EXERCISES 103
a. lapis is an exception to this rule.
3. Observe the consonant changes of the base or stem in the nominative:
a. A final -t or -d is dropped before -s; thus mīles for mīlets, lapis for lapids, virtūs for virtūts.
b. A final -c or -g unites with -s and forms -x; thus iūdec + s = iūdex, rēg + s = rēx.
4. Review § 74 and apply the rules to this declension.
In like manner decline dux, ducis, m., leader; eques, equitis, m., horseman; pedes, peditis, m., foot soldier; pēs, pedis, m.,foot.
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EXERCISES
First learn the special vocabulary, p. 291.
I.
- Neque peditēs neque equitēs occupāre castellum Rōmānum poterant.
- Summā virtūte mūrōs altōs cotīdiē oppugnābant.
- Pedes mīlitum lapidibus quī dē mūrō iaciēbantur saepe vulnerābantur.
- Quod novum cōnsilium dux cēpit?
- Is perfidam puellam pulchrīs ōrnāmentīs temptāvit.
- Quid puella fēcit?
- Puella commōta aurō mīlitēs per portās dūxit.
- Tamen praemia quae summō studiō petīverat nōn reportāvit.
- Apud Rōmānōs antīquōs Tarpēia nōn est laudāta.
II.
- What ship is that which I see? That (illud) ship is the Victory. It is sailing now with a favorable wind and will soon approach Italy.
- The judges commanded the savages to be seized and to be killed.
- The chiefs of the savages suddenly began to flee, but were quickly captured by the horsemen.
- The king led the foot soldiers to the wall from which the townsmen were hurling stones with the greatest zeal.
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