First Latin Book: Being the Author's Original "First Lessons in Latin," Thoroughly Rev. and Remodelled, with Numerous Improvements |
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adjective adverb Amāti Amātus antepenult āre āri ātis ātus Audītus āvi bonis Cæsar called Capti Captus Carthage celebrated Cicero comp compounded conj conjugation dative declension declined denotes deponent verb Docti Doctus ENGLISH EXERCISE English words Epaminondas ĕris Etymology facio factus formed fuerimus fueritis fuero fuerunt fuisse fuisti fuit FUTURE gender genitive Gerund Give the explanation govern the Accusative govern the genitive Greek hence IMPERATIVE MOOD IMPERFECT INDICATIVE MOOD INFINITIVE MOOD īre īvi Julius Cæsar LATIN EXERCISE loved Masc mihi Neut neuter noun ōnis ōris participle passive penult Perf perfect person PLUPERFECT Plur Plural præ predicate prep preposition Pres PRESENT TENSE pronouns puer puĕri quæ quàm rectus Romans Rule signifies Sing Singular subject nominative SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD substantive sunt super SUPINES thing thou tion tive Verbs governing volo
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Page 175 - Diana, which magnificent structure was one of the seven wonders of the world ; it was 425 feet long and 200 broad, and cost 220 years of labour.
Page 210 - Socrates, that he was the first who called down philosophy from heaven to earth, and introduced her into the public walks and domestic retirements of men, that she might instruct them concerning life and manners.
Page 107 - When the nominatives are of different persons, the verb agrees with the first person in preference to the second, and with the second in preference to the third...
Page 56 - I was, e-ra'-mus, we were, 2. e'-ras, thou wast, e-ra'-tis, ye were, 3. e'-rat, he was ; e'-rant, they were. Future. shall, or will. 1.
Page 56 - ... they will have been. SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD. Present. may, or can. 1. sim, I may be, si'-mus, we may be, 2. sis, thou mayst be, si'-tis, ye may be, 3. sit, he may be ; sint, they may be. Imperfect. might, could, would, or should, 1. es'-sem, I would be, es-se'-mus, we would be, 2.
Page 149 - If no nominative come between the relative and the verb, the relative will be the nominative to the verb. But if a...
Page 12 - The Parts of Speech, or sorts of words, in English, are ten ; namely, the Article, the Noun, the Adjective, the Pronoun, the Verb, the Participle, the Adverb, the Conjunction, the Preposition, and the Interjection.
Page 135 - The gerund in DO of the ablative case is governed by the prepositions a, ab, de, e, ex, or in ; as, POKIUL a peccando absterret, Punishment frightens from sinning.
Page 98 - Impersonal verbs are those which are used only in the third person singular, and do not admit of a personal subject. 1. Their English is generally preceded by the pronoun it, especially in the active voice ; as, délectât, it delights ; decet, it becomes ; contingit, it happens ; evenit, it happens ; scribitur, it is written, &.C.
Page 141 - The prepositions in, sub, super, and subter, govern the accusative, when motion to a place is signified; but when motion or rest in a place is signified, in and sub govern the ablative, super and subter either the accusative or ablative.