REVIEW OF THE ACTIVE VOICE
Conjugation |
contineō |
continēre |
continuī |
hold in, keep |
Conjugation |
agō |
agere |
ēgī |
drive |
Conjugation |
repe´riō | reperī´re | rep´perī | find |
200.
Perseus and Andromeda (Concluded)
First learn the special vocabulary, p. 290. Read the whole story.
Perseus semper proeliō studēbat[1] et respondit,[1] “Verba tua sunt maximē grāta,” et laetus arma sua magica parāvit.[1] Subitō mōnstrum vidētur; celeriter per aquam properat et Andromedae adpropinquat. Eius amīcī longē absunt et misera puella est sōla. Perseus autem sine morā super aquam volāvit.[1] Subitō dēscendit[1] et dūrō gladiō saevum mōnstrum graviter vulnerāvit.[1] Diū pugnātur,[2] diū proelium est dubium. Dēnique autem Perseus mōnstrum interfēcit[1] et victōriam reportāvit.[1] Tum ad saxum vēnit[1] et Andromedam līberāvit[1] et eam ad Cēpheum dūxit.[1] Is, nūper miser, nunc laetus, ita dīxit:[1] “Tuō auxiliō, mī amīce, cāra fīlia mea est lībera; tua est Andromeda.” Diū Perseus cum Andromedā ibi habitābat[1] et magnopere ā tōtō populō amābātur.[1]
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 See if you can explain the use of the perfects and imperfects in this passage.
- ↑ The verb pugnātur means, literally, it is fought; translate freely, the battle is fought, or the contest rages. The verb pugnō in Latin is intransitive, and so does not have a personal subject in the passive. A verb with an indeterminate subject, designated in English by it, is called impersonal.