Schaum's Outline of Latin Grammar - Alan Fishbone [39]
4. ReÅx cõÅveÅs terruerit.
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5. ReÅx cõÅveÅs terruerat.
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6. ReÅx cõÅveÅs terreÅbat.
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3. Translate the following.
1. ArguÅmentõÅs ageÅmus, signõÅs luÅce omnõÅ claÅrioÅribus crõÅmina refelleÅmus; reÅs cum reÅ, causa cum causaÅ, ratioÅ cum ratioÅne pugnaÅbit.
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2. HoÅrum duoÅrum crõÅminum videoÅ auctoÅrem, videoÅ fontem, videoÅ
certum noÅmen et caput.
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3. VeÅrum haec genera virtuÅtum noÅn soÅlum in moÅribus nostrõÅs sed vix iam in librõÅs reperiuntur. Chartae quoque quae illam pristinam seveÅitaÅtem contineÅbant obsoleÅveÅrunt.
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Vocabulary
arguÅmentum, -õÅ, n.
argument
agoÅ, agere, eÅgõÅ, aÅctus
act, proceed
signum, -õÅ, n.
sign, proof
lux, luÅcis, f.
light
claÅrus, -a, -um
clear, bright
crõÅmen, crõÅminis, n.
criminal charge
reÅs reõÅ, f.
(here) fact
causa, -ae, f.
case
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refelloÅ, refellere
refute, disprove
ratioÅ, -oÅnis, f.
reasoning, reckoning
auctor, -oÅris, m.
source, creator
foÅns, -ntis, -ium, m.
fountain, source
caput, capitis, n.
head
veÅrum
but
genus, generis, n.
type, kind
virtuÅs, -tuÅtis, f.
excellence
moÅs, moÅris, -ium, m.
custom
vix (adv.)
scarcely
liber, librõÅ, m.
book
reperioÅ, reperõÅre
discover
charta, -ae, f.
page
quoque
even, also
pristinus, -a, -um
ancient, pristine
seveÅritaÅs, -taÅtis, f.
severity, seriousness
contineoÅ, contineÅre
contain
obsolescoÅ, obsolescere
fall into disuse, become forgotten
Exercise
4. Translate the following passage.
Inter terram caelumque [in] eoÅdem spõÅrituÅ pendent certõÅs discreÅta spatiõÅs septem sõÅdera quae ab incessuÅ vocaÅmus errantia. EoÅrum medius soÅl fertur, amplissimaÅ
magnituÅdine ac potestaÅte nec temporum modo terraÅrumque, sed sõÅderum etiam ipsoÅrum caelõÅque rector. Hunc esse mundõÅ toÅtius animum ac mentem, hunc principaÅle natuÅrae regimen ac nuÅmen creÅdere decet opera eius aestimanteÅs. Hic luÅcem reÅbus ministrat aufertque tenebraÅs, hic reliqua sõÅdera occultat, illustrat; hic viceÅs temporum annumque semper renascentem ex usuÅ natuÅrae temperat; hic caelõÅ tristitiam discutit atque etiam humaÅnõÅ nuÅbila animõÅ sereÅnat; hic suum luÅmen ceÅterõÅs quoque sõÅderibus faenerat, praeclaÅrus, eximius, omnia intueÅns, omnia etiam exaudieÅns. . .
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