ough
Gaul_'; '_cities on the sea_'; '_the book in my hands_'; '_the fight at
Salamis_'; etc. The Latin in such cases usually employs another mode of
expression. Thus:--
a) A Genitive; as,--
dolor injuriarum, _resentment at injuries_.
b) An Adjective; as,--
urbes maritimae, _cities on the sea_;
pugna Salaminia, _the fight at Salamis_.
c) A Participle; as,--
pugna ad Cannas facta, _the battle at Cannae_.
d) A Relative clause; as,--
liber qui in meis manibus est, _the book in my hands_.
NOTE.--Yet within certain limits the Latin does employ Prepositional
phrases as Noun modifiers. This is particularly frequent when the governing
noun is derived from a verb. The following are typical examples:--
transitus in Britanniam, _the passage to Britain_;
excessus e vita, _departure from life_;
odium erga Romanos, _hatred of the Romans_;
liber de senectute, _the book on old age_;
amor in patriam, _love for one's country_.
ADJECTIVES.
354. 1. Special Latin Equivalents for English Adjectives are--
a) A Genitive; as,--
virtutes animi = _moral virtues_;
dolores corporis = _bodily ills_.
b) An Abstract Noun; as,--
novitas rei = _the strange circumstance_;
asperitas viarum = _rough roads_.
c) Hendiadys (see Sec. 374, 4); as,--
ratio et ordo = _systematic order_;
ardor et impetus = _eager onset_.
d) Sometimes an Adverb; as,--
omnes circa populi, _all the surrounding tribes_;
suos semper hostes, _their perpetual foes_.
2. Often a Latin Noun is equivalent to an English Noun modified by an
Adjective; as,--
doctrina, _theoretical knowledge_;
prudentia, _practical knowledge_;
oppidum, _walled town_;
libellus, _little book_.
3. Adjectives are not used in immediate agreement with proper names; but an
Adjective may limit vir, homo, ille, or some other word used as an
Appositive of a proper name; as,--
Socrates, homo sapiens = _the wise Socrates_;
Scipio, vir fortissimus = _the doughty Scipio_;
Syracusae, urbs praeclarissima = _famous Syracuse_.
4. An Adjective _may be_ equivalent to a Possessive or Subjective Genitive;
as,--
pastor regius, _the shepherd of the king_;
tumultus servilis, _the uprising of the slaves_.
PRONOUNS.
355. 1. In Compound Sentences the Relative Pronoun has a fondness for
connecting itself with the subord
|