Canterbury Provincial Gazette – 1874 – No. 20

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Is collis, paulum ex planitie editus, tantum adversus in latitudinum patebat,
quantum loci acies instructa poterat.

Nam plerumque hominibus Gallis prae magnitudine corporum suorum brevitas
nostra contemptui est.

Prima luce sic ex castris proficiscuntur, ut quibus esset persuasum non ab
hoste sed ab homine amicissimo Ambiorige consilium datum, longissimo
agmine magnisque impedimentis.

  1. Legatis respondet, se diem ad deliberandum sumpturum; si quid vellent, a.d. Id. Apr.
    reverterentur. Translate. Write the abbreviations in full, and give the date in
    English. Put the sentence into recta oratio.

  2. Parse: Coactos, jurejurando, fore, nactus, potiundi, arcessitum, obsides, castris,
    itinere, crevisset.

LATIN GRAMMAR.
SECOND CLASS.

  1. Decline vis and domus. Write the genitive singular and nominative plural of liber,
    puer, pater, deus, locus, opus, vultus, corpus, virgo, leo, caro, avis, lapis, cinis, os, rus,
    sieges, dies.

  2. What is the ordinary mode of forming degrees of comparison? Compare prudens,
    audax, acer, similis, diu, pius.

  3. Distinguish between cardinal, ordinal, and distributive numerals. Give examples of
    each. Decline unus, duo, tres. Are any other cardinal numbers declinable?

  4. Write the nominative and genitive singular and the nominative plural of each of the
    demonstrative pronouns. Decline qui. What is the vocative masculine of meus?
    Is there any similar form of vocative among nouns?

  5. What are intransitive and deponent verbs? Can a neuter verb be used in the passive?
    Write the present tense of possum, fero, volo, eo.

  6. What cases are used with dignus, similis, fretus, memor, avidus, sub, tenus; and with
    pudet, posco, potior, esse (meaning to have), glorior, induo, opus est.

  7. What cases are used in words denoting place or time? Put into Latin :—Some are at
    Rome, some at Athens, some at Carthage; we will go to Corinth. He set out in
    the middle of the night. Troy was besieged for ten years.

  8. Give rules for the sequence of tenses, and for the translation of the English infinitive
    in sentences expressing a purpose or command. Put into Latin :—Next day he sent
    his cavalry to follow those who had fled. Fabius forbids his men to leave the camp.
    In great perils the Senate was accustomed to decree that the Consuls should take
    care (dare operam) that the State received no harm.

FRENCH.
SECOND CLASS.

Translate into English :—

Un colonel montrait à quelques officiers qui dînaient chez lui une tabatière d\'or qu\'il
venait d\'acheter. Quelques moments après, voulant prendre une prise, il chercha dans sa
poche, et fut fort étonné de ne plus la trouver. "Messieurs," dit-il, "ayez la bonté de voir



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