New Latin Grammar by Charles E. Bennett
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and many others.
3. Compounds of jaciÅ were usually written ÄiciÅ, dÄiciÅ, adiciÅ, obiciÅ, etc., but were probably pronounced as though written adjiciÅ, objiciÅ, etc. 4. Adjectives and nouns in -quus, -quum; -vus, -vum; -uus, -uum preserved the earlier forms in -quos, -quom; -vos, -vom; -uos, -uom, down through the Ciceronian age; as, antÄ«quos, antÄ«quom; saevos; perpetuos; equos; servos. Similarly verbs in the 3d plural present indicative exhibit the terminations -quont, -quontur; -vont, -vontur; -uont, -uontur, for the same period; as, relinquont, loquontur; vÄ«vont, metuont. The older spelling, while generally followed in editions of Plautus and Terence, has not yet been adopted in our prose texts. * * * * * PART II. * * * * * INFLECTIONS. * * * * * 10. The Parts of Speech in Latin are the same as in English, viz. Nouns, Adjectives, Pronouns, Verbs, Adverbs, Prepositions, Conjunctions, and Interjections; but the Latin has no article. 11. Of these eight parts of speech the first four are capable of |
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