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Ablative Singular Accusative Adjectives Adverbs advised Thou advised Ye angry ANNOTATION atque brevis Caret Cicero compounds Corripe Dative declined denoting English Eton expressed factus Feminine Fifth Declension Fourth Conjugation Fourth Declension fuerimus fuerint fuisse fuisti Future Imperfect Tense-shall Future Tense Gender Genitive Genitive Case Singular Genitive Singular Gerund govern Grammar grammarians Greek Nouns hear IMPERATIVE MOOD Imperfect Tense Impersonal Verbs INCREMENT INDICATIVE MOOD INFINITIVE MOOD Inflection Intransitive Verbs Latin latus Literally Translated Madvig Masculine monĭt-us Neut Neuter Nominative Participle Perfect person Plur POTENTIAL MOOD Preposition Present Tense Present Tense-may Preterimperfect Tense-might Preterite Preterperfect and Preterpluperfect Preterperfect Tense-have Preterpluperfect Tense-had Preterpluperfect Tense-might puer quam quod rect-us Root ruled Thou ruled Ye Second Declension sentence short signifying Sing sometimes Subjunctive Mood SUBJUNCTIVE OR POTENTIAL Substantive Superlative Supine syllable Tense-am terminations Third Declension Thou mayest Thou shalt tive ūs-us Vocative vowel words Zumpt
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Page 223 - Longus, and Achilles Tatius; viz., The Adventures of Theagenes and Chariclea ; Amours of Daphnis and Chloe ; and Loves of Clitopho and Leucippe.
Page 38 - JUl declensions have the following points in common : — 1. In the second, third, and fourth declensions there are neuters which have three cases alike, viz. nominative, accusative, and vocative. 2. The vocative is like the nominative, except in the singular of the second declension and in some Greek words in the first and third.
Page 170 - With these preliminaries, we can take a clear view of the English infinitives. They exist under two forms, and are referable to a double origin : 1. The Independent form. This is used after the words can, may, will, and some others ; as, / can speak ; I may go ; I shall come ; 1 will move.
Page 185 - The verbs of estimating or valuing and their passives (aestimare, ducere, facere, fieri, habere, pendere, putare, taxare and esse~) are joined with the genitive, when the value is expressed generally by an adjective, but with the ablative, when it is expressed by a substantive. (Comp. § 456.). Genitives of this kind are : — magni, permagni, pluris, plurimi, maximi, parvi, minoris, minimi, tanti, quanti, and the compounds...
Page 149 - If the substantives be of different persons, the verb plural must agree with the first person rather than the second, and with the second rather than the third ; as...
Page 154 - When a nominative comes between the relative and the verb, the relative is governed by some word in its own member of the sentence : as, " He who preserves me, to whom I owe my being, whose I am, and whom I serve, is eternal.
Page 149 - I) in the plural, if importance be attached to the number as well as to the connection, which is generally the case with livmg beings : Castor et Pollux ex eqvis pugnare visi sunt (Cic.
Page 3 - A syllable is a distinct sound of one, or more letters, pronounced in a breath. A diphthong is the sound of two vowels in one syllabic.
Page 153 - If no nominative come between the relative and the verb, the relative is the nominative to the verb ; but when a nominative intervenes, the relative is governed by the verb, or by some other word in fie sentence ; as, Ego qui seribo, " I who write." Ego quem tu vocas,
Page 168 - ¿sshould be used of the first. But se often continues, if no ambiguity is produced, to be used of the original subject, especially if the second proposition expresses a thought or purpose of the subject at first.