Wheelock's FAQ chapter 30

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Wheelock's FAQ chapter 30: Questions

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Category: Sententia Antiquae (SA's)
SA3	Cedissent" seems to have a subjunctive pluperfect active ending, but which verb has a perfect stem of ced-? Cedo, cedere seems like a candidate, but its perfect stem is cess-. What am I forgetting/overlooking?
SA6	Why are the last two words above in the accusative?? I figured out the meaning of the sentence but just couldn't understand this construction.

Wheelock's FAQ chapter 30: Answers

Category: Sententia Antiquae (SA's)
SA3:	Cedissent" seems to have a subjunctive pluperfect active ending, but which verb has a perfect stem of ced-? Cedo, cedere seems like a candidate, but its perfect stem is cess-. What am I forgetting/overlooking?
A:	From rlafleur: This is one of a few typos on a corrigenda list that we're still waiting for HarperCollins to act on. good eye: it should be cessissent. :)
SA6:	Why are the last two words above in the accusative?? I figured out the meaning of the sentence but just couldn't understand this construction.
A:	Meredith's answer: Object of "reprimerent", just as "civem perniciosum" is. Unless I'm missing something, as I did last week.

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