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ALPHABET AND ORTHOGRAPHY . 1. THE Latin alphabet consists of twenty - five lettersnamely , a , b , c , d , e , f , g , h , i , j , k , l , m , n , o , p , q , r , s , t , u , v , x , y , z . Of these , six are vowels - a , e , i , o , u ...
ALPHABET AND ORTHOGRAPHY . 1. THE Latin alphabet consists of twenty - five lettersnamely , a , b , c , d , e , f , g , h , i , j , k , l , m , n , o , p , q , r , s , t , u , v , x , y , z . Of these , six are vowels - a , e , i , o , u ...
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1st decl 2d decl ablative according accusative action active added adjectives adverbs advised agree become beginning belongs Caesar called cause clause complete compounds conjugation connecting consists consonant consul contained dative declension declined denoting derived ending English erat expressed father feminine fourth frequently FUTURE gender genitive Gerundive give govern heard IMPERATIVE imperfect INDICATIVE infinitive irregular joined kind king language Latin letter literally loved manner masculine meaning mihi mind names neuter nominative nouns object occurs Omit participle passive past perfect person PLUPERFECT Plur plural praise predicate preposition present pronoun quae quod quum relative represents Romans rule sense simple Sing singular sometimes stand stem subjunctive substantives suffix sunt supine Supply tenses termination thing third thou thrown tive verbs virtue vowel wanting
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Page 11 - H; I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z a, b, c, d, o, f, g, h, i...
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Page 73 - PERFECT amatus esse, to have been loved FUTURE amatum iri, to be about to be loved PARTICIPLES PERFECT amatus, -a, -um, loved...
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Page 13 - In words of three or more syllables the accent is on the penultima, if the ultima be long; but if it be short, the accent falls on the antepenultima, or last syllable but two — as ßomanus, Bomanos, Metcllus, тбrtbus, carminlbus.
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Page 141 - In like manner the participle natus, in the sense of ' old,' is joined with the accusative of the number of years which a person has lived — as viginti annos natus est, he is twenty years old ; sex annos natus, six years old.
Page 71 - Am-aris vel am-are, thou art loved. Am-atur, he is loved. Plur. Am-amur, We are loved.
Page 238 - Si volent grati esse, debebunt Pompeium hortari ut malit mihi esse amicus quam iis qui et illi et mihi semper fuerunt inimicissimi, quorum artificiis effectum est ut res publica in hunc statum perveniret.
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| Title | Elementary Latin Grammar and Exercises Papers of the Archaeological Institute of America: Classical series |
| Author | Leonhard Schmitz |
| Publisher | Blanchard and Lea, 1852 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 19 Mar 2007 |
| Length | 234 pages |
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