Latin Grammar

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Syntax. 3. Adjectives are not used in immediate agreement with proper names; but an Adjective may limit vir, homo, ille, or some other word used as an Appositive of a proper name; as,Socrates, homo sapiens = the wise Socrates; Scipio, vir fortissimus = the doughty SdPio; Syraciisae, urbs praeclarrsaima = famous Syracuse. 4. An Adjective may be equivalent to a Possessive or Subjective Genitive; aspastor regius, the shepherd of the king; tumultus servDis, the uprisitzg of the slaves. PRONOUNS.

355. In Compound Sentences the Relative Pronoun has a fondness for connecting itself with the subordinate clause rather than the main one; as,-

a

quo cum quaereretur, quid maxime expediret, it was asked of him wlzat was best, he replied. qui, cum ab eo quaereretur, respondit.)

respondit, when (Less commonly,

of

two; ambo means

2. Uterque, both; as,-

ambo.

Uterque

means each

frater abiit, eack of the two brothers departed (ÂŁ.e. separately) ; ambo fratres abierunt, i.e. the two brothers departed together. uterque

a. The Plural of uterque

occurs-

I) With Nouns used only in the Plural (see § 56); as,in utrisque

castris,

in each camp.

2) Where there is a distinct reference to two groups of persons or things j as,utrique duces cHid fuerunt, thegenerals on each side (several in number) were famous. VERBS.

356.

I.

In case of Defective and Deponent Verbs, a Passive is

supplied: a) By the corresponding verbal Nouns in combination with esse, etc.; as,in odio sumus, we are hated; in invidi~ sum, I am emned ;


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