Solis occasu suas copias Ariovistus multis et illatis et acceptis vulneribus in castra reduxit.

Incredibile est omnium civium, latronibus exceptis, odium in Antonium.

Te veniente die, te decedente canebat.-VIRG.

Iove tonante, fulgurante, comitia populi habere nefas.

5. Genitive with Adverbs.

208. Many adverbs have a genitive, called Partitive, depending on them—

Satis eloquentiae, Eloquence enough.
Parum sapientiae, But little wisdom.
Ubi gentium, Where in the world.
Quo locorum, In what place.

Ubi terrarum, Where in the world.

Unquam gentium, Anywhere in the world.

So also have many neuter adjectives and pronouns— Multum, Multum diei processerat, The day was far spent. Non plus animi quam fidei, No more courage than fidelity.

Plus,

Tantum, Tantum temporis, As long.

Minus,

Id, .

Minus praedae, Less booty.

Id aetatis iam sumus, We are now at such a time of life.

Quid novi affers, What news do you bring?

Aliud negotii nihil habemus, We have no other business in hand.

NOTE. The Datives of the Personal Pronouns are frequently used to express that the person has some peculiar interest in the action they are called Ethic Datives or Conversational Datives.

Quid mihi Celsus agit? I would fain know how Celsus fares.-HOR.

Tu mihi apud exercitum fueris tot annos? Am I to have you spending all those years in military service?-CIC.

PART V.

PREPOSITIONS.

COMPLETE LIST OF PREPOSITIONS.

209. Many of the passages illustrating the meanings of the prepositions are taken from the First Book of Caesar's Gallic War. C. P. stands for Common Phrase.

C. P. Ad me, to my house, at my house. Omnes ad

Adversus,

Adversum,

unum, all, to a man.

facing towards, Impetum adversus montem in cohortes faciunt.

in respect of, Pietas est iustitia adversum deos. C. P. Adversum leges, in opposition to the laws. Adversum rempublicam.

Ante, in front of,

Clodius ante suum fundum Miloni

insidias collocavit.

before (time), .

Nunquam ante hoc tempus exercitus

populi Romani Galliae fines erat egressus.

C. P. Ante lucem, before daybreak. Ante diem tertium

Nonas, the third day before the Nones.

Apăd, near,

at the house of,
in the presence of,

among,

Caesar apud Corfinium castra posuit.
Eo die casu apud Pompeium cenavi.
Apud populum orationem habuit, he
spoke before the people.

Dumnorix gratia et largitione apud
Sequanos plurimum poterat.

Apud Helvetios longe nobilissimus
fuit et ditissimus Orgetorix.

C. P. Apud me, in my house. Apud Platonem, in (the

Circa,

} time,

Cis,
Citrā,

}

on this side of,

Contră, against,

Templa, quae circum forum sunt.
Rullus Capuam et urbes
et urbes circa

Capuam occupavit.

Circiter meridiem exercitum Caesar

in castra reduxit.

Postero die circa eandem horam

copias admovit.-Liv.

Hostis cis Euphratem fuit.

Citra flumen, on this side of the river.
Nihil unus potest contra multos.

Scio me a te contra inimicos meos
solere defendi.

C. P. Contra naturam, unnatural. Contra spem omnium, contrary to general expectation.

Erga, towards,

Extra, beyond,

Meam erga te benevolentiam facile perspicias.

Extra portam Collinam aedes Honoris est.

C. P. Extra ordinem, with extraordinary powers: thus, Plurima bella Cn. Pompeio extra ordinem sunt commissa.

Infra, below,

In singulos dies, day by day.

Mirum in modum, to a marvellous extent.
In matrimonium ducere, to marry (a wife).

In matrimonium dare, to give (a daughter) in marriage.

less than,

later than,

Inter, between,

during, ..

one to another,

one from another,

Sapiens res humanas despicit atque infra se positas arbitratur.

Uri (buffaloes) sunt magnitudine paulo infra elephantos.

Homerus non infra Lycurgum fuit.

Rhodanus fluit inter fines Helvetiorum et Allobrogum.

Germani inter annos XIV. tectum non
subierant.

Sequani et Helvetii obsides inter sese
dant; Sequani, ne itinere Hel-
vetios prohibeant; Helvetii, ut sine
maleficio et iniuria transeant.
Hi omnes lingua, institutis, legibus
inter se differunt.

C. P. Constat inter omnes, all are agreed.

Pueri inter se amant, the boys love one another.
Nos inter nos amemus, let us love one another.

Intră, within, .

Helvii intra oppida murosque compelluntur.

Intrā, within, .

Antiochus intra montem Taurum

regnare iussus est.

Intra decimum diem quam Pheras venerat, not more than ten days after his arrival at Pherae.

NOTE. Though you may write intra Urbem, you must not write intra Romam: thus the expression, neither out of Rome nor in Rome, is to be rendered, neque extra Romam neque Romae.

Atticus est sepultus iuxta viam Ap

piam ad quintum lapidem.

Caesar iuxta murum castra posuit.

Iuxta, close to,

Ob, before,

on account of,

propior constantiae est.

Mors, exsilium mihi ob oculos versabantur.

Ob eas causas ei munitioni quam fecerat T. Labienum legatum praefecit.

Quam ob rem, for which reason.

C. P. Ob metum, through fear. Ob rem, advantageously.'

NOTE.

The adverb obviam, often written as an adverbial phrase, ob viam, is very frequently used with a dative in the sense of to meet

Tironem Dolabellae obviam misi.

Caesari ex Hispania redeunti obviam longissime processisti.

Pěněs, in the hands of, . Servi centum dies

fuerunt.

penes accusatorem

Eloquentia eos ornat, penes quos est. Me penes est unum vasti custodia mundi.-Ov.