Scanlon's Latin Grammar - Essan.org

SECOND LATIN
Idiolns
I. ratum habere, to ratify, .to approve
2. nihil est quod, there is no reason why
3. unus solusque, the sale and only
4. quod sciam, so far as 1 knoUI
5. hoc est, that is
6. nescio quis, some sort of, certain
7. a fortiori, with the greater force, the more so
8. sicut et, just as
GRA1vlMAR
I. Verbs of admonishing, ,varning, persuading, and the like are
followed by an ut clause (negatjve ne) with the subj unctive.
Admonebit ut eos recordet. 1-1e t,(Jill admonish him to re1nember them.
Suasit ne regnum destruerent. lie persuaded thern not to destroy the
kingdofn.
2 .. Verbs of asking, requesting, beseeching, and the like take an ut
cIause with the subj unctive (negative ne).
Rogo ut me juvetis. I beg you to help me.
Petierant ne cum contemneremus" They had asked us not to despise
lJi1n.
EXERCISES
I. Suadent ut ipse non modo diem festurn ratum habeat, sed etiam
annuam ejus observantiam. 2. Monebimus ne SerlTIOneS ejus ad metaphoras
otiosas detorqueant. 3. Nonne persuasisti ut magistra servos
suos doctrinam christianam doceret eorum durante adolescentia?
4. Quando denique admonebitis ut omnes obices positos in viam
suan1 superent? S. Petivi ut semetipsum ab actibus omnibus arceret
qui furorem apud indulti auctorem excitarent. 6. Rogabamini ut assumeretis
nescio quae onera levia dum pastor Romae esset. 7. Christus