Latin for Beginners eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 433 pages of information about Latin for Beginners.

Latin for Beginners eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 433 pages of information about Latin for Beginners.
flight                      wide
story                         tells
new                         money
lives (verb)                 calls
away from                   with
who                         your
why                         then, in the next place
forest                      daughter
wreath                      to whom
deep, high                  fortune
dinner                       famous
out from                    labors (verb)
my                          kills
where                       not
trumpet                     in
lady, mistress               and
whom                        sailor
island                       farmer
goddess                     what
wild beast                  way
praises (verb)              bad
alone                        loves
pleasing                    pretty
prepares                    water
are                         great
to                          is
because                     announces
arrow                       injury, wrong
cottage                     battle (noun)
gives                       small
girl                         fights (verb)
good                         maid
carries                     down from
chicken                     long
victory                     cause
land                        whose

    [Footnote 1:  The translations of words used in Caesar are in
    italics.]

504. Review Questions.  How many syllables has a Latin word?  How are words divided into syllables?  What is the ultima? the penult? the antepenult?  When is a syllable short?  When is a syllable long?  What is the law of Latin accent?  Define the subject of a sentence; the predicate; the object; the copula.  What is inflection? declension? conjugation?  What is the ending of the verb in the third person singular, and what in the plural?  What does the form of a noun show?  Name the Latin cases.  What case is used for the subject? the direct object? the possessor?  What relation is expressed by the dative case?  Give the rule for the indirect object.  How are questions answered in Latin?  What is a predicate adjective? an attributive adjective?  What is meant by agreement?  Give the rule for the agreement of the adjective.  What are the three relations expressed by the ablative?  What can you say of the position of the possessive pronoun? the modifying genitive? the adjective?  What is the base?  What is grammatical gender?  What is the rule for gender in the first declension?  What are the general principles of Latin word order?

505. Fill out the following summary of the first declension: 

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