Translate: 'Abydeni legatos ad regem de condicionibus tradendae urbis miserunt.' (OCR H443/01 sample)

Step 1 - understand each wordAbydeni - glossed as masculine plural, 2nd decl, and therefore must be nominative, subject of sentencelegatos - accusative plural of legatus -i m. = ambassador/commander. Ambassador in context (being sent to king)ad - preposition + accusative = to(wards)regem - accusative singular of rex regis m. = kingde - preposition + ablative = about, down fromcondicionibus - dative/ablative plural of condicio -onis f. = condition, terms. Ablatiive after detradendae - genitive/dative singular or nominative plural of "tradendus -a -um", gerundive of trado -ere tradidi tradi = hand over, surrender. genitive singular to agree with urbisurbis - genitive singular of urbs urbis f. = citymiserunt - 3rd person plural, perfect active indicative of mitto -ere misi missum = sendStep 2 - break down sentenceAbydeni legatos (ad regem) (de condicionibus [tradendae urbis]) miseruntAbydeni legatos miserunt - subject object verbad regem - prepositional phrasede condicionibus tradendae urbis - prepositional phrasetradendae urbis - gerundival attraction (tradendi urbem)Step 3 - translate!The citizens of Abydos sent ambassadors to the king about the terms of surrendering the city. (5 marks)