or _for them_
Acc. eo:s, ea:s, ea, _them_
Abl. ei:s or ii:s, ei:s or ii:s, ei:s or ii:s,
_with, from_, etc., _them_

_116._ Comparison between _suus_ and _is_. We learned above (Sec. 98.c)
that /suus\ is a _reflexive_ possessive. When _his, her_ (poss.), _its,
their_, do not refer to the subject of the sentence, we express _his,
her, its_ by /eius\, the genitive singular of /is\, /ea\, /id\; and
_their_ by the genitive plural, using /eorum\ to refer to a masculine
or neuter antecedent noun and /earum\ to refer to a feminine one.

EXAMPLES

_Galba calls his_ (own) _son_,
Galba suum filium vocat
_Galba calls his son_ (not his own, but another's),
Galba eius filium vocat
_Julia calls her_ (own) _children_,
Iulia suos liberos vocat
_Julia calls her children_ (not her own, but another's),
Iulia eius liberos vocat
_The men praise their_ (own) _boys_,
viri suos pueros laudant
_The men praise their boys_ (not their own, but others'),
viri eorum pueros laudant

_117._ EXERCISES

First learn the special vocabulary, p. 287.

1. He praises her, him, it, them. 2. This cart, that report, these
teachers, those women, that abode, these abodes. 3. That strong
garrison, among those weak and sick women, that want of firmness,
those frequent plans.

4. The other woman is calling her chickens (_her own_). 5. Another woman
is calling her chickens (_not her own_). 6. The Gaul praises his arms
(_his own_). 7. The Gaul praises his arms (_not his own_). 8. This
farmer often plows their fields. 9. Those wretched slaves long for their
master (_their own_). 10. Those wretched slaves long for their master
(_not their own_). 11. Free men love their own fatherland. 12. They
love its villages and towns.

_118._ DIALOGUE[1]

CORNELIUS AND MARCUS

M. Quis est vir, Corneli, cum puero parvo? Estne Romanus et liber?
C. Romanus non est, Marce. Is vir est servus et eius domicilium est in
silvis Galliae.
M. Estne puer filius eius servi an alterius?
C. Neutrius filius est puer. Is est filius legati Sexti.
M. Quo puer cum eo servo properat?
C. Is cum servo properat ad latos Sexti agros.[2] Totum frumentum est
iam maturum et magnus servorum numerus in Italiae[3] agris laborat.
M. Agricolaene sunt Galli et patriae suae agros arant?
C. Non agricolae sunt. Bellum amant Galli, non agri culturam. Apud eos
viri pugnant et feminae auxilio liberorum agros arant parantque