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PREPARATIONS
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The words printed black
important words
are the
grammatically
—here Adjectives of the 3rd Decl. in—,
is, e.
'September,' an Adjective agreeing with Kalendae and meaning seventh or belonging-to-the-seventh month.' The Roman year originally began with March ; hence September was then the seventh month. The literal translation of this sentence is 'To-day there are the September Calends,' =' to-day is the ist of September.' mensis Septembrls, 'of the September month '=' of the 3. Septembres,
I.
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month
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of S.*
'celebrated,' agreeing with duds. Duds is Genitive, because it depends on de vita, just as Agricolae does; the meaning is 'about the life of Agricola, the life of the celebrated general.' A Noun standing in the same construction as another Noun to which it is adjectival is said to be 'in apposition' to it: thus ^mcis is here in apposition to A gricolae. But in English we should say,' about the life of Agricola, the celebrated general,' without a second ' of.' Celebris,
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II. alaeri, 'eager,' agreeing with ammo. The Abl. without a Preposition here means 'with,' as in magna audacia pugndbant
see O.M.* p. 143. It will be seen that Adjectives like September, October, Novembor, December, celeber, alacer differ from Adjectives like foriis in having a separate form for the Masculine Nominative Singular. This case is formed without the ending -is, and therefore resembles a Noun Uke imber, rain (stem imbr-). celeber, Celebris, celebre, celebrated.
SINGULAR.
Masc.
Fern. celeber Celebris
Nom, Ace.
celebrem
Gen. Dat.] Abl.i
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PLURAL. Masc. and Rem. Neut.
Neut. celebre
Celebris
celebria
celebre
celebres
celebria
Celebris
ceJebrium
eelebri
celebribus
[is,
ea, id.
Singular Number.]
later than =' after the after than or post-quam, lit. time when or simply when,' or after.' But it must be distincp. post prandium, p. 3. guished from the Preposition post, after '
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The
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O.M. stand
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Ora Maritima throughout these Preparations.
