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awkward addition to the sentence, while in the model it is incorporated into the very structure of the sentence itself.

3. MODEL III.—TWO MOST POWERFUL CITIES, duae urbes potentissămae. Here potentissimae qualifies urbes, while duae qualifies the complex idea, urbes potentissimae; not two cities, but two most powerful cities. In such cases one adjective often precedes the noun, while the other follows it, as in the model, though both may either precede or follow the noun.

4. MODEL IV. - WHEN A BOY, puer, in apposition with the omitted subject of didicit. See G. 363, 2 and 3.

5. DESERVED TO BE LEARNED, discendum fuit, Periphrastic Conjugation. See G. 231.

167. SYNONYMES.

Custom, usage, habit; consuetudo, mos.

1. Consuetudo, inis, f.; CUSTOM, USAGE, HABIT, .the generic word for custom of any kind.

2. Mos, moris, m.; CUSTOM,-used chiefly of approved and established customs, especially if national. Mores, plur.,

CHARACTER.

168. VOCABULARY.

Caria, Caria, ae, f.

Custom, habit, consuetudo, inis, f.; Numantia, Numantia, ae, f.

mos, moris, m.

Destroy, deleo, ēre, ēvi, ētum.

| Nature, natūra, ae, f.

Powerful, potens, entis.

Second, another, alter, ěra, ĕrum.

Excellent, praeclārus, a, um.

Mausolus, Mausōlus, i, m.

G. 149; 149, 2.

169. EXERCISE.

1. Mausolus was at that time king of Caria. was for many years a most powerful city. 3. that Carthage was formerly a most powerful city.

2. Rome They say

4. Did

you not say that Caesar was the commander of the Roman army? 5. Cicero.says that the two cities, Carthage and Numantia, were destroyed by Scipio, the commander of the Roman army. 6. Habit is a second nature. 7. We say that habit is a second nature. 8. From whom (pl.) did you receive that excellent custom? 9. We received this excellent custom from our fathers.

LESSON XXXVIII.

NOMINATIVE AND VOCATIVE.

[1, 29.]

170. LESSON FROM THE GRAMMAR.

I. Nominative as Subject. 367.

II. Nominative in Agreement with another Nominative.

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1. MODEL II. -THE COMMANDER, imperātor, Nom. in apposition with the Nom. Themistocles. Rule II.

2. FROM SERVITUDE, servitute, Abl. of Separation. Rule XXVII.

See also G. 425, 3. Servitute may stand either before or after the direct object, Graeciam.

3. MODEL III. — YOUR, tuum. The possessive should here be expressed to avoid ambiguity.

4. BRUTUS, Brute. For the place of the Vocative in the sentence, see G. 602, VI.

173. VOCABULARY.

Allobroges, Allobrõges, um, m. pl. | Junius, Junius, ii, m.

Collatinus, Collatinus, i, m.
Condemn, damno, āre, āvi, ātum.
Crassus, Crassus, i, m.
First, primus, a, um. G. 166.
Geneva, Geneva, ae, f.
God, deus, dei, m. G. 45, 6.
Grandson, nepos, ōtis, m.

Lucius, Lucius, ii, m.
Lucullus, Lucullus, i, m.
Mercury, Mercurius, ii, m.
Numitor, Numitor, ōris, m.
Quintus, Quintus, i, m.
Rich, dives, itis. G. 165, 2.
When, interrog., quando, adv.

174. EXERCISE.

1. Crassus and Lucullus were the richest of the Romans. 2. Mercury was the messenger of the gods. 3. Romulus, the first king of the Romans, was the grandson of Numitor. 4. We have praised the good, and we have been praised by the good. 5. Caesar says that Geneva is a town of the Allobroges. 6. Lucius Junius Brutus and Lucius Tarquinius Collatinus were made consuls. 7. When, Labienus, will you cross the river? 8. Why, O judges, did you condemn Socrates? 9. Marcus Tullius Cicero and Quintus Tullius Cicero were brothers.

LESSON XXXIX.

ACCUSATIVE AS DIRECT OBJECT.
[1, 32.]

175. LESSON FROM THE GRAMMAR.

Accusative as Direct Object. 371.

1. Cognate Accusative. 371, 1.

2. Accusative with other Cases. 371, 2.
3. Transitive and Intransitive Verbs. 371, 3.
4. Accusative with Compounds. 371, 4.
5. Clause as Object. 371, 5.

6. Passive Construction. 371, 6.

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VI. You know that I think VI. Scis me idem sentire.

the same.

177. REMARKS.

1. MODEL III.—THEIR STATES, civitatibus suis, Dat. Rule XII. See also 371, 2. These words may stand either before or after the direct object, legcs. See G. 600, 3. Suis must be expressed to avoid ambiguity.

2. MODEL IV. - THESE THINGS, haec or has res. The former is preferable, because it is shorter and equally clear.

3. MODEL V.- Euphratem. See G. 371, 4.

4. MODEL VI. - THAT I THINK THE SAME, me idem sentire, object of scis. G. 371, 5. For the case of me, see G. 545; for that of idem, 371, 1, 3).

178. SYNONYMES.

Army; exercitus, agmen, acies.

1. Exercitus, i, m. (exerceo); ARMY, - the generic word for army, as composed of disciplined men.

2. Agmen, agminis, n. (ago); ARMY ON THE MARCH.

3. Acies, ēi, f.; ARMY IN BATTLE ARRAY; LINE OF BAT

TLE.

179. VOCABULARY.

Army (on the march), agmen, | Laelius, Laelius, ii, m. G. 45,

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Attack, adorior, tri, ortus sum, Line of battle, acies, aciei, f.

dep.

Base, turpis, e.

March, journey, iter, itinĕris, n.;

on the march, in itinĕre.

Boast, make a boast, glorior, āri, | Now, nunc, adv.

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