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11. mures bipedesprobably the jerboa, which makes very little use of its forelegs, which are very small.

singulis cornibus'with one horn apiece.'

denique'in a word.'

12. in sicco'on dry land.'

ex minimo fit maximum'from being very small becomes very large.'

ovisLat. Prim. § 124.

13. aliis'to,' i.e. 'are considered sacred by.'

Thebaethe capital of Upper Egypt.

Moeris, idisa lake in Middle Egypt.

14. amictifrom amicio.

15. varii coloris.Lat. Prim. § 128.

16. Lydiaa country in the south-west of Asia Minor. domi'at home.' An old case called the locative.

17. Sardes, iumthe capital of Lydia.

18. Adrastothe dative.Lat. Prim. § 109.

19. Mt. Olympus, in Mysia, a country in Asia Minor.

exstititfrom exsisto.

21. ne feceritis'do not make.' If there were no ne, the verb would be in the Imperative. Always use the Perfect Subjunctive in commands with a negative, if it be the second person.

vobiscum.Cum is written after me, te, se, nobis, vobis, quo, qua, quibus.

22. tandemafter interrogatives gives sense of impatience, as 'who, I pray,' 'who on earth.'

23. mivocative of mens.

Filius, genius, and proper names in ius make vocative in i.

24. quaeve.ve, que, nd, are always written after the word to which they are joined.

25. venatumthe supine in um.Lat. Prim. § 141, 5.

26. sis'be.' The present conj. is often used instead of the imperative.

custode me'under my guardianship.'Lat. Prim. § 125, a.

28. ignosco tibi.Lat. Prim. § 106, 3.

duos annos, Lat. Prim. § 102, 1.

29. pro esca'as a bait.'

porcellum.Diminutives end in ulus, olus, ellus, culus, with fem. and neut. forms ending in a and um.

30. Sestosa town in Thrace, situated at the narrowest part of the Hellespont.

Xerxesking of Persia, who made an expedition against the Greeks, B.C. 480.

Elaeus, untisa town in Thrace.

In Latin, verbs of taking away often have the person from whom the thing is taken in the dative.