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What is gerundival attraction?

Gerundival attraction is what happens when a gerund needs to take a direct object - something grammatically incorrect in Latin (a gerund cannot take a direct object).For example, the phrase 'I reply by writi...
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In Aeneid X, to what extent does Virgil glorify war?

Essay Plan [the introduction and conclusion are standard outlines; the paragraphs are based on my own personal answer to the question - a sample answer of sorts]. Introduction: Overview of the Aeneid with re...
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Translate the sentence 'Iris ad Romam ire volebat ut multum cibum cenare posset.'

Simple answer: 'Iris wanted to go to Rome so that she could eat lots of food.' Explained answer: We first identify the subject, which is 'Iris', and we know it is the subject because it is in the nominative ...
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How to form an indirect statement?

REMEMBER: ACC + INF is always the key. Verb of "saying" + acc. in the indirect statement + infinitive. E.g. servus dixit equum malum esse. The slave said that the horse was bad. When keeping the sa...
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What is an ablative absolute and how to translate them

An ablative absolute is a clause that is grammatically separate from the main sentence and can be translated four ways: Temporal - this tells you the action in the ablative absolute happened "when"...
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