Mitchell, Benjamin W. The writing of narrative Latin

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PRONOUNS                                        37

they were overcome by Caesar in the war, and were driven
back into their ^^ territories.

I. ' small.'    2. ^ because of ' = propter w. ace.    3. Only an auxil¬
iary; express it by the tense: ' did make ' = ^ have made.'    4. ea.

5.  ^would . . . drive back' expresses repeated action: what tense?

6.  saepe. 7. 'great.' 8. Causal abl.; no prep, required. Why?
9. Use proper case of tuus or vester with sing, or pi. verb respec¬
tively.    10. suus, in proper case.
 

LESSON  VII

PRONOUNS

37. Personal pronouns as subjects of verbs, being usually
sufficiently indicated by the personal endings of the verbs
themselves, are commonly not expressed in Latin. They are
expressed, however, to secure emphasis or special clearness, or
to bring out a contrast.

The next day they move camp, postero die castra movent; as we
have previously stated, ut ante demonstravimus : but, to secure empha¬
sis, /, at least, shall have done my duty, ego certe meum ofRcium
praestitero.

a.   When personal pronouns of different persons occur in a
sentence in the same case relation, the first person precedes in
Latin.

You and I, ego et tu.

b.   There is in Latin no third personal pronoun except the
reflexive. When a third personal pronoun is needed, its place
is supplied by forms of is, or, less frequently, by forms of one
of the other demonstratives.

Considius dashes up to him, Considius ad eum accurrit; he accuses
them, eos accusat.
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