164 THE IRREGULAR VERBS VOLO, NOLO, MALO
378.
EXERCISES
I.
- Puer timēns nē capiātur fugit.
- Aquila īrā commōta avīs reliquās interficere cōnāta erat.
- Mīlitēs ab hostibus pressī tēla iacere nōn potuērunt.
- Caesar decimam legiōnem laudātūrus ad prīmum agmen prōgressus est.
- Imperātor hortātus equitēs ut fortiter pugnārent signum proeliō dedit.
- Mīlitēs hostīs octō milia passuum īnsecūtī multīs cum captīvīs ad castra revertērunt.
- Sōl oriēns multōs interfectōs vīdit. 8. Rōmānī cōnsilium audāx suspicātī barbaris sēsē nōn commīsērunt.
- Nāvis ē portū ēgressa nūllō in perīculō erat.
II.[1]
- The army was in very great danger while marching through the enemy’s country.
- Frightened by the length of the way, they longed for home.
- When the scouts were about to set out, they heard the shouts of victory.
- When we had delayed many days, we set fire to the buildings and departed.
- While living at Rome I heard orators much better than these.
- The soldiers who are fighting across the river are no braver than we.
LESSON LXVII
THE IRREGULAR VERBS VOLŌ, NOLŌ, MĀLŌ • THE ABLATIVE WITH A PARTICIPLE, OR ABLATIVE ABSOLUTE
379. Learn the principal parts and conjugation of volō, wish; nōlō (ne + volō), be unwilling; mālō (magis + volō), be more willing, prefer (§ 497). Note the irregularities in the present indicative, subjunctive, and infinitive, and in the imperfect subjunctive. (Cf. § 354.)
a. These verbs are usually followed by the infinitive with or without a subject accusative; as, volunt venīre, they wish to come; volunt amīcōs venīre, they wish their friends to come. The English usage is the same.[2]
380. Observe the following sentences:
- Magistrō laudante omnēs puerī dīligenter labōrant, with the teacher praising, or since the teacher praises, or the teacher praising, all the boys labor diligently.
