6. Rōmāni saepe cum barbaris pugnābant. Barbari neque agrōs pulchrōs neque oppida pulchra Galliae occupare potuērunt. 7. Rōmāni auxilium dederant et Galliam līberāvērunt. Victoria Rōmānōrum Gallōs dēlectavit. Semper Gallia (France), patria Gallōrum, libera erit. THIRD SECTION TRANSLATION EXERCISES 105. A. (See 21.) 1. Pueri et puellae librōs portant. Pueri cum puellis ad scholam ambulant librōsque puellarum portant. Et pueri et puellae discipuli1 sunt. Magister (teacher) in scholā nunc adest. Schola est in aedificiō pūblicō et magnō. 2. Amicus Mārci, fīlī agricolae, nōn adest; abest. Hodie in agrō cum agricolis labōrat. 3. In scholā sunt picturae (pictures) multae et pulchrae. Discipuli fidi sunt; fīdōs discipulōs lingua (language, lit. tongue) Latina dēlectat. 4. Hodie multi linguam Latīnam amant. Delectatne lingua Latina discipulōs? Amātisne linguam Latinam? Amāmus (sīc; ita; sānē; certē). 5. In mēnsā (table) sunt libri multi et rosa pulchra. Fabia, filia agricolae, magistrō rosam dedit. 6. Filii agricolārum in scholā adesse saepe non possunt. 7. Hodie agricolae cum filiis fīdis in agris lātis labōrant. 8. Portabantne pueri puellarum librōs? B. (See 34.) 1. The teacher praised (was-praising, hadpraised, will-have-praised) the good pupils. We shall praise (shall-have-praised) the beautiful pictures. 2. Where is Marcus to-day? He is working with the servants in the field. He could not be in school to-day. 3. He is not sick: he is helping (lit. gives help to) the farmers. The teacher has given books to Marcus. 1 discípulus, -ī, m., pupil; cf. "disciple, ""discipline." 4. Many boys will not be able to be in school to-day. 5. The kind master will free his slaves. Who freed the laves? He was a good man and he loved (his) country. 106. In North America there is said to be but one walled city, Quebec. Most ancient cities were surrounded by walls. Rome was for centuries defended by the so-called Servian Wall, which was about five and a half miles long. In 272 A.D. the Emperor Aurelian began the Aurelian Wall, which was 12 miles in length, and had 16 gates and at one time 381 towers. This wall for the most part still stands. It has often saved Rome from destruction. |