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237.
EXERCISES
First learn the special vocabulary, p. 291.
I.
- Audīsne tubās, Mārce? Nōn sōlum tubās audiō sed etiam ōrdinēs militum et carrōs impedīmentōrum plēnōs vidēre possum.
- Quāslegiōnēs vidēmus? Eae legiōnēs nūper ex Galliā vēnērunt.
- Quid ibi fēcērunt? Studēbantne pugnāre an sine virtūte erant?
- Multa proelia fēcērunt[1] et magnās victōriās et multōs captīvōs reportāvērunt.
- Quis est imperātor eārum legiōnum? Caesar, summus Rōmānōrum imperātor.
- Quis est eques quī pulchram corōnam gerit? Is eques est frāter meus. Eī corōna ā cōnsule data est quia summā virtūte pugnāverat et ā barbarīs patriam servāverat.
II.
- Who has seen my father to-day?
- I saw him just now (nūper). He was hastening to your dwelling with your mother and sister.
- When men are far from the fatherland and lack food, they cannot be restrained[2] from wrong[3].
- The safety of the soldiers is dear to Cæsar, the general.
- The chiefs were eager to storm a town full of grain which was held by the consul.
- The king forbade the baggage of the captives to be destroyed.
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 | ||||
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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 |