Allen and Greenough's New Latin Grammar

by Mahoney, Anne; Allen, J. H.; Greenough, J. B.

• ISBN13: 9781585100279
• ISBN10: 1585100277
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-01-01
• Publisher: Focus Publishing/R. Pullins Co.

Summary

Based on the 1903 edition, this attractive, newly typeset reprint of the classic work in Latin Grammar has some updating of the material on meter. The key system widely used to reference grammar in numerous Latin texts has been retained. Available also in hardcover.

Author Biography

Anne Mahoney teaches at Tufts University. Her Ph.D. is from Boston University. She oversaw the reissue and updating of Allen and Greenough and updated the metrical material in that key reference work and is the Focus advisor on Classical Languages.

Table of Contents

PART I---WORDS AND FORMS
Letters and Sounds	1	(10)
Alphabet; Classification of Sounds	1	(2)
Orthography, Syllables, Pronunciation	3	(2)
Quantity and Accent	5	(2)
Combinations; Phonetic Changes	7	(4)
Words and their Forms	11	(5)
Parts of Speech	11	(1)
Inflection; Root, Stem, and Base	12	(2)
Gender, Number, and Case	14	(2)
Declension of Nouns	16	(29)
General Rules of Declension	16	(2)
First Declension	18	(2)
Second Declension	20	(4)
Third Declension	24	(12)
Mute Stems	24	(2)
Liquid and Nasal Stems	26	(2)
Pure i-Stems	28	(1)
Mixed i-Stems	29	(3)
Irregular Nouns	32	(1)
Greek Nouns	33	(2)
Rules of Gender	35	(1)
Fourth Declension	36	(2)
Fifth Declension	38	(1)
Defective and Variable Nouns	39	(4)
Names of Persons	43	(2)
Inflection of Adjectives	45	(16)
First and Second Declensions	45	(3)
Third Declension	48	(5)
Comparison	53	(3)
Numerals	56	(5)
Inflection of Pronouns	61	(8)
Personal, Reflexive, Possessive, Demonstrative	61	(4)
Relative, Interrogative, Indefinite	65	(4)
Correlatives (Pronouns and Adverbs)	69	(1)
Conjugation of Verbs	69	(51)
Inflection	69	(1)
Signification: Voice, Mood, Tense	70	(3)
Personal Endings	73	(1)
Forms: Stem and Verb-Endings	74	(5)
The Verb Sum	79	(2)
Regular Verbs	81	(18)
The Four Conjugations; Principal Parts	81	(1)
Formation of the Three Stems	82	(5)
Synopsis of the Verb	87	(1)
Peculiarities of Conjugation	88	(1)
First Conjugation	89	(3)
Second Conjugation	92	(2)
Third Conjugation	94	(2)
Fourth Conjugation	96	(2)
Verbs in -io of the Third Conjugation	98	(1)
Deponent Verbs	99	(3)
Periphrastic Conjugations	102	(1)
Irregular Verbs	103	(8)
Defective Verbs	111	(3)
Impersonal Verbs	114	(2)
Classified Lists of Verbs	116	(4)
Particles	120	(14)
Adverbs	121	(4)
Prepositions	125	(6)
Conjunctions	131	(2)
Interjections	133	(1)
Formation of Words	134	(23)
Roots and Stems	134	(1)
Suffixes: Primary; Significant Endings	135	(2)
Derivation of Nouns	137	(5)
Derivation of Adjectives	142	(6)
Nouns with Adjective Suffixes; Irregular Derivatives	148	(2)
Derivation of Verbs	150	(3)
Compound Words	153	(4)
PART II---SYNTAX
Introductory Note	157	(1)
The Sentence	158	(4)
Definitions: Subject and Predicate, Modification, etc.	158	(4)
Agreement: the Four Concords	162	(1)
Nouns: Apposition; Predicate Agreement	162	(2)
Adjectives	164	(5)
Rules of Agreement	164	(2)
Special Uses	166	(3)
Pronouns	169	(16)
Personal and Demonstrative	169	(4)
Reflexive	173	(3)
Possessive	176	(1)
Relative	177	(5)
Indefinite	182	(2)
Alius and alter	184	(1)
Verbs	185	(3)
Verb and Subject, Incomplete Sentences	185	(3)
Particles: Adverbs, Conjunctions, Negatives	188	(9)
Questions	197	(3)
Construction of Cases	200	(2)
Introductory Note	200	(2)
Nominative Case	202	(1)
Vocative Case	202	(1)
Genitive Case	203	(13)
Genitive with Nouns	203	(5)
Possessive Genitive	203	(2)
Genitive of Material, of Quality	205	(1)
Partitive Genitive	206	(1)
Objective Genitive	207	(1)
Genitive with Adjectives	208	(2)
Genitive with Verbs	210	(5)
Verbs of Remembering and Forgetting	210	(1)
Verbs of Reminding	211	(1)
Verbs of Accusing, Condemning, and Acquitting	212	(1)
Verbs of Feeling	213	(1)
Interest and refert	213	(1)
Verbs of Plenty and Want; Special Verbs	214	(1)
Peculiar Genitives: Exclamatory, etc.	215	(1)
Dative Case	216	(15)
Indirect Object with Transitives	217	(2)
Indirect Object with Intransitives	219	(5)
Dative of Possession	224	(1)
Dative of the Agent	225	(1)
Dative of Reference	226	(2)
Ethical Dative	228	(1)
Dative of Separation	228	(1)
Dative of the Purpose or End	228	(1)
Dative with Adjectives	229	(2)
Accusative Case	231	(9)
Direct Object	232	(2)
Cognate Accusative	234	(1)
Two Accusatives	235	(3)
Idiomatic and Special Uses	238	(2)
Ablative Case	240	(17)
Uses of the Ablative Proper	241	(6)
Ablative of Separation	241	(1)
Ablative of Source and Material	242	(1)
Ablative of Cause	243	(1)
Ablative of Agent	244	(1)
Ablative of Comparison	245	(2)
Uses of the Ablative as Instrumental	247	(10)
Ablative of Means or Instrument	247	(2)
Ablative of Manner	249	(1)
Ablative of Accompaniment	250	(1)
Ablative of Degree of Difference	251	(1)
Ablative of Quality	252	(1)
Ablative of Price	252	(1)
Ablative of Specification	253	(1)
Ablative Absolute	254	(3)
Uses of the Ablative as Locative	257	(1)
Time and Place	257	(8)
Special Uses of Prepositions	265	(2)
Syntax of the Verb	267	(1)
Moods	267	(17)
Introductory Note	267	(2)
Indicative Mood	269	(1)
Subjunctive in Independent Sentences	270	(4)
Hortatory Subjunctive	270	(1)
Optative Subjunctive	271	(1)
Deliberative Subjunctive	272	(1)
Potential Subjunctive	273	(1)
Imperative Mood	274	(3)
Prohibition (Negative Command)	276	(1)
Infinitive Mood	277	(7)
Infinitive as Noun	277	(1)
Infinitive with Impersonals	278	(2)
Complementary Infinitive	280	(1)
Infinitive with Subject Accusative	281	(1)
Infinitive of Purpose; Peculiar Infinitives	281	(2)
Exclamatory Infinitive	283	(1)
Historical Infinitive	283	(1)
Tenses	284	(15)
Introductory Note	284	(1)
Tenses of the Indicative	285	(7)
Present Tense	285	(2)
Imperfect Tense	287	(2)
Future Tense	289	(1)
Perfect Tense	289	(2)
Pluperfect Tense	291	(1)
Future Perfect Tense	291	(1)
Epistolary Tenses	291	(1)
Tenses of the Subjunctive	292	(5)
Sequence of Tenses	292	(5)
Tenses of the Infinitive	297	(2)
Participles	299	(7)
Distinctions of Tense	300	(1)
Uses of Participles	301	(3)
Future Active Participle	304	(1)
Gerundive (Future Passive Participle)	305	(1)
Gerund and Gerundive	306	(4)
Supine	310	(1)
Conditional Sentences	311	(17)
Introductory Note	311	(1)
Protasis and Apodosis	312	(1)
Classification of Conditions	313	(2)
Simple Present and Past Conditions	315	(1)
Future Conditions	316	(2)
Conditions Contrary to Fact	318	(3)
General Conditions	321	(1)
Conditional Relative Clauses	322	(1)
Condition Disguised	323	(1)
Condition Omitted	324	(1)
Complex Conditions	325	(1)
Clauses of Comparison (Conclusion Omitted)	326	(1)
Use of si and its Compounds	326	(2)
Concessive Clauses	328	(2)
Clauses of Proviso	330	(1)
Clauses of Purpose (Final Clauses)	330	(3)
Clauses of Characteristic	333	(3)
Clause of Result (Consecutive Clauses)	336	(2)
Causal Clauses	338	(2)
Temporal Clauses	340	(9)
Ubi, ut, cum, quando, as Indefinite Relatives	340	(1)
Postquam, ubi, ut, simul atque	341	(1)
Cum Temporal	342	(2)
Cum Causal or Concessive	344	(1)
Antequam and priusquam	345	(2)
Dum, donec, and quoad	347	(2)
Clauses with quin and quominus	349	(3)
Substantive Clauses	352	(11)
Introductory Note	352	(1)
Substantive Clauses of Purpose and Infinitive Clauses	353	(4)
Substantive Clauses of Result (Consecutive Clauses)	357	(2)
Indicative with quod	359	(1)
Indirect Questions	360	(3)
Indirect Discourse	363	(11)
Introductory Note	363	(1)
Declaratory Sentences	364	(3)
Subordinate Clauses	367	(1)
Tenses of the Infinitive	368	(1)
Tenses of the Subjunctive	369	(1)
Questions in Indirect Discourse	370	(1)
Commands in Indirect Discourse	371	(1)
Conditions in Indirect Discourse	371	(3)
Intermediate Clauses	374	(2)
Informal Indirect Discourse	374	(1)
Subjunctive of Integral Part (Attraction)	375	(1)
Important Rules of Syntax	376	(6)
Order of Words	382	(9)
General Rules	382	(5)
Special Rules	387	(1)
Structure of the Period	388	(3)
PROSODY
Quantity	391	(5)
Rhythm	396	(3)
Introductory Note	396	(1)
Measures of Rhythm; Substitution	397	(2)
The Musical Accent;	399	(1)
Versification	399	(20)
The Verse; Scansion and Elision	400	(1)
Form of Verse	401	(1)
Dactylic Verse	402	(1)
Dactylic Hexameter	402	(1)
Elegiac Stanza; Other Dactylic Verses	403	(2)
Iambic Verse	405	(1)
Iambic Trimeter	405	(1)
Other Iambic Measures	406	(1)
Trochaic Verse	407	(1)
Mixed Measures	408	(1)
Aeolic Verse	409	(3)
Metres of Horace and Catullus	412	(4)
Index to the Meters of Horace	416	(2)
Saturnian Verse	418	(1)
Early and Late Verse	419	(2)
Early Prosody	419	(1)
Later Latin Verse	420	(1)
Miscellaneous	421	(4)
Reckoning of Time	421	(3)
Measures of Value, Length, and Capacity	424	(1)
Glossary of Terms	425	(6)
Index of Verbs	431	(12)
Index of Words and Subjects	443	(44)
Latin Authors and Their Works	487