Salvēte, sodālēs.
In the previous lesson we saw that the accūsātīvus is used to indicate an object and following certain prepositions. The first such preposition was inter between. Today we will see the accūsātīvus following the preposition prope. At the same time, you will meet the adverb procul far, which will be used together with ā/ab to mean far from. The margin tells us that prope Rōman is the opposite of procul ab Rōmā.
Ōstia est prope Rōmam. Brundisium nōn est prope Rōmam, sed procul ab Rōmā: via Appia longa est.
I’m guessing that you have already deduced the meaning of longa.
from Lingua Latīna Per Sē Illustrāta, page 40.
Now let’s look at a useful pair of words - tam and quam. We’ll take some the roads (viae) described in the previous lesson and stretch them each out into a straight line to compare their lengths.
Read these three sentences, and see whether you can deduce the meanings of tam and quam. You can check your understanding afterwards. Via Latīna nōn est tam longa quam via Appia. Quam longa est via Flāminia? Via Flāminia nōn tam longa est quam via Appia.
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The Via Latina is not as long as the Via Appia. How long is the Via Flaminia? The Via Flaminia is not as long as the Via Appia.
Now READ Capitulum Sextum, lines 8-13.
Satis est. See you soon.