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An ablative absolute is a construct very common in Latin. It comes from the verb "absolvo" (to free) and it literally means "a freed ablative" in the sense that it is completely indepe...

The rule for indirect statements in latin is nice and simple - you have to remember to put the subject in the accusative, and the verb in the infinitive. You have to include the subject of the indirect st...

We start by parsing the sentence (find subject, establish sequence of tenses and what we are being tested on here)

Lead student to point out it has a historic introductory verb and we are dealing w...

The verb impero, unlike the verb iubeo is used in a normal indirect command. A normal indirect command takes ut + subjunctive whereas iubeo takes the accusative infinitive construction as though it is an ...