FOURTEENTH REVIEW LESSON

VOCABULARY REVIEW

For words which have not previously occurred, see Final Vocabulary, page 303.

Hanc epistulam ad tē scrībō ā parvā însulā in lacũ ubi ego et pater meus et mater et frater domicilium aestāte1 habemus. Locus est pulcher et numquam laetior in üllō locō fui. Amicus patris mei habet domicilium in alterā însulā quae est in eōdem lacu. Domicilium ejus ex insulā nostrā facile videtur. Sunt duae parvae filiae ibi et cum eis saepe ambulō et lūdō. Interdum flōrēs2 invenimus quas ad mātrēs nostrās portāmus. Hieme3 rursus in urbe erimus, et tum tē vidēbō. Valē.

1 in summer. The nominative is aestās.

2 The nominative is flōs.

3 in winter. The nominative is hiems.

LESSON LXXVI

THE COMPARISON OF ADVERBS

442. The comparative of an adverb is the same as the accusative singular neuter form of the comparative of the adjective from which the adverb is derived. The superlative is formed by changing the ending -us of the superlative of the corresponding adjective to -ē.

a. It must be remembered that the termination -ter (-iter) in such adverbs as acriter, fortiter, etc., does not appear in the comparative and superlative of these adverbs.

absum, abesse, āfuī, āfutūrus,

be away, be distant

acriter, adv., fiercely, spiritedly

Africa, -ae, F., Africa

decem, indeclinable numeral, ten

servō, -āre, -āvī, -ātum, save tot, indeclinable adj., so many vulnus, vulneris, N., wound

a. The verb absum is conjugated like sum (of which it is a compound) with ab prefixed. Thus absum, abes, etc., imperfect aberam, etc., future aberō, etc. Before f, in the perfect system and in the future participle, the prefix is ā instead of ab.

RELATED ENGLISH WORDS

absent

decimal

conservation

vulnerable

EXERCISES

444. 1. Hibernia ab Africa longissime abest. 2. Hostēs facilius repellēmus quod arma eōrum nōn bona sunt. 3. Barbarī impetum in nostros acerrimē fēcērunt, et multōs eōrum interfecerunt. 4. Eōs montēs in quibus haec animālia reperiuntur latius explōrābimus. 5. Centurio propter multa vulnera vix stabat. 6. Urbem ex magnō periculō servāvi. 7. Oppidum nostrum decem mīlia passuum à flūmine abest. 8. Cūr lēgātus tot militēs in hōc parvõ vīcō reliquit? 9. In his montibus est lacus magnā altitudine (depth). 10. Hic centurio satis fortis non est, et alius cum legiōne mittetur.

445. 1. We shall see the village very easily from this hill. 2. The soldiers who were farthest away have not yet arrived. 3. The ship was lost, but ten sailors have been saved. 4. My brother received many wounds in battle and was captured. 5. Your father was a good citizen and had many friends.

SUGGESTED DRILL

1. Compare lātē and fortiter. 2. Compare facile. 3. Give a synopsis of absum in the third person plural, indicative mood. 4. Explain the case of milia in sentence 7, section 444. 5. Explain the case of altitudine in sentence 9, section 444. 6. Give some English words which are derived from compounds of servō.

LESSON LXXVII

COMPARISON OF ADVERBS (Continued): ADVERBS USED IN THE COMPARISON OF ADJECTIVES

COMPARISON OF ADVERBS DERIVED FROM IRREGULAR ADJECTIVES

446. Adverbs derived from adjectives which form their comparative and superlative irregularly usually follow the general rule for comparison. That is, their comparatives and superlatives are derived from the comparatives and superla

tives of the adjectives from which the adverbs are formed. A few adverbs which are not derived from adjectives have their comparatives and superlatives formed with the regular terminations.

447. Some adjectives do not use the endings for the comparative which have been given in section 401. Instead they express the comparative degree by using magis, more, as a modifier, and the superlative by using maximē, most, in like manner. Thus, idoneus, suitable, magis idoneus, more suitable, maximē idōneus, most suitable.

a. The number of adjectives thus compared in the vocabulary used in this book is small. It may be assumed that an adjective is compared regularly unless its use in the Latin exercises shows the contrary.