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Page xxix
... fuit which ( as vixit ) conveys an idea of completed ( some- times terminated ) existence , and is less often used ; erat standing as an aorist instead , owing to the intrinsic idea of verbs of existence . Cf. ( 24 ) 51 . N. d Latin im ...
... fuit which ( as vixit ) conveys an idea of completed ( some- times terminated ) existence , and is less often used ; erat standing as an aorist instead , owing to the intrinsic idea of verbs of existence . Cf. ( 24 ) 51 . N. d Latin im ...
Page xxxv
... fuit ( Hypoth . ) ( 2 ) Scriberet si quid Scripturus esset haberet . fuisset ( 3 ) ( Fact + Hypoth . ) Scripturus fuit | si quid erat S haberet . ( Fact subord . ) Accedit ut scriberet si quid haberet ... ut scripturus esset fuerit } si ...
... fuit ( Hypoth . ) ( 2 ) Scriberet si quid Scripturus esset haberet . fuisset ( 3 ) ( Fact + Hypoth . ) Scripturus fuit | si quid erat S haberet . ( Fact subord . ) Accedit ut scriberet si quid haberet ... ut scripturus esset fuerit } si ...
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... fuit ; prohibitus nemo est ; io impigreque omnes ad edictum dictatoris praesto fuere . Inde composito agmine legiones ipse dictator , magister equitum suos equites ducit . Media nocte in Algidum perveniunt et , ut sensere , se jam prope ...
... fuit ; prohibitus nemo est ; io impigreque omnes ad edictum dictatoris praesto fuere . Inde composito agmine legiones ipse dictator , magister equitum suos equites ducit . Media nocte in Algidum perveniunt et , ut sensere , se jam prope ...
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... fuit nomen ) , quia 5 custos corporis erat , partes datae sunt , ut , quum appropin- quaret 30 ianuae rex , per causam aliquam in angustiis sustineret ab tergo agmen . Ita , ut convenerat , factum est . Tanquam laxaret elatum pedem ab ...
... fuit nomen ) , quia 5 custos corporis erat , partes datae sunt , ut , quum appropin- quaret 30 ianuae rex , per causam aliquam in angustiis sustineret ab tergo agmen . Ita , ut convenerat , factum est . Tanquam laxaret elatum pedem ab ...
Page 12
... fuit , ut diplomata Othonis , quae neglegebantur , laetiore nuntio revalescerent . et Coenus quidem rapide in urbem vectus 25 paucos post dies iussu Vitellii poenas luit : senatorum peri- culum auctum credentibus " 12 Othonianis ...
... fuit , ut diplomata Othonis , quae neglegebantur , laetiore nuntio revalescerent . et Coenus quidem rapide in urbem vectus 25 paucos post dies iussu Vitellii poenas luit : senatorum peri- culum auctum credentibus " 12 Othonianis ...
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¹² ¹³ ablative absolute Achradina adeo adhuc adjectival adjective adverbs alii aorist Arminius army atque autem castra Cicero Coenus copula cura dependent clause eius enclitic English enim eodem Epistolary erant erat esset etiam expressed facere fuit future futurum gerund Greek haberet haec hora hostium idea illa inde infinitive inter ipsa ipse ipsum Itaque Latin letter litterae Livy magis magna main verb metu mihi minus modo Näg neque nihil nisi nocte nunc oculis omitted omnes omnia omnis oratio obliqua pars particles passive past participle perfect periphrastic Plin PLINY pluperfect postquam prepositions primus quae quam quia quid quidem quis quisque quod quoque quum relative repetition replaced Roman scribis scripturus senate sentences simul sine sometimes Stertinius subj subjunctive substantival substantive sunt Tacitus tamen tenses tibi tives translated urbem Vale vallum verb verbal clauses vero
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