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THE THIRD DECLENSION • CONSONANT STEMS 105 237. First learn the special vocabulary, p. 291.

I.
 * 1) Audīsne tubās, Mārce? Nōn sōlum tubās audiō sed etiam ōrdinēs militum et carrōs impedīmentōrum plēnōs vidēre possum.
 * 2) Quāslegiōnēs vidēmus? Eae legiōnēs nūper ex Galliā vēnērunt.
 * 3) Quid ibi fēcērunt? Studēbantne pugnāre an sine virtūte erant?
 * 4) Multa proelia fēcērunt et magnās victōriās et multōs captīvōs reportāvērunt.
 * 5) Quis est imperātor eārum legiōnum? Caesar, summus Rōmānōrum imperātor.
 * 6) Quis est eques quī pulchram corōnam gerit? Is eques est frāter meus. Eī corōna ā cōnsule data est quia summā virtūte pugnāverat et ā barbarīs patriam servāverat.

II.
 * 1) Who has seen my father to-day?
 * 2) I saw him just now (nūper). He was hastening to your dwelling with your mother and sister.
 * 3) When men are far from the fatherland and lack food, they cannot be restrained from wrong.
 * 4) The safety of the soldiers is dear to Cæsar, the general.
 * 5) The chiefs were eager to storm a town full of grain which was held by the consul.
 * 6) The king forbade the baggage of the captives to be destroyed.

LESSON XLI THE THIRD DECLENSION • CONSONANT STEMS (Concluded)

238. Neuter consonant stems add no termination in the nominative and arc declined as follows :