_d._ The dative and ablative plural are always alike.

_e._ Final -i and -o are always _long_; final -a is _short_,
except in the ablative singular of the first declension.

_75._ Observe the sentences

Lesbia est bona,
_Lesbia is good_
Lesbia est ancilla,
_Lesbia is a maidservant_

We have learned (Sec. 55) that /bona\, when used, as here, in the
predicate to describe the subject, is called a _predicate adjective_.
Similarly a _noun_, as /ancilla\, used in the _predicate_ to define the
subject is called a /predicate noun\.

_76._ RULE. Predicate Noun. _A predicate noun agrees in case with the
subject of the verb._

[Illustration: PILA]

_77._ DIALOGUE

GALBA AND MARCUS

First learn the special vocabulary, p. 285.

G. Quis, Marce, est legatus cum pilo et tuba?
M. Legatus, Galba, est Sextus.
G. Ubi Sextus habitat?[2]
M. In oppido Sextus cum filiabus habitat.
G. Amantne oppidani Sextum?
M. Amant oppidani Sextum et laudant, quod magna cum constantia pugnat.
G. Ubi, Marce, est ancilla tua? Cur non cenam parat?
M. Ancilla mea, Galba, equo legati aquam et frumentum dat.
G. Cur non servus Sexti equum domini curat?
M. Sextus et servus ad murum oppidi properant. Oppidani bellum
parant.[3]

[Footnote 2: /habitat\ is here translated _does live_. Note the
_three_ possible translations of the Latin present tense:
/habitat\
_he lives_
_he is living_
_he does live_
Always choose the translation which makes the best sense.]

[Footnote 3: Observe that the verb /paro\ means not only
_to prepare_ but also _to prepare for_, and governs the
accusative case.]

[Illustration: LEGATUS CUM PILO ET TUBA]

_78._ CONVERSATION

Translate the questions and answer them in Latin.

1. Ubi filiae Sexti habitant?
2. Quem oppidani amant et laudant?
3. Quid ancilla equo legati dat?
4. Cuius equum ancilla curat?
5. Quis ad murum cum Sexto properat?
6. Quid oppidani parant?

LESSON X

SECOND DECLENSION (_Continued_)

[Special Vocabulary]

NOUNS
/ami:cus, -i:\, m., _friend_ (amicable)
/Germa:nia, -ae\, f., _Germany_
/patria, -ae\, f., _fatherland_
/populus, -i:\, m., _people_
/Rhe:nus, -i:\, m., _the Rhine_
/vi:cus, -i:\, m., _village_

_79._ We have been freely using feminine adjectives, like /bona\, in
agreement with feminine nouns of the first declension and declined like
them