Ritchie's Fabulae Faciles - A First Latin Reader by Unknown
page 91 of 185 (49%)
page 91 of 185 (49%)
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6. venisset. What would the form be in the direct question? inquit. See the note on 14, 28. 7. filiabus. To avoid confusion with the corresponding forms of _deus_ and _filius_, the dative and ablative plural of _dea_ and _filia_ sometimes end in _abus_. sponte. This noun is practically confined to the ablative singular, in prose usually with _mea, tua_, or _sua_, 'of my, your, his own accord.' 9. posset, subjunctive because indirect. The thought of Hercules was _si potest_. 11. abesset. This also is indirect, quoting _absum_. 12. umeris. See the note on 25, 26. 17. pauca milia. Extent of space, like duration of time, is expressed by the accusative, passuum. See the note on 16, 6. 21. ita ut, 'as' accepissent. Hitherto we have found the indicative in causal clauses introduced by quod. The subjunctive indicates that the reason is quoted; the Hesperides said _quod accepimus_. |
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