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THE POPULAE EDUCATOR. 



the opposite sexes. Our readers will notice that, in pursuance 

 of the plan laid down in the last lesson, our copy-slips convey 

 the knowledge of some fact, scriptural, historical, geographical, 

 or chronological. Each may serve, too, as the basis or founda- 

 tion-atone of a theme or essay, and excite inquiry into the 

 condition of the countries or the history of the personages that 

 are mentioned therein. 



7. By the solace of hope the mind of a sage is refreshed. 8. We osght 

 not to lose virtue in the miseries of life. 9. The wretchedness of the 

 condition beats down the man. 10. He loses the hope of a happier time 



VOCABULARY. 

 m., Debeo, 2, I owe. 

 Etiam, couj., also. 



LESSONS IN LATIN. XII. 



THE FIFTH DECLENSION. 



ALL the nouns of the fifth declension end in es in the nomina- 

 tive singular. This ending arises from the addition of the 

 termination s to the characteristic vowel of the stem -namely, 

 <?, which thus becomes cs. This characteristic vowel e appears 

 in all the cases. The ablative ending in e is blended with the 

 e of the stem. All the nouns of this declension are feminine, 

 except dies, a day, and its compound, meridies, mid-day, the 

 south. Dies, in good prose, is used as a feminine only when it 

 signifies generally a time, or duration, or a fixed day, an ap- 

 pointed time; as dies dicta, dies constituta, an appointed day ; 

 longa dies, a long period ; damnosa dies, a time of suffering ; dies 

 perexigua, a very brief period. In the plural, dies and meridies 

 are masculine. 



FIFTH DECLENSION. 



Sign EI in the Genitive Singular. 



CASE-ENDINGS AND EXAMPLE. 



Adventus, -us, 

 advent, coming. 



Amicitia, -SB, i., friend- 

 ship. 



Avcilo, 1, I fly away. 



Cito, adv., quickly. 



Conquiesco, 3, 1 am at 

 peace. 



Convoco, 1, I call 

 together. 



Cupide, adv.,desiringZy. 



Exemplum, -i, u., an 

 exinnfle. 



Exspecto, or cxpecto, 



1, I e.rpect, an-ait. 

 Fides, -ei, f., fidelity. 

 Incorruptus, -a, -um, 



Earns, -a, -nna, rare, 

 seldom,. 



Salus, -utis, f., health,. 



safety. 

 Serenus, -a, -um, serene,. 



fine, brig/it. 

 Servo, 1, I keep. 

 Tristis, -e, sad. 



Tutus, -a, -um, safe. 

 Ver, veris, n., spring. 

 Verus, -a, -um, true. 



incorrupt. 



Portns, -us, m., 

 harbour, port. 



EXERCISE 41. LATIN-ENGLISH. 



1. Amicitiae fides animum recreat in aerumnis vitse. 2. "Verso amicitiae 

 exempla rara sunt. 3. Amicorum fidei debemus salutem in adversis 



bus. 4. Verus amicus etiam in aerumnis vitae servat fidem. 5. 

 Fides etiam miseris portum parat. 6. Paratur mihi portus tutus. 

 7. Incorruptus amicus rarus est in rebus adversis. 8. In fide amicorum 

 conquiescit. 9. Veris adventus suavis est. 10. Cito avolat dies. 11. 

 Dies sereni rari sunt in vere. 12. Die coustitnta milites im urbem 

 convocat. 13. Certa die amici in domiun meam convocantur. 14. 

 Tristes snnt dies miserorum. 



EXERCISE 42. ENGLISH-LATIN. 



1. True friends keep fidelity in the miseries of life. 2. The fidelity 

 of friendship is not a vain hope. 3. Is the fidelity of an incorrupt 

 friend a rare example ? 4. In adversity we owe (are indebted for) a- 



