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Marcus pugnabat Flavium quod iratus erat. Translate and parse the verbs (giving the person, number, tense, mood, voice)

'Marcus was fighting Flavius because he was angry." pugnabat: 3rd person, singular, imperfect, indicative, active erat: 3rd person, singular, imperfect, indicative, active (same as above)
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ardet abire fuga dulcisque relinquere terras, / attonitus tanto monitu imperioque deorum. (Aeneid, 4.281-282) Using the Latin describe Aeneas' emotions at this point.

"[Aeneas] burned to go in flight and to abandon the sweet lands, / dazed by the great vision and by the power of the gods." - Aeneas is eager to be gone ('ardet') - Aeneas is stunned by the vision ...
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How to construct an indirect question

They are subordinate clauses which represent a question: for this reason, they are follow verbs such as quaero , rogo (= to ask) or scio (= to know). They may be introduced by an interrogative adjective/pron...
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What is an absolute ablative, How is it constructed and can it be translated?

The absolute ablative is a widely-used construction in Latin, which acts a subordinate clause, especially a temporal, causal or concessive one. It can be easily recognised in the text because it is composed ...
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How do I begin tackling an unseen passage of Latin for translation into English?

Here's part of a passage taken from an OCR sample language paper: tum magna turba civium ad templum convenit atque ianuam lapidibus obstruxit ne Pausanias exire posset . deinde tectum deleverunt quod speraba...
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