The Rudiments of the Latin Tongue, Or, A Plain and Easy Introduction to Latin Grammar: Wherein the Principles of the Language are Methodically Digested, Both in English and Latin : with Useful Notes and Observations, Explaining the Terms of Grammar, and Further Improving Its Rules |
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... for righteousness ' sake : the muses ' aid . NOTE 3. That TO , the sign of the Dative , and of the Vo- cative , are frequently omitted or understood . Besides these , there are other two little Words called PART II . CHAP . I. OF NOUN . 9.
... for righteousness ' sake : the muses ' aid . NOTE 3. That TO , the sign of the Dative , and of the Vo- cative , are frequently omitted or understood . Besides these , there are other two little Words called PART II . CHAP . I. OF NOUN . 9.
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... frequently have The : as , the Thames , the Britannia , the Alps . NOTE 2. That the Vocative has none of these Articles , and the Plural wants the Indefinite . NOTE 3. That when an Adjective is joined with a Substan- tive , the Article ...
... frequently have The : as , the Thames , the Britannia , the Alps . NOTE 2. That the Vocative has none of these Articles , and the Plural wants the Indefinite . NOTE 3. That when an Adjective is joined with a Substan- tive , the Article ...
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... frequently abus than is in their Dat . and Abl . plural , to distinguish them from Masculines in us of the second Declination . ¶ In declining Greek Nouns , observe the following Rules : 1. Greek Nouns in as , [ and a ] have sometimes ...
... frequently abus than is in their Dat . and Abl . plural , to distinguish them from Masculines in us of the second Declination . ¶ In declining Greek Nouns , observe the following Rules : 1. Greek Nouns in as , [ and a ] have sometimes ...
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... frequently Dii and Diis than Dei and Deis . The most common terminations of the Second Declension are er and us of the Masculine , and um of the Neuter Gender . There is only one Noun in ir of this Declension , viz . Vir , a Man , with ...
... frequently Dii and Diis than Dei and Deis . The most common terminations of the Second Declension are er and us of the Masculine , and um of the Neuter Gender . There is only one Noun in ir of this Declension , viz . Vir , a Man , with ...
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... frequent , except in the second kind , and Patronymics of the first . II . 1. Greek words which increase their Genitive in is or os not pure , ( è . e . with a consonant before it ) have frequently their accusative sing . in a and ...
... frequent , except in the second kind , and Patronymics of the first . II . 1. Greek words which increase their Genitive in is or os not pure , ( è . e . with a consonant before it ) have frequently their accusative sing . in a and ...
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Ablativo Accusative Accusativum Active Adjective Adverbs Cæsura called Casus commonly Compounds Conjugation crement cùm dactyles Dative Declinatio declined Defective Verbs diphthong docet Dominus English erit esto frequently fructus fueris fuge fuisse Future Gender Genitive Genitivum Gerund govern Greek nouns habent hæc hath Imperative IMPERATIVUS indeclinable INDICATIVUS Infinitive INFINITIVUS ipse Latin Latus loved memento mihi Mood Neut Neuter noli Nominative NOTE Nouns Number Ovid PARTICIPIA Participle Passive penult Perf Perfect Person Plautus Pluperfect Plur Plural Præs Pras Preposition Preterite Pronouns quæ quæ sunt quam quid Quis quod QUOMODO Quot sunt regunt RULE semper short shorten signify Sing Singular sometimes spondee Subjunctive Subjunctive Mood SUBJUNCTIVUS Superlative Supine syllable Tenses Terminations Thing Third Declension Thou tibi tive understood Verb verba Verbum verse Virg vowel Words
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Page 163 - Diliges Dominum Deum tuum ex toto corde tuo, et ex tota anima tua, et ex omnibus viribus tuis, et ex omni mente tua : et proximum tuum sicut teipsum.
Page 128 - A noun in the plural is said to increase, when in any case it has more syllables than the genitive singular ; as, gener, generi, generorum.
Page 97 - When the subjects are of different persons, the verb will be in the first person rather than the second, and the second rather than the third : as, si tu et Tullia valetis ego et Cicero valemus (Fam. xiv. 5), if you and Tullia are well, Cicero and I are well.
Page 138 - It is so called, because when the number of syllables requisite is completed, we always turn back to the beginning of a new line. The parts into which we divide a verse, to see if it have its just number of syllables, are called Feet. A verse is divided into different feet, rather to ascertain its measure, than to regulate its pronunciation.
Page 139 - HEXAMETER. The Hexameter or heroic verse consists of six feet. Of these the fifth is a dactyle, and the sixth a spondee ; all the rest may be either dactyles or spondees ; as, Ludere I quffi velíuíUu dumRe lém cala- I mo per- I mïsït ä- I gristl.
Page 151 - Spem tibi polliciti certam promittere noli : rara fides ideo est, quia multi multa loquuntur. 14. Cum te aliquis laudat, iudex tuus esse memento ; plus aliis de te quam tu tibi credere noli.
Page 162 - ... debitoribus nostris; et ne nos inducas in tentationem, sed libera nos a malo ; quia tuum est regnum, et potentia, et gloria, in saecula saeculorum.
Page 81 - Adverbs seem originally to have been contrived to express compendiously in one word, what must otherwise have required two or more : as, " He acted wisely," for he acted with wisdom ; "prudently," for, with prudence;
Page 96 - But if a' nominative come between the relative and the verb, the relative will be of that case, which the verb or noun fallowing, or the preposition going before, usually govern.
Page 152 - Ne tibi quid desit quaesitis utere parce; Utque quod est serves, semper tibi deesse putato.