Bellum Helveticum: for beginners in Latin : an introduction to the reading of Latin authors, based on the inductive method and illustrating the forms and constructions of classical Latin prose |
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Ablative adjective Aeduans Aedui Allobroges Anglicum ūnā Aquitani āre atque Belgae bellum Boii Caesar Casticus castra Celts clause conj cuius Dative declension denote Dicitō haec Latīnē Diviciacus Dumnorix ēius eōrum erant erat esset ex hisce deprompta facere finibus flūmen Gallia Gaul gender Genitive gerund Helvetians Helvetii INDEX VOCABULORUM Indica vocabula ex Indicative Indirect Discourse Inflect Intr ipse īre Latin Latinē his respondētō Latīnīs mandātō lesson litteris Latinis mandātō neuter nōn NOTES noun Ocelum ōnis Orgetorix ōris ōrum partem partēs participle passive PENSUM perfect Pluperfect plural possent prep preposition prō quae quam quibus quid Quō quod Raurici rēs Roman Sequani Sequentia litteris Latīnīs sēsē sibi singular Subjunctive sunt suōs superiōre tātis Tempus tenses trēs verb Verte in Anglicum vocabula ex hisce VOCABULORUM INDEX vowel words
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Page 245 - Gallia est omnis divisa in partes tres, quarum unam incolunt Belgae, aliam Aquitani, tertiam qui ipsorum lingua Celtae, nostra Galli appellantur.
Page 68 - NUM. qui quae quod qui quae quae GEN. cuius cuius cuius quorum quarum. quorum DAT. cui cui cui quibus quibus quibus Ace. quem quam quod quos quas quae ABL. quo qua quo quibus quibus quibus Interrogative and Indefinite Pronouns 148.
Page 245 - 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 267 - Example: facilis (base, facil-), facilior, facillimus. 42. IRREGULAR COMPARISON bonus, melior, optimus, good, better, best malus, peior, pessimus, bad, worse, worst magnus, maior, maximus, great, greater, greatest parvus, minor, minimus, small, less, least multus, plus (n.), plurimus, much, more, most multi, plures, plurimi, many, more, most nequam, (indccl), nequior, nequissimus, worthless, etc.
Page 246 - 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 lura altissimo, qui est inter Sequanos et Helvetios ; tertia lacu Lemanno et flumine Rhodano, qui provinciam nostram ab Helvetiis dividit.
Page 256 - ... quod, cum ipse gratia plurimum domi atque in reliqua Gallia, ille minimum propter...
Page 277 - Verbs compounded with the prepositions ad, ante, con, in, inter, ob, post, prae, sub, and super...
Page 267 - DEFECTIVE COMPARISON 43. The following comparatives and superlatives appear without a positive because formed from stems not used as adjectives: (citra, adv., on this side) citerior, citimus, hither, hither-most. (de, prep., down) deterior, deterrimus, worse, worst. (intra, prep., in, within) interior, intimus, inner, inmost. (prae, prep., before) prior, primus, former, first. (prope, adv., near) propior, proximus, nearer, next.
Page 63 - Ollus, any, nullus, no, unus, one, alter, the other, uter, which (of two), neuter, neither. In the plural the case-endings of these adjectives are exactly the same as in magnus.
Page 70 - A relative pronoun agrees with its antecedent in gender and number, but its case depends on its use in its own clause.