"Thus, upon examination, we find that all that requires unreasoning memory may be reduced to the following heads: — 1. The five declensions, which include all adjectives and participles;
2. The rules for gender, and exceptions;
3. The four conjugations, active and passive, which latter voice includes sum;
4. The irregular verbs, eo, volo, nolo, malo, possum;
All this might easily be comprehended within twenty-four octavo
D'ARCY W. THOMPSON,
"Day-Dreams of a Schoolmasier."
PART II.-CONSTRUCTIONS OF SYNTAX.
18. Ablative Of Separation; 19. of Cause; 20. Of
Means; 21. Of Manner and Quality; 22. Of
Price; 23. Of Specification; 24. Locative
A or ab with ablative of Agent,
31. b, 163. R. 27.
ABLATIVE with Comparatives, 17.
R., 83; as Object, 79; of Want,
82; of Source, 83; of Means,
&c., 85, 92; of Difference, 85;
of Separation, 91; of Cause, 92;
of Manner, &c., 93; of Price,
94; of Specification, 95; Loca-
tive, 96; Absolute, 32. 2. b, 121;
General Rules, 163. R. 26-35.
Accent, Rules of, 2.
ACCUSATIVE, as Case of Object, 9,
75; two accusatives, 76; Ad-
verbial, 86; of Exclamation, 87;
General Rules, 162. R. 21-25.
ADJECTIVES, Inflection, 4. c, 6, 7,
15, 16 (47, 53); Comparison, 17
(54); rule of Agreement, 6, 162.
R. 2; used as Nouns, 7. 2; De-
rivative Forms, 43.
Adverbs in e, 6; in ter, 16; Deri-
vation, 41.
Apposition, rule of, 7; 163. R. 1.
Cases, use of, 3; Syntax of, 75-99.
Characteristic, Clause of, 110.
Comparative Particles, 105.
Comparison of Adjectives, 17; of
Adverbs, 17. 2.
Compounds, formation of, 45; of
qui and quis, 21.
Conditional Clauses, 103; dis-
guised, 104; General Rule, 163.
R. 46.
CONJUGATIONS, 10, 26; First, 28-
32; Second, 33; Third, 34;
Fourth, 36; forms of, 27.
Conjunetions, II. 2.
Correlatives, 21. 3.
cum, use of, 106.
DATIVE, as Indirect Object, 3. c,
77; of Nearness, 81; of Posses-
sion, 88; of Service, 89; of
Reference, 90; General Rules,
162. R. 14-20.
DECLENSIONS, 3; First, 4 (46);
Second, 5 (46); Third, 12-14
(51); Fourth and Fifth, 18 (56).
Defective Verbs, 40 (72).
Deponent Verbs, 37 (70). [124-128.
Derivative Forms, 43, 44; Words,
Distributive Numerals, 22. c.
Esse, Forms of, 8; Inflection, 24,
25; Compounds, 26; Predicate
after, 9. R.
Gender, 2; Rules of, 4. 3. b, 5. a,
14. b, 18. a, c.
GENITIVE, 3. 2. b; in ius, 7. 1; of
Pronouns, 19. d; as Object, 79;
with Adjectives, 80; of Value,
94; as Predicate, 97 General
Rules, 162. R. 8-13.
Gerund and Gerundive, 23. 3. a,
2. d; Constructions, 122; Gen-
eral Rule, 163. R. 41.
Impersonal Verbs, 40. 2; Use of
Passive, 31. c.
Indirect Discourse, 112, 113.
Indirect Questions, 118, 119.
INFINITIVE, with Subject-Accusa-
tive, 32. d, 114; Historical, IOI ;
Clauses, 114; General Rules,
163. R. 38-40.
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