mea, _my daughter_;
mea filia, _/my\ daughter_;
casa Galbae, _Galba's cottage_;
Galbae casa, _/Galba's\ cottage_.

Notice the variety of emphasis produced by writing the following
sentence in different ways:

Filia mea agricolis cenam parat (normal order)
Mea filia agricolis parat cenam (/mea\ and /cenam\ emphatic)
Agricolis filia mea cenam parat (/agricolis\ emphatic)

3. An adjective placed before its noun is more emphatic than when it
follows. When great emphasis is desired, the adjective is separated
from its noun by other words.

Filia mea casam parvam non amat (/parvam\ not emphatic)
Filia mea parvam casam non amat (/parvam\ more emphatic)
Parvam filia mea casam non amat (/parvam\ very emphatic)

4. Interrogative words usually stand first, the same as in English.

5. The copula (as /est\, /sunt\) is of so little importance that it
frequently does not stand last, but may be placed wherever it sounds
well.

_69._ EXERCISE

First learn the special vocabulary, p. 284.

_Note the order of the words in these sentences and pick out those that
are emphatic._

1. Longae non sunt tuae viae. 2. Suntne tubae novae in mea casa? Non
sunt. 3. Quis lata in silva habitat? Diana, lunae clarae pulchra dea,
lata in silva habitat. 4. Nautae altas et latas amant aquas. 5. Quid
ancilla tua portat? Ancilla mea tubam novam portat. 6. Ubi sunt Lesbia
et Iulia? In tua casa est Lesbia et Iulia est in mea. 7. Estne Italia
lata terra? Longa est Italia, non lata. 8. Cui Galba agricola fabulam
novam narrat? Filiabus dominae clarae fabulam novam narrat. 9. Clara
est insula Sicilia. 10. Quem laudat Latona? Latona laudat filiam.

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First Review of Vocabulary and Grammar, Secs. 502-505

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LESSON IX

THE SECOND OR _O_-DECLENSION

[Special Vocabulary]

NOUNS
/bellum, -i:\, n., _war_ (re-bel)
/co:nstantia, -ae\, f., _firmness, constancy, steadiness_
dominus, -i:, m., _master, lord_ (dominate)
/equus, -i:\, m., _horse_ (equine)
/fru:mentum, -i:\, n., _grain_
/le:ga:tus, -i:\, m., _lieutenant, ambassador_ (legate)
/Ma:rcus, -i:\, m., _Marcus, Mark_
/mu:rus, -i:\, m., _wall_ (mural)
/oppida:nus, -i:\, m., _townsman_
/oppidum, -i:\, n., _town_
/pi:lum, -i:\, n., _spear_ (pile driver)
/servus, -i:\, m., _slave, servant_
Sextus, -i:, m., _Sextus_

VERBS