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1st person plural 1st person singular 2nd person 3rd person plural 3rd person singular Accusative Plural adjective agricolae agrōs āre Ariovistus ātus audīti āvī Belgae bellum Caesar Caesarem camp castra clause conj conjugation consonant Dative dependent clause direct object enemy eōs erant erat esset Examples exercitus expressing place Feminine flumen frumenti frumentum Future Perfect Galba Galli Gauls Genitive Gerundive Helvetii hostēs hostibus hostis hostium Imperfect Tense incolae Infinitive introd Labienus lātus laudātus lēgātōs māgnā masculine militēs missus monitus multa neuter Nominative Singular nōn noun oppida oppidum paradigm Participle perfect stem Personal Endings Pluperfect Pluperfect Tense plur Poēta prep preposition present stem propter Puella quae quam quō quod Reading Lesson rēs Rōmam Rōmānī sẽ second declension soldiers stem vowel Subjunctive Mood sunt tātis tense sign Tense SINGULAR tive town tubam vēnērunt verb Vocabulary
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Page 1 - The letters are divided into Vowels and Consonants. The Vowels are a, e, i, o, u, y.
Page 226 - The Ablative of Specification is used to denote that in respect to which...
Page 224 - ... NOTE. — In these examples the pronoun quem refers to rex, called its antecedent, quam to its antecedent regina, quos to its antecedent it, and qui to its antecedent ego. Observe that the pronoun in each instance is in the same gender and number 1 as its antecedent. Thus 1 The case of the pronoun is determined by the construction of the clause in which it stands, and not by the case of its antecedent. Thus in these examples, though the antecedents are all in the Nominative, the pronouns quem,...
Page 3 - A syllable is naturally long if it contains a long vowel or a diphthong. 2. A syllable is long (by position) if it contains a short vowel followed by two or more consonants or the double consonant x ( = cs).
Page 3 - traditionally" accent falls on the penult if it is long, otherwise on the antepenult) follow this direction.
Page 84 - The present participle, using the -ing form of the verb (knowing), shows action taking place at the same time as the action of the main verb.
Page 36 - ... 3. Nouns ending in a, e, i, y, c, I, n, t, ar, ur, and us, are neuter. There are many exceptions to these rules, which the learner should note as he advances. 169. Decline together fons profundus, deep spring; hostis and ax, bold enemy; magna pars, great part.
Page 5 - The direct object of a transitive verb is put in the accusative : legatos de pace miserunt, they sent envoys in regard to peace, BC IV.
Page 3 - The last syllable of a word is called the ultima ; the next to the last, the penult; the one before the penult, the antepenult.
Page 236 - Cornelius, -a, the name of a Roman gens which contained a number of distinguished families. See Cinna, Lentulus, Scipio, Sulla.