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Hi.

oriundi ex Etrusci
I want to see an explanation in grammar about this form of gerundive -undus (not -endus).
I searched in Gildersleeve but couldn't find it.
Is it an older form, like servos for servus ?
So, please point me such a place in Gildersleeve or Allen&Greenough.

I've first started with Wheelock, which I found pretty neat and clear in its exposition, although I didn't like how the information was fragmented between the chapters (a bit of verbs, then a couple of declension, then some other verbs... my mind can't stand the stress of not knowing when I'm going to complete one subject).

Then I read an article about how to teach yourself latin, which suggested the combined study of Adler's "A ...

Hi fellow Latin enthusiasts,

I've a short grammar question. As Qua is in the name of and Securitas, Securitatis is security, I'm a bit confused how to join those two words. My intended phrase is "in the name of security", I was thinking along the lines of Qua Securitatem. Can you please help me out with grammar clarification on the matter ?

Thank you in advance

Asmodeus

Does anybody use or is anybody familiar with Dirk Panhuis' Latin Grammar. I myself have been a devoted fan of Allen & Greenough since my undergraduate days, but, after a quick look through, I think that Panhuis has something special going for it.

The focus seems to be on linguistics and Panhuis pays particular attention to "The Sentence and Its Parts" and word order/Textlinguistics (as it's called in the book). Word order, I think, is ...

Salvete omnes,

I'm struggling to find a difference (if any) between the two constructions I mention in the Subject of this post, namely the use of cum + the pluperfect subjunctive and ablative absolute.

I am just starting my first foray into Bradley's Arnold Latin Prose Composition (cross your digitos for me) and I'm concerned about some of my translations.

Are the following two Latin sentences equal to each other? Are there any shades of ...

Sometimes I see Latin written with macrons, like latīna, but it wasn't until I started studying Latin that I noticed it. How important are these diacritics and is it considered wrong to omit them? I quite like them and I happily add them – I'm Swedish, so I know how frustrating it can be when people omit diacritics (it can mean two different words).

Senatus autem, mi Brute, fortis est et habet fortes duces. Itaque moleste ferebat, se a te, quem omnium, quicumque fuissent, fortissimum judicaret, timidum atque ignavum judicari. (Cic., Fam. XI, 18)

Can anyone tell me why judicaret is in the subjunctive?

I am attempting to translate a passage from John Wyclif (14th C) and really struggling. Any help would be appreciated (not for homework, I am a PhD student in the UK writing my thesis).

Sic igitur nedum rex et papa, sed omnia membra ecclesie commilitancia, faciunt quicquid meritorie fit a suo toto ad quod adiuvant, ut multi homines et eorum quilibet trahit navem.

I think it begins "Therefore thus much more king and pope, but ...

In Pensum B LLPSI Roma Aeterna Orberg hoc responsum malum donat:

Aeneas omnibus intentis narrabat de insiidis Graecorum et de erroribus suis.

Num hoc verbum: insidiae, -arum (f) est ?

Salvete omnes,

I am currently doing work on LLPSI: Pars II and found a mistake in the Answer Key that comes with the Teacher's Materials. For Capitulum XLI Pensum A (de generibus verborum), you are supposed to turn the active constructions into passive ones or vice versa.

The last sentence is given in the textbook like this: Magister te laudat, me reprehendit. The correct answer should be Tu a magistro laudaris, ego reprehendor, but the ...