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Chapter 21, Philippi

Chapter 21, Drill a: Ablative absolute: formation.

Each Latin noun and verb can be turned into a Latin ablative absolute. Put the noun in the ablative in the right number and then make a participle to agree with it, so that it means what the accompanying English phrase in parentheses suggests. Note that an active meaning requires the present (active) participle, a passive meaning requires the perfect (passive) participle.

Example:
cogito, ego (while I am thinking) Answer: me cogitante

1. Caesar, morior (while Caesar was dying)
2. proelium, committo (after the battle had been joined)
3. clades, accipio (when a disaster had been received)
4. Caesar, morior (after Caesar died)
5. proelium, gero (after the battle had been waged or after the
battle was waged)
6. Brutus, occido (while Brutus was killing Caesar)
7. Caesar, occido (after Caesar was killed)
8. pax, cupio (since peace was desired)
9. ego, proficiscor (after I had set out)
10. labor, conficio (after the work was finished)
11. haec, dico (when these things had been said)
12. haec, audio (when these things had been heard)
13. Athenae, uideo (when Athens had been seen)
14. potestas, augeo (when the power was increased)
15. rex, rego (while the king was ruling)
16. scutum, rapio (since the sword had been seized)
17. puer, servo (when the boy had been saved)
18. cornu, uinco (when the wing [of the army] had been
conquered)
19. legatus, morior (since the legatus has died)
20. sol, luceo (while the sun was shining)
21. legatus, morior (while the legatus was dying)
22. puer, cogo (when the boy had been compelled)
23. milites, punio (when the soldiers had been punished)
24. nauis, soluo (when the ship had cast off, i.e. had been
loosened)
25. sol, occido (while the sun was setting)
26. haec, scio (since these things have been known)
27. gratiae, ago (when thanks had been given)
28. pax, restituo (when peace had been restored)
29. cornua, perrumpo (when the wings had been
broken through)

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