PLURAL

PLURAL

portamur, we are carried

portamini, you are carried
portantur, they are carried

portemur
portemini
portentur
Past

SINGULAR

portabar, I was (being) carried

portabaris, -re, you were carried
portabatur, he was carried
PLURAL

portabamur, we were (being) carried

port;! bfi mini, you were (being) carried
portebantur, they were (being) carried

SINGULAR

portarer
portareris, -re
portaretur
PLURAL

portaremur
portareminl
portarentur

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INDICATIVE

SUBJUNCTIVE

Future
SINGULAR

portabor, I shall be carried

portaberis, -re, you will be carried
portabitur, he will be carried
PLURAL

portabimur, we shall be carried

portabimini, you will be carried
portabuntur, they will be carried
Perfect
SINGULAR

SINGULAR

portatus sum, I have been carried

portatus es, you have been carried
portatus est, he has been carried
PLURAL

portatus sim
portatus sis
portatus sit
PLURAL

portati sumus, we have been carried

portati estis, you have been carried
portati sunt, they have been carried

portati simus
portati sltis
portati sint

Past Perfect
SINGULAR

SINGULAR

portatus eram, I had been carried

portatus eras, you had been carried
portatus erat, he had been carried
PLURAL

portatus essem
portatus esses
portatus esset
PLURAL

portati eramus, we had been carried

portati eratis, you had been carried
portati erant, they had been carried
Future Perfect
SINGULAR

portatus ero, J shall have been carried

portatus eris, you will have been carried
portatus erit, he will have been carried
PLURAL

portati erimus, we shall have been carried

portati eritis, you will have been carried
portati erunt, they will have been carried

portati essemus
portati essetis
portati essent

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IMPERATIVE

Present
Future
Sing. ft. portare, be (thou) carried Sing. t. portator, thou shalt be carried
Plur. ft. portamini, be (ye) carried
3. portator, he shall be carried
[Link].
3. portantor, they shall be carried
INFINITIVES

PARTICIPLES

Pres. amari, to be loved

Past portatus, having been carried
Past amatus esse, to have been loved Put. portandus, to be carried
Fut. amatum iri, to be about to be loved
27.

SECOND, THIED, AND FOURTH CONJUGATIONS

moneo, monere, momri, monitum

duco, ducere, duxi, ductum

capio, capere, cepi, captum

audio, audlre, audlvi, audltum

Active Voice
INDICATIVE

moneo
mones
monet
monemus
monetis
monent

duco
dficis
dueit
ducimus
ducitis
ducunt

capio
capis
capit
capimus
capitis
capiunt

audio
audis
audit
audimus
auditis
audiunt

Past

monebam
monebas
monebat
monebamus
monebatis
monebant

ducebam
diicebas
ducebat
ducebamus
dflcebatis
ducebant

capiebam
capiebas
capiebat
capiebamus
capiebatis
capiebant

audiebam
audiebas
audiebat
audiebamus
audiebatis
audiebant

Future

monebo
monebis
monebit
monebimus
monebitis
monebunt

ducam
duces
ducet
ducemus
ducetis
ducent

capiam
capies
capiet
capiemus
capietis
capient

audiam
audies
audiet
audiemus
audietis
audient

Perfect

monul

duxi

cepi

audivi

Past Perf. monueram

duxeram

ceperam

audiveram

Fut. Perf. monuero

duxero

cepero

audivero

Present

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SUBJUNCTIVE

Present

moneam
moneas
moneat
moneamus
moneatis
moneant

ducam
ducas
ducat
ducamus
ducatis
ducant

capiam
capias
capiat
capiamus
capiatis
capiant

audiam
audias
audiat
audiamus
audiatis
audiant

Part

monerem
moneres
moneret
monereinus
moneretis
monerent

ducerem
duceres
duceret
duceremus
duceretis
ducerent

caperem
caperes
caperet
caperemus
caperetis
caperent

audirem
audires
audlret
audiremus
audiretis
audirent

Perfect

monuerim

duzerim

ceperim

audiverim

duxissem

cepissem

audivissem

Past Perf. monuisscm

IMPERATIVE

Present

monS
monete

due
ducite

cape
capite

audi
audite

Future

2 moneto
S moneto
2 monetoto
S monento

ducito
ducito
ducitote
ducunto

capito
capito
capitote
capiunto

audito
auditote
audiunto

Present
Future

monens
moniturus

ducens
ducturus

capiens
capturus

audiens
auditurus

Present
Past
Future

monere
monuisse
moniturus esse

ducere
duxisse
ducturus esse

capere
cepisse
capturus esse

audire
audivisse
auditurus esse

mon end!
monendo

ducendl
dflcendo

capiendl
capiendo

audiendi
audiendo

auditp

PARTICIPLES

INFINITIVE

GERUND

etc.

etc.

etc.

etc.

SUPINE

monitum
monitu

ductum
ductu

captum
captu

auditum
auditu

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Passive Voice

28.

INDICATIVE

Present

moneor
moneris, -re
monetur
monemur
monemini
monentur

ducor
duceris, -re
ducitur
ducimur
diicimini
ducuntur

capior
caperis, -re
capitur
capimur
capimini
capiuntur

audior
audiris, -re
audltur
audimur
audimini
audiuntur

Past

monebar
monebaris, -re
monebatur
monebamur
monebamini
monebantur

dflcebar
ducebaris, -re
ducebatur
ducebamur
duoebamini
ducebantur

capiebar
capiebaris, -re
capiebatur
capiebamur
capiebamini
capiebantur

audiebar
audiebaris, -r<
audiebatur
audiebamur
audiebamini
audiebantur

Future

monebor
moneberis, -re
monebitur
monebimur
monebimini
monebuntur

diicar
duceris, -re
ducetur
dueemur
ducemini
ducentur

capiar
capieris, -re
capietur
capiemur
capiemini
capientur

audiar
audieris, -re
audietur
audiemur
audiemini
audientur

Perfect

monitus sum

ductus sum .

captus sum

audltus sum

Past Perf. monitus eram

ductus eram

captus eram

auditus eram

Fut. Perf. monitus ero

ductus ero

captus ero

auditus ero

Present

monear
monearis, -re
moneatur
moneamur
moneamini
moneantur

diicar
ducaris, -re
ducatur
ducamur
ducamini
ducantur

capiar
capiaris, -re
capiatur
capiamur
capiamini
capiantur

audiar
audiaris, -re
audiatur
audiamur
audiaminl
audiantur

Past

monerer
monereris, -re
moneretur
moneremur
moneremini
monerentur

ducerer
ducereris, -re
duceretur
duceremur
diiceremini
ducerentur

caperer
capereris, -re
caperetur
caperemur
caperemini
caperentur

audirer
audireris, -re
audiretur
audiremur
audiremini
audirentur

SUBJUNCTIVE

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Perfect

monitus sim

Past Perl. monitus essem

ductus sim

captus sim

auditus sim

ductus essem

captus essem

auditus essem

IMPERATIVE

Present

monere
monemini

ducere
ducimini

capere
eapimini

audlre
audimini

Future

g
S monentor

ducuntor

capiuntor

audiuntor

Past

monitus

ductus

captus

auditus

Future

monendus

ducendus

capiendus

audiendus

Present

moneri

duel

capl

audirl

Perfect

monitus esse

ductus esse

captus esse

auditus esse

Future

monitum iri

ductum iri

captum Iri

auditum iri

PARTICIPLES

INFINITIVE

29.

DEPONENT VERBS
I.
II.
III.
IV.

conor, conari, conatus sum

polliceor, polliceri, pollicitus sum
sequor, sequi, secutus sum
potior, potiri, potitus sum
INDICATIVE

rv.

I.
conor
conaris, -re
conatur
conamur
conamini
conantur

II.
polliceor
polliceris, -re
pollicetur
pollicemur
pollicemini
pollicentur

III.
sequor
sequeris, -re
sequitur
sequimur
sequimini
sequuntur

potior
potiris, -re
potitur
potimur
potimini
potiuntur

Past
Fut.

conabar
conabor

pollicebar
pollicebor

sequebar
sequar

potiebar
potiar

Perf.
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conatus sum
conatus eram
conatus ero

pollicitus sum
pollicitus eram
pollicitus ero

seciitus sum
secutus eram
secutus ero

potitus sum
potitus eram
potitus ero

Pres.

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SUBJUNCTIVE

Pres.
Past
Pcrf.
P. Pf.

coner
conarer
conatus sim
conatus essem

pollicear
pollicerer
pollicitus sim
pollicitus essem

Pres.
Fut.

conare
conator

pollicere
pollicetor

Pres.
Past
Fut.

eonfiri
conatus esse
conaturus esse

pollicerl
sequi
pollicitus esse secutus esse
polliciturus essesecnturus esse

conans
conatus
conaturus
conandus

pollicens
pollicitus
pollicitiirus
pollicendus

conandi, etc.

pollicendi, etc. sequendi, etc.

conatum
conatu

pollicitum
pollicitii

sequar
sequerer
secutus sim
secutus essem

potiar
potirer
potitus sim
potitus essem

sequere
sequitor

potire
potitor

IMPERATIVE

INFINITIVE

potiri
potitus esse
potitiirus esse

PARTICIPLE

Pres.
Past
F. Act.
F. Pass.

sequens
secutus
seciiturus
sequendus

potiens
potitus
potitiirus
potiendus

GERUND

potiendi, etc.

SUPINE

secutum
secutu

IRREGULAR VERBS
30.

Conjugation of sum.
Principal parts:

sum, esse, fui, futurus

INDICATIVE

Present
SINGULAR

sum, I am
es, you are
est, he,.she, it is

PLURAL

sumus, we are
estis, you are
sunt, they are

potltum
potitu

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Past
eramus, we were
eratis, you were
erant, they were

eram, 7 was
eras, you were
erat, he, she, it was
Future

erimus, we shall be
eritis, you will be
erunt, they will be

ero, I shall be
eris, you will be
erit, he, she, it will be
Perfect
fui, I have been, I was
fuisti, you have been, you were
fuit, he, she, it has been, was

fuimus, we have been, we were

fuistis, you have been, you were
fuerunt or -ere, they have been, etc.

Past Perfect
fueram, I had been
fueras, you had been
fuerat, he, she, it had been

fueramus, we had been

fueratis, you had been
fuerant, they had been

Future Perfect
fuero, I shall have been
fueris, you will have been
fuerit, he, she, it will have been

fuerimus, we shall have been

fueritis, you will have been
fuerint, they will have been

SUBJUNCTIVE

Present

Past

SINGULAR

PLURAL

SINGULAR

sim
sis
sit

slmus
sltis
sint

essem
esses
esset

fuerim
fueris
fuerit

Perfect
fuerimus
fuerltis
fuerint

PLURAL

essemus
essetis
essent

Pas1: Perfect
fuissem
fuissemus
fuisses
fuissetis
fuissent
fuisset
IMPERATIVE

Present
rs.

es, be (thou)

este, be (ye)

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Future
2d pers. esto, be, thou shalt be
Sdpers. esto, let him be, he shall be

estote, be, ye shall be

sunto, let them be, they shall be

PARTICIPLE

Flit.

futurus, about to be
INFINITIVE

Pres.
Perf.
Fut.
31.

esse, to be
fuisse, to have been
futurus esse or fore, to be about to be

Conjugation of possum.
Principal parts:

possum, posse, potui

INDICATIVE

SUBJUNCTIVE

Present
SINGULAR

PLURAL

SINGULAR

PLURAL

possum
potes
potest

possumus
potestis
possunt

possim
possis
possit

possimus
possltis
possint

poteram
poteras
poterat

poteramus
poteratis
poteraiit

possem
posses
posset

possemus
possetis
possent

potero

poterimus

potui

potuimus

potuerim

potuerimi

potueram

potueramus

potuissem

potuissem

potuero

potuerimus

Past

Future

Perfect

Past Perfect

Future Perfect

INFINITIVE

Pres.

posse

Past

potuisse

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32.

Conjugation op prosum.
Principal parts:

prosum, prodesse, profui

INDICATIVE

SUBJUNCTIVE

Present
prosumus
prodestis
prosunt

prosum
prodes
prodest

rosim
rosis
rosit

prosimus
prosftis
prosint

The remaining forma of the present system are conjugated like sum,
with the prefix prod-. The perfect system is regularly formed with
the stem prdfu-.
33.

Conjugation of fero.
Principal parts:

fero, ferfe, tuli, latum

INDICATIVE

Present
Active

Passive

fero
fers
fert

ferimus
fertis
ferunt

ferSbam

ferebamus

feram

feremus

tuli

tulimus

feror
ferris, -re
fertur

ferimur
ferimini
feruntur

Past

ferebar

ferebamur

ferar

feremur

l Titus sum

lati sumus

latus eram

lati eramus

Future

Perfect

Past Perfect
tuleram

tuleramus

tulero

tulerimus

Future Perfect
latus sro

lati erimus

ferar

feramur

ferrer

ferremur

SUBJUNCTIVE

Present
feram

feramus

ferrem

ferremus

Past

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Perfect
tulerim

tulerimus

latus sim

la t i Minus

latus essem

lati essemus

Past Perfect
tulissem

tulissemus
IMPERATIVE

Present
S fer

ferte

2 ferto
3 ferto

fertote
ferunto

ferre

feriminl

fertor
fertor

feruntor

Future

INFINITIVE

Active
Pres.
Past
Fut.

PARTICIPLES

Passive

ferre
tulisse
laturus esse

Active

ferri
latus esse
latum iri

Pres.
Fut.

GERUND

ferendl, etc.
34.

Passive

ferens
laturus

Past
Fut.

latus
ferendus

SUPINE

Ace.

latum

Abl.

latu

Conjugation of e6.
Principal parts:

ed, ire, ii or ivi, itum

Present

INDICATIVE

eo
Is
it

imus
it-is
eunt

SUBJUNCTIVE

eam
oris
eat

eamus
eatis
eant

Past
ibam

ibamug

Ibo

Ibimus

irem

iremus

Future

Perfect
nmus or lvimus

lerim or lverim

lenmus or lvenmus

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Past Perfect

ieram (Iveram) ieramus (Iveramus) Isscin (ivissem) lssemus (ivissemus)

Future Perfect
lero or lvcro

ierimus or iverimus

IMPERATIVE

Pres. i,
flit, ito,
ito,

36.

INFINITIVE

ite
itote
eunto

Pres. Ire
Pcrf. iisse or isse
Fut. iturus esse

PARTICIPLE

Pres. ions (Gen. euntis)

Fut. iturus

GERUND

SUPINE

fundi, etc.

itum, itu

Conjugation or fl8.
Principal parts:

fid, fieri, factus sum

Presen t
SUBJUNCTIVE

INDICATIVE

flo
fis
fit

fiunt

fiebam

fiebamus

fiam

fiemus

fiam
fias
fiat

flSmus
fliitis
fiant

ficrem

fieremus

Past

Future

Perfect
factus sum

factus sim
Past Perfect

factus eram

factus essem
Future Perfect

factus ero
IMPERATIVE

Pres.

fi, flte

INFINITIVE

Pres. fieri
Perf. factus esse
Fut. factum iri

PARTICIPLE

Perf. factus
Fut. faciendus

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Conjugation of volo, and its compounds.

volo, velle, volui, be willing.
nolo, nolle, nolui, be unwilling.
malo, malle, malui, prefer.
INDICATIVE

nolo
non vis
non vult
nolumus
non vultis
nolunt
nolebam
nolam
nSlui
nolueram
noluero

volo
Pres.
vis
vult
volumus
vultis
volunt
volebam
Past
volam
Put.
volui
Perf.
Past Perf. volueram
Put. Perf. voluero

mal5
mavis
mavult
malumus
mavultis
malunt
malebam
malam
malui
malueram
maluero

SUBJUNCTIVE

nolim
nollem
noluerim
noluissem

Pres.
velim
Past
vellem
Perf.
voluerim
Past Perf. voluissem

malim
mallem
maluerim
maluissem

IMPERATIVE

Pres.
Put.

noli
nolito
nolito

nolite
nolltote
noluntO

INFINITIVE

Pres.
Perf.

velle
voluiese

Pres.

volens

nolle
noluisse
PARTICIPLE

nolens

malle
malui sse

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REVIEW OF SYNTAX
AGREEMENT
37. 1. Adjectives and participles agree in gender, number, and case
with the nouns to which they belong (55).
2. A relative pronoun agrees with its antecedent in gender and
number, but its case depends on its use in its own clause (288).
3. A noun in apposition agrees in case with the noun which it
explains (62).
4. A verb agrees with its subject in person and number (44).
CASES
THE NOMINATIVE

38. 1. The subject of a finite verb is in the nominative case (11).

2. A predicate noun used with a finite form of sum is in the
nominative case (50, 2).
THE GENITIVE

39. 1. The genitive is used to denote a person or thing referred to

as possessing something (11).
2. The genitive is used to refer to the whole of something, of which
a part is denoted by the word on which the genitive depends (265).
3. The genitive, modified by an adjective, may be used to describe
a person or thing (352).
4. Nouns and adjectives which denote actions sometimes take a
dependent genitive in a relation similar to that of a direct object to
the verb on which it depends (381).
5. The genitive may be used to denote the material of which
something is composed, or the persons or objects making up a collective
noun (521).
6. The verbs memim and reminiscor, remember, and obliviscor,
forget, frequently take a genitive as object, But if the object is a
neutei pronoun oi adjective it always stands in the accusative (543).
THE DATIVE

40. 1. The indirect object is in the dative (26).

2. The dative is used in dependence on adjectives of attitude,
quality, or relation to indicate the person or thing toward which the
attitude is directed or in reference to which the quality or relation is
said to exist (27).
3. Verbs meaning to favor, please, trust, obey, serve, resist, envy,
threaten, pardon, spare, and persuade, take their (apparent) objects in
the dative (125).

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4. The possessor of something may be denoted by the dative with

the thing possessed in the nominative as the subject of a form of the
verb meaning to be (325).
5. The purpose or end which something serves or is intended to
serve is often expressed by the dative (196).
6. With many verbs compounded with ante, ob, prae, or sub, a
noun or pronoun connected in sense with the preposition is put in the
dative. The dative is also thus used with compounds of ad and in
when motion is not expressed, and occasionally with the compounds of
a few other prepositions (324).
7. The dative is often used to indicate a person who is likely to be
affected favorably or unfavorably by an act or situation, or with
reference to whom an act is said to be done or a situation to exist.
Occasionally this use of the dative is found with words referring to
things (245).
8 With the future passive participle the dative is used to indicate
the person by whom the act must be done or ought to be done (538).
THE ACCUSATIVE

41. 1. The direct object of a verb is in the accusative (11).

2. A noun used to tell how long an act or situation continues is
put in the accusative (177).
3. A noun used to express extent in space is put in the accusa
tive (312).
4. With the names of towns and small islands, also with domus,
the accusative without a preposition is used to name the place to which
motion is directed. With other words in this construction a preposi
tion, ad or in, is used (313).
THE ABLATIVE

42. 1. The ablative represents a combination of ideas, the original

force of which is expressed by English phrases with the prepositions
from, in, or with (33).
2. Verbs meaning to separate, remove, deprive of, lark, be absent , and
the like, take the ablative of separation, often with ab or ex (329).
3. With names of towns and small islands, also with domus, the
ablative without a preposition is used to express the idea of place
from which. With other words in this co istruction, a preposition,
ab, de, or ex, is used (330).
4. With passive verbs, the noun or pronoun which indicates the person
by whom the act is done is put in the ablative with a or ab (98).
5. With the comparative form of an adjective (occasionally of an

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adverb), if quam is omitted, the noun or pronoun indicating the person

or thing with which comparison is made is put in the ablative without
a preposition (340).
6. The ablative with in is used to indicate the place where some
thing is or where some act occurs (110).
7. The ablative without a preposition is used to indicate the time
at which or within which an act occurs or a situation exists (211).
8. The ablative with the preposition cum is used to indicate the
person with whom one is associated in doing an act (104).
9. The manner is which an act is done may be expressed by the
ablative with cum. But cum may be omitted if the noun is modified
by an adjective (277).
10. The means or instrument with which an act is done is expressed
by the ablative without a preposition (130).
11. The way or route by which one goes may be expressed by the
ablative without a preposition (318).
12. The ablative without a preposition is used to express the degree
or measure of difference between two things (346).
13. A noun or pronoun in the ablative, together with an adjective, a
participle, or another noun in agreement, may be used to indicate
some circumstance or event loosely connected with the rest of the
sentence (370).
14. The ablative without a preposition may be used to indicate in
what respect a statement is true (366).
15. The ablative modified by an adjective may be used to describe a
person or thing (353).
16. The ablative with or without a preposition may be used to
express cause (449).
17. The deponents utor, fruor, fungor, potior, and vescor take their
objects in the ablative (419).
THE VOCATIVE

43.

The vocative is used to denote the person addressed (34).

THE LOCATIVE

44. "With the names of towns and small islands, also with domus,
the place where some act occurs or something exists is denoted by the
locative (299).
n. The locative has the same form as the genitive in the
singular of nouns of the first and second declension; elsewhere
it has the same form as the ablative. The locative of domus is
domi.

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MOODS
THE INDICATIVE

46. The indicative is used in statements of fact and in questions

which imply that the answer expected is a statement of fact.
THE SUBJUNCTIVE

46. 1. The most important use of the subjunctive is to refer to an

act as desired (456).
2. In a main clause the expression of desire may consist: (1) in
urging someone to act with the speaker (456, a), (2) in giving an
order to be carried out by someone else than the person addressed (456,6).
3. A subordinate clause expressing the purpose of the main act has
its verb in the subjunctive. Purpose clauses are introduced by ut or
ne, or a relative pronoun (460).
4. A substantive clause depending on a verb which expresses or
implies desire has its verb in the subjunctive (470).
5. Verbs and other expressions of fear may take a dependent clause
'with the subjunctive introduced by ne, that, or ut, that not (531).
6. The subjunctive may be used in a subordinate clause to refer to
an act as anticipated or expected (476).
7. The subjunctive is used in subordinate clauses expressing
result (483).
8. A substantive clause depending on a verb or phrase which
expresses the bringing about of an act or of a situation has its
verb in the subjunctive (516).
9. A clause introduced by cum meaning when, if used to describe
the situation in which the main act took place, has its verb in the
past or past perfect subjunctive (511).
10. A cum clause introduced by cum meaning since has its verb in
the subjunctive (520).
11. A clause introduced by cum meaning although has its verb in
the subjunctive (526).
12. An indirect question has its verb in the subjunctive (489).
13. Sometimes a subordinate clause which would otherwise have its
verb in the indicative takes the subjunctive because it is closely
dependent on a subjunctive or an infinitive (587).
CONDITIONAL SENTENCES

47. 1, Non-committal conditional sentences have their verbs in the

indicative (571).
2. Future less vivid conditional sentences have their verbs in the
present or perfect subjunctive (581).

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3. Conditional sentences contrary to fact have their verbs in the

past subjunctive to refer to present time, and the past perfect to refer
to past time (576).
THE IMPERATIVE

48. The imperative is used to express affirmative commands. The

forms of the present tense are usually employed except in the case of
the verbs memini and scio, of which the future is used with present
meaning (402, 586).
THE INFINITIVE

49. 1. The infinitive is sometimes used to complete the meaning of

the finite verb of the clause in which it stands (272).
2. Words of knowing, thinking, saying, hearing, and observing may
take as object an infinitive with its subject in the accusative (395).
INDIRECT DISCOURSE

50. In Latin, indirect quotations are expressed as follows: (a) A

main clause containing a statement of fact has its verb in the infini
tive with the subject in the accusative.
(b) A main clause expressing a command has its verb in the
subjunctive.
(c) All subordinate clauses have their verbs in the subjunctive (499).
THE SUPINE

51. 1. The accusative of the supine is used to express purpose in

clauses in which the finite verb expresses motion (547, a).
2. The ablative of the supine is used as an ablative of respect
with a few adjectives (547, b).
THE GERUND

52. The gerund is a verbal noun, used only in four cases and in
the singular number (552).
THE GERUNDIVE

53. The gerundive is a participle and is used in agreement with a

noun or pronoun (557).
RELATION OF TENSES
54. The tense of a subjunctive in a dependent clause usually bears a
certain relation to the tense of the verb in the main clause.
(a) If the main verb denotes present or future time, the dependent
subjunctive is regularly present or perfect.
(b) If the main verb denotes past time the dependent subjunctive
is regularly past or past perfect (510).

VOCABU LAKY

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LATIN-ENGLISH VOCABULARY
a, ab, prep, with dbl., from, by
absens, absentis, absent
absum, abesse, afui, afuturus, be
absent, be distant, be away
ac, see atque
accedo, -ere, access!, accessum,
approach
accido, -ere, accidi, happen
accipio, -ere, accepi, acceptum,
receive, accept
accuso, -are, -avi, -atum, accuse,
censure
acer, acris, acre, spirited, fierce,
bold, sharp, keen
Achaia, -ae, f., Achaia, a district
of Greece
acies, -ei, f., edge; line of battle,
battle
acriter, adv., fiercely, eagerly,
spiritedly
ad, prep, with ace., to, toward;
near
adeo, adv., to such an extent, so,
so very
adgredior, adgredi, adgressus sum,
approach; attack
adhibeo, -ere, -ui, -itum, summon
adhuc, adv., as yet, to this time,
before this time
adicio, -ere, adieci, adiectum, add;
throw to
adiungo, -iungere, -ifinxi, -iunctum,
join to, annex
adsum, -esse, -fui, -futurus, be
present, be at hand
adsurgd, -surgere, -surrexi, -surrectum, rise
adulescens, -centis, m., young man

advenio, -venire, -veni, -ventum,

arrive, come up
adventus, -us, m., coming, arrival,
approach
adversum, prep, with ace, against
adversus, -a, -um, opposed, unsuc
cessful, unfavorable
aedificium, -i, n., building
aedifico, -are, -avi, -atum, build
Aegyptus, -i, f., Egypt
Aemilius, -i, m., Aemilius, o Soman
name
aestas, -tatis, p., summer
aetas, -tatis, p., age
Afranius, -i, m., Afranius, a Soman
name
Africa, -ae, p., Africa
Africanus, -i, m., Africanus, a
name given to- two of the Scipios
because of their victories over
the Carthaginians, a nation of
northern Africa
ager, agri, m., field, land
agmen, agminis, N., column, army;
novissimum agmen, the rear line
ago, -ere, egi, actum, do, drive
agricola, -ae, m., farmer
Albani, -orum, m. pi.. the inhabit
ants of Alba
albus, -a, -um, white
Alexandria, -ae, p., Alexandria
Algidus, -i, M.. Algidus, a moun
tain southeast of Some
aliquis, aliquid, and aliqui, aliqua,
aliquod, some one, some thing,
some
alius, alia, aliud, another
Allia, -ae, p., the Allia, a small
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Alpes, -ium, p. pi., the Alps

alter, altera, alterum, the other;
second
altitudo, -dinis, f., height; depth
altus, -a, -um, high, tall, deep
ambo, ambae, ambo, both
ambulo, -are, -avi, -atum, walk
amicitia, -ae, p., friendship
amicus, -i, m., friend
amitto, -ere, araisi, amissum, lose
amo, -are, -avi, -atum, love
amplio, -are, -avi, -atum, increase,
extend
amplius, comparative adv., more
ancilla, -ae, p., maid servant, serv
ant
Ancus, -i, M., see Marcius
angustus, -a, -um, narrow
animal, animalis, x.. animal
animus, -i, m., mind, courage,
spirit
annus, -i, m., year
annuus, -a, -um, lasting n year, for
a year, yearly
ante, prep, with ace., before, in
front of; adv., before, previ
ously
antea, adv., formerly, before
Antemnates, -ium, M. pi., the in
habitants of Antemnae
antiquus, -a, -um, old, ancient
anulus, -i, m., ring
Ap., abbreviation for Appius, a
So man first name
appello, -are, -avi, -atum, call,
name
appropinquo, -are, -avi, -atum,
approach
apud, prep, with ace, among, in
the presence of; near; in, with
aqua, -ae, f., water

Aquitani, -drum, m. pi., the Aquitanians, a people of Gaul

Arar, Araris, m., the Saone, a
river of Gaul
arbitror, arbitral!, arbitratus sum,
think
Ardea, -ae, p., Ardea, a city of
Latium
ardeo, -ere, arsi, arsurus, take
fire, burn
Ariminum, -i, n., Ariminum, a
city in northeastern Italy
Ariovistus, -i, m., Ariovistus, a
German king
arma, -drum, n. pi., arms, weapons
armatus, -a, -um, armed
armo, -are, -avi, -atum, arm
aro, arare, aravi, aratum, plow
arroganter, adv., insolently
Arrflns, Arruntis, m., Arruns, a
son of Tarquinius Sitperbus
Arverni, -orum, m. pi., the Arverni, a Gallic tribe
ascendo, -ere, ascendi, ascensum,
ascend
atque (before vowels or conso
nants) or ac (before consonants
only), conj., and
attribud, -tribuere, -tribui, -tribiitum, assign
Atuatuci, -orum, m. pi., the Atuatuei, a Belgian tribe
auctoritas, -tatis, p., authority, in
fluence
audeo, -ere, ausus sum, semi-depo
nent, dare
audio, -ire, -ivi, -itum, hear
auged, -ere, auxi, auctum, increase,
add to
aureus, -a, -um, golden, of gold
aurum, -i, n., gold

VOCABULAEY
Aurunculeius, -i, m., Aurunculeius,
a Soman name; Lucius Aurun
culeius Cotta, one of Caesar's
officers
auspicium, -i, n., auspices, sign
autem, conj., but, however; more
over
auxilium, -i, n., aid, help; pi.,
auxiliaries
Aventinus, -a, -um, Aventine;
Aventinus Mons, the Aventine
Hill, one of the seven hills of
Some
&verto, -ere, avert!, aversum, turn
away
Axona, -ae, p., the Aisne, a river
of France

barbarus, -i, m., barbarian, for

eigner (not Greek or Soman)
Belgae, -arum, m. pi., the Belgians
bello, -are, -avi, -atum, engage in
war, carry on war
Bellovaci, -drum, the Bellovaci, a
tribe of Gaul
bellum, -i, n., war
bene, adv., well
beneflcium, -i, n., favor, kindness
benignus, -a, -um, kind
Bibracte, Bibractis, n., Bibracte,
a town of the Haeduans
Bibrax, Bibractis, p., Bibrax, a
town of the Semi
Bibulus, -i, m., Bibulus, a Soman
name
bis, adv., twice
B81i, -drum, m. pi., the Boii, o
Gallic tribe
bonus, -a, -um, good
bos, bovis, m., p., ox, cow; pi.,
cattle

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brevis, breve, short

Britannia, -ae, p., Britain, Great
Britain
Britanni, -drum, m. pi., the Britons
Britannicus, -a, -um, British
Brutus, -i, m., Brutus, a Soman
name; Lucius Junius Brutus,
one of the first two consuls at
Some

C, abbreviation for Gaius, a So

man first name
caedes, caedis, p., slaughter, mas
sacre
caedo, -ere, cecidi, caesum, eut
down; kill, vanquish
Caelius, -a, -um, Caelian; Caelius
Mons, the Caelian Hill, one of
the seven hills of Some
Caeninenses, -ium, m. pi., the in
habitants of Caenina
Caesar, Caesaris, m., Caesar, a
Soman name; Gaius Julius Cae
sar, o famous Soman soldier and
statesman
calamitas, -tatis, p., calamity, dis
aster
calcar, calcaris, n., spur
Camillus, -i, m., Camillus, a Boman
name; Furius Camillus, the con
queror of Veii
Campania, -ae, p., Campania, a dis
trict lying southeast of Latium
capio, -ere, cepi, captum, take,
capture; consilium capere, form
a plan
Capitolium, -i, n., (1) the Capitol,
the tempie of Jupiter at Some
on the Capitoline Hill; (2) the
Capitoline Hill

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ELEMENTARY LATIN

captivus, -I, ml, (captiva, -ae, f.),

captive, prisoner
caput, capitis, n., head
Carrae, -arum, f. pi, Carrhae, a
city of Asia
carrus, -i, St., cart
carus, -a, -um, dear
Casca, -ae, m., Casca, a Soman
name
Cassius, -i, m., Cassius, a Soman
name; Lucius Cassius, a Soman
consul who was killed in battle
with the Helvetians
castellum, -I, n., fort, redoubt
castra, -orum, n. pi., camp
Cato, -onis, m., Cato, a Soman
name
causa, -ae, p., cause, reason; abl.,
for the sake of, for the pur
pose of
eedo, -ere, cessi, cessum, yield, re
treat, withdraw
celeritas, -tatis, f., speed
celeriter, adv., swiftly, rapidly,
quickly
celo, -are, -avi, -atum, conceal
Celtae, -arum, m. pi, the Celts
census, -us, m., census, enumeratiou
centeni, -ae, -a, distributive num.,
a hundred each, a hundred
centum, indecl. num., one hundred
centurio, -onis, m., centurion, an
officer in the Soman army
certamen, certaminis, n., struggle
certe, adv.. certainly, at any rate,
at least
certus, -a, -um, certain
cesso, -are, -avi, -atum, cease, be
unused, fall into disuse
ceteri, -orum, m. pi, the rest, the
othen

Cimberius, -i, m., Cimberius, a

German chief
Cincinnatus, -i, m., a Soman name;
Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus, the
famous dictator
cingo, -ere, cinxi, cinctum, sur
round
circa, prep, with ace, near, about
circiter, adv., and prep, with ace,
about
circuitus, -us, it., circuit, circum
ference
circum, prep, icith ace, around
circumdo, -dare, -dedi, -datum,
surround
circumvenio, -venire, -veni, -ventum, surround
circus, -i, m., circle, enclosure for
sports, race course
citerior, citerius, comparative adj.,
nearer, hither
citrS., prep, with ace, on this side of
civilis, -e, belonging to citizens,
civil; courteous
civis, civis, m., f., citizen
civitas, -tatis, f., state, city
clarus, -a, -um, famous, distin
guished
Claudius, -i, m., Claudius, a Soman
name
claudo, -ere, clausi, clausum, close
Cleopatra, -ae, f., Cleopatra, queen
of Egypt
cliens, clientis, m., dependent
cloaca, -aa, f., sewer
Cn., abbreviation for Gnaeus, a
Soman first name
coepi, coepisse, coeptum, defective
verb, began
coerceo, -ere, -ui, -itum, restrain
cognosce, -ere, cognovi, cognitum,
find out; perf., know

VOCABULARY
cogo, -ere, coegi, coactum, collect,
compel
cohors, cohortis, p., cohort, a divi
sion of the legion
cobortor, -ari, -atus sum, urge, en
courage
Collatinus, -i., m., a Soman name;
Tarquinius Collatinus, one of
the first two consuls at Sorne
collega, -ae, m., colleague
colligo, -ere, collegi, collectum,
collect
collis, -is, m., hill
colloco, -are, -avi, -atum, place,
station
colloquium, -i, N., conference,
interview
colloquor, colloqui, collocutus sum,
confer, converse
cold, -ere, colui, cultum, till, culti
vate
commeatus, -us, m., supplies
commemoro, -are, -avi, -atum, call
to mind, mention
comminus, adv., hand to hand
committo, -mittere, -misi, -missum, unite, do; proelium conimittere, begin battle
commoveo, -movere, -movi, -motum, stir up, arouse
communis, -e, common
compared, -ere, -ui, appear, be
seen
comparo, -are, -avi, -atum, pre
pare, get ready
compleo, -ere, -evi, -etum, All, fill
up, complete
complures, -a (-ia), several, some
compono, -ponere, -posui, -positum, arrange, settle
comprehend6, -hendere, -hendi,
-hensum, seize

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concido, -ere, concidi, fall, be

slain
concido, -cidere, -cidi, -cisum, cut
to pieces, kill
concilium, -i, n., council
conditor, -toris, m., founder
condicio, -onis, p., condition,
terms
condo, -ere, condidi, conditum,
found, build; put away
condono, -are, -avi, -atum, pardon
conduco, -ducere, -diixi, -ductum,
bring together, collect
confer6, -ferre, -tuli, -latum, col
lect; se conferre, to withdraw
conficio, -ere, confecl, confection,
finish, complete
confido, -fidere, -fisus sum, semideponent, trust
confodio, -fodere, -fodi, -fossum,
stab
confusus, -a, -um, confused, lack
ing order
congrego, -are, -avi, -atum, collect
conicio, -ere, conieci, coniectum,
throw
contango, -iungere, -iunxi, -iunctum, unite
coniuratus, -i, m., a conspirator
coniuro, -are, -avi, -atum, league
together, conspire, plot
conor, -ari, conatus sum, try, at
tempt
conscribo, -ere, conscripsi, conscriptum, enroll
consecro, -are, -avi, -atum, dedi
cate, deify
consenesco, -ere, consenui, grow
old
conservo, -are, -avi, -atum, pro
tect, spare

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ELEMENTARY LATIN

Considius, -i, m., Considius, an

officer in Caesar's army
consido, -ere, consedi, consessum,
encamp
consilium, -i, n., plan, counsel,
judgment, advice
conspicio, -spicere, -spexi, -spectum, perceive, see, catch sight of
constitud, -ere, constitui, constitutum, decide, determine; estab
lish, appoint ; construct; station,
draw up
consuetudo, -dinis, P., habit, prac
tice, usage
consul, consulis, m., consul, one of
the two chief magistrates of
Some, elected annually
consularis, -e, consular, of the
consul; masculine at noun, exconsul
consulatus, -us, m., consulship
contends, -ere, contend!, contentum, fight, contend; hasten,
go to
contentio, -onis, p., struggle
contentus, -a, -um, contented,
satisfied
contineo, -tinere, -tinui, -tentum,
restrain
contra, prep, with ace, against
contradico, -dicere, -dixi, -dictum,
oppose
convenio, -venire, -veni, -ventum,
come together, assemble
convertd, -ere, convert!, conversum, turn, change; signa convertere, wheel about
convoco, -are, -avi, -atum, call to
gether, summon
copia, -ae, p., plenty, supply; pi.,
forces, troops

Corioli, -orum, m. pi., Corioli, a

town in Latium
Cornelia, -ae, f., Cornelia, name of
a girl or woman
Cornelius, -I, m., Cornelius, a So
man name
cornu, cornus, n., horn; wing (of
an army)
corpus, corporis, n., body
corrumpo, -ere, corrupt, corruptum, destroy, corrupt, seduce
cotidie, adv., daily, .every day
Crassus, -i, m., Crassus, a Soman
name; Marcus Licinius Crassus,
one of the members of the First
Triumvirate
creber, crebra, crebrum, numerous
credo, -ere, credidi, creditum, be
lieve
creo, -are, -avi, -atum, create;
elect, appoint
Crustumini, -orum, m. pi, the in
habitants of Crustumerium
cum, prep, with abl., with
cum, conj., when, since, although
cupiditas, -tatis, f., desire
cupidus, -a, -um, desirous, fond
cupio, -ere, cuplvi, cupitum, wish,
desire
cur, adv., why?
curia, -ae, p., the senate house
D
damno, -are, -avi, -atum, condemn
de, prep, with abl., from, about,
concerning (original meaning,
down from)
debed, -ere, -ui, -itum, owe, ought
decedo, -cedere, -cessi, -cessum,
withdraw; die
decem, indecl. num., ten
decemvir, -i, m., decemvir, a mem-

VOCABULARY
ber of a body of officials consist
ing of ten men
decerno, -cernere, -crevi, -cretum,
decide; decree, vote
decerto, -are, -avi, -atum, fight to
a finish; proelio decertare, fight
a (decisive) battle
decimus, -a, -um, tenth
dedo, -ere, dedidi, deditum, yield,
surrender, give up
defends, -ere, defend!, defensum,
defend
defensor, -soris, m., defender
defero, -ferre, -tuli, -latum, re
port; confer, bestow
defessus, -a, -um, tired out, ex
hausted
dfiicio, -ere, deieci, deiectum, cast
down, dislodge; disappoint
deinde, adv., next, thereupon, then
deled, -ere, -evi, -etum, destroy,
blot out
deligo, -ligere, -legi, -lectum, se
lect, choose
demonstro, -are, -avi, -atum, show,
point out
demum, adv., at last
denique, adv., finally
depopulor, -ari, -atus sum, lay
waste
deprecatio, -onis, p., warding off
by prayer, pleading
describo, -scribere, -scrips!, -scriptum, mark off, divide
desero, -ere, deserui, desertum,
desert, abandon
deterged, -tergere, -ters!, -tersum,
wipe away
deterred, -ere, -ul, -itum, prevent,
deter, hinder
deus, -I, m., a god

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dexter, -tra, -trum, right, right

hand
dico, -ere, dixi, dictum, say
dictator, -toris, m., dictator
dictatura, -ae, rv dictatorship
dies, -el, m. and p., day
difficilis, -e, difiicult
difficultas, -tatis, v., difficulty
dignitas, -tatis, p., dignity, au
thority, official position, rank
diligenter, adv., diligently
dimicatio, -onis, f., struggle
dimico, -are, -avi, -atum, fight,
struggle
dimitto, -ere, dimisi, dimissum,
send away, dismiss
diripio, -ere, diripui, direptum,
tear apart; plunder
discedo, -cedere, -cessi, -cessum,
withdraw
ditissimus, -a, -um, superlative
adj., richest
diu, adv., long, for a long time
diuturnitas, -tatis, p., long dura
tion
dives, <jcn. divitis, wealthy, rich
Diviciacus, -i, m., Diviciacus, a
Haeduan chief
divido, -ere, dlvisi, divisum, di
vide, separate
divisus, -a, -um, p. part, as adj.,
divided
do, dare, dedi, datum, give
doceo, -ere, docui, doctum, teach,
tell
domicilium, -i, n., home, dwelling
place, residence
dominus, -i, m., master
domo, -are, -ui, -itum, subdue
domus, -us, p., house, home
donum, -i, n., gift, present
dubietas, -tatis, p., doubt

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ducenti, -ae, -a, numeral adj., two

hundred
diico, -eie, duxi, ductum, lead;
construct; consider, think
dum, conj., until; while
Dumnorix, -igis, m., Dumnorix, a
llai ilium chief

duo, duae, duo, numeral adj., two

duodecim, numeral adj., twelve
duodeviginti, numeral adj., eight
een
duodecimus, -a, -um, twelfth
duplicd, -are, -avi, -atum, double
dux, dueis, m., leader, guide;
general

8, ex, prep, with abl., from

edited, -ducere, -duxi, -ductum,
lead out
efficio, -ere, effeci, effectum, bring
about, cause
ego, mei, personal pronoun, I
(pi., n6s)
egredior, egredi, egressus sum, go
out from, set out, depart
eieio, -ere, eieci, eiectum, drive
out
emo, emere, emi, emptum, buy
enim, conj. (post positive), for
enuntio, -are, -avi, -atum, make
known, report, disclose
eo, ire, ivi or ii, itum, go
eo, adv., to that place, there (with
expressions of motion)
Epirus, -i, p., Epirus, a district of
Greece
epistula, -ae, f., letter
eques, equitis, m., cavalryman,
horseman; pi., cavalry
equitatus, -us, m., cavalry
equus, -i, m., horse

ergo, adv., therefore

errd, -are, -avi, -atum, wander
Esquilinus, -I, M., the Esquiline,
one of the seven hills of Some
et, conj., and
etiam, adv., even, also
Euphrates, -is, m., the Euphrates
evado, -ere, evasi, evasum, escape
excedo, -ere, excessi, excessum,
withdraw, go out
excidium, -i, N., downfall, destruc
tion
excido, -ere, excidi, excisum, de
molish
exed, -ire, -ii or -ivi, -itum, go
forth, go out of, go from
exercitatus, -a, -um, trained
exercitus, -us, m., army
exigo, -ere, exegi, exactum, drive
(jut

exiguus, -a, -um, small

existimd, -are, -avi, -atum, think
exordium, -i, m., beginning, origin
expello, -ere, expuli, expulsum,
drive out
experior, -iri, expertus sum, try
explorator, -tdris, m., scout
exploro, -are, -avi, -atum, explore
expugno, -are, -avi, -atum, take by
storm, capture
exsecrandus, -a, -um, detestable
exspecto, -are, -avi, -atum, wait
for, expect
exulo, -are, -avi, -atum, be in exile
extremus, -a, -um, farthest, far
thest part of, last

Fabius, -i, m., Fabius, a Soman

name
Fabius, -a, -um, of the Fabii,
Fabian

VOCABITLABY
facile, adv., easily
facilis, -e, easy
facio, -ere, feci, factum, make, do
factio, factionis, f., faction, party
facultas, -tatis, f., opportunity,
supply
Falisci, -orum, m. pi, Falerii, a
city of Etruria
fames, famis, p., hunger
familia, -ae, f., household, family
fataliter, adv., according to fate,
by the decree of fate
Faustus, -I, m., Faustus, a Soman
name
faveo, -ere, favi, fauturus, favor
felix, felicis, happy, fortunate
femina, -ae, p., woman
fere, adv., nearly, about
ferme, adv., about
fero, ferre, tuli, latum, bear, carry,
bring
ferus, -a, -um, fierce
Fidenae, -arum, f. pi., Fidenae, an
ancient town near Home
Fidenates, -ium, m. pi, the inhab
itants of Fidenae
fides, -ei, p., faith, confidence
filia, -ae, p., daughter
filius, -i, m., son
finis, -is, m., limit, end; pi., terri
tories, boundaries
finitimus, -a, -um, neighboring;
finitimi, -orum, m. pi., neighbors
fio, fieri, factus sum, used as pas
sive of facio, be made, be done;
happen, become
firmus, -a, -um, firm
fleo, flere, flevi, Actum, weep
fletUs, -us, m., weeping
fluctus, -us, M., wave
flumen, fluminis, n., river
flud, -ere, fluxi, fluxum, flow

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fortis, -e, brave

fortiter, adv., bravely
fortuna, -ae, f., fortune
fossa, -ae, p., ditch
frater, fratris, m., brother
frumentarius, -a, -um, of grain;
res frumentaria, grain supply,
provisions
frumentum, -i, m., grain
fuga, -ae, p., flight
fugio, -ere, fflgi, fugiturus, flee
fugo, -are, -avi, -atum, put to
flight, rout
fulmen, fulminis, n., thunderbolt
fundd, -ere, fudi, fusum, pour out,
shed
Furius, -i, m., Furius, a Soman
name
G
Gabii, -drum, M. pi, Gabii, on old
city of Latium
Gallia, -ae, f., Gaul
Gallus, -i, m., a Gaul
gaudeo, -ere, gavisus sum, rejoice,
be glad
Genava, -ae, f., Geneva
gener, generi, m., son-in-law
genitus, -a, -um, sprung from, de
scended from
gens, gentis, F., tribe, nation, race
genus, generis, n., birth; family
Germania, -ae, f., Germany
German!, -orum, m. p!., the
Germans
gero, -ere, gessi, gestum, carry;
bellum gerere, wage war
gladius, -i, m., sword
gloria, -ae, p., glory
glorior, -ari, gloriatus sum, boast
Graecia, -ae, p., Greece

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gratia, -ae, f., favor, good will,

gratitude
gratus, -a, -um, pleasing
gravis, -e, heavy, serious, hard to
bear
graviter, adv., heavily, severely
gravor, -ari, gravatus sum, be un
willing

iacio, -ere, ieci, iactus, throw

iam, adv., now, already
Ianiculum, -i, n., the Janiculum,
a hill west of the Tiber
ibi, adv., there, in that place
Iccius, -i, m., Iccius, a chief of the
Semi
(ico), icere, ici, ictum, strike
idem, eadem, idem, same, the
habeo, -ere, -ui, -itum, have, hold
same
habito, -are, -avi, -Stum, live,
idoneus, -a, -um, suitable, appro
dwell
priate
Haeduus, -I, m., a Haeduan; pi,
igitur, adv., therefore
the Haeduans, a tribe of Gaul
ignis, -is, m., fire
Helvetii, -drum, m. pi, the Hel
ille, iUa, illud, that; pi, those
vetians
Illyricum, -I, n., Illyria, a region
Hibernia, -ae, p., Ireland
bordering on the eastern coast of
hie, haec, hoc, this; pi., these
the Adriatic Sea
Memo, -are, -avi, -atum, winter,
immanis, -e, enormous, very great;
spend the winter
fierce
hinc, adv., from here, from this
impedimentum, -i, n., hindrance;
point, after this
Pi, baggage
Hispania, -ae, p., Spain
impedio, -ire, -ivi, -itum, hinder
hodie, adv., today
impeditus, -a, -um, impeded, hin
homo, hominis, m., man, human
dered, at a disadvantage
being
impendeo, -ere, overhang, impend
honestns, -a, -um, honorable
imperium, -i, n., power, authority,
honor, -oris, m., honor, office
command, supreme power; reign
hora, -ae, p., hour
impero, -are, -avi, -atum, com
Horatius, -i, m., Horatius, a Soman
mand, order; govern, rule
name; Horatius Pulvillus, suc
impetus, -us, m., attack, impetuos
cessor to Lucretius Tricipitinus
ity, violence
in the consulship
impiger, -gra, -grum, energetic,
hortor, -ari, -atus sum, urge, en
industrious
courage
impigre, adv., industriously, ener
hortus, -i, m., garden
getically
Hostilius, -i, m., Hostilius, a So
impleo, -plere, -plevi, -pletum,
man name
complete, finish
hostis, -is, m. and p., enemy, pub
imploro, -are, -avi, -atum, entreat,
lic enemy; pi, the enemy
ask for, ask, implore

VOCABULABY
improviso, adv., unexpectedly
in, prep, with ace, into
in, prep, with abl., in, on
incendo, -ere, incendi, incensum,
set on fire, burn
inchoo, -are, -avi, -atum, begin
incipio, -ere, incepi, inceptum,
begin
incognitus, -a, -um, unknown
incolo, -ere, incolui, inhabit
incolumis, -e, safe
incredibilis, -e, incredible
incursus, -us, m., attack
incuso, -are, -avi, -atum, reprimand
inde, adv., from that place, from
there; next
indicium, -i, m., disclosure, infor
mation; per indicium, through
informers
Infero, -ferre, -tull, -latum, bring
upon, cause, arouse; bellum
inferre, make war on
infinitus, -a, -um, countless
ingens, gen. ingentis, huge, very
great
ingredior, ingredi, ingressus sum,
go into, enter, invade; some
times followed by intra and ac
cusative
inimicus, -a, -um, unfriendly,
hostile
inimicus, -i, m., enemy
iniquus, -a, -um, unfavorable, un
just
iniuria, -ae, v., injury, injustice,
wrong, affront
innumerus, -a, -um, countless, in
numerable
insidiae, -arum, f. pi., treachery;
plot, ambush
insigne, insignis, n., badge, deco
ration

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Insolens, gen., insolentis, arrogant

insolenter, adv., insolently
institud, -ere, institui, institutum,
set up, establish
Instruo, -struere, -struxi, -structum, draw up, arrange
insula, -ae, p., island
integer, -gra, -grum, whole, entire
intellego, -ere, intellexi, intellectum, know
Inter, prep, with ace, between,
among
intercludo, -cludere, -clusi, -clusum, cut off
interea, adv., meanwhile
interficio, -ficere, -feci, -fectum,
kill
interim, adv., meanwhile
intervenio, -venire, -veni, -ventum, come between, intervene
intra, prep, with ace, within, into
intro, -are, -avi, -atum, enter
intueor, -eri, intuitus sum, look at,
look upon
invenio, -venire, -veni, -ventum,
find
invicem or in vicem, adv., in turn,
in succession
invidia, -ae, p., envy, hatred, un
popularity
invitfi, -are, -avi, -atum, invite
invitus, -a, -um, unwilling
ipse, ipsa, ipsum, himself, herself,
itself
iratus, -a, -um, angry, angry at
is, ea, id, this, that; he, she, it
iste, ista, istud, that of yours,
that
ita, adv., so, thus, in such a way
Italia, -ae, r\. Italy
itaque, adv., and so, accordingly
item, adv., also

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iter, itineris, n., journey, march,

road, route
iterum, adv., again
Iuba, -ae, m., Juba, an African
king
iubeo, -ere, iussi, iussum, order,
command
index, iudicis, m., judge
iugerum, -i (gen. pi., iugerum),
N-, juger, acre (a little less than
two-thirds of an English acre)
iugum, -i, N., yoke; ridge (of hills
or mountains)
Iulius, -I, m., Julius, a Soman
name
iungd, -ere, iunxi, iunctum, join,
annex
Iunius, -i, M., Junius, a Soman
name
Iuppiter, Iovis, m., Jupiter
iustitia, -ae, f., justice
iuvenilis, -e, youthful
iuvenis, -is, M., young man
iuvo, -are, iflvi, iutum, help, assist

L., abbreviation for Lucius, a

Soman first name.
Labienus, -I, m., Labienus, an offi
cer in Caesar's army
laboro, -are, -avi, -atum, labor,
work, suffer
lacesso, -ere, lacessivi, lacessitum,
harass, attack
lacrima, -ae, p., tear
lacrimabilis, -e, lamentable
lapis, lapidis, m., stone
Larcius, -i, m., Larcius, a Soman
name
late, adv., widely, extensively
lateo, -ere, -ui, lurk, remain con
cealed

Latini, -drum, m. pi., the Latins,

the inhabitants of Latium
latitudo, -inis, f., width
latro, latronis, m., brigand, robber
latus, lateris, N., side, flank
latus, -a, -um, wide
laudo, -are, -avi, -atum, praise
laus, laudis, f., praise
legatus, -I, M., lieutenant, envoy
legio, legionis, f., legion
lego, -ere, legi, lectum, choose;
read
lex, legis, f., law
Lepidus, -i, m., Lepidus, a Soman
name
liber, libri, m., book
liber, libera, liberum, free
liberaliter, adv., generously, gra
ciously
liberi, -drum, m. pi., children (the
free members of the household)
libero, -are, -avi, -atum, free, re
lease, extricate
libertas, -tatis, f., liberty
licet, licere, licuit, impersonal
rerb, it is permitted
Licinius, -i, m., Licinius, a Soman
name
locus, -i, m. (usually neuter in pi.),
place
longe, adv., far, at a distance, by
far
longitudo, -inis, f., length
longus, -a, -um, long
loquor, loqui, locutus sum, speak
lorica, -ae, f., coat of mail
Lucretia, -ae, f., Lucretia, a Soman
matron ivhose suicide, because
of having suffered outrage from
the son of Tarquinius Superbus,
caused the expulsion of the kings
from Some

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Lucretius, -i, m., Lucretius, a So
man name; Spurius Lucretius
Tricipitinus, one of the early
consuls at Some
ludus, -i, m., game, sport
luged, -ere, luxi, luctum, mourn,
mourn for
lima, -ae, p., moon
lux, lucis, p., light
M
M., abbreviation for Marcus, a
Soman first name
Macedonia, -ae, p.. Macedonia
magis, adv. (comparative of magnopere), more
magister -tri, m. master; magister equitum, master of the horse
magnitudo, -inis, r.. size, great
ness, magnitude
magnopere, adv., greatly
magnus, -a, -um, large; Pompeius
Magnus, Pompey the Great
male, adv., badly
mald, malle, malui, prefer
malus, -a, -um, bad, wicked, in
jurious, harmful
Mam., abbreviation for Mamercus,
a Soman first name
maneo, -ere, mansi, mansurus, re
main
manus, -us, f.. hand, band, com
pany
Marcellus, -i, m., Marcellus, a
Soman name
Marcius, -i, m., a Soman name;
Ancus Marcius, the fourth king
of Some
mare maris, n., sea
maritus, -i, m., husband
Marius, i, m., Marius, a Soman
name

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Mars, Martis, m., Mars, the Soman

god of war
mater, matris, p., mother
matrona, -ae, f., matron, married
woman
Mauritania, -ae, p., Mauretania, a
country of Africa
maxime, adv., superl. of magno
pere
medius, -a, -um, middle, the mid
dle of;
In medio colle, half
way up the hill
memiru, meminisse, defective verb,
remember
memoria, -ae, p., memory
mens, mentis, v., mind, disposi
tion, attitude
mensis, mensis, m., month
mereor, mereri, meritus sum, de
serve
metus, -us, m., fear
meus, -a, -um, mine
migro, -are, -avi, -atum, depart
miles, militis, m., soldier
miliarium, -i. x.. milestone
militaris, -e, military; res militaris, warfare, military science
milito, -are, -avi, -atum, serve as
a soldier
mille, ivdecl. nurn., a thousand
minime, adv. (superlative of
parum), least
minus, adv. (comparative), less
miser, misera, miserum, unhappy,
unfortunate
Mithridates, -is, m., Mithridates
mitto, -ere, misi, missum, send
moneo, -ere, -ui, -itum, warn, ad
vise, remind
mons, montis, m., mountain
mora, -ae, p., delay
morbus, -i, m., disease

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morior, mori, mortuus sum, die

moror, morari, moratus sum, delay
mors, mortis, f., death
mds, moris, m., custom
moved, -ere, movi, motum, move,
cause, stir up
mox, adv., soon, afterwards
multitudo, -inis, F., large number,
multitude
multUS, -a, -um, much; pi., many
Munda, -ae, f., Munda, a city of
Spain
munio, -ire, -ivi, -Hum, fortify
murus, -I, m.. wall
muto, -are, -avi, -atum, change
N
nam, conj., for
nascor, nasci, natus sum, be born
Nasua, -ae, m., Nasua, a German
chief
natio, -onis, f., nation, inhabitant
of a state
natura, -ae, f., nature
natus, -a, -um, see nascor
nauta, -ae, m., sailor
navis, -is, F., ship, boat
ne, adv., not ; conj., that . . . not
nec, see neque
necessities, -tatis, f., necessity, ur
gency
necd, -are, -avi, -atum, kill
nemo, dat. nemini (no gen or abl.),
M., no one
nepos, nepdtis, M., grandson
Nilus, -i, m., the Nile
neque or nec, conj., nor, and . . .
not; neque . . . neque, neither
. . . nor
Nervii, -orum, m. pi., the Nervii,
a tribe of Belgians

nescio, -ire, -ivi, not know

neuter, -tra, -trum, neither
nihil, n. indecl., nothing
nisi, conj., unless
ndbilis, -e, well known, of noble
birth
nfibilitas, -tatis, P., nobility, the
nobles, aristocracy
noceo, -ere, -ui, -itum (with da
tive), injure
nolo, nolle, nolui, be unwilling,
not wish
ndmen, nominis, x., name
nomino, -are, -avi, -atum, name,
call
non, adv., not
nonagesimus, -a, -um, ninetieth
nondum, adv., not yet
n8n numquam, adv., sometimes
nonus, -a, -um, ninth
noster, nostra, nostrum, our, ours
novem, indecl. num., nine
Noviodunum, -i, n., Noviodunum,
a town of Gaul
novissimus, -a, -um, superlative of
novus, newest, last; novissimum
agmen, rear line
novus, -a, -um, new
nox, noctis, P., night
nudo, -are, -avi, -atum, strip,
leave unprotected
nullus, -a, -um, no, none
Numa, -ae, M., Numa, a Soman
name; Numa Pompilius, the
second king of Some
numerus, -i, it., number
mimmus, -I, M., coin, money
numquam, adv., never
nunc, adv., now
nuntius, -i, M., message, messen
ger

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Orgetorix, -igis, m., Orgetorix, o

Helvetian chief
Oriens, Orientis, m., the East, the
Orient
orior, -iri, ortus sum, arise, spring
up
Crodes, -is, m., Orodes, a king of
the Parthians
ostium, -I, n., door, mouth

ob, prep, with ace, on account of

obliviscor, oblivisci, oblitus sum,
forget
obsequor, -sequi, -secutus sum,
yield to, submit to, be under
the authority of
obses, obsidis, m., hostage
obsideo, -sidere, -sedi, -sessum, be
siege, blockade
Oceanus, -i, M,, the ocean
P., abbreviation for Publius
occido, -ere, occidi, occisum, kill
pabulum, -i, n., forage, fodder
occupo, -are, -avi, -atum, seize, pac8, -are, -avi, -atum, subdue,
take possession of
make peaceful
Ocelum, -i, N., Ocelum, o town of
paene, adv., almost
Gaul
Palaeopharsalus, -i, m., Old Pharoctavus, -a, -um, eighth; octavus
salus
decimus, eighteenth
Palatinus, -a, -um, Palatine
oct6, indecl. num., eight
pandd, -ere, pandi, passum, stretch
octoginta, indecl. num., eighty
out, hold out
oculus, -l, m., eye
paratus, -a, -um, prepared
olim, adv., formerly, once
parco, -ere, peperci, parsum, spare
omen, ominis, n., omen
paro, -are, -avi, -atum, prepare
omnind, adv., at all
pars, partis, f., part
Parthi, -drum, m. pi., the Parthi
omnis, -e, all, every
ans
onus, oneris, n., burden, weight
parum, adv., too little, not enough
opinio, -onis, F., opinion, expec
parvus, -a, -um, small
tation, belief
passus, -us, m., pace (.4 //. 10%
oportet, eportere, oportuit, imper
in.); mille passus or passuum,
sonal verb, it is necessary (trans
one mile
lated as pergonal verbfOite ought)
pateo, -ere, -ui, extend, be open
oppidanus, -i, m., a townsman, in
pater,
patris, m., father
habitant of a town
patior, pati, passus sum, permit,
oppidum, -I, n., town
allow
oppugno, -are, -avi, -atum, attack
patria, -ae, f., native land, coun
opus, operis, n., work, labor, task
ty
orbis, orbis, m., circle; orbis ter- patrimonium, -i, n., inheritance
rarum, the world
pauci, -ae, -a (sing, rarely used),
Srdino, -are, -avi, -atum, arrange
few; m. pi. as noun, a few
8rdd, ordinis, m., order, rank
paulisper, adv., for a little while

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paulum, adv., a little, somewhat

pauper, gen., pauperis, poor
pax, pacis, f., peace
pecunia, -ae, p., money
pedes, peditis, m., foot soldier;
pi., infantry
pedester, -tris, -tre, on foot, foot,
infantry (as adjective)
Pedius, -i, m., a Soman name;
Q. Pedius, one of Caesar's offi
cers
pello, -ere, pepuli, puisum, rout,
put to flight, drive out
per, prep, with arc, through, by
means of
pereo, -ire, -ii, -itum, perish, die
perditus, -a, -um, desperate, ruined
perdo, -ere, perdidi, perditum, lose
perficio, -ere, perfeci, perfectum,
complete
periculosus, -a, -um, dangerous
periculum, -i, n., danger
permaneo, -manere, -mansi, -mansum, continue, remain
Persae, -arum, m. pi., Persians
persuadeo, -suadere, -suasi, -suasum, persuade
perterreo, -ere, -ui, -itum, frighten
thoroughly
pertineo, -ere, -ui, extend, pertain
perturbo, -are, -avi, -Stum, throw
into confusion or disorder
pervenio, -ire, perveni, perventum, arrive
pes, pedis, m., foot
peto, -ere, petivi or petii, petitum,
seek, ask for, beg for, go to
Petreius, -i, m., Petreius, a Soman
name .
phalanx, phalangis, p., phalanx
Pharnaces, -is, m., Pharnaces
piger, pigra, pigrum, lazy

pilum, -i, n., javelin

placed, -ere, -ui, -itum, please
plebs, plebis, p., the common peo
ple, plebeians
plenus, -a, -um, full
plurimus, -a, -um, sec multus
poena, -ae, f., punishment, pen
alty
polliceor, -eri, pollicitus sum,
promise
Pometia, -ae, p., sec Suessa
Pompeius, -i, m., Pompey, a fa
mous Soman general
Pompilius, -i, m., see Numa
pono, -ere, posui, positum, place,
locate, pitch (a camp)
pons, pontis, m., bridge
Pontus, -i, M., Pontus, a country
of Asia Minor
populus, -i, m., people
Porcius, -i, M., Porcius, a Soman
name.
Porsenna, -ae, m., Poisenna, a
ling of Etruria
porta, -ae, p., gate
porto, -are, -avi, -atum, carry
posco, -ere, poposci, demand
possideo, -sidere, -sedi, -sessum,
possess, hold
possum, posse, potui, be able, can
post, prep, with ace., behind, after;
as adv., afterwards
postea, adv., afterwards
posterus, -a, -um, the following
postquam, conj., after
postremus, -a, -um, (superl. of pos
terus), last; ad postremum, at
last
postridie, adv., the next day
postulatum, -i, n., demand
postulo, -are, -avi, -atum, demand,
ask

VOCABULARY
potens, gen., potentis, powerful
potentia, -ae, f., power, influence
potestas, -tatis, p., power
potior, potiri, potitus sum, gain
possession of
praecedo, -cedere, -cessi, -cessum,
surpass, excel
praecipue, adv., especially
praecipuus, -a, -um, distinguished,
chief
praeda, -ae, f.. booty, spoil
praedico, -are, -avi, -atum, boast,
announce
praeficio, -ficere, -feci, -fectum,
put in command of
praemitto, -mittere, -misi, missum,
send ahead
praemium, -i, n., reward
praeparo, -are, -avi, -atum, pre
pare, make preparations for
praesens, gen., praesentis, pres
ent, in person
praestans, gen., praestantis, dis
tinguished, prominent
praesto, -stare, -stiti, -statum,
transitive, furnish, bestow; intrans., surpass
praesum, -esse, -fui, -futurus, be
in charge or command of
praeter, prep, with ace., beyond,
more than
praeterea, adv., besides
praetextus, -a, -um, bordered
praetorius, -i, m., ex-praetor
premo, -ere, pressi, pressum, press,
press hard; oppress
primo, adv., at first
primum, adv., first
primus, -a, -um, first
princeps, principis, m.. leader,
chief
principalis, -i, m., leadership

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prior, prius, comparative adjective,

former, first
Priscus, -i, see Tarquinius
pristinus, -a, -um, former, old time
prius, adv., previously
priusquam, conj., before
privatus, -i, m., a private citizen
pro, prep, with abl., in front of;
for, on behalf of, in place of
probo, -are, -avi, -atum, approve,
approve of
procedo, cedere, -cessi, -cessum,
advance
prdcurro, -currere, -curri, -cursum,
run forward
produco, -ducere, -duxi, -ductum,
lead out
proelium, -i, n., battle
profectio, -onis, p., setting out,
departure
proficiscor, proficisci, profectus
sum, set out
prohibeo, -ere, -ui, -itum, keep
back, prevent, restrain
promitto, -mittere, -misi, -missum,
promise
promoveo, -movere, -movi, -m8tum, move forward
properd, -are, -avi, -atum, hasten
propinquus, -a, -um, neighboring,
near
propono, -ere, propositi, propositum, point out, explain, offer
proprius, -a, -um, own, special
propter, prep, with ace. on ac
count of
prosum, prodesse, profui, pr6futurus, benefit
provincia, -ae, r., province; the
Province, the southeastern part
of Gaul

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provol8, -are, -avi, -atum, rush

forth
proxime, adv., last, most recently
proximus, -a, -um, nearest, next,
very near
Ptolemaeus, -i, m.. Ptolemy
Publicola, -ae, m., Publicola, a
Soman name; Lucius Valerius
Publicola, one of the early con
suls at Some
pudicitia, -ae, p., chastity, virtue,
honor
puella, -ae, p., girl
puer, -i, m., boy
puerilis, -e, childish, youthful
pugna, -ae, p., fight, battle
pugno, -are, -avi, -atum, fight, en
gage in battle
pulcher, -chra, -chrum, beautiful
Pulvillus, -i, M., sec Horatius
putd, -are, -avi, -atum, think, con
sider

Q., abbreviation for Quintus, a

Soman first name
quadragesimus, -a, -um, fortieth
quadraginta, indecl. nurn., forty
quadringenties, adv., four hundred
times
quaero, -ere, -quaesivi, quaesitum,
ask
quaestor, -toris, m., quaestor, one
of a group of Soman officials
who had charge of the financial
affairs of the state and of the
army
quam, adv.. than, how, as
quantum, adv., as much as, as
far as
quart6, adv., for the fourth time
quartus, -a, -um, fourth

quasi, adv., as if, as

quater, adv., four times
quattuor, indecl. nurn., four
quattuordecim, indecl. nurn., four
teen
-que, enclitic conj., and
queror, queri, questus sum, com
plain
qui, quae, quod, relative pronoun,
who, which, that
quia, conj., because
quidam, quaedam, quoddam (quiddam), a certain, some, a cer
tain man, etc.
quidem, adv., indeed; ne . . .
quidem, not even
quingenti, -ae, -a, numeral adj.,
five hundred
quini, -ae, -a, distributive num.,
five each
quinquaginta, indecl. nurn., fifty
quinque, indecl. nurn., five
Quintius, -i, m., a Soman name;
see Cincinnatus
quintus, -a, -um, fifth
Quirinalis, -is, M., the Quirinal,
one of the seven hills of Some
quis, quid, interrogative pronoun,
who? what?
quisquam, quicquam, any, any
person, anything
quisque, quidque, pronoun; and
quisque, quaeque, quodque, adj.,
each
quo, conj., that, in order that
quod, conj., because
quondam, adv., formerly, once
quoque, adv., also

rapio, -ere, rapui, raptum, carryoff, seize

VOCABULARY
ratio, rationis, f., theory, reason
rebelld, -are, -avi, -atum, renew
a war, revolt
recedd, -cedere, -cessi, -cessum,
withdraw
recipio, -ere, recepi, receptum, re
ceive, take back; se recipere,
retreat, withdraw
reddd, -dere, -didi, -ditum, render
reded, -ire, -ii, -itum, return
recipio, -ere, recepi, receptum, re
duce
redintegro, -are, -avi, -atum, re
new
reduco, -ducere, -duxi, -ductum,
lead back, bring back
regina, -ae, f., queen
regio, regionis, p., region
regius, -a, -um, royal, regal, like
a king
regno, -are, -avi, -atum, reign
regnum, -i, N., royal authority,
kingdom, reign
regredior, regredi, regressus sum,
return
relinqud, -ere, reliqui, relictum,
leave
reliquiae, -arum, p. pi., remnant
reliquus, -a, -um, remaining, rest
of; reliqui, as noun, the rest
Remi, -drum, m. pi., the Remi, a
Belgian tribe
reminiscor, reminisci, remember,
recall
removed, -movere, -movi, -mdtum,
remove, withdraw
renovd, -are, -avi, -atum, renew
renuntio, -are, -avi, -atum, bring
back word, report
reparo, -are, -avi, -atum, restore,
renew

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repello, -ere, reppuli, repulsum,

drive back, beat back, repulse
reperio, -ire, repperi, repertum,
find, find out
repudio, -are, -avi, -atum, reject,
refuse
res, rei, p., thing, affair
resistd, resistere, restiti, resist
(takes dative)
responded, -ere, respond!, respdnsum, answer, reply
respdnsum, -i, N., reply
restitud, -ere, restitui, restitutum,
restore
revertor, reverti, reverti, reversum (deponent in present sys
tem), return
revocd, -are, -avi, -atum, recall,
recover
rex, regis, m., king
Rhea, -ae, p., Rhea, an old Italian
name; Rhea Silvia, the mother
of Somuhts and Semus
Rhenus, -i, m., the Rhine
Rhodanus, -i, m., the Rhone
ripa, -ae, p., bank (of a river)
rdbur, rdboris, n., oak; strength
rogd, -are, -avi, -atum, ask
Roma, -ae, p., Rome
Rdmanus, -a, -um, Roman
Rdmanus, -i, m., a Roman
Romulus, -i, m., Romulus, the tra
ditional founder of Sorne
rosa, -ae, f., rose
rursus, adv., again

Sabini, -drum, m. pi., the Sabines

Sabis, -is, M., the [Link], a river
of France
sacrum, -i, x., sanctuary, sacred
place or building

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ELEMENTARY LATIN

saepe, adv., often

sagitta, -ae, f., arrow
salus, salutis, f., safety
satis, adv., enough
saxum, -i, N., rock, stone
scelus, sceleris, N., crime
schola, -ae, f., school
scio, scire, scivi, scitum, know
Scipio, -onis, m., Scipio, a Soman
name
scutum, -i, n., shield
secundus, -a, -um, second; favor
able
sed, con)., but
sedecim, numeral adj., sixteen
seditio, -onis, f., insurrection
semel, adv., once
semibarbarus, -a, -um, half civil
ized
semper, adv.. always
senator, -toris, m., senator
senatus, -us, M., senate
senectus, -tutis, f., old age, age
senior, -oris, com par. of senex,
older; as noun, old man
Senones, -um, m. pi, the Senones,
a tribe of the Gauls
septem, indecl. num., seven
septendecim, indecl. num., seven
teen
Septimus, -a, -um, seventh
sepultura, -ae, f., burial
Sequani, -orum, M. pi., the Sequani
sequor, sequi, secutus sum, follow
Servilius, -i, m., Servilius, a Soman
name
servitus, -tutis, f., slavery
Servius, -i, m., Servius, a Soman
name; Servius Tullins, the sixth
king of Some
servo, -are, -avi, -atUm, save

servus, -i, m., slave, servant

sex, indecl. num., six
Sex., abbreviation for''[Link]
sexaginta, indecl. num., sixty
sexcentesimus, -a, -um, six-hun
dredth
sexce;:ti, -ae, -a, num. adj., six
hundred
sextus, -a, -um, sixth; sextus decimus, sixteenth
Sextus, -i, m., Sextus, a Soman
first name
si, eonj., if
sicuti, adv., just as, as
signum, -i, n., sign, signal, stand
ard; signa convertere, wheel
about
silva, -ae, f., forest
silvestris, -tre, wooded, forest
covered
Silvia, -ae, f., see Rhea
similis, -e, like, similar
sine, prep, with abl., without
singularis, -e, remarkable, unusual
singuli, -ae, -a, one at a time,
separate, individually
sinister, -tra, -trum, left, left hand
socer, soceri, m., father-in-law
Eocius, -i, m., ally
sol, solis, M., the sun
soleo, -ere, solitus sum, semi-de
ponent, be accustomed
solum, adv., only; non solum . . .
sed etiam, not only . . . but also
solus, -a, -um, only, alone
sonus, -i, M., sound
soror, sororis, f., sister
Sp., abbreviation for Spurius, a
Soman first name
speetaculum, -i, n., show, a spec
tacle;
spectaculum ludorum,
an exhibition of games

VOCABULARY
sperd, -are, -avi, -atum, hope
Epes, spei, p., hope
statua, -ae, p., statue
statim, adv., at once
stipendiarius, -a, -um, subject to
tribute, tributary
stipendium, -i, n., tribute, tax;
military service
sto, stare, steti, staturus, stand
studeo, -ere, -ui, desire, be eager
for
stuprum, -i, n., defilement, dis
honor
sub, prep. with ace. or ahl., under,
beneath; at the foot of
subdued, -ducere, -duxi, -ductum,
withdraw
subigo, -ere, subegi, subactum,
subdue, conquer
subitd, adv., suddenly
subsequor, subsequi, subsecutus
sum, follow up, follow closely
subsidium, -i, N., reinforcements,
reserves
succedo, -cedere, -cessi, -cessum,
come up close to, advance; fol
low, succeed
successus, -us, m., success
sudor, sudoris, m., sweat, perspi
ration
Suebi, -drum, m. pi., the Suebi,
a German tribe
Suessa, -ae, p., a city of Latium,
commonly called Suessa Pometia
Suessiones, -um, m. pi., the Suessioues, a Belgian tribe
sui, reflexive pron., of himself, her
self, itself, themselves
Sulla, -ae, m., Sulla, a Soman name
sum, esse, fui, futurus, be
summus, -a, -um, highest, supreme;
highest part of

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sumo, -ere, sumpsi, sumptum, take

sumptus, -us, m., expense
Superbus, -i, ,\i., set Tarquinius
superior, superius, conipar. adj.,
higher; preceding, previous
supero, -are, -avi, -atum, defeat,
overcome, conquer
superseded, -sedere, -sedi, -sessum,
refrain from
supersum, -esse, -fui, -futurus,
survive, be left
supervenio, -venire, -veni, -ventum, come upon, surprise
supplicium, -i, N., punishment
support6, -are, -avi, -atum, bring
up, furnish
supputatio, -onis, p., reckoning,
computation
supra, prep, with ace, above
Surena, -ae, m., Surena, a Parthian
general
suscipio, -cipere, -cepi, -ceptum,
undertake, assume, receive
sustineo, -ere, sustinui, sustentum,
sustain, withstand, hold out
suiis, -a, -um, his, her, its, their

T., abbreviation for Titus, a Soman

first ,.ainc
tabernaculum, -i, N., tent
tam, adv., so
tamquam, adv., as if
tamen, adv., nevertheless, still
tautum, adv., so greatly; only,
merely
tantus, -a, -um, so great
tarde, adv., slowly
tardo, -are, -avi, -atum, hinder,
check

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ELEMENTARY LATIN

Tarquinius, -i, m., Tarquinius, the

name of two Soman kings; Tar
quinius Priscus (Tarquin the
Elder) was the fifth of the kings,
and Tarquinius Superbus (Tar
quin the Proud) was tHe sev
enth
tego, -ore, texi, tectum, cover, pro
tect
telum, -I, n., weapon
tempestas, -tatis, f., storm
templum, -i, n., temple
tempus, temporis, N., time
tendo, -ere, tetendi, tentum or
tensum, hold out, extend
tened, -ere, -ui, hold
ter, adv., three times
tergum, -i, n., back
terra, -ae, p.. land, earth
terreo, -ere, -ui, -itum, frighten,
terrify .
territdrium, -I, n., territory
tertio, adv., for the third time
tertius, -a, -um, third
testamentum, -I, n., will
Thessalia, -ae, f., Thessaly
Tiberis, -is, m., the Tiber
timeo, -ere, -ui, fear
timor, timoris, m., fear
Titurius, -i, m., a Soman name;
Quintus Titurius Sabinus, one
of Caesar's officers
toga, -ae, f., toga
tollo, -ere, sustuli, sublatum, lift;
take away
Tolumnius, -i, m., Tolumnius, a
king of Feii
tot, indecl. adj., so many
totus, -a, -um, all, entire
tradd, -ere, tradidi, traditum, sur
render, give up

traduco, -ducere, -duxi, -ductum,

lead across
trans, prep, with ace., across, be
yond
transeo, -ire, -ii or -ivi, -itum, cross
transgredior, -gredi, -gressus sum,
cross
transportd, -are, -avi, -atum, con
vey across
trecentesimus, -a, -um, three hun
dredth
trecenti, -ae, -a, num. adj., three
hundred
tres, tria, gen. trium., three
tribunus, -i, m., tribune
tributum, -i, n., tribute
tricies, adv., thirty times
Tricipitinus, -i, m.. see Lucretius
triduum, -i, n., three days
triginta, itidecl. num., thirty
triumphd, -are, -avi, -atum, cele
brate a triumph
tricesimus, -a, -um, thirtieth
Troia, -ae, p., Troy
tu, tui, personal pronoun, you; pi.,
vos
tuba, -ae, p., trumpet
Tulingi, -orum, m. pi., the Tulingi,
a Gallic tribe
Tullius, -I, m., Tullius, a Soman
name
Tullus, -i, m., Tullus, a Soman
name; Tullus Hostilius, the third
king of Some
tum, adv., then
tumultus, -us, m., disturbance, in
surrection, uprising
turris, -is, p., tower
Tuscia, -ae, f., Etruria
Tusci, -orum, m. pi., the Etrus
cans, inhabitants of Etruria

VOCABULARY
Tusculum, -i, n., Tusculum, an
ancient town not far from Some
tutor, tutoris, m., guardian, pro
tector
tutus, -a, -um, safe
tuus, -a, -um, your, yours
tyrannicus, -a, -um, despotic,,
tyrannical

ubi, adv., where, when

TJbii, -orum, m. pi., the Ubii, a
German tribe
ullus, -a, -um, any
ulterior, ulterius, comparative adj..
farther
ultimus, -a, -um, superl., farthest,
last
ultra, prep, with ace, beyond
umquam, adv., ever
una, adv., together, at the same
time
undecim, numeral adj., eleven
undecimus, -a, -um, eleventh
undeviginti, numeral adj., nine
teen
undique, adv., on all sides
univergus, -a, -um, all together,
entire, all
unus, -a, -um, one
urbs, urbis, p., city
usque, adv., as far as
usus, -us, M., use, experience, ad
vantage
Ut, conj., that, in order that
ut, adv., as
uter, -tra, -trum, which of two
uterque, utraque, utrumque, each
of two, each
fitilis, -e, useful
utor, uti, usus sum, use

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ntrimque, adv., on both sides

uxor, uxoris, f., wife

vacuus, -a, -um, vacant

Valerius, -i, Valerius, a Roman
name
validus, -a, -um, strong, power
ful
valles, vallis, p., valley
Varro, Varronis, m., Varro, a
Soman name
Varus, -i, m., Varus, a Soman
name
vasto, -are, -avi, -atum, lay waste
vehementer, adv., severely
Vei, Veiorum, m. pi, Veii, an
ancient town of Etruria
Veientani, -drum, m. pi., same as
Veientes
Veientes, -ium, m. pi, the inhabit
ants of Veii
vel, conj., or
vendo, -ere, vendidi, venditum,
sell
venio, -ire, veni, ventum, come
ventus, -i, M., wind
vereor, -eri, veritus sum, fear
vergo, -ere, slope
verto, -ere, verti, versum, turn
verum, adv., but
Vesontio, -onis, m., Vesontio, a
town of Gaul, now Besancon
vesper, vesperi, m., evening
Vestalis, -e, Vestal, of Vesta
vester, -tra, -trum, your, yours
veteranus, -a, -um, veteran
Veturia, -ae, Veturia, a woman 's
name
vetus, veteris, old, former, of long
standing

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ELEMENTARY LATIN

vexo, -are, -avi, -atum, lay waste,

overrun, harass, plunder
via, -ae, p., street, road, way
vicesimus, -a, -um, twentieth
vicinus, -a, -um, near, neighboring
vicem, < c invicem
victor, -toris, M., conqueror
victoria, -ae, p., victory
vicus, -i, M., village
video, -ere, vidi, visum, see; pa.'.-.
as dcp., seem
vigilia, -ae, p., watch
viginti, indecl. num., twenty
Viminalis, -is, M., the Viminal, one
of the seven hill." of Home
vinc8, -ere, vici, victum, conquer,
defeat
vindicd, -are, -avi, -atum, avenge
vir, viri, m., man

Virginius, -i, m., Virginius, a So

man name
virgS, -inis, f., virgin, maiden,
girl, young woman
virtus, -tutis, f., courage, manli
ness
vis, f., force, violence; pi. strength
vita, -ae, p., life
vito, -are, -avi, -atum, avoid
vix, adv., scarcely, with difficulty
vocd, -are, -avi, -atum, call
vold, velle, volui, wish, be willing
Volsci, -drum, M. pi., Volseians
Volumnia, -ae, f., Volumnia, a
woman 's name
voluntas, -tatis, f., wish, will
vdx, vdcis, f., voice, word, utter
ance
vulnero, -are, -avi, -atum, wound
vulnus, vulneris, n., a wound

VOCABULAEY

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ENGLISH-LATIN VOCABULARY
able, be able, possum, posse, potui
absent, be absent, absum, abesse,
afui, afuturus
account, on account of, propter,
prep, with ace.
accustomed, be accustomed, soleS,
-ere, solitus sum
advance, procedo, -cedere, -cessi,
-cessum
advice, consilium, consili, N.
again, riirsus, iterum, advs.
aid, auxilium, auxili, n.
all, omnis, omne
ally, socius, -i, M.
alone, solus, -a, -um
also, item, adv.
although, cum, eonj.
always, semper, adv.
among, apud, prep, with ace.
and, et, atque, -que, conjs.
angry, Iratus, -a, -um
animal, animal, animalis, N.
another, alius, alia, aliud
answer, responsum, -i, n.
any one (in a negative sentence),
quisquam
approach, appropinquo, -are, -avi,
-atum
approve, approve of, probo, -are,
-avi, -atum
Aquitanians, Aquitani, -orum,
M. pi.
Ariovistus, Ariovistus, -i, m.
.
arm, anno, -are, -avi, -Atum
arms, anna, armorum, x. pi.
army, exercitus, -us, m.
arrive, pervenio, -venire, -veni,
ventum

arrow, sagitta, -ae, p.

ascend, ascendo, -ere, ascendi,
ascensum
ask, rogo, -are, -avi, -atum; quaero,
-ere, quaesivi, quaesltum; ask
for, peto, -ere, petlvi, petitum
assemble (intransitive), convenio,
-venire, -veni, -ventum
at once, statim, adv.
attack (noun), impetus, -us, m.
attack (verb), oppugno, -are, -avi,
atum
avoid, vito, -are, -avi, -atum
await, exspeeto, -are, -avi, -atum
B
badge, Insigne, insignis, N.
bank (of a river), ripa, -ae, f.
battle, proelium, -i, n.
be, sum, esse, fui, futurus
beautiful, pulcher, -chra, -chrum
because, quod, conj.
before, ante, prep, with ace.
before, priusquam, conj.
beg for, peto, -ere, petivi, petitum
began, have begun, coepi, coepisse,
eoeptum (perfect tenses only)
begin, incipio, -ere, ineopi, inceptum; begin battle, proelium
committere
behind, post, prep, with ace.
Belgians, Belgae, -arum, m. pi.
between, inter, prep, ivith ace.
beyond, trans, prep, with ace.
boast, glorior, -ari, gloriatus sum
boat, navis, navis, f.
body, corpus, corporis, N.
book, liber, libri, M.
boy, puer, pueri, m.

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brave, fortis, forte

bravely, fortiter, adv.
bridge, pons, pontis, m.
bring, fero, ferre, tuli, latum
bring together, conduco, -ducere,
-diixi, -ductum
Britain, Great Britain, Britannia,
-ae, p.
brother, frater, fratris, m.
build, aedifico, -are, -avi, -atum
burn, incendo, -ere, incendi, iucensum
but, sed, conj.
buy, emfi, -ere, emi, emptum
by, a, ab, prep, with abl.

Caesar, Caesar, Caesaris, m.

call, voco, -are, -avi, -atum;
(name), appello, -are, -avi, -atum
call together, convoco, -are, -avi,
-atum
camp, castra, -orum, n. pi.
can, am able, possum, posse, potui
capture, expugno, are, -avi, -atum;
capio, -ere, cepi, captum
carry, porto, -are, -avi, -atum
carry on, gero, -ere, gessi, gestum
cart, carrus, -i, M.
Cassius, Cassius, -i, m.
cattle, boves (sing, bos, bovis),
m. and r.
cause, causa, -ae, f.
cavalry, equitatus, -us, M.
Celts, Celtae, -arum, m. pi.
centurion, centurio, -onis, m.
certain, quidam, quaedam, quoddam or quiddam
certainly, certe, adv.
choose, deligo, -ere, delegi, delectum

citizen, civis, civis, M., T.

city, urbs, urbis, f.
cohort, cohors, cohortis, f.
collect (trans.), conduco, -ducere,
-duxi, -ductum; confero, -ferre,
-tuli, -latum
come, venio, -ire, veni, ventum
command, impero, -are, -avi, -atum
command, be in command of,
praesum, -esse, -fui, -futurus
complain, queror, queri, questus
sum
complete, perficio, -ficere, -feci,
-fectum; conficio, -ficere, -feci,
-feetum
concerning, de, prep, with abl.
conference, colloquium, -i, n.
conquer, vinco, -ere, vici, victum
Considlus, Considius, -i, m.
Cornelia, Cornelia, -ae, p.
council, concilium, -i, n.
country, native country, patria,
-ae, p.
courage, virtus, virtiitis, f.
courage, animus, -i, m.
cross, transeo, -ire, -ii, -itum

danger, periculum, -i, N.

dangerous, periculosus, -a, -um
dare, audeo, -ere, ausus sum
daughter, filia, -ae, p.
day, dies, diei, m. and f.
daybreak, prima lux
deep, altus, -a, -um
defeat, supero, -are, -avi, -atum
defend, defendo, -ere, defend!,
defensum
delay, mora, -ae, f.
demand, postulo, -are, -avi, -atum
dependent, cliens, clientis, m.

VOCABULARY
desert, desero, -ere, -ui, -tum
deserve, mereor, -eri, meritus sum
desire, studeo, -ere, -ui (takes da
tive) ; cupio, -ere, cupivl, cupitum
destroy, deleo, -ere, -evi, -etum
difficult, difficilis, -e
difficulty, with difficulty, vix, adv.
disclose, enuntio, -are, -avi, -atum
distant, be distant, absum, abesse,
afui, afuturus
distinguished, clarus, -a, -um
ditch, fossa, -ae, f.
Diviciacus, Diviciacus, -i, m.
do, facio, -ere, feci, factum; be
done, fio, fieri, factus sum
draw up, instruo, -struere, -struxi,
-strflctum
drive back, repello, -ere, reppuli,
repulsum

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fact (thing), res, rei, F.

famous, clarus, -a, -um
far, longe, adv.
farmer, agricola, -ae, M.
father, pater, patris, m.
favor, faveo, -ere, favi, fautum
fear (noun), metus -us, m.
fear (verb), timeo, -ere, -ui;
vereor, -eri, veritus sum
few, pauci, -ae, -a, as substantive,
pauci, -orum, M. pi.
field, ager, agri, M.
fierce, ferus, -a, -um
fiercely, acriter, adv.
fight (verb), pugno, -are, -avi,
-atum
fill, fill up, compleo, -ere, -Svl,
-etum
find, find out, reperie, -ire, repperi, repertum
E
fire, ignis, ignis, m.
each, as pron., quisque, quidque;
first, primus, -a, -um
adj., quisque, quaeque, quodque
first, at first, primo, adv.
easily, facile, adv.
five, quinque, indecl. nurn.
easy, facilis, -e
flee, fugio, -ere, fflgi, fugitiirus
enemy (a public enemy), hostis,
flight, fuga, -ae, p.
hostis, M. ; (a personal enemy),
follow, sequor, sequi, secutus sum
inimicus, -i, H.
foot, pes, pedis, M.
energetic, impiger, impigra, imforces, copiae, -arum, f. pi.
pigrum
forest, silva, -ae, p.
energetically, impigre, adv.
forget, obliviscor, oblivisci, oblienough, satis, adv. and indecl. noun
tus sum
enroll, conscribo, -scribere, -scripsi,
former, pristinus, -a, -um
-scriptum
formerly, olim, adv.
envoy, legatus, -i, m.
formerly, antea, adv.
every, omnis, -e; everything,
fort, castellum, -i, n.
omnia, -ium; every day, cotidie,
fortify, munio, -ire, -ivi, -itum
adv.
fortune, fortiina, -ae, p.
extend, pateo, -ere, -ui
four, quattuor, indecl. num.
expect, exspecto, -are, -avi, -atum
explore, exploro, -are, -avi, -atum friend, amicus, -i, m.

ELEMENTARY LATIN

340

friendship, amicitia, -ae, f.

frighten, terreo, -ere, -ui, -itum
from, e, ex; a, ab; tle, preps, with
abl.
furnish, supportS, -are, -avi, -atum
G
gain possession of, potior, potirl,
potltus sum
Gaius, Gaius, -l, M.
gate, porta, -ae, f.
Gaul (a country). Gallia, -ae, F.
Gaul, a Gaul (an inhabitant of the
country of Gaul), Gallus, -i, M.
Geneva, Genava, -ae, f.
German, a German, Germanus, -i,M.
gift, donum, i, N.
girl, puella, -ae, f.
give, do, dare, dedi, datum
go, eo, ire, ivi or ii, itum
go forth, exeo, -ire, -ii, -itum
good, bonus, -a, -um
grain, frumentum, -i, n.
Great Britain, Britannia, -ae, f.
greatly, magnopere, adv.
H
Haeduan, a Haeduan,
Haeduus, -i, m.
hand, manus, -us, r.
happen, accidS, -ere, aecidi
happy, fellx, felicis
hasten, contendS, -ere, contendi,
contentum
hasten, properS, -are, -avi, -atum
have, habeo, -ere, -ui, -itum
he, is
head, caput, capitis, n.
hear, audio, -ire, -ivi, -itum
height, altitudo, -dinis, f.
help (noun), auxilium, -i, N.
help (verb), iuvo, -are, iuvi, ifltum

Helvetians, the Helvetians, Helvetii, -drum, m. pi.

her, reflexive, suus, -a, -um; when
not reflexive, eius
herself, see self
high, altus, -a, -um
hill, collis, collis, m.
himself, see self
hinder, impedio, -ire, -ivi, -ltum;
deterreS, -ere, -ui, -itum
his, reflexive, suus, -a, -um; when
not reflexive, eius
hold out, tendo, -ere, tetendi, tentum or tensum
home, domus, -iis, f.
honorable, honestus, -a, -um
hope, spes, spei, f.
horse, equus, -i, m.
horseman, eques, equitis, M.
hostage, obses, obsidis, m.
hour, hora, -ae, f.
hundred, one hundred, centum,
indccl. num.

I, ego, gen., mei

Iccius, Iccius, -i, m.
if, si, conj.; if not, nisi
implore, imploro, -are, -avi, -atum
in, in, prep, ivith abl.
incredible, incredibilis, -e
industrious, impiger, -gra, -grum
industriously, impigre, adv.
infantry, copiae pedestres, copiarum pedestrium, f.
inform, certiorem (certiores)
facere
inhabit, incolo, -ere, -uI
inhabitant of a town, oppidanus,
-i, m.
injure, noceo, -ere, -ui, -itum
(takes dative)

VOCABULARY
injury, iniuria, -ae, p.
into, in, prep, with ace.
invite, invito, -are, -avi, -atum
Ireland, Hibernia, -ae, p.
island, insula, -ae, f.
it, id
Italy, Italia, -ae, p.
its, reflexive, suus, -a, -um; when
not reflexive, eius
itself, see self
javelin, pilum, -i, N.
journey, iter, itineris, n.

341

liberty, Hbertas, libertatis, f.

lieutenant, legatus, -i, m.
life, vita, -ae, p.
line of battle, acies, -ei, p.
live (dwell), habito, -are, -avi,
-atum
long, longus, -a, -um
long, for a long time, did, adv.
lose, amitto, -mittere, -misi, -missum
love, amo, -are, -avi, -atum
Lucius, Lucius, -i, m.
lurk, lateo, -ere, -ui

M
kill, interficio, -ficere, -feci, -fectum
kind, beuignus, -a, -um
king, rex, regis, M.
know, perf. of cognosco, -ere, cognovi, cognitum; scio, scire, scivi,
scltum; intellego, -legere, -lexi,
-lectum

Labienus, Labienus, -i, m.

large, magnus, -a, -um
law, lex, legis, f.
lay waste, vasto, -are, -avi, -atum;
depopulor, -ari, depopulates sum
lazy, piger, pigra, pigrum
lead, duco, -ere, duxi, ductum
lead back, rediico, -ducere, -duxi,
-ductum
lead out, educo, -ere, eduxi, eductum
leader, dux, ducis, m.
league together, eoniurfl, -are, -avl,
-atum
leave, relinquo, -ere, reliqui, relictum
legion, legio, -onis, f.
letter, epistola, -ae, p.

make, facio, -ere, feci, factum;

make war on, bellum infero,
inferre, etc.
man, homo, hominis, M.; vir,
viri, M.
many, multi, multae, multa; pi. of
multus
march, iter, itineris, N.
Marius, Marius, -i, m.
master, dominus, -i, M.
meanwhile, interea, adv.
messenger, niintius, -i, m.
middle, middle of, medius, -a, -um
mile, mille passus or passuum; pi.,
milia passuum
money, pecunia, -ae, p.
more, magis, adv.
mountain, mons, montis, m.
move, moved, -ere, movi, motum
much, multus, -a, -um; when used
with comparative, multo, abl. of
neuter
multitude, multitudo, -dinis, p.
my, mine, meus, -a, -um
N
name, uomen, nominis, N.
narrow, angustus, -a, -um

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ELEMENTARY LATIN

nation, gens, gentis, P.

native country, patria, -ae, f.
nature, natura, -ae, f.
neighboring, finitimus, -a, -um
neither (conj.), neque; neither . . .
nor, neque . . . neque
neither (of two), neuter, -tra,
-trum
Nervii, Nervii, -Srum, m. pi.
never, numquam, adv.
nevertheless, tamen, adv.
new, novus, -a, -um
next to, "proximus, -a, -um
night, nox, noctis, p.
no (adj.), nullus, -a, -um
no one, nemo; dat., nemini (no
gen.)
not, ndn, adv. ; with subjunctive of
desire, ne
not yet, nondum, adv.
nothing, nihil, indeclinable, N.
now, nunc, adv.
number, numerus, -i, m.

Ocelum, Ocelum, -i, n.

often, saepe, adv.
old, vetus, gen., veteris
on, in, prep, with dbl.
on account of, ob, prep, with ace;
propter, prep, with ace.
on this side of, citra, prep, with
ace.
one, iinus, -a, -um; one . . . an
other, alius . . . alius; one . . .
the other, alter . . . alter
order, iubeo, -ere, iussi, iussum
Orgetorix, Orgetorix, Orgetorigis, M.
other, the other (of two), alter,
altera, alterum; another, alius,
alia, aliud
ought, debeo, -ere, -ul, -itum

our, ours, noster, -tra, -trum

ourselves, see self
overhang, impended, -ere
overrun, vexo, -are, -avi, -atum.
P
part, pars, partis, f.
peace, pax, paeis, r.
people, populus, -i, m.
persuade, persuaded, -suadere,
-suasi, -suasum (takes dative)
place (noun), locus, -i, m. (usually
neuter in plural)
place (verb), colloco, -are, -avi,
-atum
plan, consilium, -i, n.
please, placed, -ere, -ui (takes
dative)
pleasing, gratus, -a, -um
point out, demonstro, -are, -avi,
-atum
power, potentia, -ae, F. ; imperium, -i, N.
powerful, potens, gen., potentis
praise, laus, laudis, f.
praise, laudo, -are, -avi, -atum
prefer, malo, malle, malui
prepare, comparo, -are, -avi, -atum
present, be present, ad sum, -esse,
-fui, -futurus
present, donum, -i, N.
prisoner, captivus, -i, m.
promise, polliceor, -eri, pollicitus
sum
protect, tego, -ere, -texi, -tectum;
conservo, -are, -avi, -atum
province, provincia, -ae, F.
punishment, supplicium, -i, N.
purpose, for the purpose, causa
with genitive
Q
quickly, celeriter, adv.

VOCABULARY

rank, ordo, Srdinis, M.

reason, causa, -ae, p.
receive, accipio, -cipere, -eepi,
-ceptum
reduce, redigo, -ere, redegi, redactum
refrain, superseded, -sedere, -sedi,
-sessum
regarding, de, prep, with abl.
region, regio, regionis, f.
reject, repudio, -are, -avi, -atum
remain, maneo, -ere, mansi, mansum
remember, memini, meminisse; reminiscor, reminiscl
Remi, Remi, -orum, m. pi.
renew, renovo, -are, -avi, -atum
report, enuntio, -are, -avi, -atum;
reniintio, -are, -avi, -atum
repulse, repello, -ere, reppull, repulsum
residence, domicilium, -i, n.
resist, resists, -ere, restiti (takes
dative)
rest, the rest, reliqui, -orum, m. ph
restore, restituo, -ere, restituI,
restitutum
restrain, contineo, -tinere, -tinui,
-tentum
return, redeo, -ire, -iI, -itum
reward, pvaemium, -i,'n.
Rhine, Rhenus, -i, m.
river, flflmen, fluminis, N.
road, iter, itineris, N.
road, via, -ae, p.
Roman (adj.), Roman us, -a, -um
Roman, a Roman, Rdmanus, -i, m.
Rome, Roma, -ae, p.
rose, rosa, -ae, p.
route, iter, itineris, N.

343

royal authority, royal power, regnum, -i, N.

S
safe, tutus, -a, -um
sailor, nauta, -ae, m.
same, idem, eadem, idem
say, dico, -ere, dixi, dictum
school, schola, -ae, f.
scout, explorator, -toris, m.
second, secundus, -a, -um
see, video, -ere, vidi, visum
seem, videor, videri, visus sum
seize, occupo, -are, -avi, -atum
self, himself, herself, itself, ipse,
ipsa, ipsum; reflexive, sui
send, mitto, -ere, misi, missum
send ahead, praemitto, -mittere,
-misi, -missum
separate, divido, -ere, divisi, divisum
Sequani, Sequani, -orum, m. pi.
set on fire, set fire to, incendo,
-ere, incendi, incensum
set out, proficiscor, proficisci, profectus sum
seven, septem, indecl. num.
several, compliires, -ium
Sextus, Sextus, -i, M.
she, ea
shield, scutum, -i, N.
ship, navis, navis, r.
short, brevis, breve
signal, signum, -i, N.
since, cum, conj.
slaughter, caedes, caedis, r.
slave, servus, -I, m.
slavery, servitus, -tutis, p.
slowly, tarde, adv.
small, parvus, -a, -um
so, tam, adv.
so great, tantus, -a, -um

344

ELEMENTARY LATIN

soldier, miles, militis, m.

some . . . others, alii . . . alii
some one, aliquis
sometimes, non numquam
son, fllius, fili, M.
sound, sonus, -i, M.
speed, celeritas, -tatis, F.
spend the winter, Memo, -are, -av I,
-atum
spirit, animus, -i, M.
spur, calcar, calcaris, N.
stand, sto, stare, steti, staturus
state, civitas, -tatis, f.
station, colloco, -are, -avi, -atum
statue, statua, -ae, f.
still, tanien, adv.
stone, saxum, -i, n.
street, via, -ae, f.
strength, vires, virium (pi. of vis)
subdue, paco, -are, -avi, -atum
suitable, idoneus, -a, -um
summer, aestas, -tatis, f.
supreme, summus, -a, -um (super
lative of superus)
surpass, praeeedo, -cedere, -cessi,
-cessum
surrender, trado, -ere, tradidi, traditum; dedo, -ere, dodidi, deditum
surround, cireumvenio, -venire,
-veni, -ventum
swiftly, celeriter, adv.
sword, gladius, -i, m.

that, conj., ut; that . . .not, ne

that, demonstrative, ille, ilia, illud
(un emphatic) , is, ea, id
their, reflexive, suus, -a, -um; when
not reflexive, eorum, earum
themselves, reflexive, sui
then, tum, adv.
there (in that place), ibi, adv.;
(to that place), eo, adv.
thing, res, rei, F.
think, arbitror, -ari, arbitratus
sum
third, tertius, -a, -um
this, hie, haec, hoc
three, tres, tria
three days, triduum, -i, n.
through, per, prep, with ace.
time, tempus, temporis, N.
time, for a long time, difl, adv.
tired out, defessus, -a, -um
to, ad, prep, with ace.
today, hodie, adv.
tower, turris, turris, F,
town, oppidum, -I, N.
townspeople, oppidanl, -orum,
M. pi.
treachery, insidiae, -arum, f. pi.
trust, confido, -ere, confisus sum
try, conor, -ari, conatus sum; experior, -iri, expertus sum
two, duo, duae, duo
two days, biduum, -i, N.
two hundred, ducenti, -ae, -a
U

take, eapio, -ere, cepl, captum

tall, altus, -a, -um
temple, templum, -i, n.
ten, decem, indecl. num.
territories, fines, -ium, m. (pi. of
finis)
than, quam, conj.

Ubii, Ubii, orum, m. pi.

unexpectedly, improviso, adv.
unfavorable, iniquus, -a, -um
unhappy, miser, misera, miserum
unknown, incognitus, -a, -um
unless, nisi, conj.
until, dum, eonj.

VOCABULARY
unwilling, be unwilling, nolo,
nolle, nolul
unwilling, invltus, -a, -um
urge, hortor, -arl, hortatua sum
use, utor, uti, Ssus sum
useful, iitilis, -e

valley, valles, vallis, f.

Vesontio, Vesontio, -onis, f.
veteran, veteranus, -a, -um
victory, victoria, -ae, F.
village, vicus, -I, m.
violence, vis, f.
voice, vox, vocis, f.
W
wage, gerii, gerere, gessl, gestum
wait, wait for, exspecto, -are, -avi,
-atum
walk, ambulo, -are, -avi, -atum
wall, murus, -I, m.
wander, erro, -are, -avI, -atum
war, bellum, -i, N.
warn, moneo, -ere, -ui, -Hum
watch, vigilia, -ae, f.
water, aqua, -ae, F.
wave, fluctus, -us, m.
weapon, telum, -i, N.
weapons, arma, -orum
weep, fleo, flere, flevi, fletum
what, interrog., pron., quid; an
adj., quis (qui), quae, quod
where, ubi, adv.

345

white, albus, -a, -um

who, what, interrog., quis, quid
who, which, what, relative, qui,
quae, quod
whole, totus, -a, -um
why, cur, adv.
when, cum
wide, latus, -a, -um
widely, late, adv.
width, latitiido, -dinis, F.
wing (of an army), cornu, -us, N.
winter (vera), spend the winter,
hiemo, -are, -avi, -atum
Wish, cupio, -ere, cupivi, cupltum
wish, volo, velle, volui
with, cum, prep, with ail.
withdraw, decedS, -ere, decessi,
deccssum; excedo, -cedere,
-cessi, -cessum
woman, femina, -ae, F.
work (noun), opus, operis, N.
work (verb), labSro, -are, -avi,
-atum
wound (verb), vulnero, -are, -avi,
-atum
wrong, iniuria, -ae, F.

year, annus, -I, m.

you, tu, singular; vos, plural.
your, yours, tuus, -a, -um, refer
ring to one person; vester, vestra, vestrum, referring to more
than one person.

INDEX
(Numbers refer to sections.)
Ablative, general use, 33.
absolute, 370.
of accompaniment, 104.
of cause, 449.
of comparison, 340.
of degree of difference, 346.
of description, 353.
of manner, 277.
of means, 130.
of place from which, 330.
of place in which, 110.
of respect, 366.
of route, 318.
of separation, 329.
of time, 211.
with iitor, 419.
Accent, 8.
Accusative :
as object, 11.
of duration, 177.
of extent, 312.
of place to which, 313.
with prepositions, 190.
Adjectives, agreement of, 55.
comparison of, 334.
position of, 19.
in the predicate, 20.
possessive, 83.
substantive use of, 201.
of the first and second declen
sion in -us, 75.
of the first and second declen
sion in -er, 81.
of the third declension, 276, 281
witli the genitive in -lus, 234.
Adverbs, formation of, 357.
comparison of, 361.
position of, 63.
Agreement:
of adjectives, 55.
of relative pronouns, 288.
of verbs, 44.
aliquis, declension of, 447.

Apposition, 61.
case of nouns in, 62.
Article not used in Latin, 13.
Base, of nouns, 38.
coepl, conjugation of, 427.
Commands, expressed by impera
tive, 402.
negative, 566.
Comparison :
of adjectives, regular, 334, 338.
of adjectives, irregular, 344.
of adverbs, 361.
Complementary infinitive, 272.
Conditional clauses, defined, 570.
non-committal, 571.
future more vivid, 5716.
future less vivid, 581.
contrary to fact, 575, 576.
Conjugation of regular verbs, how
distinguished, 108.
Correlative use of hie and ille
116.
cum clauses:
adversative, 526.
causal, 520.
of description, 511.
cum, enclitic use of, 387.
Dative :
as indirect object. 26.
with adjectives, 27.
of agent, 538.
with compound verbs, 324.
of possession, 325.
of purpose, 196.
of reference, 245.
with special verbs, 124.
position of, 28 (2).
Demonstratives, 89.
position of, 92.
Deponent verbs, of the first and
second conjugations, 414.

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of the third and fourth conjuga
tions, 418.
-iS verba of the third conjuga
tion, 425.
domus, declension of, 298.
duo, declension of, 304.
Enclitic use of cum, 387.
eo, conjugation of, 317.
Familiar Latin Phrases, 280.
Fear, subjunctive in expressions
of, 531.
fero, conjugation of, 406.
synopsis of, 410.
Fifth declension of nouns, 308.
fiS, conjugation of, 515.
First declension of nouns, 36.
First and second declension ad
jectives, 75, 81.
Formation of Latin Words, 277.
Fourth declension of nouns, 292.
Future imperative, 586.
participle, active, 188.
participle, passive, 537.
Future perfect indicative, active,
171.
passive, 181.
Gender of nouns in the first de
clension, 53.
second declension, 59.
third declension, 255.
fourth declension, 292.
fifth declension, 308a.
Genitive :
of description, 352.
of material, 521.
objective, 381.
of possession, 11.
of the whole, 265.
with verbs of remembering and
forgetting, 543.
position of, 28 (1).
formation, in nouns in -ius and
-ium, 76.
Gerund, 552.
Gerundive, 557.
hie, declension of, 90.
correlative use of, 116.
idem, declension of, 264.
ignis, declension of, 260.

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itle, declension of, 102.

correlative use of, 116.
Imperative, present, 402.
future, 586.
Impersonal verbs, 438.
Indirect discourse, 499, 503.
Indirect object, 26.
Indirect questions, 489.
Infinitive, of regular verbs, 391.
of sum and eo, 396.
complementary, 272.
with subject accusative, 395.
Interrogative particles, 432.
pronouns, 431.
ipse, declension of, 103.
is, declension of, 122.
iste, declension of, 582.
iubeo, construction with, 206.
Locative, 299.
malo, conjugation of, 542.
nolo, conjugation of, 530.
Nominative, as subject, 11.
as predicate, 50 (2).
Numerals, cardinal, 303.
ordinal, 559.
Object, direct, 11.
indirect, 26.
Order of words, 230.
Participles, present, 365.
past, 158, 159, 160.
future active, 188.
future passive, 537.
review of, 565.
Passive voice, 96.
endings of, 97.
Past perfect indicative active, 170.
subjunctive active, 493.
Past perfect indicative passive,
181.
subjunctive passive, 494.
Perfect indicative active, 146;
personal endings of, 147.
Perfect indicative passive, 175.
Perfect subjunctive active, 487.
Perfect subjunctive passive, 488.
Perfect stem, 148.
Perfect system, review of, 228,
229.

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Personal endings of the verb, act

ive, 46.
passive, 97.
in the perfect indicative active.
147.
'
Place constructions, review of
548.
Position of adjectives, 19.
of adverbs, 63.
of verb, 14.
Possessives of the third person,
139.
y
omission of, 140.
possum, conjugation of, 376.
synopsis of, 410.
Predicate adjectives, 20.
nouns, 21.
Prepositions with the accusative
190.
review of cases with, 577.
as prefixes, 279.
Prepositional phrases, order of
words in, 283.
Present stem, 466.
Present system, review of, 221224.
Principal parts of the verb, 164.
Pronoun, interrogative, 431.
personal, 380.
reflexive, 385, 386.
relative, 287.
Purpose clauses, with ut and ne.
460.
relative, 465.
-que, use of, 443.
quldam, declension of, 436.
quisquam, declension of, 448.
quisque, declension of, 437.
Reflexive pronoun, 385-386.
possessive, 139.
Stems of the verb, 166.
Second declension of nouns, 54, 59
67.
' ' '

SEMideponents, 442.
Subjunctive mood, present tense
of regular verbs, 455, 461.
past tense of regular verbs
471.
'
perfect tense, 487, 488.
past perfect tense, 493, 494
general use of, 456.
anticipatory, 476.
by attraction, 587.
in cum adversative clauses, 526.
in cum causal clauses, 520.
in cum descriptive clauses, 51].
in indirect discourse, 499.
in indirect questions, 489.
with expressions of fear. 531.
in substantive clauses of desiif
470.
in substantive clauses of fact.
516.
in purpose clauses, 460, 465.
in clauses of result, 483.
Supine, in -um, 547.
in -u, 5476.
Synopsis of verbs, 182.
Tenses, relation of, in subordinate
clauses, 510.
Third declension of nouns, conso
nant stems, 238, 244.
i-stems and mixed stems, 249
250, 254.
exceptional nouns, 259, 260.
Third declension of adjectives, 276,
281.
ires, declension of, 304.
turris, declension of, 260.
utor, with ablative, 419.
Verbs, agreement of, 44.
position of, 14.
v>s, declension of, 259.
Vocative, 34.
position of, 35.
voiS, conjugation of, 525.

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