LEARN TO READ LATIN CH.

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Learn to Read Latin: Ch. 11

104: Innitives
Active Present 2nd PP. to ____ amre amr Perfect 3rd PP. + -isse to have ____ed amvisse 4th PP. + esse to have been ____ed amtus, -a, -um esse Passive 2nd PP., change -e to (3rd conj., change -ere to ) to be ____ed

Future

106: Indirect Statement and the Subject Accusative

Present innitive > action simultaneous to the verb Cgit eum carmina Vergil bene intellegere. I think that he understands the poems of Vergil well. Perfect innitive > action prior to the verb Cgit eum carmina Vergil bene intellxisse. I think that he understood the poems of Vergil well. Future innitive > action subsequent to the verb Cgit eum carmina Vergil bene intellctrum esse. I think that he will understand the poems of Vergil well.

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4th PP., change -us to rus to be about to ____

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109: Comparison of Adjectives and Adverbs

Adjectives Comparative Degree Form: feminine of the positive sans the ending, plus -ior, -ius pulcher, pulchra, pulchrum: pulchrior (m. / f.), pulchrius (n.)
M. / F. Nom. Gen. Dat. -ior -iris -ir Neut. -ius Nom. Gen. Dat. Acc. Abl. M. / F. -irs -irum -iribus -irs / -iors -iribus -ira Neut. -ira

Acc. Abl.

Superlative Degree Form: masculine of the positive sans the ending, plus -issimus, -a, -um If the stem ends in r, add -rimus, -a, -um fortis, forte: fortissimus, -a, -um

Adverbs Comparative Degree Form: positive degree sans the ending, plus -ius pulchr > pulchrius Superlative Degree Form: masculine superlative degree of the adjective sans ending, plus - fortissumus > fortissim

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110: Irregular Comparison of Adjectives and Adverbs

Adjectives
Positive bonus good malus bad magnus great parvus small multus much, many Comparative melior, melius better peior, peius worse maior, maius greater minor, minus smaller pls / plrs, plra more prior, prius earlier Superlative optimus best pessimus worst maximus greatest minimus smallest plrimus most prmus rst

bene well male badly

magnopere greatly parum too little multum much

Vocabulary audcia, audciae f. boldness; recklessness, audacity campus, camp m. (at) plain castra, castrrum n. pl. (military) camp mrus, mr m. wall paulum, paul n. small amount; a little signum, sign n. sign, signal; standard tlum, tl n. spear; weapon ignis, ignis, -ium m. re impertor, impertris m. commander, general legi, leginis f. legion lx, lcis f. light, daylight

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Superlative optim best pessim worst

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pls more

Comparative melius better peius worse

magis more greatly minus less

prius before, sooner

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minim least, not at all plrimum most prmum rst

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prm lce at daybreak mairs, mairum m. pl. ancestors snsus, snss m. perception, feeling; sense arbitror, arbitrr, arbitrtus sum judge, consider, think put, putre, putv, puttus think, suppose sole, solre, solitus sum be accustomed crd, crdere, crdid, crditus trust, believe (+ dat.) iaci, iacere, ic, iactus throw; utter; lay, establish ici, icere, ic, iectus throw out, expel loquor, loqu, loctus sum speak inveni, invenre, invn, inventus nd, discover sci, scre, scv / sci, sctus know nesci, nescre, nescv / nesci, nesctus not know pere, perre, peri, peritrus pass away, be destroyed; perish, die longus, -a, -um long; far; long-standing; far-reaching summus, -a, -um highest; top (of); last, nal brevis, breve short, brief humilis, humile humble sapins, sapientis wise similis, simile similar (+ gen. or dat.) dissimilis, dissimile dissimilar, unlike, different (+ gen. or dat.)

di (adv.) for a long time igitur (postpositive conj.) therefore long (adv.) a long way, far; by far parum (indecl. subst.) too little, not enough (adv.) too little, inadequately prmum (adv.) rst; for the rst time quam prmum as soon as possible quam (adv.) as, how; (conj.) than

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