130. Exercises.

(a) 1. Agricola laborem finiebat. 2. Mulier sorōres accusabit. 3. Brutum consulem occidebat. 4. Sena tōres Caesarem occidebant.

5. Bonus puer caput aperiet. 6. Servi capita aperiēbant. 7. Sirēnes cantabant. 8. Sol lucebat. 9. Caeci solem non vident. 10. Pastores aurum magni aestimant.

(b) 1. The boy accuses his brother. 2. They accuse their brothers. 3. The consuls were waging war. 4. The senators fear the consul. 5. The consuls fear the senators. 6. The shepherd values his dog at a high (price). 7. They will finish their labor.

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8. They fear the sirens. 9. Good boys uncover their heads. 10. The blind boy does not see the sun. The blind do not see the sun. 12. The good woman loves (her) beautiful daughters. 13. Good daughters love their mothers. 14. Good mothers instruct their daughters.

LESSON XXIV.

Nouns.-Third Declension.-Class II.

131. CLASS II. comprises nouns of the third declension in a, o, and a few in i. These form the root by adding a letter to the nominative singular.

1) Nouns in a, and a few in i, add t: as, poēmă, a poem; root, poēmăt: hydroměli, mẹad; root, hydromělit.

2) Nouns in o add n: as, leo, a lion; root, leōn.

REM. 1.-0 is long in the root.

REM. 2.-Nouns in do and go change o into %, before n in the root: as virgo, a virgin; root, virgin.

PARADIGMS.

1. Poēma, n., a poem: root, poēmāt (131, 1).

* Nouns in a generally take the ending is instead of ibus in the dat.

133. Exercises.

(a) 1. Pater tuus poemăta legebat. 2. Poēta sermōnem tuum laudabit. 3. Timidae puellae pavōnem timent. 4. Virgines homini viam monstrābunt.

5. Bonus puer fratri optiōnem dabit. 6. Puĕri homi• nes timent. 7. Indocti sapientiam parvi3 aestimabunt. 8. Puellae sorōres suas amant.

(b) 1. My brother is reading your discourse. 2. The boys will kill the peacock. 3. They will kill the beautiful peacocks. 4. Your mother is reading the pcem. 5. The girls are reading poems. 6. The doves fear the hawk. 7. The hawk will kill your dove.

S. The hawks will kill the beautiful doves. 9. Mothers feel real sorrow. 10. The unlearned will laugh at' the orator. 11. The poet will hear the oration. 12. The orator prizes wisdom highly. 13. The avaricious think little of wisdom.

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LESSON XXV.

Nouns.-Third Declension.-Class III.

134. CLASS III. comprises nouns of the third declen. sion in bs, ms, ps, x (=cs or gs), is, ys, e, a few in i,* and a few in es. They form the root by dropping the nominative ending.

1) Nouns in bs, ms, ps, and ys, drop s: as, urbs, a

city; root, urb; hiems, winter; root, hiem.

2) Nouns in x (=cs or gs) drop the s in x: as, vox (cs), a voice; root, vōc; rex (gs), a king; root, rēg.

* Nouns in i are of Greek origin: most of these are indeclinable; & few form the root by dropping i, and a few by adding t (131, 1).

3) Nouns in is, e, and a few in es, drop those endings; as, hostis, an enemy; root, host: nūbēs, a cloud; root, nūb: mărě, a sea; root, măr.

* Monosyllables in s or x, preceded by a consonant, have ium in the

gcnitive plural. See 141, 3.

+ See 127.

(a) 1. Caius leges violābit. 2. Regīna urbem condēbat. 3. Puĕri magnam urbis portam claudunt. 4. Pastores arcem condent. 5. Reus judicis vocem

timet.

6. Cives regem accusabant. 7. Consules hostes vincēbant. 8. Pastor gregem magni aestimat. 9. Boni cives pacem magni aestimant. 10. Filii patrem vindicabunt. 11. Servus fruticem in horto reperiebat. 12. Impii patriam auro vendunt. 13. Rei judicis vocem timēbunt. 14. Prodĭtor patriam parvi3 aestimat. 15. Proditores patriam parvi aestimabunt. 16. Agricola labōrem finiēbat.

(b) 1. The boys will not observe the law. 2. Good citizens observe the laws. 3. They will guard the city. 4. Soldiers will guard the cities. 5. They accuse the judge. 6. The criminals will accuse their judges. 7. The king is violating the law.

8. Slaves fear their masters. 9. Slaves fear the voices of their masters. 10. The king will conquer the enemy (pl.). 11. The shepherd will guard his flock. 12. Shepherds guard their flocks. 13. The poet will