Wheelock's FAQ chapter 22

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Wheelock's FAQ chapter 22: Questions

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Category: Practice/Repetition sentences (PR's)
PR4	I'm confused by "tollo" in this sentence.
PR13	It seems to me that "of uncertain things" could be translated either with the genitive case - i.e. objective genitive or using dE + ablative i.e. translating 'of' as 'concerning'. Which would be most appropriate and why?
PR15	In the sentence, "With great hope the tyrant ordered those ships to be destroyed." The problem is the 'to be destroyed'. I think that it would be esse sublatae, because it's the passive, the sublatXXX should agree with what will be destroyed (the ships) not the subject (the tyrant). Is that correct, or have I hopelessly muddled things?

Wheelock's FAQ chapter 22: Answers

Category: Practice/Repetition sentences (PR's)
PR4:	I'm confused by "tollo" in this sentence.
A:	"Tollo" has more meanings than you can shake a stick at. As always, it's context. Sorry not to be more helpful, but there's nothing else I can say.
PR13:	It seems to me that "of uncertain things" could be translated either with the genitive case - i.e. objective genitive or using dE + ablative i.e. translating 'of' as 'concerning'. Which would be most appropriate and why?
A:	"Fear of" something is usually handled with the objective genitive. I'm afraid I can't give you a good reason; it just is.
PR15:	In the sentence, "With great hope the tyrant ordered those ships to be destroyed." The problem is the 'to be destroyed'. I think that it would be esse sublatae, because it's the passive, the sublatXXX should agree with what will be destroyed (the ships) not the subject (the tyrant). Is that correct, or have I hopelessly muddled things?
A:	The form you want for "to be destroyed" is not the passive perfect participle, but rather the present passive infinitive. (If it was in a perfect tense, the destruction would have gone in prior to the main verb of the sentence.) Thus, either "deleri" or "tolli."

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