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PREPARATIONS

VIII. First expedition of C. Julius Catsar.

§27- i^Fion» this point onwards all new vcrbs of the ist Conjugation will be given in the ist Person Singular of the Prescnt.

expeditio

expedition

inquimus

we say

Caesaris*

of Caesar

proconsul

proconsiil

calor

heat

ties

three

solis

of the sun

nationes

tribes [nations]

aeris

of the air

duodesexagesim

- ffty eighth, lit.

neque

nor{and . . not)

us, a, um

2 froni 6oth

paulo post

a little after

Caesarem pro-

had created

solem obscCirav-

consulem cre-

Caesar pro-

erunt

obscuredthesun

averant

C07lSul

imber

a shower

autem

however

sol

tJie sun

esse

to be

splendore f

with splendour

ex-istimo

I consider

iterum

a second time had tempered

[estima te]

calorem temper-

revera

really

averat

the heat

ex nationibus

of the tribes

de Caesare *

about Caesar

auxilium

/le/p, aid

imperatore

general

auxilia (plur.)

auxiliaries

[emperor]

subministro

I supply

interrogo

/ ask, enquire

Trinobantes

a British tribe

ciar

why

in Essex

expedltionem

hc prepared his

Cassi, 2

a tribein Herts

suam paravit

expedition

imploro

/ iviplore

  • The lelter C before Julius Caesar stands for Gaius (Gdiuiii, Gdi, Gdio).

tNote ihe Ablative wilhout a Preposition, here meaning ' with' ; c/- §i5i 17, 20.

Third Declension. NouNS LiKE 'Caesar,' ' Expeditio,' etc.

SIXGULAR.

PLURAL.

1 2 3 4 5 6

Caesar, Caesar Cassar, Caesar Caesar-em, Caesar Caesar-is, Caesat^s Caesar-i, to Caesar cum Caesar-e, with Caesar

Caesar-es, Caesars Caesar-es, Caesars Caesar-es, Caesars Caesar-um, 0/ Caesars Caesar-ibus , to Caesars cum Caesar-ibus, with Caesais