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What declension is genu meaning "knee". Decline it.

genu is a fourth declension neuter noun. It declines in the order of cases nominative, vocative, accusative, genitive, dative, ablative, in the singular and plural forms, like so: SINGULAR - genu, genu, genu...
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What is a gerund and how is it used?

The simplest way of describing a gerund is to call it a 'verbal noun', that is, a noun formed from a verb. Another way might be to describe it as the 'noun of an action'. For example, if we have the verb ' p...
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State and explain the case of 'rege' in the phrase 'rege victo'

'rege' is in the ablative case, forming part of an ablative absolute construction. This is used to show an action in the past that is separate to the main clause, made clear by the use of the perfect passive...
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'inter eos erat puella tam pulchra ut oculos omnium ad se verteret'. 1) Translate this sentence. 2) Identify the construction; what are the hints? 3) Explain the tense and mood of 'verteret'.

Among them was a girl so beautiful that she turned everyone's eyes towards her.2) Result Clause. 'tam' (so) is the biggest clue. 'ut + subjunctive' also means that the construction could either be a result o...
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What's a good method to translate a sentence from Latin into English?

(1) Underline the endings of all the words in the sentence, so that you can identify what each word is; (2) Identify verb , subject ( nominative ) , and object ( accusative ) , if there is one; (3) Order the...
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