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EXERCISES 103 a. lapis is an exception to this rule.

3. Observe the consonant changes of the base or stem in the nominative:

a. A final -t or -d is dropped before -s; thus mīles for mīlets, lapis for lapids, virtūs for virtūts.

b. A final -c or -g unites with -s and forms -x; thus iūdec + s = iūdex, rēg + s = rēx.

4. Review § 74 and apply the rules to this declension.

In like manner decline dux, ducis, m., leader; eques, equitis, m., horseman; pedes, peditis, m., foot soldier; pēs, pedis, m.,foot.

234.

First learn the special vocabulary, p. 291.

I.
 * 1) Neque peditēs neque equitēs occupāre castellum Rōmānum poterant.
 * 2) Summā virtūte mūrōs altōs cotīdiē oppugnābant.
 * 3) Pedes mīlitum lapidibus quī dē mūrō iaciēbantur saepe vulnerābantur.
 * 4) Quod novum cōnsilium dux cēpit?
 * 5) Is perfidam puellam pulchrīs ōrnāmentīs temptāvit.
 * 6) Quid puella fēcit?
 * 7) Puella commōta aurō mīlitēs per portās dūxit.
 * 8) Tamen praemia quae summō studiō petīverat nōn reportāvit.
 * 9) Apud Rōmānōs antīquōs Tarpēia nōn est laudāta.

II.
 * 1) What ship is that which I see? That (illud) ship is the Victory. It is sailing now with a favorable wind and will soon approach Italy.
 * 2) The judges commanded the savages to be seized and to be killed.
 * 3) The chiefs of the savages suddenly began to flee, but were quickly captured by the horsemen.
 * 4) The king led the foot soldiers to the wall from which the townsmen were hurling stones with the greatest zeal.

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