Latinæ Grammaticæ Curriculum, or a Progressive Grammar of the Latin Language. [By B. H. Kennedy.]

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Page 14 - Diluit; implentur fossae, et cava flumina crescunt Cum sonitu, fervetque fretis spirantibus aequor. Ipse Pater media nimborum in nocte corusca Fulmina molitur dextra, quo maxima motu Terra tremit, fugere ferae et mortalia corda 330 Per gentes humilis stravit pavor...
Page 70 - Ubi his ordinibus exercitus instructus esset, hastati omnium primi pugnam inibant. Si hastati profligare hostem non possent, pede presso eos retro cedentes in intervalla ordinum principes recipiebant. Turn principum pugna erat; hastati sequebantur.
Page 16 - The Comparative is formed from the Positive by changing i or is of the Genitive into ior. The Superlative is formed from the Positive by changing i or is of the Genitive into issimus : as, Pos.
Page 17 - Non ego, quod primo (memini) sperare solebam, Jam precor, ut conjux tu meus esse velis. 274 Et tarnen, ut conjux essem tua, digna videbar: Quod Dea, quod magni filia Solis eram. Ne properes oro : spatium pro muñere poseo. Quid minus optari per mea vota potest ? Et fréta mota vides ; et debes illa timere. Utilior velis postmodo ventus erit.
Page 11 - MSr-g, the sea Gen. Mar-is, of the sea Dat. Mar-I, to or for the sea Ace. Mar-e, the sea Voc.
Page 32 - Sentences are of two kinds, SIMPLE and COMPOUND. A simple sentence has in it but one subject and one finite verb : as,
Page 14 - Most adjectives of three terminations are declined in the masculine and neuter genders, like substantives of the second declension, and in the feminine like substantives of the first declension ; as, bonus, good ; tener, tender; dter, black.
Page 2 - F erte citi flammas, date veld, scandlte muros. Virg. A short vowel at the end of a word, when followed by a word beginning with sc, sp, sq, st, is usually lengthened.
Page 72 - Ictus. lurisconsultus. ibid, ibidem. ie id est. iq idem quod. L. or Lib. Liber. LB Lectori benevolo. 1. c. loco citato.

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