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tribe ^ left in Gaul for me to make war on. 14. Why are all the
soldiers raising a shout in the camp? They have just received
the standards with which they are to march out against the
enemy. 15. They had just finished a fort in the place they had
selected to defend themselves in. 16. A legion was given ^ to
Labienus to lead into winter quarters among the Remi.
I. Write this sentence three times, assuming that each it^icized
word in turn contains the emphatic idea. 2. Write twice, on prin¬
ciple of note I. 3. per. 4. ^assemble' is here transitive; use
^ bring together,' ' call together,' ^ collect.' 5. Translate the idea,
^ crossover into.' 6. Make no attempt to express this word. 7. Cf.
86, III. 8. Cf. 85, III, a, 1. This construction may occur with do
in the passive : the pupil will readily note the change in case thus
rendered necessary.
LESSON XVII
THE EXPRESSION OF PURPOSE (Continued)
89. English constructions regarded in Latin as purpose
clauses. *
Clauses depending on verbs signifying advise, demand, forbid,
order, permit, persuade, request, resolve, urge, warn, will, wish, etc.,
or, in general, any verb which puts another verb into action, are
regarded as purpose clauses in Latin and are to be rendered
by ut (ne) with the subjunctive.
He persuaded the citizens to go out, civitati persuasit ut ^irent;
he had been ordered not to begin battle, erat ei praeceptum ne proelium
committeret; he permitted him to quarter his legion in these places,
huic permisit uti in his locis legionem collocaret.
90. Certain verbs, kindred in sense to those above mentioned,
govern an accusative of the person with the infinitive. Such
are iubeo, command; veto, forbid; cogo, compel; patior, permit.
Impero, command, is regular in construction (89) and governs
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