PREPARATIONS
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"won/ an Adjective formed from the Verb and agreeing with victoriam. Note the Latin
13. ifeportatam^ reporto, ' I win,' order of words
the Britons won =' won from the English we may say " an exercise, neatly written, was handed in by me " ; the Adjective written his or hisbeing formed from the Verb I write.' su6, own,' agreeing with flKo, and referring to princeps Romanus. nomen Britannico, the name Britannicus but Britannico does not agree with nomen in Case ; it is a Dative, and agrees with ftlid-suo, so that the literal translation is gave the name to his son, to Britannicus ' cp. § i, 1. 7 (duds). of that-man,' his,' referring to princeps Romanus 14. eius, in the previous sentence. themselves,' referring to the Britons (' they '). 16. se, 19. After the destruction of his dominion in the Eastern part of Britain in a.d. 43 Caractacus withdrew into Wales, where he gained many successes against the Romans. of that-man,' his,' referring to Caractacus in the 20. eius, previous sentence. 22. Virocdnii, at Viroconium (Wroxeter) ' ; Devae, at Deva Iscae, at Isca (Caerleon).' These Cases denoting (Chester) are called Locative Cases ; they are found chiefly in Names at of Towns, which accordingly have one more Case than other Nouns. But the Locative is always the same in form as one of the other Cases in the ist and 2nd Declensions, Singular Number, Note that there is no it is the same in form as the Genitive. Preposition used to express ' at before the Name of a Town. their,' referring to Silures in the of those-men,' 25. eorum, previous sentence. to Rome.' The Accusative of the Name of a 26. Romam, Town without a Preposition is used to express to so in O.M. to Dover.' To Wroxeter would be Viroconium § 24, Dubrds, to Caerleon,' Iscam. to Chester,' Devam
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