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3. Credo earn esse _____ (fidelis; comparative) quam eum

4. Dux Carthiginis ad senitumlitteris quam ____ (brevis;

superlative) mittet.

C. Make the comparisons.

1. Quis est senior?
a.filius b.pater
2. Quis est antiquissimus?
a. Achilles b. Cicero c. Caesar
3. Quid est brevissimum?
a.annus b.dies c. hora
4. Quod tempus est clarius?
a. dies b.nox
5. Quid est celerius?
a.equus b. homo
6. Quid est difficilius?
a.labor b. otium
7. Quid est tristissimum?
a. morbus b.mors c.vulnus
8. Quis est potentissimus?
a. imperitor b.mnes c.servus
D. Translate into Latin; employ standard word order and include all ma-
crons.
1. The wisest possible leaders should be invited (pass.
periphrastic) to this very serious dinner.

2. The teacher announced that the students would read a rather

short but very urbane book.
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1. A "subliminal" message is transmitted ______ the usual

______ of perception.
2. "Translucent" material allows ______ to pass from one
side ______ to another, and to "elucidate" a subject is to
shed _____ upon it.
3. On both the vernal and the autumnal "equinox," the length of
the _____ is _____ to that of the day.
4. A "somnambulist" walks in his ______

LECTIONES
A. First read each sentence aloud twice, and then translate as literally
as possible within the limits of sound English idiom.
l . Niintiaverunt ducem quam fortissimum venisse.

2. Luce clarissima ab omnibus visa, copiae fortissimae contra

hostes remissae sunt.

3. lsto homine turpissimo expulso, senatus tantum civibus

fidelioribus dona dehinc dedit.

4. Quidam negaverunt hunc auctorem esse clariorem illo.

5. Remedium horum vitiorum ultimorum videtur difficilius.

6. Ille dux putavit patriam esse sibi cariorem quam vitam.