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Unit 3 · A relative clause

a relative pronoun: gender/number from its antecedent, case from its own clause

Render into Latin and Greek:
“The citizens love the consul who saved the city.”

Model Latin

Cīvēs cōnsulem amant quī urbem servāvit.

Model Greek

οἱ πολῖται τὸν ὕπατον φιλοῦσιν ὃς τὴν πόλιν ἔσωσεν.

Grammar focus

Greek: relative pronoun — gender/number from antecedent, case from its own clause (Smyth §2501–2502) Smyth §2501 · Smyth §2502
Latin: relative clause; pronoun agrees with antecedent in gender & number, case from its own clause (Woodcock §118; Wheelock ch. 17)
↔ compare the construction across both languages

Idiom watch: The relative takes its gender/number from 'consul' (masc. sing.) but its CASE from its role in the relative clause — here subject of 'saved', so nominative in both: Lat. quī, Gk. ὅς. Don't let 'consul' (the accusative object of the main verb) pull the relative into the accusative.

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Authored pedagogical model answers, proofread for grammatical correctness in both languages. Not from a single source edition.