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Schaum's Outline of Latin Grammar - Alan Fishbone [35]

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or two ablative nouns or adjectives may be used in combination to create what is essentially a subordinate clause.

MõÅlitibus clamantibus, reÅx ad

With the soldiers shouting, the king

urbem ambulat.

walks toward the city.

MultõÅs urbibus aÅ reÅge captõÅs,

With many cities having been captured

bypopulus timeÅbat.

the king, the people were afraid.

ReÅge deÅmentõÅ, mõÅliteÅs timeÅbant.

With the king being crazy, the soldiers

were afraid.

(For a fuller treatment of this construction, see pp. 145±146.) ABLATIVE WITH PREPOSITIONS

Many other ideas are expressed by the accusative with different prepositions (see p. 75).

Exercises

7. Translate the following. Then identify the italicized usages.

1. Animal est grandius pueroÅ.

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2. AnimaÅlia aÅ pueroÅ duÅcuntur.

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3. FeÅminae magnaÅ cuÅraÅ ad mare veÅneÅrunt.

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4. FeÅminae RoÅmaÅ veÅneÅrunt

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5. AvaÅritiaÅ poeÅtam expulistis.

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6. GladioÅ poeÅtam expulistõÅ.

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7. PoeÅtõÅs canentibus, dõÅ noÅs audieÅbant.

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8. IlloÅ annoÅ multa bella in terraÅ erant.

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9. ReÅx multoÅ deÅmentior est reÅgõÅnaÅ.

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10. AnimaÅlia magnõÅs cornibus timeoÅ.

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11. TimoÅre ex urbe reÅgõÅna cucurrit.

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8. Translate the following sentences:

1. Sunt enim optimoÅ animoÅ, summoÅ coÅnsilioÅ, singulaÅrõÅ concordiaÅ.

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2. HõÅ omneÅs linguaÅ, instituÅtõÅs, leÅgibus inter seÅ differunt.

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3. Sed AntoÅnius teneÅtur, premitur, urgeÅtur nunc eõÅs coÅpiõÅs quaÅs iam habeÅmus, mox eõÅs quaÅs paucõÅs dieÅbus novõÅ coÅsuleÅs comparaÅbunt.

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4. Quis enim hoÅc adulescente castior, quis modestior, quod in iuventuÅte habeÅmus illustrius exemplum veteris sanctitaÅtis?

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5. Attulerat iam ille lõÅberae cõÅvitaÅtõÅ partim metuÅ partim patientiaÅ

consuetuÅdinem serviendõÅ. Cum illoÅ egoÅ teÅ dominandõÅ cupõÅditaÅte conferre possum, ceÅterõÅs veÅroÅ reÅbus nulloÅ modoÅ comparandus es.

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6. His auctoÅribus et ducibus, dõÅs iuvantibus, noÅbõÅs vigilantibus et multum in posterum proÅvidentibus, populoÅ RoÅmaÅnoÅ consentiente, erimus profectoÅ lõÅberõÅ brevõÅ tempore. IuÅcundioÅrem autem faciet lõÅbertaÅtem servituÅtis recordaÅtioÅ.

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