| Conjugation IV | ||
|---|---|---|
| Indicative | ||
| ACTIVE | PASSIVE | |
| Pres. | au´diō | au´dior |
| Imperf. | audiē´bam | audiē´bar |
| Fut. | au´diam | au´diar |
| Imperative | ||
| Pres. | au´dī | audī´re |
| Infinitive | ||
| Pres. | audī´re | audī´rī |
1. Synopses should be given not only in the first person, but in other persons as well, particularly in the third singular and plural.
1. Give the synopsis of rapiō, mūniō, reperiō, doceō, videō, dīcō, agō, laudō, portō, and vary the person and number.
[178.] We learned in [§ 50] that one of the three relations covered by the ablative case is expressed in English by the preposition from. This is sometimes called the separative ablative, and it has a number of special uses. You have already grown familiar with the first mentioned below.
[179.] Rule. Ablative of the Place From. The place from which is expressed by the ablative with the prepositions ā or ab, dē, ē or ex.
Agricolae ex agrīs veniunt, the farmers come from the fields
a. ā or ab denotes from near a place; ē or ex, out from it; and dē, down from it. This may be represented graphically as follows:
[180.] Rule. Ablative of Separation. Words expressing separation or deprivation require an ablative to complete their meaning.
a. If the separation is actual and literal of one material thing from another, the preposition ā or ab, ē or ex, or dē is generally used. If no actual motion takes place of one thing from another, no preposition is necessary.