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186 GENITIVE AND ABLATIVE OF QUALITY
439.
EXERCISES
I.
- Rogāvit cūr illae cōpiae relictae essent. Respondērunt illās cōpiās esse praesidiō castrīs.
- Caesar mīsit explōrātōrēs ad locum dēligendum castrīs.
- Quisque exīstimāvit ipsum nōmen Caesaris magnō terrōrī barbarīs futūrum esse.
- Prīmā lūce īdem exercitus proelium ācre commīsit, sed gravia suōrum vulnera magnae cūrae imperātōrī erant.
- Rēx respondit amīcitiam populī Rōmānī sibi ōrnāmentō et praesidiō dēbēre esse.
- Quis praeerat equitātuī quem auxiliō Caesarī sociī mīserant?
- Aliquibus rēs secundae sunt summae calamitātī et rēs adversae sunt mīrō ūsuī.
- Gallīs magnō ad pugnam erat impedīmentō quod equitātus ā dextrō cornū premēbat.
- Memoria prīstinae virtūtis nōn minus quam metus hostium erat nostrīs magnō ūsuī.
- Tam dēnsa erat silva ut prōgredī nōn possent.
II.
- I advise you [1]to give up the plan [2]of making war upon the brave Gauls.
- Do you know [3]where the cavalry has chosen a place for a camp?
- The fear of the enemy will be of great advantage to you.
- Cæsar left three cohorts as (for) a guard to the baggage.
- In winter the waves of the lake are so great [4]that they are (for) a great hindrance to ships.
- Cæsar inflicted severe[5] punishment on those who burned the public buildings.
LESSON LXXVI
VOCABULARY REVIEW • THE GENITIVE AND ABLATIVE OF QUALITY OR DESCRIPTION
440. Review the word lists in §§ 524, 525.
441. Observe the English sentences
(1) A man of great courage, or (2) A man with great courage (3) A forest of tall trees, or (4) A forest with tall trees |
Each of these sentences contains a phrase of quality or description. In the first two a man is described; in the last two a forest. The descriptive phrases are introduced by the prepositions of and with.