#crînibus passîs#, II, 36; #mâgnâ glôriâ# bellî rêgnâvit, IV, 75;
scrîbâ cum rêge #parî ferê ôrnâtû# sedêbat, X, 6.
10. The ablative absolute is often best translated by the English
perfect active participle with an object: #armâtîs pâstôribus#, I, 25,
_having armed_ the shepherds. A combination of an abl. abs. and a finite
verb is often best rendered by two verbs in the same mood and tense:
#interêmptô Amûliô#, Numitôrem in rêgnum #restituit#, I, 37, _he killed_
Amulius _and restored_ Numitor to the throne.
_L._ PARTICIPLES
In Latin the participles, especially the perfect passive participle, are
used far more frequently than in English, and with a much larger variety
of meanings. The use of the participle tends to produce brevity of
expression. Thus the Latin participle may be equivalent to