A Copious Latin Grammar, Volume 1J. Murray, 1838 - Latin language |
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ablative accus accusative ad Div adjectives adverbs aliquem amatus ancients animi belong Cæs Cæsar causa Charisius Cicero Colum compounds conjugation dative decimus declension denote e. g. Cic eius epicene erat father feminine fuit Gell gender genitive gerunds grammatical person Greek Greek words hæc homines homo ibid Imperf infinitive itum Latin Livy loved Lucret magni masc masculine mihi millia names negotium neut neuter nihil nominative Note noun substantive occurs omitted opus Ovid Pandect participle passive pater Perf perfect person Plaut Plin Plur plural predicate preposition Pres Prisc Priscian pronouns properly quæ quam quid quis quod refers Sall scil signifies Sing singular sometimes substantive sunt supine syllable tenses Terent termination thence thing thou tive understood unus Varr Varro verb Verr Virg vowel whence
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Page 386 - Cum autem duobus modis, id est aut vi aut fraude, fiat injuria, fraus quasi vulpeculae, vis leonis videtur: utrumque homine alienissimum, sed fraus odio digna majore. Totius autem injustitiae nulla capitalior est quam eorum qui, cum maxime fallunt, id agunt ut viri boni esse videantur.
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Page 351 - Pseud. 1. 1. 3, duorum labori ego hominum parsissem lubens, mei, te rogandi, et tui, respondendi mihi, for meo and tuo sc.
Page 335 - Si tu et Tullia, lux nostra, valetis, ego et suavissimus Cicero valemus.
Page 272 - Rheni : according to the rule that when two substantives come together the latter is put in the genitive : in these latter cases, however, the proper noun stands after the other.
Page 97 - Latin numerals, quatuor, four ; quinque, five ; sex, six ; septem, seven ; octo, eight ; novem, nine ; decem, ten ; undecim, eleven ; duodecim, twelve ; tredecim, thirteen...
Page 66 - View or scheme of the five modes of declension : except that Greek words and neuters are omitted : the nominative singular also does not appear in its various forms.
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Page 18 - In polysyllables the penultime is accented if the syllable be long, but in all other cases the accent is laid upon the antepenultime. There can be no doubt, that this custom produces a pronunciation entirely different from the Latin. With them, the accent and quantity were regulated on distinct principles, and the accent might fall on a short vowel without affecting its quantity : with us, accent and quantity are in many instances confounded. With them, the sound of the long and short vowels, though...
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