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 * 1) Review § 74 and apply the rules to this declension.
 * 2) Bases or stems in -in- have -e- instead of -i- in the nominative, as flūmen, base or stem flūmin-.
 * 3) Most bases or stems in -er- and -or- have -us I.the nominative, as opus, base or stem oper-; tempus, base or stem tempor-.

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First learn the special vocabulary, p. 292.

I.
 * 1) Barbarī ubi Rōmam cēpērunt, maxima rēgum opera dēlēvērunt.
 * 2) Rōmānī multās calamitātēs ā barbarīs accēpērunt.
 * 3) Ubi erat summus terror apud oppidānōs, animī dubiī eōrum ab ōrātōre clarō cōnfīrmāti sunt.
 * 4) Rōma est in rīpīs fiūminis magnī.
 * 5) Ubi Caesar imperātor mīlitēs suōs arma capere iussit, iī ā proeliō continērī nōn potuērunt.
 * 6) Ubi proelium factum est, imperātor reperīrī nōn potuit.
 * 7) Imperātor sagittā in capite vulnerātus erat et stāre nōn poterat.
 * 8) Eum magnō labōre pedes ex proeliō portāvit.
 * 9) Is bracchiīs suīs imperātōrem tenuit et eum ex perīculīs summīs servāvit.
 * 10) Virtūte suā bonus mīles ab imperātōre corōnam accēpit.

II.
 * 1) The consul placed a crown on the head of the victor.
 * 2) Before the gates he was received by the townsmen.
 * 3) A famous orator praised him and said, “By your labors you have saved the fatherland from disaster.”
 * 4) The words of the orator were pleasing to the victor.
 * 5) To save the fatherland was a great task.