. Latin for beginners . and great boldness,and very skillful in the art of war. 2. The Germans were of greatsize, and thought that the Romans had no power. 3. Men of thehighest courage were left in the camp as (for) a guard to the bag-gage. 4. The kings daughter, who was given in marriage to the chiefof a neighboring state, was a woman of very beautiful appearance. 5. The soldiers will construct a ditch of nine feet around the camp. 6. A river of great width was between us and the enemy. 1 From vis. (Cf. §468.) 2 Qgnitives and ablatives of description are adjective phrases. When we use an adve
. Latin for beginners . and great boldness,and very skillful in the art of war. 2. The Germans were of greatsize, and thought that the Romans had no power. 3. Men of thehighest courage were left in the camp as (for) a guard to the bag-gage. 4. The kings daughter, who was given in marriage to the chiefof a neighboring state, was a woman of very beautiful appearance. 5. The soldiers will construct a ditch of nine feet around the camp. 6. A river of great width was between us and the enemy. 1 From vis. (Cf. §468.) 2 Qgnitives and ablatives of description are adjective phrases. When we use an adverbial phrase to tell how long or howhigh ox how deep anything is, we must use the accusative of extent. (Cf. § 336.)For example, in the sentence above multa milia passuum is an adverbial phrase(accusative of extent) modifying longam. If we should omit longam and saya fortification of many miles^ the genitive of description (an adjective phrase)modifying munitionem would be used, as munitionem multorum milium GLADII REVIEW OF AGREEMENT 189 LESSON LXXVII REVIEW OF AGREEMENT, AND OF THE GENITIVE, DATIVE, AND ACCUSATIVE 448. There are four agreements: 1. That of the predicate noun or of the appositive with the noun towhich it belongs (§§ 76, 81). 2. That of the adjective, adjective pronoun, or participle with itsnoun (§ 65). 3. That of a verb with its subject (§ 28). 4. That of a relative pronoun with its antecedent (§ 224). 449. The relation expressed by the genitive is, in general, denotedin English by the preposition of. It is used to express ^ a. As attributive (§ 38). 1. Possession^ i t .1, j- . /^ x L b. In the predicate (§ 409). 2. The whole of which a part is taken (partitive genitive) (§ 331). 3. Quality or description (§§ 443, 445). 450. The relation expressed by the dative is, in general, denotedin English by the prepositions to or for when they do not implymotion through space. It is used to express a. With intransitive verbs and with transitivever
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