am parare inceperunt.

II. 1. The enemy had taken (possession of) the top of the mountain.
2. There were many trees on the opposite hills. 3. We pitched our camp
near (ad) a beautiful spring. 4. A march through the enemies' country
is never without danger. 5. The time of the month was suitable for the
march. 6. The teeth of the monster were long. 7. When the foot
soldiers[5] saw the blood of the captives, they began to assail the
fortifications with the greatest violence.[2]

[Footnote 2: Abl. of manner.]

[Footnote 3: /suos\, used as a noun, _his men_.]

[Footnote 4: We say _build a bridge over_; the Romans, _make a
bridge on_.]

[Footnote 5: Place first.]

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Fifth Review, Lessons XXXVII-XLIV, Secs. 517-520

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LESSON XLV

ADJECTIVES OF THE THIRD DECLENSION : _I_-STEMS

[Special Vocabulary]

/a:cer, a:cris, a:cre\, _sharp, keen, eager_ (acrid)
/brevis, breve\, _short, brief_
/difficilis, difficile\, _difficult_
/facilis, facile\, _facile, easy_
/fortis, forte\, _brave_ (fortitude)
/gravis, grave\, _heavy, severe, serious_ (grave)
/omnis, omne\, _every, all_ (omnibus)
/pa:r\, gen. /paris\, _equal_ (par)
/pauci:, -ae, -a\, _few, only a few_ (paucity)
/secundus, -a, -um\, _second; favorable_, opposite of adversus
/signum, -i:\, n., _signal, sign, standard_
/ve:lo:x\, gen. /ve:lo:cis\, _swift_ (velocity)

/conloco:, conloca:re, conloca:vi:, conloca:tus\, _arrange, station,
place_ (collocation)
/de:mo:nstro:, de:mo:nstra:re, de:mo:nstra:vi:, de:mo:nstra:tus\,
_point out, explain_ (demonstrate)
/mando:, manda:re, manda:vi:, manda:tus\, _commit, intrust_ (mandate)

_250._ Adjectives are either of the first and second declensions (like
/bonus\, /aeger\, or /liber\), or they are of the third declension.

_251._ Nearly all adjectives of the third declension have i-_stems_,
and they are declined almost like nouns with i-stems.

_252._ Adjectives learned thus far have had a different form in the
nominative for each gender, as, /bonus\, m.; /bona\, f.; /bonum\, n.
Such an adjective is called an _adjective of three endings_. Adjectives
of the third declension are of the following classes:

I. Adjectives of three endings--
a different form in the nominative for each gender.

II. Adjectives of two endings--
masculine and feminine nominative alike, th