The Comic Latin Grammar;: A New and Facetious Introduction to the Latin Tongue. With Numerous Illustrations.. |
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Page 22 - Nouns have six cases in each number, (that is, six of one and half a dozen of the other) but can only be put in one of them at a time.
Page 49 - Of the Verb Esse, to be. BEFORE other verbs are declined, it is necessary to learn the verb esse, to be. Sum, es, fui, esse, futurus, to be. INDICATIVE MOOD. <• 1. Present Tense. — am. •\ Sing. Sum, I am. Es, tJwu art. Est, he is, Plur. Sumus, . We are. Estis, ye are.
Page 31 - Unus, one ; solus, alone ; totus, the whole ; nullus, none ; alter, the other ; uter, whether of the two ; and. other adjectives, make the genitive case singular in ius, and the dative in i ; as, Singular.
Page 22 - The dative case is known by the signs, to or for ; and answers to the question, to whom ? or to or for what ? as, To whom do I give the book ? Do librum magistro, I give the book to the master.
Page 90 - Quo plus habent, eo plus cupiunt : The more they have the more they want. This is a curious fact in the natural history of school-boys, considered _in relation to roast beef and plum pudding.
Page 23 - The vocative case is known by calling, or speaking to ; as 6 magister, o master. The ablative case is known by prepositions, expressed or understood, serving to the ablative case; as de magistro, of the master ; coram magistro, before the master.
Page 122 - Gerunds in di have the same construction as genitive cases, and depend both on certain substantives and adjectives, as Londinensem innatus amor civem urget edendi : An innate love of eating excites the London citizen. People are accustomed to utter a great deal of cant...
Page 23 - ... magistro, before the master. Also the prepositions in, with, from, by ; and the word than, after the comparative degree, are signs of the ablative case.