Bradley's Arnold Latin Prose Composition

by Mountford, J. F.; Arnold, Thomas Kerchever; Bradley, George Granville

• ISBN13: 9780865165953
• ISBN10: 0865165955
• Edition: Bilingual
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-12-30
• Publisher: Bolchazy Carducci Pub

Summary

The gold standard in Latin composition, used by thousands, for good reasons: Bradley's Arnold covers the elements of Latin grammar and syntax, from the basic to the complex, and teaches students how to put them together to write accurately in Latin. Plenty of examples and exercises, passages for translation, English-to-Latin vocabulary, indices. Now updated with grammatical terminology more in use today. Completely retypeset, with clear, easy-on-the-eyes fonts and format.

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION
The Parts of Speech	1	(9)
Analysis of the Sentence	10	(5)
Order of Words and Clauses	15	(6)
EXERCISES
I Elementary Rules	21	(5)
II Meaning of Words and Phrases	26	(4)
III Meaning and Use of Words: Verbs	30	(4)
IV Agreement of Subject and Verb	34	(2)
V Accusative with Infinitive, Oratio Obliqua (Indirect Discourse)	36	(4)
VI Accusative with Infinitive	40	(3)
VII Nominative with Infinitive	43	(4)
VIII Adjectives—Agreement, Use as Nouns, etc.	47	(6)
IX Adjectives and Adverbs	53	(4)
X The Relative	57	(4)
XI The Relative	61	(3)
XII Correlatives	64	(5)
XIII The Infinitive as a Noun	69	(3)
XIV Final Clauses (Purpose Clauses)—Sequence of Tenses	72	(4)
XV Consecutive Clauses (Result Clauses)	76	(5)
XVI Ut, Ne, Introducing a Noun Clause	81	(7)
XVII Quominus, Quin—Verbs of Fearing	88	(5)
XVIII Commands and Prohibitions	93	(3)
XIX Remarks on Moods—Subjunctive Used Independently	96	(5)
XX Interrogative Sentences—Direct	101	(6)
XXI Interrogative Sentences—Dependent or Indirect	107	(4)
XXII Interrogative Sentences—Dependent	111	(4)
XXIII Tenses of the Indicative	115	(7)
XXIV How to translate Can, Could, May, Might, Shall, Must, etc.	122	(4)
XXV Remarks on the Cases—the Nominative	126	(5)
XXVI Apposition	131	(3)
XXVII The Accusative	134	(4)
XXVIII The Accusative II—Cognate and Predicative	138	(3)
XXIX The Dative I—with Verbs	141	(5)
XXX The Dative II—with Verbs	146	(3)
XXXI The Dative III—with Adjectives and Adverbs	149	(2)
XXXII The Dative IV—Further Uses of the Dative	151	(4)
XXXIII The Ablative	155	(5)
XXXIV The Ablative	160	(4)
XXXV The Ablative	164	(3)
XXXVI The Genitive—The Possessive Genitive	167	(4)
XXXVII The Genitive—The Partitive Genitive	171	(3)
XXXVIII The Genitive—Subjective and Objective	174	(3)
XXXIX The Genitive—Quality and Definition	177	(3)
XL The Genitive—Genitive with Verbs	180	(4)
XLI Place, Space	184	(4)
XLII Expressions of Time	188	(5)
XLIII Prepositions—General Remarks; Prepositions with Accusative	193	(5)
XLIV Prepositions with Ablative	198	(3)
XLV Pronouns—Personal and Demonstrative	201	(6)
XLVI Pronouns—Reflexive and Emphatic	207	(4)
XLVII Pronouns—Indefinite	211	(4)
XLVIII A Pronouns—Idem, Alius, etc.	215	(4)
XLVIII B Pronouns—Quisque, Uterque, etc.	219	(4)
XLIX Gerund and Gerundive	223	(4)
XL Gerund and Gerundive—Oblique Cases	227	(4)
LI The Supines	231	(2)
LII Participles	233	(6)
LIII The Ablative Absolute	239	(3)
LIV Temporal Clauses—General Rules; Cum	242	(4)
LV Temporal Clauses—Dum, Donec, Priusquam, etc.	246	(4)
LVI Oratio Obliqua (Indirect Discourse)	250	(4)
LVII Conditional Clauses	254	(6)
LVIII Conditional Clauses	260	(5)
LIX Conditional Clauses in OratiO Obliqua (Indirect Discourse)	265	(7)
LX Concessive Clauses	272	(3)
LXI Causal and Explanatory Clauses	275	(3)
LXII Comparative Clauses	278	(8)
LXIII Qui-Clauses—Final (Purpose) and Consecutive (Result)	286	(4)
LXIV Qui-Clauses—Causal and Concessive	290	(3)
LXV Reported Speeches in Oratio Obliqua (Indirect Discourse)	293	(6)
LXVI Numerals	299	(6)
LXVII The Roman Calendar	305	(4)
APPENDIX: CONTINUOUS PROSE COMPOSITION
Preliminary Hints	309	(11)
Passages for Translation	320	(55)
GENERAL VOCABULARY	375	(58)
INDEX OF SUBJECTS	433	(6)
LATIN INDEX	439