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164 THE IRREGULAR VERBS VOLO, NOLO, MALO 378.

I.
 * 1) Puer timēns nē capiātur fugit.
 * 2) Aquila īrā commōta avīs reliquās interficere cōnāta erat.
 * 3) Mīlitēs ab hostibus pressī tēla iacere nōn potuērunt.
 * 4) Caesar decimam legiōnem laudātūrus ad prīmum agmen prōgressus est.
 * 5) Imperātor hortātus equitēs ut fortiter pugnārent signum proeliō dedit.
 * 6) Mīlitēs hostīs octō milia passuum īnsecūtī multīs cum captīvīs ad castra revertērunt.
 * 7) Sōl oriēns multōs interfectōs vīdit. 8. Rōmānī cōnsilium audāx suspicātī barbaris sēsē nōn commīsērunt.
 * 8) Nāvis ē portū ēgressa nūllō in perīculō erat.

II.
 * 1) The army was in very great danger while marching through the enemy’s country.
 * 2) Frightened by the length of the way, they longed for home.
 * 3) When the scouts were about to set out, they heard the shouts of victory.
 * 4) When we had delayed many days, we set fire to the buildings and departed.
 * 5) While living at Rome I heard orators much better than these.
 * 6) The soldiers who are fighting across the river are no braver than we.



379. Learn the principal parts and conjugation of volō, wish; nōlō (ne + volō), be unwilling; mālō (magis + volō), be more willing, prefer (§ 497). Note the irregularities in the present indicative, subjunctive, and infinitive, and in the imperfect subjunctive. (Cf. § 354.)

a. These verbs are usually followed by the infinitive with or without a subject accusative; as, volunt venīre, they wish to come; volunt amīcōs venīre, they wish their friends to come. The English usage is the same.

380. Observe the following sentences:


 * 1) Magistrō laudante omnēs puerī dīligenter labōrant, with the teacher praising, or since the teacher praises, or the teacher praising, all the boys labor diligently.