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olim Alexander , rex Macedonum , cum exercitu suo ad terras Indorum iter faciebat. - How would you go about translating this sentence?

To start off with, go along the sentence and mark out what case each word is or could be. For example, above 'Alexander' mark 'S', which stands for subject and 'V' for vocative. Similarly, you would do the s...
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Answered by Joe M. • Latin tutor
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How does Pliny make the ghost scene a dramatic and shocking climax to the story?

Pliny is incredibly good at building suspense in his text through the use of sound and language. For example with capiti catenis, where alliteration of ‘c’ to imitate the sound of the chains rattling. The de...
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Translate the following sentences. 'Hannibal, nautas tali modo hortatus, iussit classem in proelium navigare. sed priusquam signum pugnae daretur, Hannibal, ut cognosceret quo loco Eumenes esset, tabellarium in scapha cum caduceo misit. '

In Paper 1A of the Latin GCSE exam, the students are asked to translate a text from Latin to English. This is a sentence from the 2013 Exam Paper.The correct translation is the following: 'Hannibal, having e...
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How is it best to learn the set texts?

Don't just memorise the English translation! Make sure you understand how the sentence fits together grammatically e.g. identify the subject, object and the main verb and see what agrees. Then make a note of...
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What is the difference between a deponent and a semi-deponent verb?

Deponent verbs are verbs that look passive, but are active in meaning. Examples of these verbs are: conor, conari, conatus sum; loquor, loqui, locutus sum. Though these all conjugate like the passive voice o...
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