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Translate this sentence into English: 'By sailing quickly, Marcus reached the city in five days.'

The English translation would read as: Marcus celeriter navigando ad urbem quinque diebus pervenit. Marcus : this noun (Marcus, -i, (m)) is the subject of the sentence, and therefore is in the nominative cas...
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Answered by Lizzie B. • Latin tutor
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How does the author make this passage particularly dramatic?

Firstly, it is very important to understand what is going on in the passage - this is the basis from which you can find your points. Once you understand how the Latin in the passage fits together, the first ...
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Answered by Douglas L. • Latin tutor
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What is an ablative absolute?

An ablative absolute is a phrase made up of a NOUN and a PARTICIPLE in the ablative case. Therefore they both need ablative endings. Use this formula to translate an ablative absolute with a perfect particip...
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Answered by Sophie R. • Latin tutor
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How do I recognise and translate purpose clauses from Latin to English?

A purpose clause is the part of the sentence which explains why the action in the main verb took place. They are most commonly used in Latin with the word ' ut ' or the word ' ne ' followed by a subjunctive ...
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How can a comparative sentence be expressed in Latin?

One of the more common ways of expressing comparison in Latin is to use quam + a noun in the same case as the noun which it is being compared to. For example, in the sentence ‘ lupus est fortior quam canis’ ...
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