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ablative absolute ablative denoting ablative dependent ablative of cause ablative of means ablative of quality ablative of separation ablative of time accusative adversus āre ārī Arrange ārum Asia Minor Athēnās ātis ātus sum āvī back bellō bellum Boeotia Caesar carry city compound verb cōn conj consider consul dative dependent depends deponent verb destroy drive dūxī ēius entis eōrum eōs Epaminondas ĕre esset fēcī fectus Hannibal Hasdrubal hōc indirect question introduced inis īre Italy ītus īvī king make Miltiades mīsī modifies modifying motion namely nēmō neque nōn northern object omnēs omnibus ōnis ōris ōrum place Pompeius prep prō quality or description quō quōrum quōs rēbus rēs result dependent Roman belonging Roman gens Rōmānōs Romulus sẽ sōlum stitī subject subjunctive subjunctive dependent subjunctive of purpose subjunctive of result supply take Themistocles town ūnus used vērō
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Page 99 - Indicta (Gr. 155, 156.) causa: ' without a hearing.' 29. Posset defendere : ' he might have defended.' 32. Ut Marco Tullio igni et aqua interdiceretur (impers, verb) : ' that Marcus Tullius should be forbidden the use of fire and water' — ' should be banished.' It was a maxim among the Romans, that no one could be a citizen of Rome, who suffered himself to be made a citizen of any other city ; and no gne could lose the freedom of the city against his will.
Page 81 - Prusia 5 negäre ausus nön est; illud recusävit, në id ä së fieri postulärent, quod adversus ius hospitiï esset; ipsï, sï possent, comprehenderent; locum, ubi esset, facile inventurös. Hannibal enim unö locö së tenëbat, in castellö, quod eï ä rëge datum erat muneri...
Page 74 - Нäc igitur quä dïximus aetäte cum patre in Hispäniam profectus est. Cuius post obitum, Hasdrubale imperätöre suffectö, equitätui omnï praefuit. Höc quoque interfectö exercitus summam imperi ad eum io dëtulit.
Page 159 - ... -a, -um, adj., suitable, adapted, fit; capable, deserving. Idus, Iduum, /. pi., the Ides, the fifteenth day of March, May, July, October, the thirteenth of the remaining months.
Page 54 - ... prïvätus esset sïve publicus, et undique, quod idöneum ad muniendum putärent, congererent. Quö factum est ut Athëniënsium muri ex sacellïs sepulcrïsque cönstärent. VII. Themistoclës autem, ut Lacedaemonem vënit, adire ad magisträtus nöluit et dedit operam ut quam longissimë tempus duceret, causam interpönëns së con- 5 lëgäs exspectäre.
Page 52 - Tälï cönsiliö probätö addunt ad superiörës totidem nävës trirëmës suaque omnia quae movërï poterant partim Salamïna, partim Troezëna dëportant; arcem sacerdötibus paucïsque mäiöribus nätu ad sacra pröcuranda trädunt, reliquum oppidum relinquunt.
Page 46 - Miltiadës mäximë nïtëbàtur ut prïmö quöque tempore castra fierent; id sï factum esset, et cïvibus animum accessurum, cum vidërent dë eörum virtute nön dëspërärï, et hostës eädem rë 15 fore tardiörës, sï animadverterent audërï adversus sê tam exiguis cöpiïs dïmicäri.
Page 58 - Huius ad nostram memoriam monumenta mänsërunt duo; sepulcrum prope oppidum, in quö est sepultus, statua in forö Magnësiae. Dë cuius morte...
Page 82 - ... passa est, Silënus et Sösilus Lacedaemonius. Atque höc Sösilö Hannibal litterärum Graecärum usus est doctöre. Sed nös tempus est huius librï facere finem et Römänörum explicäre imperâtörës, quö facilius, conlâtïs utrörumque factïs, quï virï praeferendï sint possit iudi- 5 can. NOTES VlRl ROMAE 1. ROMULUS Page 9 2. in proximo,