A First Latin Course: Comprehending Grammar, Delectus, and Exercise-book, with VocabulariesHarper & Brothers, Publishers, 1877 - 187 pages |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Accusative Adjectives advised Aedui Am-ātus Aquitani āre ātis Aud-itus Caesar Cassivellaunus castris Cicero citizens cives conj Conjugation consul Dative Declension Deponent Verbs doubt enemy erant erat ēre ĕris ĕro essem esset EXERCISE exhort factum fear fuĕris Future FUTURE-IMPERFECT TENSE Gaul Genitive Gerundive habet haec Hannibal hear heard Helvetii hostium IMPERATIVE MOOD Imperfect INDICATIVE MOOD INFINITIVE MOOD Latin Lātus loved magna Masculine mihi milites Mon-ĭtus Nemo Neuter nigr-is nobis Nouns omnes ōnis ōris orum PARTICIPLES PAST-IMPERFECT PAST-IMPERFECT TENSE penult Perfect Pericles Plur PRESENT-IMPERFECT TENSE Present-Perfect puer pueri quae quam quid quin quod quum Rec-tus Roman Rome ruled semper Sequani Sing Singular sint sīs sītis soldiers SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD Substantives sunt SUPINES syllable těnĕr-is things Third Declension thou mayst thou mightst thou wilt tibi urbem urbs ūtis Utrum Verbs vised VOCABULARY vowel
Popular passages
Page 142 - Id hoc facilius eis persuasit, quod undique loci natura Helvetii continentur : una ex parte flumine Rheno, latissimo atque altissimo, qui agrum Helvetium a Germanis dividit ; altera ex parte monte Jura altissimo, qui est inter Sequanos et Helvetios; tertia lacu Lemanno et flumine Rhodano, qui provinciam nostram ab Helvetiis dividit.
Page vii - The main object of this work is to enable a Beginner to fix the Declensions and Conjugations thoroughly in his memory, to learn their usage by constructing simple sentences as soon as he commences the study of the language, and to accumulate gradually a stock of useful words. It presents in one book all that the pupil will require for some time in his study of the language.
Page 1 - P, a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, 1, m, n, o, p, Q, R, S, T, U, V, X, Y, Z.
Page 144 - Extremum oppidum Allobrogum est Geneva. Ex eo oppido pons ad Helvetios pertinet. Omnibus rebus ad profectionem comparatis, diem dicunt, qua die ad ripam Rhodani omnes conveniant.
Page 151 - Galliae animi a se averterentur. Caesar ejus dextram prendit ; Dumnorigem ad se vocat ; fratrem adhibet ; quae in eo reprehendat, ostendit ; monet, ut in reliquum tempus omnes suspiciones vitet. XXXIII.
Page 144 - Quum civitas, ob earn rem incitata, armis jus suum exsequi conaretur, Orgetorix mortuus est. Post ejus. mortem nihilominus Helvetii id, quod constituerant, facere conantur. Ubi se paratos esse arbitrati sunt, oppida sua omnia, vices, privata aedificia incendunt.
Page 148 - Equitatum omnem praemittit, qui videant, quas in partes hostes iter faciant. Qui alieno loco cum equitatu Helvetiorum proelium committunt, et pauci de nostris cadunt. Helvetii audacius subsistere, nonnunquam nostros lacessere coeperunt.
Page 153 - Caesar primum suo, deinde omnium ex conspectu remotis equis, ut aequato omnium periculo spem fugae tolleret, cohortatus suos proelium commisit. milites e loco superiore pilis missis facile hostium phalangem perfregerunt. ea disiecta gladiis destrictis in eos impetum fecerunt.
Page 57 - When two Nouns refer to the same person or thing, they are put in the same case by Apposition : as, Romulus, rex Romanorum, Romulus, king of the Romans.