co:nfi:rma:re, co:nfi:rma:vi:, co:nfi:rma:tus\,
_strengthen, establish, encourage_ (confirm)

_238._ Neuter consonant stems add no termination in the nominative and
are declined as follows:

flu:men, tempus, opus, caput,
n., _river_ n., _time_ n., _work_ n., _head_
BASES OR
STEMS flu:min- tempor- oper- capit-

SINGULAR TERMINATIONS
Nom. flu:men tempus opus caput --
Gen. flu:minis temporis operis capitis -is
Dat. flu:mini: temperi: operi: capiti: -i:
Acc. flu:men tempus opus caput --
Abl. flu:mine tempore opere capite -e

PLURAL
Nom. flu:mina tempora opera capita -a
Gen. flu:minum temporum operum capitum -um
Dat. flu:minibus temporibus operibus capitibus -ibus
Acc. flu:mina tempora opera capita -a
Abl. flu:minibus temporibus operibus capitibus -ibus

1. Review Sec. 74 and apply the rules to this declension.

2. Bases or stems in -in- have -e- instead of -i- in the nominative,
as flu:men, base or stem flu:min-.

3. Most bases or stems in -er- and -or- have -us in the nominative, as
opus, base or stem oper-; tempus, base or stem tempor-.

_239._ EXERCISES

First learn the special vocabulary, p. 292.

I. 1. Barbari ubi Romam ceperunt, maxima regum opera deleverunt.
2. Romani multas calamitates a barbaris acceperunt. 3. Ubi erat summus
terror apud oppidanos, animi dubii eorum ab oratore claro confirmati
sunt. 4. Roma est in ripis fiuminis magni. 5. Ubi Caesar imperator
milites suos arma capere iussit, ii a proelio contineri non potuerunt.
6. Ubi proelium factum est, imperator reperiri non potuit. 7. Imperator
sagitta in capite vulneratus erat et stare non poterat. 8. Eum magno
labore pedes ex proelio portavit. 9. Is bracchiis suis imperatorem
tenuit et eum ex periculis summis servavit. 10. Virtute sua bonus miles
ab imperatore coronam accepit.

II. 1. The consul placed a crown on the head of the victor. 2. Before
the gates he was received by the townsmen. 3. A famous orator praised
him and said, "By your labors you have saved the fatherland from
disaster." 4. The words of the orator were pleasing to the victor.
5. To save