Ch 10 · Lesson 14Latin · Chapter 10 · Lesson 14 · Common mistake
rex or rege?
A noun and participle in the ablative stand apart from the sentence. They are never its subject.
The rule
An ablative absolute ( , with the king dead) sets the scene; it is not the subject and not the object of the main verb. If the king is the one doing the main verb, he is in the nominative: . If the king is only part of the background (the king having been seen, captured, killed), he is , with the participle beside him.
Pick the right one
0/8Pick the right one: rex or rege.
Mortuo , filius regnum accepit.
Mortuus est in urbe.
Viso , milites clamaverunt.
Tum milites vidit et clamavit.
Capto , hostes fugerunt.
Ab hostibus captus est .
Hostibus victis, in urbem rediit.
Quo facto, abiit.
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