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186 GENITIVE AND ABLATIVE OF QUALITY

439.

EXERCISES

I.

1. Rogāvit cūr illae cōpiae relictae essent. Respondērunt illās cōpiās esse praesidiō castrīs.
2. Caesar mīsit explōrātōrēs ad locum dēligendum castrīs.
3. Quisque exīstimāvit ipsum nōmen Caesaris magnō terrōrī barbarīs futūrum esse.
4. Prīmā lūce īdem exercitus proelium ācre commīsit, sed gravia suōrum vulnera magnae cūrae imperātōrī erant.
5. Rēx respondit amīcitiam populī Rōmānī sibi ōrnāmentō et praesidiō dēbēre esse.
6. Quis praeerat equitātuī quem auxiliō Caesarī sociī mīserant?
7. Aliquibus rēs secundae sunt summae calamitātī et rēs adversae sunt mīrō ūsuī.
8. Gallīs magnō ad pugnam erat impedīmentō quod equitātus ā dextrō cornū premēbat.
9. Memoria prīstinae virtūtis nōn minus quam metus hostium erat nostrīs magnō ūsuī.
10. Tam dēnsa erat silva ut prōgredī nōn possent.

II.

1. I advise you ^[1]to give up the plan ^[2]of making war upon the brave Gauls.
2. Do you know ^[3]where the cavalry has chosen a place for a camp?
3. The fear of the enemy will be of great advantage to you.
4. Cæsar left three cohorts as (for) a guard to the baggage.
5. In winter the waves of the lake are so great ^[4]that they are (for) a great hindrance to ships.
6. Cæsar inflicted severe^[5] punishment on those who burned the public buildings.

LESSON LXXVI

VOCABULARY REVIEW • THE GENITIVE AND ABLATIVE OF QUALITY OR DESCRIPTION

440. Review the word lists in §§ 524, 525.

441. Observe the English sentences

(1) A man of great courage, or (2) A man with great courage

(3) A forest of tall trees, or (4) A forest with tall trees

Each of these sentences contains a phrase of quality or description. In the first two a man is described; in the last two a forest. The descriptive phrases are introduced by the prepositions of and with.

1. Subjunctive of purpose. (Cf. § 366.)
2. Express by the genitive of the gerundive.
3. Indirect question.
4. A clause of result.
5. gravis, -e.