trained my horse with my (own) hands, nor was the task difficult.
8. He is a beautiful animal and has great strength.

LESSON XLVII

EXPRESSIONS OF PLACE : THE DECLENSION OF _DOMUS_

[Special Vocabulary]

Athe:nae, -a:rum, f., plur., _Athens_
Corinthus, -i:, f., _Corinth_
/domus, -u:s\, locative /domi:\, f., _house, home_ (dome). Cf.
/domicilium\
/Gena:va, -ae\, f., _Geneva_
Pompe:ii, -o:rum, m., plur., _Pompeii_, a city in Campania. See map
/propter\, prep. with acc., _on account of, because of_
ru:s, ru:ris, in the plur. only nom. and acc. /ru:ra\, n., _country_
(rustic)
/tergum, tergi:\, n., _back_; /a: tergo:\, _behind, in the rear_
/vulnus, vulneris\, n., _wound_ (vulnerable)

/committo:, committere, commi:si:, commissus\, _intrust, commit;_
/proelium committere\, _join battle_
/convoco:, convoca:re, convoca:vi:, convoca:tus\, _call together,
summon_ (convoke)
/timeo:, time:re, timui:, ----\, _fear; be afraid_ (timid)
/verto:, vertere, verti:, versus\, _turn, change_ (convert);
/terga vertere\, _to turn the backs_, hence _to retreat_

_262._ We have become thoroughly familiar with expressions like the
following:

Galba ad (or in) oppidum properat
Galba ab (de or ex) oppido properat
Galba in oppido habitat

From these expressions we may deduce the following rules:

_263._ RULE. Accusative of the Place to. _The /place to which\ is
expressed by /ad\ or /in\ with the accusative. This answers the question
Whither?_

_264._ RULE. Ablative of the Place from. _The /place from which\ is
expressed by /a:\ or /ab\, /de\, /e:\ or /ex\, with the separative
ablative. This answers the question Whence?_ (Cf. Rule, Sec. 179.)

_265._ RULE. Ablative of the Place at or in. _The /place at or in
which\ is expressed by the ablative with /in\. This answers the question
Where?_

_a._ The ablative denoting the _place where_ is called the _locative
ablative_ (cf. /locus\, _place_).

_266._ Exceptions. Names of towns, small islands,[1] /domus\, _home_,
/ru:s\, _country_, and a few other words in common use omit the
prepositions in expressions of place, as,

Galba Athenas properat, _Galba hastens to Athens_
Galba Athenis properat, _Galba hastens from Athens_
Galba Athenis habitat, _Galba lives at_ (or _in_) _Athens_
Galba domum properat, _Galba hastens home_
Galba rus properat, _Galba hastens to the country_
Galba domo properat, _Galba has