Latin Prose Composition

by A.E. Hillard, M.A. North

Overview

This classic Latin composition book has been in use throughout the world for over 100 years. It features brief lesson overviews followed by English to Latin composition exercises. All common words and constructions are included.Special vocabularies are given for each exercise in the book, together with rules for the order of words, lists of synonyms and prepositional phrases, and a military and complete general vocabulary.In the Appendix the student will find useful tables of verb stems, prepositions and particles. The book is suitable for both beginners and intermediate learners.

A grade above Hilliard and Boltings' Elementary Latin Exercises, this has long been the standard middle school textbook.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780715613221
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	10/16/1997
Series:	Latin Language
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	320
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 7.90(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

A.E. Hillard was the High Master of St. Paul's School, London, UK.

M.A. North was the Assistant Master at Clifton College, Bristol, UK.

Table of Contents

Preface
Preliminary Exercises
Sequence of Tenses
Final Clauses
Consecutive Clauses
Final and Consecutive Clauses
Infinitive as Subject or Complement – prolative infinitive
Participles
Time, Space, Place
Ablatives of Comparison, Quality, Measure of Difference ; Words Governing the Ablative
Indirect Statement
Price and Value
Partitative Genetive
Verbs Governing Dative
Exercises for Revision
Passive of Intransitative Verbs
Direct command
Indirect command
Dative of Purpose
Ablatives of Origin, Separation, Association
Ablatives of Respect and Manner
Exercises for Revision
Gerunds and Gerundives, Gerundive Attraction
Supines
Exercises for Revision with Gerunds
Direct Questions
Indirect Questions
Subordinate Clauses in Indirect Statement
Impersonal Verbs
Genitive (Objective, etc)
Exercises for revision
Relative with the Subjunctive
Gerunds and Gerundives, Gerundive Expressing Obligation
Verbs of Fearing
Causal Clauses
Quin and Quominus
Exercises for revision
Temporal Clauses
Conditional Sentences
Index