Salvete, amici!
I don't know how many of you have used Bradley's Arnold Latin Prose Composition, but it's what I have chosen to guide me through the wonders of Latin composition.
The idea of this thread is modeled on those that I have seen for texts like Lingua Latina where the original poster maps his progress/asks for help on certain tricky bits--and the members of Textkit so generously offer their help
Help/suggestions are greatly appreciated!
Here's what I have so far:
1. I have been elected consul by the votes of the Roman people; you are favored by the enemies of the human race.
Consul suffragiīs popul?rum Roman?rum factus sum; tibi ab hostibus humanī favētur.
2. The town had now been blockaded for three days; it was taken by assault on the fourth day.
Oppidum trēs diēs nunc obsessum erat; quattuor diē expugnatum est.
I'm a little concerned about the switching of tenses in the second sentence, i.e., moving from pluperfect passive (obsessum erat) to perfect passive (expugnatum est). Are my doubts well-founded?
Valete!
Rufus
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Salve, Didyme!
Thanks for the comments!
1. There is more than one Roman, so I used the genitive plural. Is this wrong?
2. That's a very good point about using "fourth" vs. "four"--gotta love those little goofs
Also, I'm aware of missing some of the macrons. I just put in that I thought were most important, but I realize it's important to get in the habit of knowing where they all are. Maybe I should think of them as a necessary part of spelling...
Vale!
Rufus
Thanks for the comments!
1. There is more than one Roman, so I used the genitive plural. Is this wrong?
2. That's a very good point about using "fourth" vs. "four"--gotta love those little goofs
Also, I'm aware of missing some of the macrons. I just put in that I thought were most important, but I realize it's important to get in the habit of knowing where they all are. Maybe I should think of them as a necessary part of spelling...
Vale!
Rufus
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