3. Paraphrase: "Thus with the year 4. 'But now help God, to quenchen all this sorrow! n Folk see all day, and eke men read in stories Write out the sense of the above in modern English. 'None is so utterly desolate But some heart, though unknown, 6. Give the sense of the following passage as clearly as you can in your own words : 'Slight those who say amid their sickly healths, "Thou liv'st by rule:" what doth not so but man? Houses are built by rule, and common-wealths. Entice the trusty sun, if that thou can, From his ecliptic circle in the sky. Who lives by rule, then, keeps good company.' PUNCTUATION. 1. Insert proper stops and marks in the following:-No said James who was becoming vexed I will never consent to that But replied I what else can be done. LATIN PREFIXES. 1. Give the meaning of the following Latin prefixes, and illustrate each by an English word :—de, dis, ob, re, se, con, am,, pro. 1 Morrow, morning. Stours, struggles. 2. Write down English words which illustrate the following Latin prefixes :-—de, dis, sub, post, inter, intra, ob, se. 3. Explain the force of the prefixes to the following verbs:describe, inscribe, prescribe, proscribe, subscribe, superscribe, and transcribe; and give the substantive equivalent of each word. 4. Give the meaning of the following Latin prepositions:sub, inter, de, trans, post; and show what is the force of each in the following English words: depart, postpone, subtract, translate, interrupt, detract, subdue, transatlantic. 5. What different meanings have the prepositions sub and con? Trace these meanings in the words subscribe, supplant, supplicate, connect, condole, conjecture. 6. What is the meaning of the following prefixes :—ob, re, retro, be, mis, mid? 7. Show the force of the Latin prepositions in the following words: succour, supplant, deprecate, detract, obstruct, oblation. 8. Give the meaning of the following Latin prepositions, and show by examples what changes they undergo in composition: —cum, de, in, trans, sub. 9. What is the meaning of the following Latin prepositions:a or ab, ad, ante, cum, de, e or ex, ob, per, præ, pro, sub, super, trans, ultra? Give, when you can, an English word illustrating each meaning. 10. Give the meaning of the following Latin prepositions, and illustrate the meaning of each by some English word :—ex, a, intra, de, pro, subter, circum. 11. What precise English meaning is to be assigned to the following Latin prefixes:-a, ad, con, de, dis, ob, re, se? and illustrate, where you can, by a word. 12. Explain the prefixes in the words 'different,' 'assign,' 'despair.' 13. Give English words in which are found the following Latin prefixes, and explain the force of each word which you give :—ante, cis, am, dis, pene, se, sine. 14. In which of the following words, and with what mean ings, do Latin prepositions occur:-postponement, posture, interest, inadvertence, indigo, antecedent, antelope, premature, premier. 15. Explain the force of pro in the following words :-progress, pronoun, protection, provost, protract. 16. Explain the prefixes in the following words :-ancestor, conduit, counterfeit, interdict, occurrence. 17. Give a list of the Latin prepositions, and illustrate the force of each as we find it prefixed in some English word. 18. Explain the prefixes in the following words, and give their exact meaning:-disintegrate, illicit, deportment, apprehend, protrude, submit, immense, accident, biped, coincidence. 19. Explain the following words with special reference to their prefixes:-amputate, compact, counteract, dilute, occur, presume; also give the Latin form of the prefix in each word. 20. Give the meaning of the following :-inter, per, de, sub, super, ob; and illustrate each by an English word. 21. Name six Latin prepositions with their respective meanings, and give English words in which each occurs. 22. What is the force of the prefixes in the following words:dethrone, disperse, remit, subterfuge, support. 23. What is the meaning of the Latin prefixes sub and dis? Show by examples what changes they go through in combination with words, and explain the meaning of each word given as an example. 24. Mention any verbs into the composition of which the following prepositions enter :-e, ex, cum, sub, post, inter; and give the meaning of each verb. 25. Give examples of words compounded with the Latin prepositions ex, de, sub; and show what is the force of the preposition in each. 26. Show how Latin prepositions are used in the names we give to some of the parts of speech. 27. What are the Latin prepositions and affixes equivalent to underneath, back again, across? Give examples of their use in combination with other words. 28. What are the Latin prepositions that mean apart from, underneath, together, with? Give examples of words composed of them. 29. What are the Latin prepositions that enter into the composition of the following words: - advocate, arrogate, communicate, differ. Give the meaning of each preposition, and show its force in the words of which it forms part. SUFFIXES. 1. Give as many instances as you can of the suffixes derived from the Latin and French which express an agent, and illustrate in each case by an English word. DERIVATION. 1. The Latin word dico means 'I say' or 'I speak.' Explain from their derivation as many as you can of the following words-contradiction, edict, indictment, interdict, verdict, benediction, jurisdiction, valediction. 2. Explain from their etymology as many as you can of the following words:-subterfuge, transport, selection, neglect, abject, conjecture, succeed, precede. 3. What is the meaning by derivation of the words adjective, preposition, conjunction, orthography, syllable, sinecure, provoke, aqueduct. 4. Give the English verbs derived from cedo, I depart, and from gradior, I advance, with all their various Latin prepositional prefixes; and explain the meaning of each prefix. 5. Lego is the Latin word for I gather. Explain collect, election, select, neglect, eclectic. Duco is the Latin word for I lead. Explain abduction, deduction, induction, conduce, produce, traduce, educe, reduce. 6. Jacio is the Latin word for I throw. Explain abject, ejection, dejection, conjecture, project, rejection, object, trajection, interjection, subject. 7. Explain the expressions intramural interment,' 'conscription, circumscribe,' 'provoke the silent dust,' 'prevent us in all our doings,' 'beneficent,' ' to defer,' ‘to differ.' 8. The Latin word pono means I place. Explain the literal force of the following words :-apposition, compose, depose, dispose, expose, impose, interpose, oppose, preposition, postpone, propose, suppose, superposition, repository, transpose. 9. The Latin word teneo means I hold. Explain and comment upon the derivation and meaning of the following words: attain, abstinence, contain, detention, obtains, pertinent, impertinent, retentive, sustenance. 10. Comment on the derivation of the words 'minister' and 'monastery,' 'bishop' and 'episcopal,' 'hotel' and 'hospital,' 'reason' and 'rational.' 11. Explain from their derivation as many as you can of the following words:-successor, ancestor, secession, centrifugal, centripetal, homicide, bisect, unanimous, rectangle, alias, Premier. 12. Latum means in Latin 'brought' or 'carried.' Explain from the derivation the following words :-ablative, collate, dilate, elated, illative, relative, correlative, superlative, translation. 13. Explain from their derivation as many as you can of the following words :-emigration, immigration, transmigration, proconsul, provoke, profusion, permission, perjury, impertinent, persuasion. 14. What is a hybrid word? Give instances of such words in English, and trace the derivation of such of them as you can. 15. Explain from their etymology, as far as you can, the following words :-abject, adjective, conjecture, dejection, ejection, injection, interjection, objective, projectile, neglect, select, precede, succeed, subterfuge, transport. 16. The word traho in Latin means 'I draw.' Explain the following words :-train, treaty, abstract, attraction, contract, detract, distract, extract, protract, retract, subtract. 17. Give a list of simple original prepositions, and another of derived ones, showing the derivation of the latter. 18. Give the derivation and literal explanation of the following words :-aspiration, amputation, description, dissent, effusion, irruption, occurrence, portent. 19. Give the derivation, and explain the literal meaning as far as you can, of the following words: -prevent, conspire, relation, sustain. |
