These designations are offered as a guide for selecting texts
appropriate to the ability of the intermediate Latin student.
In this category, sentences are predominantly simple, in the indicative mood, and show some use of subordination.
These designations are offered as a guide for selecting texts appropriate to the ability of the intermediate Latin student.
Texts in this category offer instances of several of the following:
| Complex sentences with subordination |
| Purpose, Result, Cum clauses |
| Ablative Absolute, Indirect Statement |
| Independent use of the subjunctive |
| Conditions in the indicative |
| Gerund/gerundive constructions |
| Comparative/superlative constructions |
These designations are offered as a guide for selecting texts appropriate to the ability of the intermediate Latin student.
Texts in this category are characterized by constructions listed in the Medium category and offer some of the following syntactic features:
| Conditions in the subjunctive |
| Indirect Question |
| Relative Clauses of Characteristic |
| Lengthy periodic sentences |
| Poetic or dense expression of ideas through the use of metaphor, ellipsis, allusion |
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