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Et nomina propria derivata a Græcis in os: ut, Delos, Chaos, Pallados, Phyllidos.

v. Us finita corripiuntur: ut, famulus, regius, tempus,

amamus.

Excipiuntur producentia penultimam genitivi crescentis: ut, salus, tellus; genitivo, salūtis, telluris.

Longæ sunt etiam omnes voces quartæ inflectionis in us, præter nominativum et vocativum singulares: ut, gen. sing. manūs; nom. accus. voc. plur. manūs.

sūs.

His accedunt etiam monosyllaba: ut, crūs, thūs, mūs,

Et Græca item per se diphthongum, cujuscunque fuerint casûs: ut, nom. Panthus, Melampus; gen. Sapphus, Clius.

VI. Ys finita corripiuntur: ut, Itys.

XI. U finita producuntur omnia: ut, manu, genu, amatu, diù.

XII. Y finita corripiuntur: ut, Tiphy.

PROPRIA QUE MARIBUS;

OR,

THE GENDERS OF NOUNS,

CONSTRUED.

PROPRIA proper names quæ which tribuuntur are as signed maribus to the male kind dicas you may call mascula masculines: ut as, sunt are Divorum the names of the heathen Gods; Mars the God of war, Bacchus the God of wine, Apollo the God of wisdom: Virorum the names of men; ut as, Cato a noble Roman, Virgilius the Poet Virgil: Fluviorum the names of Rivers; ut as, Tibris the Tiber, Orontes, a river by Antioch: Mensium the names of months; ut as, October the month October: Ventorum the names of winds; ut as, Libs the south-west wind, Notus the south wind, Auster the south wind.

Montium the names of mountains: ut as, Ossa mount Ossa, Alpis tamen but the Alps est is muliebris feminine, et and Eta mount Eta, Cyllene mount Cyllene, Rhodope mount Rhodope, et and Etna mount Etna gravis terrible cæcis ignibus with hidden fires; Pelion mount Pelion est neutrum is neuter; Soracte mount Soracte, Ceraunia the Ceraunian mountains, neutra are neuter.

PROPRIA nomina proper names referentia denoting fœmineum sexum the female sex tribuuntur are given fœmineo generi to the feminine gender; sive whether sunt they are Dearum the names of Goddesses; ut as,

Juno Jupiter's wife, Venus the Goddess of beauty: Muliebria the names of women; ut as, Anna Anne, Philotis Philote: Urbium the names of cities; ut as, Elis a city of Peloponnesus, Opus a city of Locris: Regionum the names of countries; ut as, Græcia Greece, Persis Persia: Item also nomen the name insulæ of an island; ceu as, Creta Crete, Britannia Britain, Cyprus Cyprus.

Dulichium the island Dulichium neutrum is neuter, ut as ventura regula a coming rule monstrat shews. Excipias etiam you may except also quasdam urbes some cities; nam for Sulmo Sulmo et and Delphi the town Delphi mascula are masculine, et similes and similar words. Selinus the town Selinus genus est utrumque is of both genders, Pharsalus so is Pharsalus, et Marathon and Marathon. Quædam some are neutralia neuter; ut as, Argos Argos, Tusculum Tusculum, item also Tibur Tivoli, Tarentumque and Taranto imbelle luxu effeminate from luxury; Pergamaque and Troy, et and quot pluralia as many plural nouns as præstant finem in a have their termination in a. Præneste Præneste dat gives fœmineum et neutrum the feminine and neuter gender, Ilion so does Troy, Anxur and Terracina. Latium Latium est neutrum is neuter, Bosphorus the Bosphorus mas is masculine; adjice add Pontus Pontus.

DISCES you will learn that nomina gemmarum the names of precious stones are fœminei generis of the feminine gender; veluti as, sapphirus a sapphire; ast but opalus an opal mas is masculine atque and smaragdus an emerald. Cernes item you will see also nomina the names arborum of trees muliebria feminine; ut as, alnus an alder-tree, cupressus a cypress-tree, cedrus a cedartree. Spinus a sloe-tree mas is masculine, oleaster a wild olive-tree mas is masculine. Plerumque videbis you will for the most part see cætera the rest in er ending in er neutrale genus of the neuter gender; quale as, papaver a

poppy, acer a maple-tree; quêis adjice to which add thus frankincense atque and robur an oak. Cytisus hadder rubusque and a bramble adjungunt add muliebre the feminine gender mari to the masculine: intubus endive in numero plurali in the plural number habet has intuba, neutrum of the neuter gender.

NOMINA the names volucrum of birds; ceu as, passer a sparrow, hirundo a swallow: ferarum of wild beasts; ut as, felis a cat, vulpes a fox: et and Piscium the names of fishes; ut as, ostrea an oyster, cetus a whale, sunt are dicta called epicœna nouns of the epicene gender; quibus to which vox ipsa the termination itself feret will give genus aptum the right gender.

Multa etiam many also dabunt will give commune genus the common gender; ut as, lepus a hare, anser a goose, vespertilio a bat, mus a mouse, grus a crane, bos an ox or cow, canis a dog, atque and elephantus an elephant. Sus a pig, tigris a tiger, et and anguis a snake jungunt join fœmineum the feminine gender mari to the masculine; et and serpens a serpent, damæque and deer, et and talpæ moles egentes lumine deprived of sight.

THE FIRST DECLENSION.

As, es, words ending in as and es erunt will be mascula masculines: inflexio prima the first declension habebit will have a, e, words ending in a or e fœminei generis of the feminine gender, nisi unless sensus the sense prohibet forbids. Boreas the north wind, satrapes a satrap, mas are masculine; litera a letter muliebris is feminine, Circe and Circe. Sed but scriba a scribe mas genus is the masculine gender, sic so scurra a buffoon, athleta an athlete, lanista a fencing master.

THE SECOND DECLENSION.

Secunda the second declension dat gives um nouns

ending in um neutrale neuter, us et er nouns ending in us and er plerumque generally mas masculine. Sic so regnum a kingdom neutrum is neuter, dominus a master mas is masculine, atque and magister a teacher. Sed but quæ dicta supra sunt what has been said before dabunt will give legenti the reader pauca a few words excipienda to be excepted; nam for malus an apple arbor being a tree muliebris erit will be feminine, et Abydus and Abydos nomen the name urbis of a city: sic so alvus a belly, humus the ground, colus a distaff, atque and carbasus linen, et and vannus a winnowing machine; sic so phaselus a boat nota known Nilo to the Nile.-Pauca etiam a few also deducta derived Græcis from the Greeks occurrent will occur, papyrus paper, antidotus an antidote, costus the herb zedoary, diphthongus a diphthong, byssus fine flax, et and illa those words quot as many as os breve os short claudit ends; ceu as, Delos Delos, Sestos Sestos, et and Isthmos an isthmus; sed but virus poison, pelagus the sea neutralia are neuter, et and adjice add vulgus the common people, quamvis although interdum sometimes ponas you may class hoc this inter mascula among masculines; non genus est ullum there is not any gender quo in which penus provisions non invenietur will not. be found.

THE THIRD DECLENSION.-MASCULINES.

Crede consider voces the words quas which tertia inflexio the third declension reddit affords mares masculine, si if or, os, er, o quoque and o claudit terminate rectum the nominative case; vel or quas those which es finit ends, quibusque and in which genitivus the genitive case crescit increases: sic so, honor honour, atque and heros a hero, crater a cup, sermoque and a discourse, tapesque and a carpet.—At but soror a sister atque and uxor a wife muliebria semper are always feminine, et and arbor a tree; sed but cor a heart, marmor marble, ador corn; et and æquor the sea neutralia semper are always neuter.

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