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PART. I.

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28

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Inflections of the Parts of Speech.

Page.

Page

Declension of Substantives

10 Second Conjugation, Active Voice 18

and Comparison of Adjectives 11

Passive Voice 19

of Pronouns

12 Third Conjugation, Active Voice 20

Conjugation of the Verb Sum

13

Passive Voice 21

of Regular Verbs 16–23 Fourth Conjugation, Active Voice 22

First Conjugation, Active Voice

Passive Voice 23

Passive Voice

Rules and Excercises.

Rule 1, and Exercises

10, 11 | Rules 31 to 54 inclusive, and Ex-
Rules, from 2 to 6 inclusive, and Ex-

ercises

24, 25
ercises

12, 13 55 to 69 inclusive, and Ex-
7 to 30 inclusive, and Ex-

ercises

26, 27

ercises 14, 15 Condensed Views of all the Rules 28—44

Exercises adapted to the Conjugation

of Regular Verbs

16-23

Excerpta Latinè.

De. Viris Illustribus Urbis Romæ 28-44 De Viris Julius Cæsar

32 Sallustii Catilina

44

Paulus Æmilius

32 | E. Ciceronis Orationibus

45-50

Tiberius Gracchus and Caius Ex Ovidii Operibus

of the Parts of Speech

68 Of Pronouns

95

Of Nouns or Substantives

69 Of Simple Pronouns

72 Conjugation of Verbs

98

Second Declension

73 Formation of Verbs

100

Third Declension

74 Signification of the different Tenses 100

85 Second Conjugation

85 Fourth Conjugation

111

Defective Nouns

85 Deponent and Common Verbs 111

Division of Nouns according to

Defective Verbs

117

their signification and derivation 89 Impersonal Verbs

Declension of Adjectives

90 Obsolete Conjugation

119

Numeral Adjectives

92 Derivation and Composition of

Comparison of Adjectives

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Derivation, Comparison and Com-

Of Sentences, simple and compound 126 of the construction of Conjunctions 140

Of Concord or Agreement

127 Of two or more nouns singular con-

Agreement of an Adjective with a

nected by a Conjunction

140

Substantive

127 Of Conjunctions governing the sub-

of a Verb with a Nominative 127 junctive mood

141

of a Relative with the Ante Of Verbs governing one case

Construction of Relatives

128

the Genitive 142

same case after a Verb as before it 129

the Dative

143

Agreement of one Substantive

Government of Substantives 130 Of a Verb compounded with a Pre-
one Substantive governing another 130 position

145
latter of two Substantives 131 Of the construction of the Infinitive

145

Adjectives taken as Substantives 131 Accusative before the Infinitive 145

Opus and Usus signifying need 131 Of the construction of Participles 146

Of the Government of Adjectives 132

of Gerunds 146

Adjectives governing the Genitive 132

the Ablative 134 Of Verbs governing two cases 149

the Genitive

the Accusative and Geni.

or Ablative 134

tive

149

Of the Government of Verbs

134

the Accusative and Dative 150

Government of the Verb, Sum 134

two Accusatives

150

Sum, signifying possession, pro-

the Accusative and Abla-

135 Of the construction of Passive Verbs 151

taken for Offero

135

of Impersonal Verbs 152

Compounds of Sum

135

of the Names of Places 153

Of the construction of Comparatives, Of the Ablative Case Absolute

154

when quam is omitted 135

Construction of Adverbs 136

APPENDIX TO SYNTAX.

Government of Adverbs 137

Of the Construction of Prepositions 137 Various Signification and Construction

Prepositions governing the Accu-

of Verbs

156

sative

137 Figures of Syntax

166

governing the Ablative

138 Analysis and Translation

governing the Accusative or Different kinds of Style

169

Ablative

139 Figures of Rhetoric

170

of the Construction of Interjections 140

4. PROSODY.

of the Quantity of Syllables

175 | Of the Different kinds of Verse 183

of first and middle Syl-

Different kinds of Poems 186

of Final Syllables 179 Combination of Verses in Poems187

of Derivatives and Of the different kinds of Verse in

Compounds 181 Horace and Buchanan

182
measuring Verses by Scanning 183 | Punctuation, Capitals, &c.

189

perty, &c.

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168

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TO INSTRUCTERS.

The principal design of prefixing these introductory exercises to the Grammar is to relieve the student from the irksome and unprofitable task of committing to memory. what he does not understand; to impress the inflections of the parts of speech and the rules of syntax clearly and forcibly on his memory, by exhibiting them in condensed views; and, by furnishing easy exercises adapted to those inflections and rules in detail, to facilitate the labour of translating and parsing.

The following plan of instruction is in conformity with this design.

Commence at page 10th, and read over the declensions of substantives and adjectives, explaining to the pupil the distinctive marks of the different declensions, and the manner in which an adjective agrees with a substantive. Then practise him a short time in translating and parsing a few of the examples under “ Exercises," on page 10th, declining the adjective and substantive, first separately, and then conjointly. This will prepare him to understand, and consequently to commit to memory with facility and pleasure, the general rules relating to the declensions of substantives and adjectives, as contained in the grammar, commencing at page 69. By proceeding in this manner, illustrating each part of speech, and practising the student in parsing it, before he is called upon to commit to memory its Etymology and Syntax, his progress through the grammar will be rendered both pleasing and profitable. His task will be much lighter, and the impression on his memory more permanent, than if he had proceeded in the inverted order, committing what he could not understand, and deferring the exercise of parsing till he had gone through the grammar.

Felix D. Puěro,

RULE.

FIRST DECLENSION
1.

Mūsă, a song, feminine-gender.
The adjective agrees
Singular.

Plural. with its substantive, in Nominative, Musă, a song, Nominative, Mūsæ.

songs, number, case, and Genitive, Músæ,

Mūsárům,

Genitive,
gen-
of a song,

of songs,
Mūsæ, to,or for a song,
Dative,

Dative, der.

Músis, to, or for songs, Accusative, Mūsăm, a song, Accusative, Mūsās,

songs, EXERCISES. Vocative, Musă, O song Vocative, Mūsæ,

O songs, Bona Musa. Bonus pu

Ablative, Mūsâ; wilh,&c. a song; Ablative, Músis; with, &c. songs. er. Bonum donum. Unus

SECOND DECLENSION.
liber. Felix dominus. Le-
Pŭěr, a boy, masc.

Līběr, a book, masc.
pis sermo,
Lenior puer.
Singular. Plural.

Singular. Plural. Tenerum caput. Pulch

N. Půěr,
N. Puěri,

N. Liběr,

N. Lībrī,
er currus.
Pulchra res.
G. Puěri, G. Puěrorům,

G. Libri,

G. Librorům, Pulchrum cornu.

D. Puěris, D. Libro,

D. Libris, facies. Felix iter. Tene. A. Puěrům, A. Puěros,

A. Librům, A. Libros,
V. Puěr, V. Puěrī,

V. Liběr, V. Libri, rum cornu. Tenera res.

A. Puěro;
A. Puěris.

A. Libro;

4. Libris.
Bonus sermo. Bona res.
Dominŭs, a master, masc.

Dónům, a gift, neut.
Bonum sedile.' Lenis do-
N. Dóminŭs, N. Dómini,

N. Dònăm, N. Dönă,
minus. Lene iter. Pul.
G. Domini, G. Dominorum, G. Doni,

G. Dönõrům, cher liber. Pulchra facies. D. Domino, D. Dominis, D. Dono,

D. Donis,

A. Dominos, A. Donům,
Pulchrum caput. Lenior A. Dominům,

A. Dönă,
V. Domini,

V. Donům,

V. Dönă, dominus. Lenior res. Le. V. Dómìně, A. Domino ; A. Dominis. A. Dono;

A. Dönis. nius iter. Unus puer. Una · rupes. Unum donum. Duo

THIRD DECLENSION. libri. Duæ Musæ. Duo Sěrmo, a speech, masc.

Căpăt, the head, neut. cornua. Tres libri. Tres N. Sěrmo, N. Sěrmonés,

JY. Cặput,

N. Căpită, sermones. Tria capita. G. Sermonis, G. Sermonům,

G. Capitis, G. Capítăm,

D. Sermonibús, D. Capiti, Tres rupes. Unus lapis, D. Sermoni,

D. Capitibus,
A. Sermõněm, A. Sermõnēs, A. Caput,
Tres lapides, Duo currus.

A. Capítă,
V. Sermo, V. Sermõnēs,

V'. Capūt,

V. Capită, Duæ facies. Duo sedilia.

A. Sermõně; A. Sermonibůs. A. Capitě; A. Capítībús. Altus currus. Durus laRūpēs, a rock, fem.

Sědile, a seat, neut. pis. Durior rupes. Altior

N. Rūpēs,
N. Rūpes,

N. Sědilē, N, Sědiljă, currus. Altius cornu. Du

G. Rupis,
G. Rupiům,

G. Sedilis, G. Sedilióm, rius caput. Felicior puer. D. Rupi, D. Rupibús, D. Sedili, D. Sedilibús,

A. Rupes,

A. Sedilě, A. Sediljă,
Felicius iter. Pulchriorla. A. Rupěm,

V. Rupēs,
V. Rupės,

V. Sedilė,

V. Sediliă. pis. Pulchrius caput. TeA. Rupě; A. Rupibús.

A. Sedili ;

A. Sedilibús nerior Musa. Tenerius Lăpis, a stone, masc.

Itěr, a journey, neut. cornu, Facilior res. Fa

N. Lăpis,
N. Lăpidēs,

N. Itěr,

N. Itỉněră, cilius iter. Melior pu- G. Lapidis,

G. Lapidům, G. Itìněris, G. Itiněrům, er. Melius donum. Pejor D. Lapidi, D. Lapidībūs, D. Itìněri, D. Itinérībūs,

A. Lapidēs,

A. Itěr, dominus. Pejus donum. A. Lapiděm,

A. Itiněră,
V. Lapis, V. Lapidēs,

V. Itěr,

V. Itinéră, Major liber. Majas sedile.

A. Lapidě; A. Lapidibús. A. Itìněrě; A. Itinerībús Minor rupes. Minus cornu. Altissima rupes. Du

FOURTH DECLENSION. rissimus lapis. Felicissi. Currús, a chariot, masc.

Cornū, a horn, neut. mus puer. Optimus domi- N. Currůs, N. Currůs,

N. Cornū,

N. Cornŭă, nus. Optima Musa. Opti- G. Currûs, G. Currůům,

G. Cornu,

G. Cornúům, D. Currībūs,

D. Cornu, D. Cornibus, mum donum. Parvus puer. D. Currůí,

A. Currům,
A. Currūs,

A. Cornu, A. Cornúă, Malus liber. Magnus cur

V. Currůs,

V. Currūs, V. Cornu, V. Cornúă, rus. Magoa rupes. Mag. Ä. Currü; A. Curribūs. A. Cornu; A. Cornțbūs. num caput. Parvum sedi. le. Minus sedile. Minimum

FIFTH DECLENSION. sedile. Facilis Musa. FaciRés, a thing, fem.

Făciēs, a face, fem. lior Musa. Facillima Mu- N. Rės, N. Rés,

N. Făciés,

N. Făciés, sa. Tener dominus. Te-· G. Réī,

G. Rērům, G. Facier, G. Faciērum,
D. Rēbūs,

D. Facīëi,

D. Faciebus, nerior dominus

A. Rem,
A. Res,

A. Faciem, A. Facies, rimus dominus. Leniora V. Rés, V. Rés,

V. Facies, V. Facies, itinera.

A. Rē;
A. Rēbós

A. Facie ; A. Faciébuş.

Tener. D. Rei,