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179. Form
EX E RC IS E S
Select from this list according to need.
8AC: 1. Give the meaning and gen. s. and pl. (with def. art.) of the following
1ac type nouns:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8AC: 2. Give the meaning and gen. s. and pl. (with def. art.) of the following 1d
type nouns:
1.
2.
3.
4.
8AC: 3. Give the meaning and (where possible) gen. s. and pl. (with def. art.) of
the following 3d type nouns:
1.
2.
3.
4.
8AC: 4. Give the meaning and gen. s. and pl. (with def. art.) of the following
2ab type nouns:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
8AC: 5. Give the meaning and gen. s. and pl. in all genders (with def. art.) of the
following type 2-1-2 adjectives:
1.
2. *
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
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9.
10.
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8AC: 6. Give the meaning and gen. s. and pl. (with def. art.) of the following
type 3c nouns:
1.
2.
3.
8AC: 7. Give the meaning and gen. s. and pl. of the following 3ab type nouns:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
8AC: 8. Give the meaning and gen. s. and pl. in all genders of the following type
3rd declension and 3-1-3 adjectives/participles:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8AC: 9. Give the meaning and gen. s. and pl. (with def. art. [where meaningful])
of the following:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8AC: 10. Give the meaning and gen. s. and pl. (with def. art.) of the following:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
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away from
from (esp. a person)
out of, from
(in company) with
on, on part of, in the time of
through
for the sake of (comes after the noun)
concerning, about (also with acc.)
I hear (a person)*
I condemn
I seize, take hold of (see (a)[ii] above)
* normally takes the acc. of the thing heard (e.g. words) but the gen. of the source of sound
(e.g. the person who is speaking):
Cf. [a](iii) above. You will find that other verbs of perception behave in a similar way.
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Socrates is wiser than this fellow.
(This can also be expressed as
.)
E XE RC IS E
8AC: 11. Translate into Greek using the prepositions and adjectives listed at (c)
above:
1. in company with (the) Socrates
2. away from the assembly
3. through the crowd
4. out of the ship
5. I condemn the man
6. I hear the women
7. I seize the citizen
Comparative
Superlative
(-)
(-)
better
(-)
(-)
worse
best
worst
or
good
or
bad
Meaning
The alternative comparative and superlative forms of carry slightly different nuances:
c and imply superiority in terms of physical or mental
ability
c and imply moral superiority
Form
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