gards his slave's great labor. 3. The beautiful daugh ters of the queen will dance. 4. The poet was holding the beautiful crown. 5. The poet was holding the good queen's beautiful crown. 6. The good (man) will not disregard the law. 7. The poet will laugh at the unlearned (man). 8. The good will not fear death.

9. They will avenge the death of their father. 10. They were avenging the death of the good (woman). 11. The impious (man) will fear death. 12. The poet will build a beautiful house.

LESSON XXII.

Nouns and Adjectives.—First and Second Declension, continued.-Price, Value, and Degree of Estimation. 121. THE predicate of a proposition may be modified by a noun or adjective denoting price, value, or degree of estimation; e. g.,

1. Avārus pătriăm aurō vendět.

(The avaricious (man) (his) country for gold will sell.) The avaricious man will sell his country for gold.

2. Avārus pecuniăm māgnī aestimăt.

(The avaricious (man) money at a great (price) values.) The avaricious man values money at a great price (or highly).

122. RULE OF SYNTAX.—Price, when expressed by nouns, is generally put in the ablative, and when expressed by adjectives, generally in the genitive.

REM. 1.-The genitive of a few nouns and the ablative of a few adjectives sometimes occur in expressions of price and value.

REM. 2.-In example 1. the noun auro is in the ablative, and in ex ample 2. the adjective magni is in the genitive, by the above rule.

(a) 1. Impius patriam auro vendebat. 2: Proditor patriam parvi3 aestimabit. 3. Caius amīci sui labōrem parvi aestimat. 4. Boni virtutem magni2 aestimant. 5. Rex servum magni aestimabit. 6. Regīna auream coronam magni aestimat. 7. Magnam urbis portam claudent. 8. Dominus servi sui epistolas aperiet. 9. Servus pueros vocabit.

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(b) 1. The traitor will sell (his) country for gold. 2. Caius values true virtue at a great (price). 3. The master thinks little of the labor of his slave. 3

4. The poet will feel real sorrow. 5. A father will not disregard the sorrow of his son. 6. The avaricious (man) will value virtue at a low (price).

7. The avaricious value money at a high (price). 8. Christians

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think little of' money.

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LESSON XXIII.

Nouns.-Third Declension.-Class I.

125. To the Third Declension belong all nouns which have the genitive singular in is. They end in a, e, i, o, y, c, l, n, r, s, t, x, and may be divided into four classes:

1) Those which have the root the same as the
nominative singular (except, in a few in-
stances, the omission or change of the radical
vowel): as, mulier, a woman; root, mulier.
2) Those which form the root by adding a single
letter to the nominative singular: as, leo, a
lion; root, leōn.

3) Those which form the root by dropping the
ending of the nominative singular: as, urbs,
a city; root, urb.

4) Those which form the root by changing the ending of the nominative singular: as, piētās, piety; root, piētāt.

126. CLASS I.—This class comprises nouns in c,* 1, n, r, t, and y. These either have the root the same as the nominative singular, or form it (with a few exceptions) by one of the following slight vowel changes:

1) Nouns in ter and běr generally drop e in the root: as, pătěr, a father; root, pătr.

2) Nouns in en generally change ĕ into ĭ in the root: as, flūměn, a river; root, flūmin.

3) Nouns in ut change ŭ into ĭ in the root: as, căput, a head; root, căpit.

There are only two nouns with this ending, one of which belongs to Class II.

REM.-The quantity of the radical vowel is sometimes changed; this is the case in most nouns in al and or, which generally lengthen the vowel in the root.

127. Neuter nouns of this declension have the nominative, accusative, and vocative singular alike, and are declined in the other cases by adding to the root the following

REM.-The inclosed endings belong only to neuters in e, al, and ar.

Acc. Căpăt,

Căpit-ǎ.

Voc. Căpăt,

Căpit-ǎ.

Abl. Căpit-ě,

Acc. Animăl, Animal-iă.

Voc. Animăl, Animal-iă. Căpit-ibus. Abl. Animal-i, Animal-ibus.

128. Masculine and feminine nouns of this declension are declined, in all the cases except the nominative and vocative singular (which are alike), by adding to the root the following

* With the radical vowel lengthened (126, REM.).

REM-The inclosed endings (except that of the genitive plural, which will be noticed again, 141) belong only to a few words.

PARADIGMS.

Voc. Lăbor, Lăbōr-ēs. Voc. Můliĕr, Můliĕr-ēs. Lăbōr-ibus. Abl. Muliĕr-ě, Muliĕr-îbūs.

* With the radical vowel lengthened (126, REM.).