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Italiam ; for ad Italiam . Nothing is more common in poetry than the omission of
prepositions both before the accusative and ablative ; the case itself being made
thus to express the relation which in prose would be indicated by the preposition .
Italiam ; for ad Italiam . Nothing is more common in poetry than the omission of
prepositions both before the accusative and ablative ; the case itself being made
thus to express the relation which in prose would be indicated by the preposition .
Page 311
For the ablative after the comparative , instead of the accusative of the object ,
see Gr . § 256 , R . 5 ; Z . $ 484 . - _ Unam . This word is often used emphatically ,
to signify one in particular , and here the emphasis is increased by its position at
...
For the ablative after the comparative , instead of the accusative of the object ,
see Gr . § 256 , R . 5 ; Z . $ 484 . - _ Unam . This word is often used emphatically ,
to signify one in particular , and here the emphasis is increased by its position at
...
Page 315
553 ; though the ablative also occurs after abdere . — 61 . Molem et montes altos
. An instance of hendiadys , for molem montium altorum . Gr . § 323 , 2 , ( 3 ) ; Z . §
741 . - Insaper ; above or upon them ; comp . iii . 579 ; though some prefer to ...
553 ; though the ablative also occurs after abdere . — 61 . Molem et montes altos
. An instance of hendiadys , for molem montium altorum . Gr . § 323 , 2 , ( 3 ) ; Z . §
741 . - Insaper ; above or upon them ; comp . iii . 579 ; though some prefer to ...
Page 317
The term for table or feast is in the dative after accumbere ; that on which one
reclines is in the ablative , as , in lecto . The present indicative here , concilias ,
das , facis , denotes what has been , and still is being done by Juno for Aeolus ;
see ...
The term for table or feast is in the dative after accumbere ; that on which one
reclines is in the ablative , as , in lecto . The present indicative here , concilias ,
das , facis , denotes what has been , and still is being done by Juno for Aeolus ;
see ...
Page 318
Campis ; the ablative of situation . See on Italiam , 2 . - 98 . Mene non potuisse ;
for the exclamatory infinitive see note on 37 . Translate : that I could not have ! 99
. Saevas ; valiant ; not cruel here . — Aeacidae ; Achilles , who was the son of ...
Campis ; the ablative of situation . See on Italiam , 2 . - 98 . Mene non potuisse ;
for the exclamatory infinitive see note on 37 . Translate : that I could not have ! 99
. Saevas ; valiant ; not cruel here . — Aeacidae ; Achilles , who was the son of ...
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