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Rh Decline together bellum longum, equus parvus, servus malus, mūrus altus, frūmentum novum.

80. Observe the sentences
 * Lesbia ancilla est bona, Lesbia, the maidservant, is good


 * Fīlia Lesbiae ancillae est bona, the daughter of Lesbia, the maidservant, is good


 * Servus Lesbiam ancillam amat, the slave loves Lesbia, the maidservant

In these sentences ancilla, ancillae, and ancillam denote the class of persons to which Lesbia belongs and explain who she is. Nouns so related that the second is only another name for the first and explains it are said to be in apposition, and are always in the same case.

81. . Apposition. An appositive agrees in case with the noun which it explains.

82. First learn the special vocabulary, p. 285.

I.
 * 1. Patria servī bonī, vīcus servōrum bonōrum, bone popule.
 * 2. Populus oppidī magnī, in oppidō magnō, in oppidīs magnīs.
 * 3. Cum pīlīs longīs, ad pīla longa, ad mūrōs lātōs.
 * 4. Lēgāte male, amīcī lēgātī malī, cēna grāta dominō bonō.
 * 5. Frūmentum equōrum parvōrum, domine bone, ad lēgātōs clārōs.
 * 6. Rhēnus est in Germāniā, patriā meā.
 * 7. Sextus lēgātus pilum longum portat.
 * 8. Oppidānī bonī Sextō lēgātō clārō pecūniam dant.
 * 9. Malī servī equum bonum Mārcī dominī necant.
 * 10. Galba agricola et Iīlia fīlia bona labōrant.
 * 11. Mārcus nauta in īnsulā Sidliā habitat.

II.
 * 1. Wicked slave, who is your friend? Why does he not praise Galba, your master?
 * 2. My friend is from (ex) a village of Germany, my fatherland.
 * 3. My friend does not love the people of Italy.
 * 4. Who is caring for the good horse of Galba, the farmer?
 * 5. Mark, where is Lesbia, the maidservant?
 * 6. She is hastening to the little cottage of Julia, the farmer's daughter.