The Eton Latin Grammar |
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ǎ'ribus a'ris a'ti ablative accusative adjective advised ǎmā'-ti Ama'tæ audi'-tus bắt borne construed dative declension ĕ'ribus ĕ'rĭmus e'ris ĕ'ritis ĕrā'tis ĕram ĕro ĕro ĕris ĕrit ēs'sě esse'tis ēst fac'tus feminine Future Tense Future Tense.-I Future Tense.-shall genitive GERUNDS gular hæc hear heard I'cibus Ibus IMPERATIVE MOOD INDICATIVE MOOD INFINITIVE MOOD Latin loved masculine mo'ni-ti Mood is declined Muslin Neut nominative nouns nouns ending Ovid PARTICIPLES Perfect Root PERFECT TENSE PLUPERFECT TENSE Plural plural number POTENTIAL MOOD preposition Present and Preterimperfect Present Root present tense Present Tense.-I Present Tense.—may PRETER Preterimperfect Tense Preterperfect and Preterpluperfect Preterperfect Tense.-I Preterpluperfect Tense quæ rēc'-ti ruled signifying simple verb Singular Subjunctive Mood substantive sum ĕram sunt Supine Root syllable Tense.-I Tense.-may Tense.-No first Person thou hadst thou mayest thou mightest thou wast thou wilt tive unwilling vèl Virg word
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Page 6 - CASES OF NOUNS. Nouns have six cases in each number : the nominative, the genitive, the dative, the accusative, the vocative, and the ablative. The nominative case comes before the verb, and answers to the question, who?
Page 84 - There are four kinds of participles : 1. One of the present tense, which in English ends in ing, and in Latin in ans, or ens : as, loving, amans ; teaching, docens. 2. One of the future in rus, which signifies a likelihood or design of doing a thing ; as, amaturus, to love, or about to love.
Page 88 - ... antecedent, be of the masculine or feminine gender, (and not of the neuter,) yet may the adjective or relative be put in the neuter...
Page 124 - XV. If no nominative come between the relative and the verb, the relative is the nominative to the verb ; but when a nominative inter.-enes, the relative is governed by the verb, or by some other word in the sentence ; as, Ego qui siribo, " I who write." Ego quem tu vocas,
Page 7 - Also the prepositions in, with, from, by ; and the word than, after the comparative degree, are signs of the ablative case.
Page 85 - OF AN ADVERB. AN ADVERB is a part of speech joined to verbs, adjectives, and nouns, to increase or diminish their signification ; as, He speaks well; they write badly.
Page 33 - Tense, Mon-ere, to advise. Preterperfect, and Preterpluperfect Tense, Monu-isse, to have advised, Future Tense, Monitu-rum esse, to be about to advise. GERUNDS. Monen-di, of advising. monen-do, in advising. monen-dum, to advise. SUPINES. Active, Passive, MonTt-um, to advise.
Page 22 - There are five moods of verbs, the Indicative, the Imperative, the Potential, the Subjunctive, and the Infinitive. The Indicative Mood simply indicates or declares a thing; as, " He loves; he is loved:" or it asks a question; as, " Does he love? Is he loved?" The Imperative mood is used for commanding, exhorting, entreating, or permitting; as, " Depart thou; mind ye, let us stay; go in peace.
Page 6 - Nouns are of two kinds, substantives and adjectives. A noun substantive declares its own meaning, and requires not another word to be joined with it, to show its signification; and has commonly a, an, or the, before it : as homo, a man ; angelus, an angel ; liber, the book.
Page 36 - Tense, Reg-ere, to rule. Preterperfect, and Preterpluperfect Tense, Rex-isse, to have ruled. Future Tense, Rectu-rum esse, to be about to rule. GERUNDS. Regen-di, of ruling. regen-do, in ruling. regen-dum, to rule. SUPINES. Active, Passive, Rect-um, to rule. Rect-u, to be ruled. PARTICIPLES. Present Tense, Future in rus, Reg-ens, ruling. Rectu-rus, about to rule.