Pagina:Easy Latin Stories.djvu/126

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114 EASY LATIN STORIES. [part iv. Milesius — ' of Miletus,' the principal city of the loniaa Greeks in Asia Minor. ad tell iactum — ' as far as a javelin*s throw.' 153. rationem secum iniens — 'taJdng account.' in regiam domum — Howards the royal family.' properantius quam sapientius — 'more hastily than (more) wisely.' 154 MitTobatl— Lot. Prim. § 109. subactu. — See 106, note. 155. nescio quid — 'something or other.' Anacreontem Teium — ' Anacreon of Teos.' Anacreon was a poet who sang the praises of love and wine. Teos, an island in the Aegean Sea. 156. Magnesia — a city of Lydia in Asia Minor, quo^ut eo. — Lot, Prim. § 150. fore ut potiretur=se potiturum esse — 'that he would get possession of.' quemcunque fidelissimum babes — 'the most faithful you have;* the adjective is put into the adjectival clause, instead of going with its noun as in English, otherwise it would mean, ' the very faithful citizen whomsoever you have.' 167. inparato — 'ready.' 158. actuarta navis (ago) — ' a man of war,' as opposed to oneraria (onus) — ' a- merchantman. ' lit rata baec fierent-^' that these things might be so.' 159. Syracusae, -arum — a town in Sicily, now Syracuse. ne unus quidem — ' not even one. ' The emphatic word is put between ne and quidem always, qui comparetur — 'to be compared.' — LcU. Prim. § 150. 160. narratu — ^the supine in u, 'to be told,' used as an ablative depending on indigno. loco—' as ;' lit. in place of. 161. inter venandum — 'while hunting,' venandum the gerund used as an accusative, ut pes distorqueretur — a substantival clause acting as subject to accidit, instead of the accusative and infinitive. 162. indutus laceros pannes — 'clothed in torn rags.' 163. ne nulla spes reliqua foret — a substantival clause depending on veritus. 164. cui nomen erat Sdtoni.— Xa^. Prim, § 109. 166. ne imprudentes in aquam decidant— the object to veriti. brevi interposita mora — ' after a short delay.' 167. eum pulcre dedpiens — 'getting round him finely.' praecTdens — ' cutting short.' qui cupias — an adjectival clause really equal to an adverbial, since qui=quumtu, 'since you.' — Lot. Prim, § 150.