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1
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  1. Explain the essential differences involved in introducing questions with -ne, nōnne, and num.
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  1. -ne, added to a word, indicates a neutral question; nōnne expects the answer “yes”; num expects the answer “no.”
2
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  1. What word is used to introduce a positive fear clause?
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3
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2b. What word(s) is used to introduce a negative fear clause?

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2b. ut (or nē nōn)

4
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  1. Can you explain why the words used to introduce fear clauses are the opposite of what one might expect?
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  1. The noun must itself be modified by an adjective [that’s what the book says; I would have thought the answer (from p. 342) was “because they were originally independent jussive clauses.”]
5
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  1. Magnopere vereor ut imperātor nōbis satis auxiliī mittat.
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  1. I greatly fear that the general may not send us enough help.
6
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  1. Fuit fēmina maximā virtūte et fidē atque simillima mātrī.
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  1. She was a woman of the greatest courage and loyalty and in fact very like her mother.
7
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  1. Nōlī timēre nē omnēs virī et fēminae magnōrum animōrum Rōmā discēdant.
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  1. Do not fear that all men and women of great courage will depart from Rome.
8
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  1. Id quidem est facile dictū sed difficile factū!
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  1. This is, indeed, easy to say but difficult to do!
9
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  1. Parentibus placitum domum vēnērunt.
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  1. They came home to please their parents.
10
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  1. Nōnne vīs audīre aliquid bonī?
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  1. You do wish to hear something good, don’t you?
11
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  1. Vīsne habēre multum sapientiae? Studē Latīnae.
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  1. Do you wish to have much wisdom? Study Latin!
12
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  1. Imperāvit tribus mīlitibus ut pācem petītum Rōmam adīrent.
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  1. He ordered the three soldiers to go to Rome and seek peace.
13
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  1. Num dubitās hoc dīcere, mī amīce?
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  1. You do not hesitate to say this, do you, my friend?
14
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  1. Tū mē hortāris ut sim animō magnō et spem salūtis habeam, sed timeō nē sim īnfīrmior.
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  1. You urge me to be of great courage and to have hope of safety, but I fear that I may be too weak.
15
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  1. Ego dīvitiās sapientiae antepōnō. ….
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  1. For my part I place wealth ahead of wisdom. …
16
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14b. Nōn enim arbitror hominēs vītam fēlīcem sine cōpiā pecūniae reperīre posse.

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14b For I do not think that human beings can find a happy life without a great deal of money.

17
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  1. Plūrimī autem virī dīvitēs multum metūs sentiunt.
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  1. However, very many rich men experience much fear.
18
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  1. Pauperēs saepe sunt fēlīciōrēs et minus metūs habent.
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  1. Poor men are often happier and have less fear.
19
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  1. Pecūnia ipsa nōn est mala:
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  1. Money itself is not a bad thing;
20
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17b sed rēs mentis animīque plūs opis ad fēlīciter vivendum offerunt.

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17b. but the things of the mind and the soul offer more help for living happily.

21
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  1. Novem ex ducibus nōs hortātī sunt ut plūs auxiliī praestārēmus.
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  1. Nine of the leaders urged us to supply more aid.
22
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  1. Quīnque ex custōdiīs interfectīs, pater meus cum duōbus ex fīliīs et cum magnō numerō amīcōrum in illam terram līberam fūgit.
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  1. When five of the guards had been killed, my father fled to that free land with two of his sons and with a large number of friends.
23
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  1. Numquam satis ōtiī habēbit;
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  1. Never will he have enough leisure;
24
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20b at aliquid otiī melius est quam nihil.

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20a. yet some leisure is better than nothing.

25
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  1. Nostrīs temporibus omnēs plūs metūs et minus speī habēmus.
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  1. In our times we all have too much of fear and too little of hope.
26
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  1. Magna fidēs et virtūs omnibus virīs reperiendae sunt.
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  1. Great faith and courage must be found by all men.