6. The noun ignis usually has the ablative ignī, although igne is sometimes used. It will be possible to decide from the meaning of the sentence in which it occurs whether igni is dative or ablative.

342. 1. Hostes urbem sociōrum nostrōrum ignī dēlēvērunt. 2. Vim hostium nōn timēbāmus. 3. Olim patria nostra erat terra incognita. 4. Hic puer hodiē in agrō arāvit, et dēfessus est. 5. Alti montēs ex urbe nostrā videntur. 6. Ōlim in hac urbe erant multa et pulchra templa. 7. Sed barbari ea templa incenderunt. 8. Frater meus in his montibus multa animālia interfecit. 9. Illud templum pulchrum ignī dēlētum est. 10. Hic puer vīrēs suas saepe laudat. 11. Multi urbem nostram nōn laudant.

343. 1. Once upon a time this city was destroyed by fire. 2. There is a high mountain on this large island. 3. The Gauls feared the violence of this king. 4. I was plowing in a large field across the river. 5. Why does this man have a badge?

SUGGESTED DRILL

1. Decline together magna vis. 2. Give the nominative and the genitive plural of vis and of vir. 3. Give the ablative plural of vis and of vir. 4. What endings in the nominative singular of the third declension are found only in neuter nouns? 5. Conjugate dēleō in the future indicative active. 6. What is arable land?

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LESSON LIX

PRESENT INFINITIVE:`CONSTRUCTION WITH JUBEŌ

THE PRESENT INFINITIVE OF REGULAR VERBS

344. The terminations of the present infinitive, active and passive, in the four conjugations are as follows:

345. The following table shows the formation and translation of the present infinitives, active and passive:

a. In the third conjugation the present passive infinitive has one syllable less than the present active infinitive.

CONSTRUCTION WITH JUBEŌ

346. The verb jubeō takes as object an infinitive with its subject in the accusative. Eum manere jubēbimus, we shall order him to remain.

348. 1. Centuriō mīlitēs vīcum barbarōrum dēlēre jubet. 2. Pater meus hunc agrum arārī jussit. 3. Quis illam statuam ibi põni jussit? 4. Tectum amici mei igni dēlētum est. 5. Nostri illam magnam urbem mox expugnabunt. 6. Vis barbarōrum ab oppidānīs magnopere timēbātur. 7. In tectis nostris hodie manēmus quod via nōn tūta est. 8. Arbores illius silvae altae sunt. 9. Hoc oppidum numquam a barbaris capietur. 10. Defendere, defendi, interfici, mūnīrī, complēre, complērī.

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349. 1. We have ordered these animals to be killed. 2. The lieutenant ordered ships to be built in this river. 3. I saw your horse among the trees on the island. 4. The centurion orders the camp to be defended by the soldiers. 5. Your father was a soldier in that war.

SUGGESTED DRILL

1. Give the endings of the present passive infinitive in the four conjugations. 2. Give the present infinitives, active and passive, of expugno and habeō. 3. What is the rule for the use of the infinitive with jubeō? 4. What is the accusative singular of vis? of vir? 5. Explain the case of igni, sentence 4, section 348. 6. What is arboriculture?

LESSON LX

ADJECTIVES OF THE THIRD DECLENSION

CLASSES OF THIRD DECLENSION ADJECTIVES

350. The adjectives which have been given in the previous lessons belong to the first and second declensions. There are also many adjectives of the third declension. A few of these have three forms in the nominative, one for each gender, others have two forms for the nominative, the masculine and feminine being the same, and others have only one form in the nominative for all three genders. They are accordingly known as adjectives of three endings, adjectives of two endings, and adjectives of one ending.

ADJECTIVES OF THREE ENDINGS

351. Adjectives of three endings, those which have a separate form for each gender, are declined as follows:

352.

a. The number of adjectives of this class is not large.

VOCABULARY

acer, acris, acre, spirited, lūna, -ae, F., moon

bold, sharp

celer, celeris, celere, swift collis, collis, -ium, M., hill

nūbēs, nūbis, -ium, F., cloud parō, -āre, -āvī, -ātum, prepare

teneō, -ēre, -uī, hold

353. 1. Militēs nostri in proelio acres sunt. 2. Equum celerem habeō, et mox in oppidum perveniam. 3. Ex hōc colle multa tecta videbimus. 4. Puer tēlum tenet, sed in proelio non pugnabit. 5. Tum nūbēs lūnam cēlābant et viam non vidēbāmus. 6. Nāvēs parābimus et statim ex hōc loco fugiemus. 7. Pater meus praemium huic puerō darī jussit. 8. Eundem collem ex oppido

vidi. 9. In eō agrō est magna arbor. 10. Arma paravimus et nunc tūti

sumus.

354. 1. The Gauls are bold soldiers, and they often defeat their enemies. 2. We did not see the moon on account of the clouds. 3. They had not prepared arms because they did not fear war. 4. The boy was standing among the trees in the field. 5. We saw a great fire on that hill.

TEMPLE AT TIVOLI

SUGGESTED DRILL

1. What are the three classes of adjectives of the third declension? 2. Decline celer. 3. Decline together miles acer. 4. Give the present passive infinitives of paro and of teneō. 5. Give the ablative singular of iter and of calcar. 6. What other words beside prepare can you give which seem to be derived from parō?