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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
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