Pagina:Easy Latin Stories.djvu/121

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PART il] notes. 109 Glaiises introduced by the Relative or one of its particles, wndt^ u&t, guo, e^c, are called adjectival, as they are related to the PrincipiJ Sentence like adjectives. For the agreement of the Relative, see LaL Prim, § 91. 91. qui occupavit acts as an adjective to Polycrates : ' Polycrates who, * etc. alter . . • alter — 'the one . • . the other,' of two; alii . . . alii, ' some . . . others,' of many, natu minore — 'the younger,' lit. 'less by birth.' Samos — an island in the A^ean Sea, which is now called the Archipelago. Ionia— the western seaboard of Asia Minor, colonised by Greeks of the Ionian race, agebat ferebatque— ' drove and carried ofiP,' i.e. ' pillaged.' amico.— J^a^. Prim. § 106, 3. Lesbos — ^an island in the Aegean Sea, ofiP the coast of Mysia. 92. curae — dat. ' (for) a cause of anxiety.' — LcU. Prim. § 108. auro vinctus — 'set in gold.' Distingaish between 'vinctus' and victus. domum.— JSo^. Prim, § 101. 94. monumenta sui — ' as a memorial of himself. ' Monnmenta sua would mean ' his memorials. ' Vulcanus — ^the god of fire, and the patron of workers in metals. Ez adverso — 'opposite to.' septentrio — ^more luma^y aeptentrionea — 'the seven ploughing oxen; the seven stars of the constellation called the Wain, or the Great Bear, near the North Pole, hence, 'the north.' a septentr. — Ut. ' from' the north, here ' <m,* ' in the direction qf,* 96. vim— 'a quantity.' aedificandas curavit — 'got built.' 96. illos speciem docuit — Lot, Prim, § 98. vita fung^ — ' to finish life,' i.e. ' to die.' 97. in dies — 'from day to day.' 98. haerens animo — 'in doubt,' Ut. ' hesitating in mind.' 99. asinis.— Xa«. Prim. § 106, a. multum vini. — See 5, note. 102. Xerxes— the Ahasuerus of Scripture. pro imis cuspidibus—' instead of points at the end,' lit. 'lowest points.' 103. victus. — See 6, note. 104. Pythl— See 23, note. in postenim — 'for the future.' 105. quibus vescuntur.— JScrf. Prim. § 119, a. his hominibus. —2^a<. Prim. § 106, a. Argipaeis.— 2>a<. Prim. § 109.