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First Latin Steps; Or, an Introduction, by a Series of Examples, to the Study of the Latin Language
First Latin Steps Or an Introduction by a Series of Examples to the Study of the Latin Language Author:Josiah Wright General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1871 Original Publisher: Macmillan Subjects: Latin language Foreign Language Study / Latin Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you ge... more »t free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: CHAPTER VII. Law Op The Genitive Case. Genitive after nouns naming the Active, Passive, and Partitive Possessor of an object. EXAMPLES. A. Pueri epistolam accepi. I bave received the boy's letter. B. Cupido lucri pueros cepit. A desire of gain seized the boys. C. Pars exercitus agros vastabat. A part of the army was laying waste the fields. D. Utrumque nostrum tua nostri memoria delectat. Each of us two your recollection of us delights. EEMAEKS. a. The Primary idea denoted by the Genitive is Motion from. 5. If an object is spoken of as possessing another object, its noun is in the Genitivei case (Law). c. An object may generally possess another object in one of these three ways: either Actively2; as pueri epistola 'the boy's letter', 'the letter, that is, written by the boy': or Passively2; as cupido lucri 'desire of gain', 'desire, that is, felt not by, but for, gain': or Partitively4; as pars exercitus 'part of the army'. d- The Possessive adjectives meus, tuus, sum, noster and vester commonly denote the Active possessor: as mea epistola 'my letter'. The genitives met, tui, sui, nostri and vestri are used to name the Passive possessor : as amor nostri 'love of us', or 'love felt for us': while the other plural forms nostrum and vestrum are used for the Partitive genitive: as uterque nostrum 'each of us two'. Csesar epistolam Labieni2 accepit. Polycleti signa plane perfecta sunt. Mulierum quereise regem perturbant. Astrologi motus errantium stellarum notaverunt . 5 Populi Romani totiusque Halis...« less