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1. Whenever the spring2 had-set-in, Verres devoted 4 himself to journeyings,5 in which he showed himself sovery energetic that nobody ever 10 saw him sitting 12 on a horse.1

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1. Cum. 2. Ver. 3. Cœpit esse.

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4. Do. 5. Iter.

6. Præbeo. 7. Usque eo. 8. Impiger. 9. Nemo. 10. Unquam. 11. Video. 12. Sedeo. 13. In. 14. Equus.

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2. For he used to ride1 in a sedan and eight, in which there was a cushion2 stuffed 3 with rose-leaves. Moreover,5 he had one garland on his 9 head,10 another" on his9 neck,12 and ever-and-anon 13 he gave 14 his nose a little-net 15 of the finest 16 of thread," with tiny 18 meshes,19 full 20 of rose-leaves.

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1. To ride in a sedan and eight, Lectica octophoro ferri. 2. Pulvinus. 3. Farcio. 4. Rosa (singular). 5. Autem. 6. Habeo. 7. Unus. 8. Corona. 9. Omit. 10. Caput. 11. Alter. 12. Collum. 13. Identidem. 14. Ad nares sibi admovere. 15. Reticulum. 16. Tenuis. 17. Linum. 18. Minutus. 19. Macula. 20. Plenus.

XXVII.

1. Nasica when1 he had come to Ennius's2 and the girl3 had told him that Ennius was not at home, was aware1 that she had said it at her master's5 order,6 and that he was at home. A few7 days after when1 Ennius had come to2 Nasica's, Nasica cries out that he is not at home. Then9 Ennius: "What! don't I know 10 your voice?"11 Hereupon 12 Nasica: "You are a shameless 13 fellow; 14 I believed 15 your girl, don't you believe me?"

1. Cum. 2. Come to Ennius's, venire ad Ennium. 3. Ancilla. 4. Sentio. 5. Dominus. 6. Jussu (ablative).

7. Paucus. 8. Exclamo. 9. Tum. 10. Cognosco. 11. Vox. 12. Hic. 13. Inpudens. 14. Homo. 15. Credo.

2. It was more1 important for the Athenians to have solid roofs on5 their houses? than the loveliest ivory? statue 10 of Minerva. Still I would rather be Phidias 12 than the best possible 13 carpenter.14

1. Plus, 2. It is important, interest. 3. Firmus. 4. Tectum. 5. In. 6. Omit. 7. Domicilium. 8. Pulcher (superlative). 9. "Of ivory," ex and ebur. 10. Signum. 11. Tamen. 12. Phidias, Phidia. 13. Vel with superlative of bonus. 14. Faber tignarius.

XXVIII.

1. At the same1 time2 King Attalus, having gone from Thebes to Pergamus, dies in his seventy-second year, after reigning four-and-forty years. To this man fortune9 had given no claim 10 but 11 wealth 12 toward 18 the hope 14 of the throne.15

1. Idem.

2. Tempus. 3. Proficiscor. 4. Thebo, The6. Annus. 7. Cum (literally, "when he had reigned "). 8. Regno. 9. Fortuna. 10. No claim, nihil. 11. Præter. 12. Divitiæ. 13. Ad. 14. Spes.

barum. 5. Morior. 6. Annus.

15. Regnum.

2. By using1 this2 at once3 economically and3 in princely style he brought it to pass that he seemed not unworthy of the throne. Then, after the Gauls were conquered 10 in a single11 battle,12 he assumed 18 the name14 of King.1

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1. Utor. 2. Refers to divitiæ. 3. At once.. and, simul.. simul. 4. Prudenter. 5. In princely style, magnifice. 6. Bring it to pass, efficio. 7. Videor. 8. Indig

nus. 9. Deinde. 10. Vinco. 11. Unus. 12. Prælium. 13. Adscisco. 14. Nomen. 15. Regius, -a, -um.

3. He ruled1 his subjects with perfect3 justice, he showed unparalleled fidelity to his allies, he was courteous to wife 10 and children,11-four he left 12 surviving,18 -gentle 14 and generous 15 to friends.16

1. Rego.

5. Præsto.

2. Suus, -a, -um. 3. Summa.

4. Justitia.

6. Unicus. 7. Fides. 8. Socius. 9. Comis.

10. Uxor. 11. Liberi. 12. Relinquo. 13. Superstes, -stitis. 14. Mitis. 15. Munificus. 16. Amicus.

LATIN GRAMMAR.

I.

1. DECLINE carcer, deus, arcus, dies, giving the gender of each, with the rule for it, and marking the quantities of penultimate and final syllables in all the cases.

2. Give the gender of via, gladius, Tiberis, with the rule for each. Give Ablative singular of sedile, turris; Genitive plural of vir, pater, hostis, equa.

3. Decline alter, alacer, iste. Compare gracilis, inferus, ingens, malus; compare prope, and the adverbs formed from acer, altus.

4. Give principal parts of pono, sedeo, domo, vincio. Give Future Active Participle and Future Passive Participle of pono, and Pluperfect Active Second Person Plural of sedeo, marking the quantities of all the syllables of both verbs. Inflect the Present Indicative of eo ; of nolo.

5. Name some classes of verbs followed by the Genitive, by the Dative, by the Ablative, by two Accusatives. Give some of the rules for the Subjunctive after Relative Pronouns; for its use after Particles. How is not expressed with the Imperative? How is a Wish expressed?

II.

1. Before what vowels have g and c a soft sound? What is the gender of Januarius? of Corinthus? of Aquilo? Give the rule for each. What is an Epicene Noun ? What words are naturally neuter? What is Declension? What are some of the general rules for Declension? Which apply to all nouns ?

2. Decline dea, Penelope, vir, vis, barbiton, sedile. When does the Nominative plural of the third declension end in -ia? Give the three general rules for gender in nouns of the third declension. What is the gender of tellus, legio, arundo, amnis? Give the rule for each. Decline domus, bos, Vergilius. What are the Heterogeneous Nouns, and Heteroclites? Give some examples of each. Give the rule for the derivation of Patronymics; of Diminutives. What do the terminations -ium, -arium, -ile, in nouns denote ?

3. Decline alius, quisquam, tu. Give the rules for comparing adverbs. What is a Gerund? a Gerundive? a Supine? a Participle? Give the synopsis of possum in the Third Person Singular throughout the verb. Inflect the Imperatives, Active and Passive, of moneo, amo, capio, audio, What are Irregular Verbs? Give the list of them. What compounds of facio have fie in the passive? How do you form Frequentative Verbs? how Inceptives? how Intensives? How are adverbs formed from adjectives?

4. What does ultimus mean? What do hic and ille mean when used together? Explain all the uses of suus which you know. When is the Nominative of the Third Person wanting? Translate in two ways, "A woman of remarkable beauty" (femina, maximus, pulchritudo). Explain the Genitive,— pridie ejus diei. How do you translate the name of a town to which motion proceeds? How from which? How the name of a town where an event occurs ? How in each case if the name of the place is not the name of a town?

5. Tell all the ways in which a voluntary agent can be translated. Translate, "We pity (miseret) them." When is the Passive Voice followed by the Accusative of the