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THE  WRITING  OF  NARRATIVE  LATIN
 

etsi are conditional in their application, expressing although
as even if. They introduce statements of fact and are regu¬
larly joined with the indicative. Cum and quamquam pre¬
sent objective obstacles and are joined respectively with the
subjunctive and with the indicative. The principal clause is
often introduced by a formal still, yet, nevertheless, tamen.
The negative is n5n.

Although in such a situation this plan is not to be criticized, still it
resulted badly, quod consilium etsi in eius modi casu reprehendendum
non est, tamen incommode accidit; though Cicero himself was in
very feeble health, ipse Cicero cum tenuissima valetudine esset.

a. The concessive and adversative or obstructive ideas may
also be expressed by a subjunctive clause introduced by the
relative pronoun when the emphasis is thrown upon the person¬
ality of the antecedent.

Though even before this he had been ill-disposed toward us, he was
much more incensed, ille, qui iam ante inimico animo in nos fuisset,
multo gravius exarsit.
 

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VOCABULARY
 

fail,^ deficio, -ere, -feci, -fectum,

w. ace. of person {with special
reference to insufficiency).

fail,^ desum, deesse, defui, -futu¬
rus, w. dat. of person {with special
reference to failure in duty).

fight, pugna, -ae, /.

gratitude, gratia, -ae, /.; pi.,
thanks.

kingdom,3 regnum, -i, n.
 

lead away,^ deduco, -ere, -duxi,
-ductum {with special reference
to bringing men from one place
to another).

plan,^  (arrangement), ratio, -onis,

/•

power,^ vis, vis, /.; pi., strength,

vires, -ium.
revolt, defectio, -onis, /.
rise,"^ orior, -iri, ortus.
 

Idioms
express thanks, thank, gratias agere, w. dat. ind. obj. of the person

and pro w. abl. of the thing
feel {or show) gratitude, gratiam referre