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327. SYNONYMES.

Courage, fortitude; virtus, fortitudo.

1. Virtus, utis, f.; COURAGE, VALOR, ENERGY, in action.

2. Fortitudo, inis, f.; FORTITUDE, FIRMNESS, in resistance.

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328. VOCABULARY.

Africa, Africa, ae, f.

Go from, exeo, īre, ii, ĭtum.

Ask, inquire, quaero, ère, quaesivi, Here, hic, adv.

situm; it is asked, quaeritur, | Mention, commemŏro, āre, āvi,

quaesitum est,

Attract, allicio, ère, lexi, lectum.
Compel, cogo, ère, coēgi, coactum.
Fortitude, fortitudo, inis, f.

ātum.

Second time, itĕrum, adv.
There, illic, adv.

Why, quid. G. 380, 2.

329. EXERCISE.

1. Why should I here mention the Roman senators ? 2. He asked why he should there mention the Roman senators. 3. We have said that the orations of Cicero are worthy to be read by all. 4. It is often asked whether the letters of Cicero are worthy to be read a second time. 5. They say that Catiline would not have gone from the city unless he had feared the consul. 6. Your brother says that he will write to you when he comes to Rome. 7. Cicero says that Hannibal was compelled by the valor of Scipio to return into Africa. 8. There is no doubt that virtue attracts to itself the good and wise. 9. It is the part of fortitude to bear all things bravely.

LESSON LXVII.

IMPERATIVE.
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330. LESSON FROM THE GRAMMAR.

I. Tenses of the Imperative. 534.

II. Use of the Imperative. 535-538.
1. Circumlocutions. 535, 1.

2. Imperative supplied. 535, 3; 487; 488, II.
3. Imperative in Prohibitions. 538, 1 and 2.

331. MODELS.

I. Devote yourselves to study.

II. If I have committed any offence against you, pardon me.

III. You shall consider the subject.

IV. The safety of the people shall be the supreme law.

V. Do not wish that which cannot be done.

VI. Let them be happy. VII. If anything shall happen, you will let me know it.

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332. REMARKS.

1. MODEL V.-DO NOT WISH, nolīte velle, lit. be unwilling to wish. G. 535, 1, 3).

2. MODEL VI. - LET THEM BE= may they be, sint. G. 487.

3. MODEL VII.- SHALL HAPPEN = shall have happened, i. e. before you let me know, acciderit, Fut. Perf. G. 473. YOU WILL LET ME KNOW, Latin idiom, you will make (cause) that I may know. G. 492, 1. Facies, Fut. Indic. for the Imperative. G. 535, 3, 2).

333. VOCABULARY.

. Conspirators, conjurati, ōrum, | Nor, with imperatives, neve, adv.

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1. Let us devote ourselves to liberal studies. 2. Know, Conscript Fathers, that Catiline has formed a conspiracy against the republic. 3. Do not think that the consul will neglect the highest public welfare. 4. Do not doubt that this can be done. 5. Do not hesitate to do this. 6. Let me know what the conspirators are doing. 7. Let us not violate the laws, nor oppose the decrees of the senate. 8. Remember that Cicero preserved the republic at his own personal peril. 9. Do you not think that these books on philosophy are worthy to be read a second time?

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1. Predicate attracted. 547; 547, I. and II.

IV. Infinitive as Subject. 549.

1. Personal Construction for Impersonal. 549, 4.

336. MODELS.

I. I hope that our friendship does not need witnesses.

II. I desire both to be grateful and to be so regarded.

III. No one can be happy without virtue.

IV. To defraud is base.

V. It is true that there is friendship among the good.

VI. True praise is thought

to be due to virtue
alone.

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1 The remaining Exercises in this work, although based entirely upon Ciceronian models, may accompany the reading of any Latin author.

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1. MODEL I. - DOES NOT NEED, non egere. the Infinitive is generally in the Future tense; when the action itself belongs to Present time.

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2. MODEL II. BOTH TO BE GRATEFUL AND TO BE SO REGARded. Latin idiom, both to be and to be regarded grateful.

3. MODEL VII. — Emphasis places Platonem at the beginning of the sentence; accordingly the subject is placed later in the sentence- here directly before its verb.

338. SYNONYMES.

In vain, to no purpose; frustra, nequidquam.

1. Frustra; IN VAIN, WITH DISAPPOINTMENT, - used with reference to the disappointment of the person rather than to the failure of the undertaking.

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2. Nequidquam, IN VAIN, TO NO PURPOSE, used with reference to the failure of the undertaking.

339. VOCABULARY.

Bring, bear, fero, ferre, tuli, la- | Sail, to sail, navigo, āre, āvi,

tum.

Purpose, desire, sententia, ae, f.

According to one's desire, ex
sententia.

Rejoice, gaudeo, ere, gavisus sum.
G. 272, 3.

ātum.

Voyage, to have a prosperous voy

age, ex sententia navigāre, lit. to sail according to one's opinion, or desire.

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