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all your dignity rests upon your worth and achievements. 5. Socrates said that he knew nothing. 6. His whole discourse was spent in praising virtue, and in exhorting all men to the pursuit of virtue. 7. There is no doubt that Rome was a most beautiful city. 8. All the states are compelled to await your aid. 9. You all know how highly I esteem the republic. 10. Our forces were approaching the town of Antioch. 11. Many admired Plato on account of his most exalted genius.

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476. The Demonstratives, this, that, these, those, are rendered into Latin,

1. Literally by hic, ille, iste. For the difference in the use of these forms, see G. 450. See Models IV. and VI.

2. By the Relative, to mark a close connection with the preceding sentence or clause. See Model I.

3. The expressions, and that too, and that indeed, are rendered by is with a conjunction. See Model II.

4. Before an objective with of, this, that, these, or those, referring to a noun already expressed before a preceding of, is generally omitted in rendering. See Model III.

477. The Relative is generally rendered by the Latin Relative, but certain differences of idiom require attention.

1. As the Relative clause in Latin often precedes the Antecedent clause, the Antecedent itself is often introduced into the Relative clause. It is then usually represented in its own clause by a demonstrative, is, idem, hic, etc. Model IV.

2. When the real Antecedent is an Appositive, it must in Latin be introduced into the Relative clause. See Model V. 3. Adjectives belonging in sense to the antecedent sometimes stand in the Relative clause, in agreement with the relative, especially comparatives, superlatives, and numerals. See Model VI.

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2. MODEL IV. - Norit, Potential Subj., lit. whatever art each one may know.

3. MODEL V.-A MOUNTAIN WHICH, qui mons, lit. which mountain. THE MOST BEAUTIFUL THING WHICH, quod pul

4. MODEL VI. cherrimum, lit. which the most beautiful.

480. VOCABULARY.

And that too, et is, ea, id; et is Joyful, laetus, a, um.

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Entertain, hold, teneo, ere, ui, Suitably worthily enough, satis

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1. Gorgias of Leontini, the well-known ancient rhetorician, was held in great honor. 2. At Rome there were some who exposed themselves to unpopularity for the safety of their country. 3. Cicero was in Athens just ten days.

4. Nothing can surpass the folly of those who, in a free state, so conduct themselves as to be feared. 5. That which is base is never useful. 6. Thales of Miletus, who is said to have been the wisest of the Seven, has never been suitably praised. 7. He is said to have predicted the eclipse of the sun which took place in the reign of Astyages. 8. Epicurus, in one house, and that too a small one, entertained many friends. 9. Of the many most joyful days which Scipio had seen during his life, that day was the most famous. 10. Let us compare the

life of Demosthenes with that of Cicero.

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482. Why? how is it that? may be rendered by quid? Why then? what indeed? by quid enim? What of the fact that? by quid quod? See Model I.

483. The article a, or an, is generally omitted in rendering, unless it has the force of a certain, some, any, in which case it may be rendered by aliquis, sometimes even by quidam or quispiam. See Model II.

484. The article the is generally omitted in rendering; but when it has the force of that, especially before a relative clause, it is rendered by the pronoun is, and sometimes by ille. See Model III.

485. Every with an ordinal, and, in most instances, all with a superlative or ordinal, should be rendered by quisque. See Models I. and IV.

486. One another, each other, may be rendered by inter

se, or inter ipsos, and one, one another, another, by aliusalium. See Model V.; also above, 270, Model VIII.

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1. MODEL I.· lit. what, that, i.

488. REMARKS.

WHAT SHALL WE SAY OF THE FACT THAT, quid, quod, e. what of the fact that, or what shall we say? &c.

THE PUPIL OF SOCRATES, Socraticus ille, THE

2. MODEL II. emphatic rendered by ille.

489. SYNONYMES.

I. Who, which, what; quis, uter, qui?

1. Quis, quae, quid; WHO, WHICH ONE, WHICH? - who, which, of any number.

2. Uter, utra, utrum; WHO, WHICH ONE? which of two.

3. Qui, quae, quod; WHAT, OF WHAT

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