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3d plural ablative Ablative Absolute accusative active and passive Active Voice adjective Aedui Allobroges Aquitani atque Belgae Belgians bellum Caesar Casticus castra Chap clause conj CONJUGATION consul Dative DECLENSION Decline deponent verb DEVELOPMENT EXERCISE direct object Diviciacus Dumnorix eius eōrum eōs erant erat essent EXERCISES FOR PRACTICE exercitus faciō finēs finibus flumen frumentum FUTURE PERFECT Galliae Gallōrum Gallōs Gaul genitive Germānī gerundive haec Helvetii imperfect infinitives and participles īre iter Latin lātus LESSON liberated liberātus mercātōrēs MODEL SENTENCES neuter nominative nōn nouns Observe ōnis oppida oppidum Orgetorix ōrum PARADIGM participles Passive Voice Perf PLUPERFECT prep preposition Pres pronoun provincia quae quam quibus quō quod rēgnum rēs river Roman Rōmānī sẽ Sequani sibi SING singular spē stem subjunctive sunt suōs Swiss tense tōtius town translated trēs verb VOCABULARY vowel
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Page 36 - Horum omnium fortissimi sunt Belgae, propterea quod a cultu atque humanitate provinciae longissime absunt, minimeque ad eos mercatores saepe commeant atque ea quae ad effeminandos animos pertinent important, proximique sunt Germanis, qui trans Rhenum incolunt, quibuscum continenter bellum gerunt.
Page 35 - A Relative pronoun agrees with its Antecedent in gender and number, but its case depends on the construction of the clause in which it stands (§ 198).
Page 254 - CARDINAL. 1. unus, una, unum, one. z. duo, duae, duo, two. 3. tres, tria, three, &°c. 4.. quattuor 5. quinque 6. sex 7. septem 8. octo 9. novem 10. decem 11. undecim 12. duodecim 13. tredecim 14. quattuordecim 15. quindecim 16. sedecim 17. septendecim ii8.
Page 156 - Many verbs compounded with ad, ante, con, in, inter, ob, post, prae, pro, sub, super, and some with circum, admit the Dative of the indirect object (§ 370).
Page xv - THE ALPHABET 1. The Latin alphabet is the same as the English except that it has no j or w.
Page 179 - ... partem citra flumen Ararim reliquam esse, de tertia vigilia cum legionibus tribus e castris profectus ad earn partem pervenit, quae nondum flumen transierat.
Page 229 - Postridie eius diei, quod omnino biduum supererat cum exercitui frumentum metiri oporteret, et quod a Bibracte, oppido Aeduorum longe maximo et copiosissimo, non amplius milibus passuum xvin aberat, rei frumentariae prospiciendum existimavit, iter ab Helvetiis avertit ac Bibracte ire contendit.
Page 50 - Germanis contendunt, cum aut suis finibus eos prohibent, aut ipsi in eorum finibus bellum gerunt. Eorum una pars, quam Gallos obtinere dictum est, initium capit a flumine Rhodano...