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186 GENITIVE AND ABLATIVE OF QUALITY 439.

I. II.
 * 1) Rogāvit cūr illae cōpiae relictae essent. Respondērunt illās cōpiās esse praesidiō castrīs.
 * 2) Caesar mīsit explōrātōrēs ad locum dēligendum castrīs.
 * 3) Quisque exīstimāvit ipsum nōmen Caesaris magnō terrōrī barbarīs futūrum esse.
 * 4) Prīmā lūce īdem exercitus proelium ācre commīsit, sed gravia suōrum vulnera magnae cūrae imperātōrī erant.
 * 5) Rēx respondit amīcitiam populī Rōmānī sibi ōrnāmentō et praesidiō dēbēre esse.
 * 6) Quis praeerat equitātuī quem auxiliō Caesarī sociī mīserant?
 * 7) Aliquibus rēs secundae sunt summae calamitātī et rēs adversae sunt mīrō ūsuī.
 * 8) Gallīs magnō ad pugnam erat impedīmentō quod equitātus ā dextrō cornū premēbat.
 * 9) Memoria prīstinae virtūtis nōn minus quam metus hostium erat nostrīs magnō ūsuī.
 * 10) Tam dēnsa erat silva ut prōgredī nōn possent.
 * 1) I advise you to give up the plan of making war upon the brave Gauls.
 * 2) Do you know where the cavalry has chosen a place for a camp?
 * 3) The fear of the enemy will be of great advantage to you.
 * 4) Cæsar left three cohorts as (for) a guard to the baggage.
 * 5) In winter the waves of the lake are so great that they are (for) a great hindrance to ships.
 * 6) Cæsar inflicted severe punishment on those who burned the public buildings.



440. Review the word lists in §§ 524, 525.

441. Observe the English sentences Each of these sentences contains a phrase of quality or description. In the first two a man is described; in the last two a forest. The descriptive phrases are introduced by the prepositions of and with.