Allen and Greenough's New Latin Grammar for Schools and CollegesMachine readable text


Allen and Greenough's New Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges
Edited by: J. B. Greenough
G. L. Kittredge
A. A. Howard
Benj. L. D'Ooge





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PART FIRSTWORDS AND FORMS
   THE ALPHABET
   ORTHOGRAPHY
   THE PARTS OF SPEECH
   INFLECTION
   GENDER
   NUMBER AND CASE
   DECLENSION OF NOUNS
   FIRST DECLENSION (-STEMS)
   SECOND DECLENSION (o-STEMS)
   THIRD DECLENSION (CONSONANT AND i-STEMS)
   FOURTH DECLENSION
   FIFTH DECLENSION (-STEMS)
   DEFECTIVE NOUNS
   VARIABLE NOUNS
   NAMES OF PERSONS
   ADJECTIVES
   FIRST AND SECOND DECLENSIONS (- AND o-STEMS)
   THIRD DECLENSION (CONSONANT AND i-STEMS)
   COMPARISON OF ADJECTIVES
   NUMERALS
   PRONOUNS
   VERBS: CONJUGATION OF THE VERB
   SIGNIFICATION OF THE FORMS OF THE VERB
   PERSONAL ENDINGS
   FORMS OF THE VERB
   The Four Conjugations
   Forms of Conjugation
   PARTICLES
   CONJUNCTIONS
   FORMATION OF WORDS
   COMPOUND WORDS

PART SECONDSYNTAX
   INTRODUCTORY NOTE
   THE SENTENCE
   AGREEMENT OF ADJECTIVES
   PRONOUNS
   VERBS
   PARTICLES
   CONJUNCTIONS
   QUESTIONS
   CONSTRUCTION OF CASES
   SYNTAX OF THE VERB
   SUBSTANTIVE CLAUSES
   INDIRECT DISCOURSE
   IMPORTANT RULES OF SYNTAX
   ORDER OF WORDS

PROSODY
   QUANTITY
   RHYTHM
   VERSIFICATION
   FORMS OF VERSE
   MISCELLANEOUS
   GLOSSARY: OF TERMS USED IN GRAMMAR, RHETORIC, AND PROSODY


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PART FIRSTWORDS AND FORMS

 

PERSONAL ENDINGS

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Verbs have regular terminations 80 for each of the three Persons, both singular and plural, active and passive. 81 These are:


ACTIVE PASSIVE
SINGULAR
1. -m (-): am-, I love. -r (-or): amo-r, I am loved.
2. -s: am-s, thou lovest. -ris (-re): am-ris, thou art loved.
3. -t: ama-t, he loves. -tur: am-tur, he is loved.
PLURAL
1. -mus: am-mus, we love. -mur: am-mur, we are loved.
2. -tis: am-tis, you love. -min: am-min, you are loved.
3. -nt: ama-nt, they love. -ntur: ama-ntur, they are loved.


[a]

The Perfect Indicative active has the special terminations 82 :


SING. 1. -: amv-, I loved.
2. -is-t amv-is-t, thou lovedst.
3. -i-t: amv-i-t, he loved.
PLUR. 1. -i-mus: amv-i-mus, we loved.
2. -is-tis: amv-is-tis, you loved.
3. -runt (-re): amv-runt (-re), they loved.


[b]

The Imperative has the following terminations:


PRESENT ACTIVE
Singular Plural
2. : am, love thou. -te: am-te, love ye.
FUTURE ACTIVE
2. -t: am-t, thou shalt love. -tte: am-tte, ye shall love.
3. -t: am-t, he shall love. -nt: ama-nt, they shall love.

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Singular PRESENT PASSIVE Plurai
2. -re: am-re, be thou loved. -min: am-min, be ye loved.
FUTURE PASSIVE
2. -tor: am-tor, thou shalt be loved. ---- ----
3. -tor: am-tor, he shall be loved. -ntor: ama-ntor, they shall be loved.