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REVIEW OF THE ACTIVE VOICE

Conjugation II	contineō doceō egeō faveō iubeō noceō persuādeō respondeō sedeō studeō	continēre docēre egēre favēre iubēre nocēre persuādēre respondēre sedēre studēre	continuī docuī eguī fāvī iussī nocuī persuāsī respondī sēdī studuī	hold in, keep teach need favor order injure persuade reply sit be eager
Conjugation III	agō crēdō fugiō iaciō interficiō rapiō resis´tō	agere crēdere fugere iacere interficere rapere resis´tere	ēgī crēdidī fūgī iēcī interfēcī rapuī re´stitī	drive believe flee hurl kill seize resist
Conjugation IV	repe´riō	reperī´re	rep´perī	find

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Perseus and Andromeda (Concluded)

First learn the special vocabulary, p. 290. Read the whole story.

Perseus semper proeliō studēbat^[1] et respondit,^[1] “Verba tua sunt maximē grāta,” et laetus arma sua magica parāvit.^[1] Subitō mōnstrum vidētur; celeriter per aquam properat et Andromedae adpropinquat. Eius amīcī longē absunt et misera puella est sōla. Perseus autem sine morā super aquam volāvit.^[1] Subitō dēscendit^[1] et dūrō gladiō saevum mōnstrum graviter vulnerāvit.^[1] Diū pugnātur,^[2] diū proelium est dubium. Dēnique autem Perseus mōnstrum interfēcit^[1] et victōriam reportāvit.^[1] Tum ad saxum vēnit^[1] et Andromedam līberāvit^[1] et eam ad Cēpheum dūxit.^[1] Is, nūper miser, nunc laetus, ita dīxit:^[1] “Tuō auxiliō, mī amīce, cāra fīlia mea est lībera; tua est Andromeda.” Diū Perseus cum Andromedā ibi habitābat^[1] et magnopere ā tōtō populō amābātur.^[1]

1. See if you can explain the use of the perfects and imperfects in this passage.
2. The verb pugnātur means, literally, it is fought; translate freely, the battle is fought, or the contest rages. The verb pugnō in Latin is intransitive, and so does not have a personal subject in the passive. A verb with an indeterminate subject, designated in English by it, is called impersonal.