Latin for beginners (1911)/Part II/Lesson XLI

by Benjamin Leonard D'Ooge

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LESSON XLI

THE THIRD DECLENSION • CONSONANT STEMS (Concluded)

238. Neuter consonant stems add no termination in the nominative and arc declined as follows :

	flūmen, n., river	tempus, n., time	opus, n., work	caput, n., head
Bases or Stems	flūmin-	tempor-	oper-	capit-
	Singular				terminations
Nom.	flūmen	tempus	opus	caput	—
Gen.	flūminis	temporis	operis	capitis -is	-is
Dat.	flūminī	temporī	operī	capitī	-ī
Acc.	flūmen	tempus	opus	caput	—
Abl.	flūmine	tempore	opere	capite	-e

	Plural
Nom.	flūmina	tempora	opera	capita	-a
Gen.	flūminum	temporum	operum	capitum	-um
Dat.	flūminibus	temporibus	operibus	capitibus	-ibus
Acc.	flūmina	tempora	opera	capita	-a
Abl.	flūminibus	temporibus	operibus	capitibus	-ibus

1. Review § 74 and apply the rules to this declension.
2. Bases or stems in -in- have -e- instead of -i- in the nominative, as flūmen, base or stem flūmin-.
3. Most bases or stems in -er- and -or- have -us I.the nominative, as opus, base or stem oper-; tempus, base or stem tempor-.

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EXERCISES

First learn the special vocabulary, p. 292.

I.

1. Barbarī ubi Rōmam cēpērunt, maxima rēgum opera dēlēvērunt.
2. Rōmānī multās calamitātēs ā barbarīs accēpērunt.
3. Ubi erat summus terror apud oppidānōs, animī dubiī eōrum ab ōrātōre clarō cōnfīrmāti sunt.
4. Rōma est in rīpīs fiūminis magnī.
5. Ubi Caesar imperātor mīlitēs suōs arma capere iussit, iī ā proeliō continērī nōn potuērunt.
6. Ubi proelium factum est, imperātor reperīrī nōn potuit.
7. Imperātor sagittā in capite vulnerātus erat et stāre nōn poterat.
8. Eum magnō labōre pedes ex proeliō portāvit.
9. Is bracchiīs suīs imperātōrem tenuit et eum ex perīculīs summīs servāvit.
10. Virtūte suā bonus mīles ab imperātōre corōnam accēpit.

II.

1. The consul placed a crown on the head of the victor.
2. Before the gates he was received by the townsmen.
3. A famous orator praised him and said, “By your labors you have saved the fatherland from disaster.”
4. The words of the orator were pleasing to the victor.
5. To save the fatherland was a great task.

CORONA

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