CONJUGATION OF POSSUM 93
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EXERCISES
First learn the special vocabulary, p. 290.
I.
- Nōnne habēbat Cornēlia ōrnāmenta aurī? Habēbat.
- Num Sextus lēgātus scūtum in dextrō bracchiō gerēbat? Nōn in dextrō, sed sinistrō in bracchiō Sextus scūtum gerēbat.
- Frūstrā bella multa ab Gallīs gesta erant.
- Ubi oppidum ā perfidō Sextō occupātum est, oppidānī miserī gladiō interfectī sunt.
- Id oppidum erat plēnum frūmentī.
- Nōnne Sextus ab oppidānīs frūmentum postulāvit? Vērō, sed iī recūsāvērunt frūmentum dare.
- Cūr oppidum ab Sextō dēlētum est? Quia frūmentum recūsātum est. 8. Ea victōria nōn dubia erat.
- Oppidānī erant dēfessī et armīs egēbant.
- Num fugam temptāvērunt? Minimē.
II.
- Where was Julia standing? She was standing where you had ordered.
- Was Julia wearing any ornaments? She had many ornaments of gold.
- Did she not attempt flight when she saw the danger? She did.
- Who captured her? Galba captured her without delay and held her by the left arm.
- She didn´t have the lady’s gold, did she? No, the gold had been taken by a faithless maid and has been brought back.
Fourth Review, Lessons XXVII-XXXVI, §§ 513-516
LESSON XXXVII
CONJUGATION OF POSSUM • THE INFINITIVE USED AS IN ENGLISH
212. Learn the principal parts of possum, I am able, I can, and its inflection in the indicative and infinitive. (Cf. § 495.)
- a. Possum, I can, is a compound of potis,
able, and sum, I am.
213. The Infinitive with Subject Accusative. The infinitive (cf. 173) is a verbal noun. Used as a noun, it has the constructions of a noun. As a verb it can govern a case and be modified by an adverb. The uses of the infinitive are much the same in Latin as in English.
