Scanlon's Latin Grammar - Essan.org

SECOND LATIN
punire, -ivi, -itus, to punish
radius, m., ray
rohnr, 11., strength, eCect, force
sponsus, m., betrothed
suspendere, -pendi, -pensus, to Juspend
vestigium, n., footstep
Idioms
I. in postenlffi, in the future
2. non obstante, notttJithstanding
3. tamdiu ... quamdiu, till such time aJ, until
4. robur habere, to take effect
5. ex illo, since then
6. illud quidem ... sed autem, to be sure . .. but Jtill
7' pridie quam, the day before
GRAf..f~1AR
I" A clause in the subjunctive \v ith or wit hout ut follows quam
after a comparative.
IIi viri veterioles sunt quam ut ad munus eligantur. 1;/Jese tnen ar~
too old to be elected to office.
Injurias patiebatur potius quam clam ageret. He endured persecu~
lion rathf'r than act sccrt,tly.
2. ~rantum abest, it is so far fro In (being the case), takes two clauses
in the subjunctive, each introduced by ut; one is the real subject of
ahest, the other depends on tantum.
1""antum abest ut superbus sit ut semetipsum defendere nolit. He is
so far from being proud that ht"J iJ unu/l"lling to defend himself.
3. Pridie quam, the day before, governs the subjunctive.
Pridie quam crrorem animadverterent, denunciatio jam facta erat.
T Ize day before they notzced their mistake, the publication had already
been made.