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Module 12 - Expressions of Purpose


Purpose Clauses

Identify the purpose clause in the following sentences from Hyginus and translate.

  1. Ubi Python sensit Latonam fortem esse, sequi coepit ut eam interficeret.

  2. Agenor suos filios misit ut sororem reducerent.

  3. At filii eius venerunt ut ad Athamentem transirent.

  4. Alcinous inter eos stetit, ne bellarent.


Expressions of Purpose

Find the phrase that expresses purpose in the sentence and identify the Latin construction. Then, translate.

  1. misit Absyrtum filium cum militibus armatis ad eam persequendam.

  2. Diomedes, Thraciae rex, equos quattuor eius miserunt, qui hostes acribus dentibus peterent.

  3. Femina, lectura eius carmina, aquam bibit.

  4. Telegonus, Ulixis et Circes filius, missus a matre est ut patrem quaereret.

  5. Repetitum eos profectus est.



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