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' his own ' when we axe referring to a person or thing in a different sentence. For instance, we may say

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Claudius

name to his own son,' but not Claudius was the emperor of Rome. And the Romans gave this name to his own son.' The person or thing referred to by suus, a, um generally stands in the Nominative Case, but not always for instance, we may say I will visit him in his own house {domi suae eum vlsitabo, where suae refers to the Accusative eum) give to each man his own {suum culque da, where suwm refers to the Dative ctilque). gave

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ipsum. Singular

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regent spectandl, ipsum, ' himself,' agreeing with regem. of seeing the King ; cp. O.M § 28, Romdnl cupidl erant insulam nostram visitandi et explorandl, of visiting and exploring our island ' spectandi is the Genitive of a Noun in -ndum, formed from the Verb specto. These Nouns in ndum are lilce the English Nouns in -ing, which are formed from Verbs (' seeing,' 'visiting'). 4.

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himself,' agreeing

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with Caractaco,

of that- man,' of him,' ' his,' ; Mus, not suls, is used here, though it refers to Caractaco in the same sentence, because suis would naturally refer to muliiiudo, and this would make nonin catenis, in sense (' their own wife and brothers '). chains ' =' chained.' [So in Livy, xiv. 40. 6.] 8.

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himself,' agreeing

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with Caractacus.

agrees with principis. collccdtus . . . in quit, placed before the eyes of the Emperor himself, he said =' he, The placed befqjre the eyes of the Emperor himself, said.' Adjective c<ilocatus agrees with he in inquit, which might have been expressed by a separate word (Is, ante oculos . colloCompare in English " Driven out of its course catus, inquit). by adverse winds, the ship was cast ashore " =" The ship, driven winds, was cast ashore." The only difference is that the . . order of words in Latin would be " The ship, out of its course by adverse winds driven, was cast ashore." II. ipsius

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of giving orders to 14, 15. toti orbl terrdrum imperitandi, (= of holding sway over) the whole world," ; imperitandi is the Genitive of a Noun in -ndum formed from the Verb imperito The Adjective toti orbl is Dative, depending on imperitandi. totus, a, um is declined like other Adjectives in -us, a, um, except These forms in the Gen. Sing, tot-lus and the Dat. Sing, tot-i. are the same for all three Genders, like ips-ius, ips-i. '

19. ipsi,

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himself,' agreeing

with Caractaco,