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237.

EXERCISES

First learn the special vocabulary, p. 291.

I.

1. Audīsne tubās, Mārce? Nōn sōlum tubās audiō sed etiam ōrdinēs militum et carrōs impedīmentōrum plēnōs vidēre possum.
2. Quāslegiōnēs vidēmus? Eae legiōnēs nūper ex Galliā vēnērunt.
3. Quid ibi fēcērunt? Studēbantne pugnāre an sine virtūte erant?
4. Multa proelia fēcērunt^[1] et magnās victōriās et multōs captīvōs reportāvērunt.
5. Quis est imperātor eārum legiōnum? Caesar, summus Rōmānōrum imperātor.
6. Quis est eques quī pulchram corōnam gerit? Is eques est frāter meus. Eī corōna ā cōnsule data est quia summā virtūte pugnāverat et ā barbarīs patriam servāverat.

II.

1. Who has seen my father to-day?
2. I saw him just now (nūper). He was hastening to your dwelling with your mother and sister.
3. When men are far from the fatherland and lack food, they cannot be restrained^[2] from wrong^[3].
4. The safety of the soldiers is dear to Cæsar, the general.
5. The chiefs were eager to storm a town full of grain which was held by the consul.
6. The king forbade the baggage of the captives to be destroyed.

LESSON XLI

THE THIRD DECLENSION • CONSONANT STEMS (Concluded)

238. Neuter consonant stems add no termination in the nominative and arc declined as follows :

	flūmen, n., river	tempus, n., time	opus, n., work	caput, n., head
Bases or Stems	flūmin-	tempor-	oper-	capit-
	Singular				terminations
Nom.	flūmen	tempus	opus	caput	—
Gen.	flūminis	temporis	operis	capitis -is	-is
Dat.	flūminī	temporī	operī	capitī	-ī
Acc.	flūmen	tempus	opus	caput	—
Abl.	flūmine	tempore	opere	capite	-e

1. proelium facere = to fight a battle.
2. contineō. Cf. <a href = "#sec180">§ 180</a>.
3. Abl. iniūriā.