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Chapter 21, Philippi

Chapter 21, Drill d: Drill, use of participial phrases either modifying nouns which are grammatically part of the sentence or as ablative absolutes, as appropriate.

In each Latin sentence, the Latin phrase in parentheses can be expressed also by a participial phrase. Some are participles modifying a noun which has its own grammatical function in the sentence, which you learned how to do long ago; others modify a noun which does not have its own grammatical function in the sentence and thus the noun and participle become an ablative absolute. Provide the correct participial phrase, without commas and in noun - other words - participle order.

Examples:
(Caesar, qui a Bruto interfectus erat,) in gradibus iacebat. Answer: Caesar a Bruto interfectus: since Caesar is the subject of the sentence, the participle merely modifies it.

(postquam Caesar interfectus erat), multi iuvenes Brutum secuti sunt . Answer: Caesare interfecto: since Caesar has no grammatical function in the sentence, Caesar and the participle become an ablative absolute.

1. (postquam proelium commissum erat,) legatus
interfectus est.
2. (dum sol oriebatur,) milites se parauerunt.
3. Brutus iussit (milites qui conuocati erant) fortiter pugnare.
4. (dum equi currebant,) milites se exercebant.
5. (quod bella gesta erant,) Romani pacem cupiebant.
6. (cum haec uisa essent,) Quintus gaudebat.
7. (Brutus, qui cladem passus erat,) se interfecit.
8. (postquam multi milites interfecti erant,) alii fugerunt.
9. (postquam milites interfecti erant), a comitibus
laudati sunt.
10. (Quinto qui de periculo cogitabat), Pompeius
locutus est.
11. (cum cornu perruptum esset,) Horatius euasit.
12. (cum Antonius cornu perrupisset,) Horatius euasit.

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