This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1898 edition. Excerpt: ...with comparatives and supeflatives: Quattuor milia equitum, four thousand (of) cavalry. Horum omnium fortissimi, the bravest of all these. 1. Pronouns and Adjectives, except neuters, when used with the Partitive Genitive usually take the gender of the Genitive, but Predicate Superlatives, when thus ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1898 edition. Excerpt: ...with comparatives and supeflatives: Quattuor milia equitum, four thousand (of) cavalry. Horum omnium fortissimi, the bravest of all these. 1. Pronouns and Adjectives, except neuters, when used with the Partitive Genitive usually take the gender of the Genitive, but Predicate Superlatives, when thus used, generally agree with the subject: Quis eorum non egregius, who of them is not eminent? Indus est omnium fluminum maximus, the Indus is the largest of all rivers. 2. In the best prose, words meaning the whole do not admit the Partitive Genitive, but poets and late writers disregard the rule: Cuncta terrarum, all lands. Macedonum omnes, all the Macedovzians. 3. In the best prose the Partitive Genitive is rarely used after any adjectives except comparatives and superlatives, but in the poets and late writers the use of this Genitive is greatly extended: Sancte deorum, thou holy god. Dierum festos, festal days. 443. The Partitive Genitive is also used with a. few Adverbs, especially with Adverbs of Quantity, Degree, and Place: Satis eloquentiae, sapientiae parum, enough _of eloquence, of wisdom too little. Ubinam gentium sumus, where in the world are we? 444. Instead of the Partitive Genitive, the Accusative with' ante, inter, or apud, or the Ablative with ex, de, or in, is often used: Thales sapientissimus in septem fuit, Thales was the wisest of the seven. Apud Helvetios ditissimus, the richest among the Heloetii. 1. In the best prose, finus is generally followed by the Ablative with ex or de, but sometimes by the Partitive Genitive. Genitive in Special Constructions 445. The word upon which the Attributive Genitive depends is often omitted: Conferre vitam Treboni cum Dolabellae, to compare...
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