of unus has already been explained (section 426). The word trēs is declined like the plural of omnis. 578. Bellum civile in patria nostra quattuor annōs gestum est. In eō bellō multa milia hominum fortium periērunt. Multa oppida incēnsa sunt et fertiles agri ab exercitibus vāstātī sunt. Id bellum erat causa lacrimārum et dolōrum per eōs annōs et pace facta magnum gaudium erat. Spērāmus bellum numquam iterum in hac terrā futūrum esse. Sed pacem habēre nōn poterimus nisi cīvēs sapientēs erunt. Stultitia saepe fert maxima pericula, et ei qui malum cōnsilium dant interdum civitātī plūs nocent quam ei qui confitentur se esse hostēs. 579. 1. We remained fifteen days in the town in which you saw us. 2. The farmer has bought two horses. 3. There are three men in the army who came from this town. 4. Someone has said that this is the most beautiful city in our state. 5. The boat cannot advance with great speed on account of the high waves. SUGGESTED DRILL 1. Decline unus. 2. Decline together très frätrēs. 3. Decline together duo pueri. 4. Explain the case of hominum in line 2, section 578 (see section 391 a). 5. Give the passive infinitives of ferō. 6. What is a duet? LESSON C CARDINAL NUMERALS (Continued): PREDICATE NOMINATIVE CARDINAL NUMERALS (Continued) 580. The cardinal numerals from twenty to one hundred are as follows: a. Compound numbers with 8 or 9 (28, 29, 38, 39, etc.) are regularly expressed as two from thirty, one from thirty, etc. Thus duodētrigintā, ūndētrīgintă, etc. b. Additional cardinals are given in section 636. THE PREDICATE NOMINATIVE WITH CERTAIN PASSIVE VERBS 581. The passive forms of verbs meaning to name, call, appoint, choose, elect, and the like may take a predicate noun or adjective in the same case as the subject. Caesar cōnsul creātus est, Caesar was elected consul. a. In the active these verbs take two accusatives, one telling who is named, called, elected, etc., and the other telling the name by which he is called or the position or office to which he is chosen. Helvetiōs Gallōs appellamus, we call the Helvetians Gauls. 583. 1. Eō annō Caesar cōnsul creātus est. 2. Hic rēx ā populō Rōmānō amicus appellatus erat, sed postea sociis Rōmānōrum bellum intulit. 3. Propter magnum periculum patrēs nostri hunc virum dictatorem creāvērunt. 4. Dictator maiōrem potentiam quam consul habēbat. 5. Tum castra vacua erant quod omnes milites hostēs sequebantur. 6. Equitātus mox fugātus est, neque hostibus iterum resistere audēbat. 7. Magnam spem victōriae habēbāmus, quamquam hostēs fortes esse sciēbāmus. 8. Cum tribus amicis ex urbe excessī, et longum iter fecimus. 9. Tum bellum in duobus locis ab eōdem rēge gerēbātur. 10. Quis, puer, est hic tuus amicus novus? 584. 1. Labienus was never elected consul. 2. This new city which we have founded will be called Rome. 3. This statue has been here a hundred years. 4. We cannot be in two places at the same time. 5. We have waited twenty days, but you have done nothing. SUGGESTED DRILL 1. How are the compound numbers with 8 and 9 (28, 29, 38, 39, etc.) usually expressed? 2. Give the Latin numerals for five, fifteen, and fifty. 3. From what is century derived? 4. Give the Latin cardinal numerals from one to twenty. 5. Decline duo and trēs. 6. What is an octogenarian? NINETEENTH REVIEW LESSON REVIEW TOPICS 585. (1) The dative with special verbs. (2) Declension of quisque. (3) Conjugation of coepi. (5) The imperative. (6) The ablative of separation. (7) The dative with compounds. (9) The ablative of cause. 586. Define the following English words and give Latin words with which they are connected in derivation: 587. OPPIDUM IN QUŌ AMĪCUS MEUS HABITAT For words which have not previously occurred, see Final Vocabulary. Amicum habeō qui in parvō oppidō habitat. Flumen quod ponte transitur id oppidum in duas partes dividit. Est templum pulchrum in ea parte oppidi in qua pater amici mei domicilium habet. Multi ex aliis oppidis et urbibus in hoc oppidum veniunt quod id templum videre cupiunt. Ego mox hunc amicum visam, et id templum clarum vidēbō. Montēs alti ab eō oppidō non longe absunt, et hōs quoque videre cupiō. In urbe magna habitō, itaque numquam montēs vidi. LESSON CI CONJUGATION OF FIŌ 588. The verb fio, become or be made, is used as the passive of faciō in the present system. The perfect system of faciō in the passive is regularly formed with the past participle factus and the forms of sum. The endings of fiō are those of the active voice. 1 The first and second persons plural are lacking in the present tense. |