1. MODEL I.

2. MODEL II.

584. REMARKS.

WAS CONSTANTLY, fuit assiduus, lit. was constant.

WHICH IS ALSO, quod idem, lit. which the same.

Est is omitted because it can be so readily supplied.

3. MODEL III.— NOT VERY ANCIENT, non ita antiqua, lit. not so ancient.

585. SYNONYMES.

To teach, to instruct, to cultivate, to educate; doceo, erudio, praecipio, instituo.

1. Doceo, ere, ui, tum; TO TEACH, with the simple idea of imparting instruction or knowledge.

2. Erudio, ire, īvi, ītum; TO INSTRUCT, TO CULTIVATE, TO REFINE, with special reference to the effect of the instruction in refining the character.

3. Praecipio, ĕre, cēpi, ceptum; TO INSTRUCT, TO FURNISHI WITH PRECEPTS, - with special reference to the maxims and

precepts imparted for the guidance of the pupil.

4. Instituo, ĕre, ui, ūtum; TO INSTRUCT, TO TRAIN UP, TO

By no means, minime, adv.; lit. Do, perform, gero, ère, gessi, ges

Desirous, studiosus, a, um. See Dream, somnium, ii, n.

222.

Devote one's self to, apply one's

self to, se conferre ad with

Fear, vereor, ēri, itus sum, dep.
Give precepts, praecipio, ère, cēpi,

ceptum.

Gravity, gravitas, ūtis, f.

Perishable, caducus, a, um.

Hostile, unfriendly, inimicus, a, Pythagorean, Pythagorčus, a, um.

1. There were some who devoted themselves wholly to learned studies. 2. You will perceive from these letters, both what I have done and what I have said. 3. Those things which seem to be useful, but are not so, are hostile to virtue. 4. Wealth, power, honors, and pleasures, are perishable and uncertain. 5. The consuls devoted themselves wholly to the safety of the republic. 6. There were many who admired the gravity, justice, and wisdom of Caesar. 7. We did this most unwillingly. 8. These things are not, indeed, very troublesome to me. 9. Men are not very much moved by dreams. 10. The wellknown Pythagorean Lysis taught the Theban Epaminondas, perhaps, without exception, the greatest hero of all Greece. 11. To give precepts on the subject of eloquence is by no means easy. 12. Let us teach those who are desirous of learning. 13. Plato instructed Dion of Syracuse in all branches of learning. 14. We all fear that no one may approve your plan.

CHAPTER II.

ARRANGEMENT OF WORDS AND CLAUSES.

LESSON CIIL

ARRANGEMENT OF WORDS.

588. General Rules for the Arrangement of Words. See G. 593–597.

1. Effect of Emphasis and Euphony. G. 594.

2. Contrasted Groups. G. 595.

3. Kindred Words. G. 596.

4. Words with a Common Relation. G. 597.

589. Special Rules for the Arrangement of Words. Sec G. 598-602.

1. Modifiers of Nouns. G. 598.

2. Modifiers of Adjectives.

3. Modifiers of Verbs.

G. 599.

G. 600.

G. 601.

4. Modifiers of Adverbs.

5. Position of Special Words. G. 602.

590. MODELS.

I. We were occupied at that time day and night in the study of all the branches of knowledge.

I. Nos eo tempore noctes et dies in omnium doctrinārum meditatiōne versabāmur.

1. MODEL II. - WE HAVE HEARD, accepimus, lit. we have received, i. e. we have received or learned by report.

2. MODEL III. -MUST BE ASSIGNED, ponenda sunt, lit. must be placed. For the order of words, see G. 595, observing that nomina, which might stand directly before sunt, is made still more emphatic by its present position.

592. SYNONYMES.

To see, perceive, behold, visit; video, cerno, specto, viso.

1. Video, ere, vidi, visum; TO SEE, -the usual word in this sense.

2. Cerno, ĕre;' TO PERCEIVE, TO SEE CLEARLY, TO DISCERN, -involving the idea of discriminating, as well as that of seeing.

3. Specto, āre, āvi, ātum; TO BEHOLD, TO LOOK UPON, with attention or interest.

4. Viso, ĕre, visi, visum; TO DESIRE TO SEE, TO GO TO SEE, TO VISIT.

1 In the best prose, the Perfect and Supine do not occur in this sense.

For a long time, jampridem, adv. Thought, cogitatio, onis, f.

1. Young men are led by the precepts of the aged to the pursuits of virtue. 2. Who would not admire the beauty of virtue? 3. We have been taught by our fore- ou fathers to arrange all our plans and actions with reference to virtue. 4. Who is more affluent in speaking than Plato? 5. There were some who said that Jupiter would speak thus, if he should speak Greek. 6. If these things deserve to be seen, you have often seen them. 7. We, who have witnessed these games, have seen nothing new. 8. Often, when lost in thought, with eyes and ears open and unimpaired, we neither see nor hear. 9. Many things, which cannot be seen with the eyes, can yet be perceived with the mind. 10. I have been for a long time desiring