Saturday, October 25, 2025

09.01.26: Level 3; indirect statement; the accusative-infinitive [8]; practice [i]

Complete the Latin sentences with the words listed below. For each sentence there are three parts shown in sentence [1] below as an example: [i] the verb which introduced the indirect statement, [ii] the subject of the indirect statement which is in the accusative case, and [iii] the verb of the indirect statement which is either a present active or present passive infinitive.

[A]

[1] [i] I rejoice ¦ that [ii] you [iii] arrive safely │[i] _____ [ii] _____ salvum [iii] _____

[2] I wonder that you write me nothing │ _____ _____ ad mē nihil _____

[3] Thales said that water was the first principle of the universe│ Thalēs _____ _____ _____ initium rērum

[4] He told me you were in Italy and he was sending some men to you │ _____ enim mihi _____ _____ in Ītaliā _____que ad tē puerōs _____

[5] This slave says that his master is being handed over to the soldiers │ Hic  servus  _____  _____  suum mīlitibus  _____

[6] The Gauls saw that Caesar was approaching with a big army │ Gallī  _____  _____  cum  exercitū  magnō  _____

[7] The boys were shouting that a huge dog was entering the garden. │ Puerī  _____  _____ ingentem  in  hortum _____

[8] The general hopes that the army is fighting well │ Dux  _____ _____  bene  _____

[9] Cicero felt that the republic was being destroyed │ Cicerō _____ _____ _____.

[10] He says that the mountain is (being) held by the enemy │ _____ _____ ab hostibus _____.

[i] clāmābant; dīcit; dīcit; dīxit; dīxit; gaudeō; mīror; sensit; spērat; vīdērunt

[ii] aquam; Caesarem; canem; dominum; exercitum; montem; rem publicam; sēsē; tē; tē; tē

[iii] advenīre; appropinquāre; dēlēri; esse; esse; intrāre; mittere; pugnāre; scrībere; tenērī; trādī

[A]

[1] Gaudeō salvum advenīre

[2] Mīror ad mē nihil scrībere

[3] Thalēs dīxit aquam esse initium rērum 

[4] Dīxit enim mihi tē esse in Ītaliā sēsēque ad tē puerōs mittere

[5] Hic  servus  dīcit  dominum  suum  mīlitibus  trādī.

[6] Gallī  vīdērunt  Caesarem  cum  exercitū  magnō  appropinquāre.

[7] Puerī  clāmābant  canem  ingentem  in  hortum  intrāre.

[8] Dux  spērat  exercitum  bene  pugnāre.

[9] Cicerō sensit rem publicam dēlēri.

[10] Dīcit montem ab hostibus tenerī.

[B]

[1] We read the we live on the Earth │ _____ _____ in tellūre _____

[2] I have read …│_____

[a] … that the sun does not seem flat │… _____ nōn plānum _____

[b] … that it seems spherical │ … _____ _____ _____

[c] … that it is also called a sphere │… _____ quoque globum _____

He has read … │ _____

[a] … that the Earth and the moon are large │ … terram et lūnam _____ _____

[b] … that they are large spheres │ … _____ globōs _____ _____

[c] … that that light is called the Moon │ … id lūmen lūnam _____

[d] … that it seems spherical │ … _____ _____ _____

dīcī; eam; eās; esse; esse; eum; eum; globōsam; globōsum; habitāre; lēgī; legimus; lēgit; magnās; magnōs; nōs; sōlem; vidērī; vidērī; vidērī; vocārī

[B]

[1] Legimus nōs in tellūre habitāre

[2] Lēgī

[a] … sōlem nōn plānum vidērī

[b] … eum globōsum vidērī 

[c] … eum quoque globum vocārī

[3] Lēgit

[a] … terram et lūnam magnās esse

[b] … eās globōs esse magnōs

[c] … id lūmen lūnam dīcī

[d] … eam globōsam vidērī

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