at they are used in the same
way. This will be made even clearer by the following sentence:

Filia agricolae nautam amat,
_the farmer's daughter_ (or _the daughter of the farmer_)
_loves the sailor_

What is the subject? the direct object? What case is used for the
subject? for the direct object? What word denotes the possessor? In what
case is it?

_36._ RULE. Nominative Subject. _The subject of a finite verb is in
the Nominative and answers the question Who? or What?_

_37._ RULE. Accusative Object. _The direct object of a transitive verb
is in the Accusative and answers the question Whom? or What?_

_38._ RULE. Genitive of the Possessor. _The word denoting the owner or
possessor of something is in the Genitive and answers the question
Whose?_

[Illustration: DIANA SAGITTAS PORTAT ET FERAS NECAT]

_39._ EXERCISES

First learn the special vocabulary, p. 283.

I. 1. Diana est dea. 2. Latona est dea. 3. Diana et Latona sunt deae.
4. Diana est dea lunae. 5. Diana est filia Latonae. 6. Latona Dianam
amat. 7. Diana est dea silvarum. 8. Diana silvam amat. 9. Diana sagittas
portat. 10. Diana feras silvae necat. 11. Ferae terrarum pugnant.

For the order of words imitate the Latin above.

II. 1. The daughter of Latona does love the forests. 2. Latona's
daughter carries arrows. 3. The farmers' daughters do labor. 4. The
farmer's daughter loves the waters of the forest. 5. The sailor is
announcing the girls' flight. 6. The girls announce the sailors' wrongs.
7. The farmer's daughter labors. 8. Diana's arrows are killing the wild
beasts of the land.

_40._ CONVERSATION

Translate the questions and answer them in Latin. The answers may be
found in the exercises preceding.

1. Quis est Diana?
2. Cuius filia est Diana?
3. Quis Dianam amat?
4. Quis silvam amat?
5. Quis sagittas portat?
6. Cuius filiae laborant?

LESSON V

FIRST PRINCIPLES (_Continued_)

[Special Vocabulary]

NOUNS
/coro:'na\, _wreath, garland, crown_
fa:'bula, _story_ (fable)
/pecu:'nia\, _money_ (pecuniary)
/pugna\, _battle_ (pugnacious)
/victo:'ria\, _victory_

VERBS
/dat\, _he (she, it) gives_
na:rrat, _he (she, it) tells_ (narrate)

CONJUNCTION[A]
/quia\ or /quod\, _because_

/cui\ (pronounced _c[oo]i_, one syllable), interrog. pronoun, dat.
sing., _to whom?_ _for whom?_

[Footnote A: A _conjunction_ is a word which connects words, parts
of sentences, or sent