Ritchie's Fabulae Faciles - A First Latin Reader by Unknown
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2. facerent, subjunctive by attraction. The verb of a clause dependent
upon an infinitive is put in the subjunctive when the two clauses are closely connected in thought. We have already met this construction in the case of dependence upon a subjunctive; see the note on 20, 2. gerere. Compare 30, 3. Such phrases as _mos est_ may have as subject either an infinitive or a clause of result. 3. verita. This participle is regularly rendered as present, ne. See the note on 29, 3. 4. vestem. Notice that the position of this word helps to make it clear that it is the object of infecit as well as of dedit. 5. suspicans. This does not differ appreciably in force from _suspicata_, 30, 22. 8. exanimatus, 'beside himself.' 14. succenderent. Notice the force of the prefix _sub_ in this word and in subdidit below. 15. inductus, 'moved.' THE ARGONAUTS 33. 1. alter ... alter, 'one ... the other.' Remember that this word is used to denote one of two given persons or things. We have in this |
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