Preparatory Latin prose-book: containing all the Latin prose necessary for entering college : with references to Kühner's and Andrews and Stoddard's Latin grammars, notes critical and explanatory, a vocabulary and a geographical and historical index |
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Pagina 355
The former means to choose , in the sense 42 of not remaining undecided in one's choice : the latter , in the sense of not taking the first thing that comes . Page 42 6. Is .... suscepit - he took upon COMMENTARII DE BELLO GALLICO .
The former means to choose , in the sense 42 of not remaining undecided in one's choice : the latter , in the sense of not taking the first thing that comes . Page 42 6. Is .... suscepit - he took upon COMMENTARII DE BELLO GALLICO .
Pagina 359
Jubeo means to bid , merely in consequence of one's own wish and will , in opp . to veto : impero , to command , by virtue of a military supreme authority : praecipio , to enjoin , by virtue of an authority as a teacher , & c .
Jubeo means to bid , merely in consequence of one's own wish and will , in opp . to veto : impero , to command , by virtue of a military supreme authority : praecipio , to enjoin , by virtue of an authority as a teacher , & c .
Pagina 362
Vasto means to lay waste , from rage or from policy to destroy the property of an enemy ; whereas populor and diripio , to plunder for one's own use ; populor , on a great scale ; for example , to lay waste all the crops , and drive off ...
Vasto means to lay waste , from rage or from policy to destroy the property of an enemy ; whereas populor and diripio , to plunder for one's own use ; populor , on a great scale ; for example , to lay waste all the crops , and drive off ...
Pagina 370
Precor denotes the calm act of prayer , in which one raises one's hand to heaven ; but supplico denotes the passionate act of supplication , in which one throws one's self on one's knees , or on the ground , and wrings one's hands .
Precor denotes the calm act of prayer , in which one raises one's hand to heaven ; but supplico denotes the passionate act of supplication , in which one throws one's self on one's knees , or on the ground , and wrings one's hands .
Pagina 374
... one cannot help one's self , in opp . to copia or opulentia ; egestas , subjectively , as penury , when a man feels want , in opp . to abundantia ; lastly , mendicitas , as absolute poverty , in consequence of which one must beg .
... one cannot help one's self , in opp . to copia or opulentia ; egestas , subjectively , as penury , when a man feels want , in opp . to abundantia ; lastly , mendicitas , as absolute poverty , in consequence of which one must beg .
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Parole e frasi comuni
army atque autem bellum belonging bring Caes Caesar called carry castra castris Catilina causa cause Cicero command consul denotes Dist Död draw ejus enim erat esse esset etiam exercitu expression favor figur follow force fuit give haec honor illi ipse Italy keep means mihi mind modo neque nihil omnes omni omnia omnibus omnium one's opinion pass person populi publicae quae quam quibus quid quidem quis quod quum rebus reference relation Roman Rome Sall senate sibi sine stand sunt tamen thing throw tion vero whereas
Brani popolari
Pagina 178 - In altero miseris perfugium erat, in altero malis pernicies; illius facilitas, hujus constantia laudabatur. Postremo Caesar in animum induxerat laborare, vigilare; negotiis amicorum intentus sua neglegere, nihil denegare, quod dono dignum esset; sibi magnum imperium, exercitum, bellum novum exoptabat, ubi virtus enitescere posset.
Pagina 487 - MALLE'OLUS, a hammer, the transverse head of which was formed for holding pitch and tow, which, having been set on fire, was projected slowly, so that it might not be extinguished during its flight, upon houses and other buildings in order to set them on fire : it was therefore commonly used in sieges together with torches and falarieae.
Pagina 388 - To this reason another may be added of a more honourable nature. The Germans treated their women with esteem and confidence, consulted them on every occasion of importance, and fondly believed that in their breasts resided a sanctity and wisdom more than human.
Pagina 549 - Querimonia and querela are expressions of indignation ; the former in th« just feeling of the injured person, who will not brook an act of injustice ; the latter in, for the most part, the blamable feeling of the discontented person, who will brook no hardship. The querimonia is an act of the understanding, and aims at redress or satisfaction ; the querela is an act of feeling, and aims for the most part only at easing the heart Dikl.
Pagina 393 - A testudo was formed (testudinem faceré) either in battle, to ward off the arrows and other missiles of the enemy, or which was more frequently the case, to form a protection to the soldiers when they advanced to the walls or gates of a town, for the purpose of attacking them. Sometimes the shields were so arranged as to make the testudo slope.
Pagina 571 - In the time of Cicero it was usual for a general, or a governor of a province, to report to the treasury the names of those under his command who had done good service to the state: those who were included in such report were said in beneftciis ad aerarium deferri.
Pagina 591 - Caesar had married) was consul this year with Gabinius. They were both the professed enemies of Cicero, and supported Clodius in his violent measures. The province of Macedonia had fallen to the former, and he was now preparing to set out for his government, where his troops were daily arriving. Cicero has delineated the characters at large of these consuls, in several of his orations ; but he has, in two words, given the most odious picture of them that exasperated eloquence, perhaps, ever drew,...
Pagina 549 - Quidam expressing quantitative indefiniteness, in the sense of nonnulli, aliquot, occurs more rarely. We must here observe that quidam, when joined to substantives and adjectives, is very often used merely to soften the expression, when the speaker feels that he has made use of too strong an expression, especially when he means to suggest that the word he has used, should not be taken in its literal, but in a figurative sense. The best Latin writers, and more particularly Cicero, are very scrupulous...