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136 309. . Ablative with Comparatives. The comparative degree, if quam is omitted, is followed by the separative ablative.

310. EXERCISES First learn the special vocabulary, p. 296.

I.
 * 1) Nēmō mīlitēs alacriōrēs Rōmānīs vīdit.
 * 2) Statim imperātor iussit nūntiōs quam celerrimōs litterās Rōmam portāre.
 * 3) Multa flūmina sunt lēniōra Rhēno.
 * 4) Apud Rōmānōs quis erat clārior Caesare?
 * 5) Nihil pulchrius urbe Rōmā vīdī.
 * 6) Subitō multitūdō audācissima magnō clāmōre proelium ācrius commīsit.
 * 7) Num est equus tuus tardus? Nōn vērō tardus, sed celerior aquilā.
 * 8) Ubi Rōmae fui, nēmō erat mihi amīcior Sextō.
 * 9) Quaedam mulierēs cibum mīlitibus dare cupivērunt.
 * 10) Rēx vetuit cīvīs ex urbe noctū discēdere.
 * 11) Ille puer est gracilior hāc muliere.
 * 12) Explōrātor duās (two) viās, alteram facilem, alteram difficiliōrem, dēmōnstrāvit.

II.
 * 1) What city have you seen more beautiful than Rome?
 * 2) The Gauls were not more eager than the Germans.
 * 3) The eagle is not slower than the horse.
 * 4) The spirited woman did not fear to make the journey by night.
 * 5) The mind of the multitude was quite gentle and friendly.
 * 6) But the king's mind was very different.
 * 7) The king was not like (similar to) his noble father.
 * 8) These hills are lower than the huge mountains of our territory.

ARMA ROMANA