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A Complete Latin Grammar for the Use of Students
A Complete Latin Grammar for the Use of Students Author:John William Donaldson Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: Adriatic sea: (d) dama, ' a deer;' talpa, ' a mole,' which are of both genders, the latter being most frequently masculine. Singular. 8 N. agricola musa ... more » Q. agricolse musa; D. agricolae musae A. agricolam musam V. agricola musa Ab. agricola musa Plural. N. agricolffi musae G. agricolArum musArum D. agricolis . musis A. agricolas musas V. agricolas muses Ab. agricolis musis Obs. In committing to memory the declension of a Latin noun, it may be advantageous to the learner that he should be taught to repeat the English of every case. One of the two following methods may be adopted, according as it is thought desirable or not to express the gender as well as the number and case of the inflexion: (a) To express the number and case only. Sing. Plur. N. rnensa, a table mensae, tables G. mensae, of a table ' mensarum, of tables D. mensae, to or for a table mensis, to or for tables A. niensam, unto a table mensas, unto tables V. mensa, O table mensae, O tables Ab. mensa, by or from a table mensis, by or from tables (6) To express gender, number and case. Masc. Sing. Masc. Plur. N. pwer, he葉he boy pueri, they葉he boys G. pueri, of him葉he boy puerorum, of them葉he boys D. puero, to or for him葉he boy pueris, to or for them葉he boys A. puerum, him葉he boy pueros, them葉he boys V. puer, O thou葉he boy pueri, O you葉he boys Ab. puero, by or from him葉he pueris, by or from them葉he boys boy Fern. Sing. Fern. Plur. N. JUia, she葉he daughter fliae, they葉he daughters G. JUiae, of her葉he daughter fliarum, of them葉he daughters D. jftliae, to or for her葉he JUiabus, to or for them葉he daugh- daughter ters A. fliam, her葉he daughter JUias, them葉he daughters V. flia, O thou葉he daughter...« less