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Answer the following questions and parse the selected verbs accordingly: 'Phaethon erat filius Apollinis. olim Phaethon tristis erat quod amici eum deridebant.'

1.'Phaethon erat filius Apollinis.'(a) Parse 'erat'.Answer: 3rd person singular imperfect active indicative of sum, esse.
(b) Write the above verb in the perfect tense.Answer: fuit.
(c) Parse 'A...

Answered by Henry L. • Latin tutor

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'dux militibus imperavit ut summa virtute pugnarent.' What construction is this? Parse 'militibus' and explain why it is like this. With the same construction, rewrite this sentence using 'iubeo' instead of 'imperare'.

This is an indirect command. 'militibus' is dative masculine plural because in an indirect command, the verb 'impero, imperare, imperavi, imperatus' takes a dative subject - to order to s...

Answered by Rishem K. • Latin tutor

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'How many different meanings can 'ut' have?'

Ut can be used with either subjunctive or indicative 'normal' verbs, or without a verb altogether. With indicatives, it tends to mean 'when', so for instance 'surgit ut milites movent' would mean 'he rise...

Answered by John B. • Latin tutor

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Describe the uses of 'ut'.

'ut' is used with the subjunctive to show purpose in a purpose clause, for example: "puer arborem ascendit ut milites videret", "the boy climbed the tree to see the soldiers"'ut' is us...

Answered by Esther L. • Latin tutor

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