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1879.

[In writing Latin words, mark the quantity of the penult in forms of more than two syllables.]

1. Decline in full princeps, major, nullus.

What other words are declined like nullus?

2. Give the ablative singular and genitive plural of animal, lex, vir, nox, currus, frigus; and the genitive singular of caro, mos, ordo, cor, juventus, custos.

3. The gender of manus, sermo, pes, compes, fraus. What is the gender of nouns of the third declension ending in ? in a? in os?

4. Compare fortis, difficilis, parvus, miser.

Form and compare the corresponding adverbs.

5. The principal parts of the verbs from which the following forms are derived: peteretur, alunt, praebent, perculsum, abjectum, canit.

6. Inflect in the future indicative and in the present and imperfect subjunctive, cano, tueor, eo.

7. Write the synopsis in the indicative and subjunctive of volo in the first person singular, and loquor in the second person singular.

8. What classes of verbs take the genitive?

1880.

[In writing Latin words, mark the quantity of the penult in forms of more than two syllables.]

1. Decline in full domus, deus, plus, duo.

2. The gender of nubes, honor, dies, aetas, ratio. Ablative singular and genitive plural of navis, pars, princeps.

3. Compare the adverbs prudenter, fortiter, acriter, parum. From what adjectives are they derived?

4. Give the nominative singular in full of quisque, quispiam, quisquis; give the meaning of each. When is the interrogative quis used, and when qui?

5. The principal parts of nanciscor, pasco, pario, reor.

6. Write the synopsis of capio in the second person singular indicative and subjunctive active. Give the present of jeci, cessi, novi. From what two verbs can tentum come?

7. Write out in full the present indicative of malo, the imperative of fero (both voices), the nominative and genitive singular of the present participle of eo.

8. Explain the subjunctives in the following sentences:(a) Facerem, si juberes.

(b) Utinam mortuus essem.

(c) Ne quis dixerit.

(d) Quis est quin videat.

(e) Laudavit quia hoc facerent.

(f) Petit, ut iis qui adfuerint credamus.

1881.

[In writing Latin words of more than two syllables, mark the quantity of the penult.]

1. Decline homo, dies, domus.

2. Decline qui, hic.

3. Give the synopsis in the first person singular indicative and subjunctive active of moneo, capio.

4. Give in full the present indicative active of possum, fero.

5. Principal parts of volo, do, fio, nosco, curro.

6. What are the different uses of the ablative case?

7. Explain the use of the modes in indirect discourse.

8. What is the stem of a noun? What kinds of stems belong to the third declension?

1882

[In writing Latin words of more than one syllable, mark the quantity of the penult.]

1. Give the synopsis in the third person singular indicative of habeo, capio.

2. What is the final letter of the stem in each of the four regular conjugations?

3. Decline a neuter noun of each of the three declensions to which neuters may belong.

4. Give the nominative and genitive singular and the gender of the substantives in the following sentences; the nominative and genitive singular of all genders of the adjectives and pronouns; the principal parts of the verbs and participles. If a noun or verb is defective, or has different meanings in different forms, call attention to the fact:

:

(a) Postquam consulatum perfecit, domum rediit.
(b) Milites in agrum Gallicum longo itinere duxit.
(c) Miror te haec tulisse.

(d) Quod potuimus, egimus.

5. Name and illustrate by short Latin sentences the uses of the dative case.

6. In what ways does the Latin express purpose?

7. Use of the modes and tenses in conditional sentences.

8. Explain the use of the gerundive.

1883.

[In writing Latin words, mark the quantity of the penult in those of more than two syllabies.]

1. Decline pars, corpus, domus.

2. Decline idem, qui.

3. Give the synopsis of the third person singular indicative and subjunctive active of a verb of each of the four regular conjugations.

4. What are the tenses in common use of the verbs memini and aio respectively?

5. Under what circumstances can the dative be used to express the agent? When can relative clauses take the subjunctive?

In the following sentences tell where each word is made, with its construction or agreement; give the nominative and genitive singular and gender of each noun; the nominative and genitive singular in full of each adjective or pronoun; the comparison of any word which is in the comparative degree; the principal parts of each verb; and the reason for each instance of the subjunctive mode.

a. Senex ille plus quam voluit perdidit.

b. In fines eorum mittebantur, ut auxilium ferrent.

c. Odi profanum vulgus et arceo.

d. Non vidi quid perfecisset.

What difference of meaning would be made by the substitution of perfecerit in the last sentence? By the substitution of perficeret?

CAESAR.

1876.

1. Translate (B. G. II. 25): —

Caesar ab decimae legionis cohortatione ad dextrum cornu profectus, ubi suos urgeri signisque in unum locum collatis duodecimae legionis confertos milites sibi ipsos ad pugnam esse impedimento vidit; quartae cohortis omnibus centurionibus occisis signiferoque interfecto, signo amisso, reliquarum cohortium omnibus fere centurionibus aut vulneratis aut occisis, in his primopilo Publio Sextio Baculo, fortissimo viro, multis gravibusque vulneribus confecto, ut jam se sustinere non posset; reliquos esse tardiores et nonnullos ab novissimis deserto proelio excedere ac tela vitare; hostes neque a fronte ex inferiore loco subeuntes intermittere et ab utroque latere instare; et rem esse in angusto vidit, neque ullum esse subsidium, quod submitti posset: scuto ab novissimis uni militi detracto (quod ipse eo sine scuto venerat), in primam aciem processit centurionibusque nominatim appellatis, reliquos cohortatus milites, signa inferre et manipulos laxare jussit, quo facilius gladiis uti possent.

2. (a) Explain the subjunctives.

(b) Point out the co-ordinate conjunctions.

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Eodem fere tempore Publius Crassus, cum in Aquitaniam pervenisset, quae pars, ut ante dictum est, et regionem latitudine et multitudine hominum ex tertia parte Galliae est aestimanda, cum intelligeret in his locis sibi bellum gerendum, ubi paucis ante annis Lucius Valerius Praeconinus

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