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CONJUGATION OF POSSUM 93 211.. First learn the special vocabulary, p. 290.

I.


 * 1) Nōnne habēbat Cornēlia ōrnāmenta aurī? Habēbat.
 * 2) Num Sextus lēgātus scūtum in dextrō bracchiō gerēbat? Nōn in dextrō, sed sinistrō in bracchiō Sextus scūtum gerēbat.
 * 3) Frūstrā bella multa ab Gallīs gesta erant.
 * 4) Ubi oppidum ā perfidō Sextō occupātum est, oppidānī miserī gladiō interfectī sunt.
 * 5) Id oppidum erat plēnum frūmentī.
 * 6) Nōnne Sextus ab oppidānīs frūmentum postulāvit? Vērō, sed iī recūsāvērunt frūmentum dare.
 * 7) Cūr oppidum ab Sextō dēlētum est? Quia frūmentum recūsātum est. 8. Ea victōria nōn dubia erat.
 * 8) Oppidānī erant dēfessī et armīs egēbant.
 * 9) Num fugam temptāvērunt? Minimē.

II.


 * 1) Where was Julia standing? She was standing where you had ordered.
 * 2) Was Julia wearing any ornaments? She had many ornaments of gold.
 * 3) Did she not attempt flight when she saw the danger? She did.
 * 4) Who captured her? Galba captured her without delay and held her by the left arm.
 * 5) She didn´t have the lady’s gold, did she? No, the gold had been taken by a faithless maid and has been brought back.

Fourth Review, Lessons XXVII-XXXVI, §§ 513-516 LESSON XXXVII CONJUGATION OF POSSUM • THE INFINITIVE USED AS IN ENGLISH 212. Learn the principal parts of possum, I am able, I can, and its inflection in the indicative and infinitive. (Cf. § 495.)
 * a. Possum, I can, is a compound of potis,

able, and sum, I am.

213. The Infinitive with Subject Accusative. The infinitive (cf. 173) is a verbal noun. Used as a noun, it has the constructions of a noun. As a verb it can govern a case and be modified by an adverb. The uses of the infinitive are much the same in Latin as in English.