PREPARATIONS and
2. pedestres 8.
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equestres,
that-thing,'
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from adjectives in
that.'
ei,
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is, e.
man,'
for that
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for him.'
non reverd debelldverat. The so-called Conquest of Britain Julius Caesar ought rather to be called The failure of Caesar Britain was not conquered till nearly to conquer Britain.' '
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by
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100 years later. of that-man,'
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10. eius,
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of
him/
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eum,
his.'
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that-man/
Infinitive formed from the Perfect tense reportav-l (the Perfect of reporto, ist Conj.) ; '
him/ Accusative Case
reportdv-isse,
Tacitus declares him not to have won the literal translation is a great victory.' This construction of the Accusative with the Infinitive {eum reportdvisse) depending on a verb of ' declaring but English or thinking is found in English as well as in Latin generally prefers to use that followed by a Nominative and a Verb thus, Tacitus af&rms {or says) that he did not win a great Cp. O.M. § 36, Britanniam esse insulam iudicdbant, victory.' ' they judged Britain to be an island.' '
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animo forti, men with brave mind =' men of brave O.M. § 43, viri membrls robusiis, fldvis capillts, oculls
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14. viri
mind
cp.
The Ablative without a Preposition here denotes a quality of the person spoken of, and may therefore be called an
caenilels.
Ablative of Quality or Adjectival Ablative.
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The coin 16. C. here stands for Gal (as though it were a G). of Caesar here shown has a head of Venus on one side and on the other the figure of Aeneas carrying Anchises from Troy. Caesar traced his descent from Venus and Anchises. 19. eius,
of that,' agreeing with
to that-man,' 20. ei, Britain was not a care cause of anxiety.' '
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belli.
to him.' Britannia non curae erat, curae is Dative, lit. for a care =' a '
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' about it to-be-entered =' about entering about that-island.' ea agrees with insula understood, for Cp. O.M. § 24, locus idoneus est ad ndvigia applicanda, vessels to-be-brought-to-land.'
22. de ea intrandd,
it
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It will (
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that
be seen that ')
or as a
is, ea,
Pronoun (='
id may be used as an Adjective that-one,' ' he,' she,'.' it,' etc.). '
