Elegantiae Latinae, Or, Rules and Exercises Illustrative of Elegant Latin Style: Intended for the Use of the Middle and Higher Classes of Grammar SchoolsA. J. Valpy, 1837 - 271 páginas |
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ablative absolute accusative adeò adjective adverb affection alius army arts body Cæsar Catiline Caudium cause chiefly Cicero clause conjunction connexion copiousness cùm dative dignity elegance elegantly placed enemy English enim Ennius etsi EXAMPLES excellent expressed father fear followed fortune friends friendship genitive genius give greater greatest honor idea igitur infinitive knowlege labor Latin Latin language learned liberal Livy malè maximè mihi mind minùs modò nature necessary nemo neque nihil nisi noun numbers observed omnis omnium orator participle future Period periphrasis person perspicuity pleasure PLEONASM pluperfect Pompey preposition pronoun quæ quàm quantus quia quid quidem Quintilian quis quisque quod reason relative relative clause rendered rules Sallust scholar sense sentence sometimes speaking style subjunctive subjunctive mood substantive sunt talis tamen tantus tence thing tibi tion verb verò virtue volo whole wisdom wish words write
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Página 165 - Pra and pro for in comparison of; in respect of; in proportion to. 1. Our littleness, in comparison of the bigness of their bodies, is matter of contempt with most of the Gauls.
Página 24 - For while we are in the world, subject we are unto sundry imperfections, grief of body, defects of mind;* yea, the best things we do are painful, and the exercise of them grievous, being continued without intermission; so as in those very actions whereby we are especially perfected in this life, we are not able to persist...
Página 107 - In the Latin language, then, the arrangement most commonly observed is, to place first in the sentence that word which expresses the principal object of the discourse, together with its circumstances ; and afterwards the person or the thing that acts upon it. This order, besides the natural succession of the ideas, gratifies more the rapidity of the imagination, which naturally runs first to that which is its chief object ; and, having once named it, carries it in view through the rest of the sentence....
Página 98 - You have done so well, that no one thinks himself well recommended to you, without some letters of mine. 3. But the first great rule of justice is, that no one, without being attacked by an unprovoked injury, should commit violence against any one. There is a peculiar elegance in the structure of a sentence, when the relative of one clause can be immediately followed by the relative of the subsequent clause, if it is in a different case from the former ; as, I admire, their folly who arrogate to...
Página 205 - ... of giving as much attention as possible to the rules, which they have left us, in order to acquire a good Latin style. It will be of great consequence to understand the nature of it, in order that he may be enabled to connect and vary the different parts of a period, and may at pleasure bestow upon his style the perspicuity, copiousness, and dignity, of which his subject will admit. For according to Quintilian's idea, you may have a very ingenious plan, and good materials for raising the edifice,...
Página 73 - ... on what design, they were to march. 2. A few days after, Ennius having come to Nasica, and asking for him at the. door, Nasica cried out that he was not at home. It is usual with the Latins, in a narration, to make use of the present infinitive instead of the indicative, with the ellipsis of ccepi, or of some other verb ; this is called the historic infinitive ; as in that line of Virgil : Nos pavidi trepidare metu, crinemque flagrantem Excutere.
Página 232 - For though he died in an advanced age, yet such was the excellence and inimitable beauty of his art, that we thought him worthy of living for ever. Was he then so great a favourite with us all, on account of the graceful motions of his body; and shall we be insensible to the surprising energy...
Página 26 - ... are contented with your own condition ; and even superfluities are become necessary to me. 2. He has need of that very thing which Hannibal and many other generals used in the midst of the greatest dangers, and in every engagement, which they call presence of mind (prtesentis animi con, silium).
Página 106 - Ut medicina valetudinis, navigationis gubernatio, sic vivendi ars est prudentia. One clause ends with the genitive, and the next begins with it, to give greater variety to the sentence. This varied order should in general be observed in the enumeration of several particulars.
Página 128 - The connexion, especially in grave and serious subjects, is often made by the repetition of the preceding word, instead of a conjunction : as, I think that nothing is more sweet, more delightful, or more worthy the liberty of man, than friendship...