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by pmda » Fri Feb 01, 2013 5:11 pm
Orberg has this sentence in LLPSI Pensum B:
Saxa fluctibus pulsata fragorem edunt.
I'm not clear what role 'edunt' or, for that matter, 'fragorem' plays in this sentence:
Rocks, pounded by waves, ....???
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by Grochojad » Fri Feb 01, 2013 8:59 pm
"Fragorem" is the direct object, "edunt" is the predicate, "saxa" is the subject. For "edunt" try "edo" with long "e", eating doesn't make much sense here.
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by pmda » Sat Feb 02, 2013 4:14 pm
Oh...I get it 'edunt' means to 'give out' .... I understand..
gratias tibi ago..
Oddly Whitaker defines this as a 1st onjugation (edo, edare) verb and 501 latin verbs gives it as third conjugation (edo, edere...
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