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ablative accusative adjective pronouns adverbs atque Cæs Cæsar cæsura catalectic Cicero clause commonly compounds conjugation conjunctions connected consonant dactyl dative denotes dependent clause deponent verbs derived ère esset expressed feminine followed fuit gender genitive gerund Grammar Greek nouns hæc haud Hence iambic imperative infinitive interrogative ipse Latin loved masculine mihi mood neque neuter nihil nominative NOTE occurs omitted Ovid participle passive passive voice penult Perf perfect person Plaut Plin Plup pluperfect plur plural poets preceding predicate preposition Pres quæ quam quid quidem quis quisquam quisque quod quum rarely refers relative REMARK Sall scil sentence sibi signifies singular sometimes spondee subjunctive SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD substantive sunt supine syllable tenses termination thing third root tibi tion tive trimeter trochee verbs vēro verse Virg vowel words writers
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Page 47 - Dies, a day, is masculine or feminine in the singular, and always masculine in the plural ; meridies, mid-day, is masculine only.
Page 72 - ... to the greater; thus, IV. Four. V. Five. VI. Six. IX. Nine. X. Ten. XI. Eleven. XL. Forty. L. Fifty. LX. Sixty. XC. Ninety. C. A hundred. CX. A hundred and ten.
Page 48 - Nouns which vary in gender are called heterogeneous ; those which vary in declension are called hétéroclites. Heterogeneous Nouns. 1. Masculine in the singular, and neuter in the plural; as, Avrrnui, Dinrlymm, Ismârus, Massicot, Mœnulus, Pángaos, Tartina, Taygftia; plur.
Page 321 - Hurl'd often cuts off the vowel at the end of a word, when the next word begins with a vowel; though he does not like the Greeks wholly drop the vowel, but lull retains it in writing like the Latins.
Page 97 - ... in capiunt, &c. In verbs whose second and third roots are formed irregularly, the connecting vowel often disappears, or is changed in the parts derived from those roots ; but it is almost always found in the parts derived from the first root. "§> 151. 1. From the first root are derived, in each voice, the present, imperfect, and future indicative ; the present and imperfect subjunctive, the imperative, and the present infinitive From this root are derived also the present participle, the gerund,...
Page 184 - REM. 11. The principal noun or pronoun in the answer to a question, must be in the same case as the corresponding interrogative word; as, Quis lieras est ubi t Amphitruo, seil.
Page 206 - A noun which limits the meaning of another noun, denoting a different person or thing, is put in the genitive ; as, Amor gloria, Love of glory.
Page 106 - I shall have been loved, thou wilt have been loved, he will have been loved ; we shall have been loved, you will have been loved, they will have been loved.
Page 366 - Calends and the Nones or between the Nones and the Ides, it is necessary to take one from the number denoting the distance of the given day from the Nones or the...
Page 184 - Adjectives, adjective pronouns, and participles, agree with their nouns in gender, number, and case; as, Bonus mr, A good man.