Ritchie's Fabulae Faciles - A First Latin Reader by Unknown
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19. essent, informal indirect discourse or subjunctive by attraction.
20. vellet, subjunctive of characteristic. This name is given to the subjunctive when used in relative clauses to define or restrict an indefinite or general antecedent. So here it is not 'no one was found,' but 'no one willing to undertake this task was found.' 21. deducta est, 'came.' 23. praeesset, subjunctive of purpose. 25. evenit. This verb takes the same construction as _accidit_, 30, 1. 58. 1. nihil. See the note on 37, 22. 2. morti. Compare 49, 26. 5. aliquantum itineris, 'some distance on the journey.' The two words are accusative of extent of space and partitive genitive respectively. 11. sibi, 'for them,' dative of reference. 12. foris. This is translated like foras above, but the former was originally locative and is therefore used with verbs of rest; the latter, accusative of place whither and therefore used with verbs of motion. 15. accubuerunt. See the note on 37, 6. 25. perturbatus, used as a predicate adjective, 'agitated.' |
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