Allen and Greenough's New Latin Grammar

by Greenough, James B; Allen, J. H.; Kittredge, G. L.; Howard, A. A.; D'Ooge, Benj. L.

• ISBN13: 9780486448060
• ISBN10: 0486448061
• Edition: Bilingual
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-02-10
• Publisher: Dover Publications

Summary

A venerable resource for nearly 120 years, Allen and Greenough's New Latin Grammar is regarded by students and teachers as the finest Latin language guide available. Concise, comprehensive, and well-organized, it is unrivaled in depth and clarity, placing a wealth of advice on usage, vocabulary, diction, composition, and syntax within easy reach of Latin scholars at all levels. This modestly priced edition of the classic reference grammar is ideal for students of history, religion, and literature.

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	(30)
General Rules of Declension	17	(1)
First Declension	18	(2)
Second Declension	20	(4)
Third Declension	24	(13)
Mute Stems	26	(1)
Liquid and Nasal Stems	27	(2)
Pure i-Stems	29	(1)
Mixed i-Stems	30	(3)
Irregular Nouns	33	(1)
Greek Nouns	34	(2)
Rules of Gender	36	(1)
Fourth Declension	37	(2)
Fifth Declension	39	(1)
Defective and Variable Nouns	40	(5)
Names of Persons	45	(1)
INFLECTION OF ADJECTIVES	46	(17)
First and Second Declensions	46	(3)
Third Declension	49	(6)
Comparison	55	(3)
Numerals	58	(5)
INFLECTION OF PRONOUNS	63	(9)
Personal, Reflexive, Possessive, Demonstrative	63	(5)
Relative, Interrogative, Indefinite	68	(3)
Correlatives (Pronouns and Adverbs)	71	(1)
CONJUGATION OF VERBS	72	(54)
Inflection	72	(1)
Signification: Voice, Mood, Tense	73	(3)
Personal Endings	76	(1)
Forms: Stem and Verb-Endings	77	(4)
The Verb Sum	81	(3)
Regular Verbs	84	(19)
The Four Conjugations; Principal Parts	84	(1)
Formation of the Three Stems	85	(5)
Synopsis of the Verb	90	(1)
Peculiarities of Conjugation	91	(1)
First Conjugation	92	(4)
Second Conjugation	96	(2)
Third Conjugation	98	(2)
Fourth Conjugation	100	(2)
Verbs in 45 of the Third Conjugation	102	(1)
Deponent Verbs	103	(3)
Periphrastic Conjugations	106	(2)
Irregular Verbs	108	(8)
Defective Verbs	116	(3)
Impersonal Verbs	119	(2)
Classified Lists of Verbs	121	(5)
PARTICLES	126	(14)
Adverbs	126	(4)
Prepositions	130	(7)
Conjunctions	137	(2)
Interjections	139	(1)
FORMATION OF WORDS	140	(23)
Roots and Stems	140	(1)
Suffixes: Primary; Significant Endings	141	(2)
Derivation of Nouns	143	(5)
Derivation of Adjectives	148	(6)
Nouns with Adjective Suffixes; Irregular Derivatives	154	(2)
Derivation of Verbs	156	(4)
Compound Words	160	(3)
PART II SYNTAX
INTRODUCTORY NOTE	163	(1)
THE SENTENCE	164	(4)
Definitions: Subject and Predicate, Modification, etc.	164	(4)
Agreement: the Four Concords	168	(1)
NOUNS: Apposition; Predicate Agreement	168	(2)
ADJECTIVES	170	(6)
Rules of Agreement	171	(1)
Special Uses	172	(4)
PRONOUNS	176	(17)
Personal and Demonstrative	176	(4)
Reflexive	180	(3)
Possessive	183	(1)
Relative	184	(5)
Indefinite	189	(3)
Alias and alter	192	(1)
VERBS	193	(3)
Verb and Subject, Incomplete Sentences	193	(3)
PARTICLES: Adverbs, Conjunctions, Negatives	196	(9)
QUESTIONS	205	(4)
CONSTRUCTION OF CASES	209	(1)
Introductory Note	209	(1)
NOMINATIVE CASE	210	(1)
VOCATIVE CASE	210	(1)
GENITIVE CASE	210	(14)
Genitive with Nouns	211	(5)
Possessive Genitive	211	(2)
Genitive of Material, of Quality	213	(1)
Partitive Genitive	213	(2)
Objective Genitive	215	(1)
Genitive with Adjectives	216	(2)
Genitive with Verbs	218	(5)
Verbs of Remembering and Forgetting	218	(1)
Verbs of Reminding	219	(1)
Verbs of Accusing, Condemning, and Acquitting	220	(1)
Verbs of Feeling	221	(1)
Interest and Wert	221	(1)
Verbs of Plenty and Want; Special Verbs	222	(1)
Peculiar Genitives; Exclamatory, etc	223	(1)
DATIVE CASE	224	(16)
Indirect Object with Transitives	225	(2)
Indirect Object with Intransitives	227	(5)
Dative of Possession	232	(1)
Dative of the Agent	233	(1)
Dative of Reference	234	(2)
Ethical Dative	236	(1)
Dative of Separation	236	(1)
Dative of the Purpose or End	237	(1)
Dative with Adjectives	238	(2)
ACCUSATIVE CASE	240	(8)
Direct Object	240	(2)
Cognate Accusative	242	(2)
Two Accusatives	244	(3)
Idiomatic and Special Uses	247	(1)
ABLATIVE CASE	248	(18)
Uses of the Ablative Proper	249	(7)
Ablative of Separation	249	(1)
Ablative of Source and Material	250	(2)
Ablative of Cause	252	(1)
Ablative of Agent	253	(1)
Ablative of Comparison	254	(2)
Uses of the Ablative as Instrumental	256	(9)
Ablative of Means or Instrument	256	(2)
Ablative of Manner	258	(1)
Ablative of Accompaniment	258	(1)
Ablative of Degree of Difference	259	(1)
Ablative of Quality	260	(1)
Ablative of Price	261	(1)
Ablative of Specification	262	(1)
Ablative Absolute	263	(2)
Uses of the Ablative as Locative	265	(1)
TIME AND PLACE	266	(8)
SPECIAL USES OF PREPOSITIONS	274	(2)
SYNTAX OF THE VERB	276	(1)
MOODS	276	(17)
Introductory Note	276	(1)
INDICATIVE MOOD	277	(1)
SUBJUNCTIVE IN INDEPENDENT SENTENCES	278	(5)
Hortatory Subjunctive	278	(1)
Hortatory Subjunctive in Concessions	279	(1)
Optative Subjunctive	280	(1)
Deliberative Subjunctive	281	(1)
Potential Subjunctive	282	(1)
IMPERATIVE MOOD	283	(3)
Prohibition (Negative Command)	285	(1)
INFINITIVE MOOD	286	(7)
Infinitive as Noun	286	(1)
Infinitive with Impersonals	287	(2)
Complementary Infinitive	289	(1)
Infinitive with Subject Accusative	290	(1)
Infinitive of Purpose; Peculiar Infinitives	290	(2)
Exclamatory Infinitive	292	(1)
Historical Infinitive	292	(1)
TENSES	293	(16)
Introductory Note	293	(1)
TENSES OF TFIE INDICATIVE	293	(8)
Present Tense	293	(3)
Imperfect Tense	296	(2)
Future Tense	298	(1)
Perfect Tense	298	(2)
Pluperfect Tense	300	(1)
Future Perfect Tense	300	(1)
Epistolary Tenses	301	(1)
TENSES OF THE SUBJUNCTIVE	301	(6)
Sequence of Tenses	302	(5)
TENSES OF THE INFINITIVE	307	(2)
PARTICIPLES	309	(7)
Distinctions of Tense	309	(2)
Uses of Participles	311	(3)
Future Active Participle	314	(1)
Gerundive (Future Passive Participle)	315	(1)
GERUND AND GERUNDIVE	316	(4)
SUPINE	320	(1)
CONDITIONAL SENTENCES	321	(17)
Introductory Note	321	(1)
Protasis and Apodosis	322	(1)
Classification of Conditions	323	(2)
Simple Present and Past Conditions	325	(1)
Future Conditions	326	(502)
Conditions Contrary to Fact	828
General Conditions	331	(1)
Conditional Relative Clauses	332	(1)
Condition Disguised	333	(1)
Condition Omitted	334	(1)
Complex Conditions	335	(1)
Clauses of Comparison (Conclusion Omitted)	336	(1)
Use of SI and its Compounds	337	(1)
CONCESSIVE CLAUSES	338	(2)
CLAUSES OF PROVISO	340	(1)
CLAUSES OF PURPOSE (FINAL CLAUSES)	340	(3)
CLAUSES OF CHARACTERISTIC	343	(3)
CLAUSES OF RESULT (CONSECUTIVE CLAUSES)	346	(2)
CAUSAL CLAUSES	348	(2)
TEMPORAL CLAUSES	350	(9)
Ubi, at, cum, quando, as Indefinite Relatives	350	(1)
Postquam, ubi, ut, simul atque	351	(1)
Cum Temporal	352	(2)
Cum Causal or Concessive	354	(1)
Antequam and priusquam	355	(2)
Dum, donec, and quoad	357	(2)
CLAUSES WITH quin AND quominus	359	(3)
SUBSTANTIVE CLAUSES	362	(1)
Introductory Note	362	(11)
Substantive Clauses of Purpose and Infinitive Clauses	362	(5)
Substantive Clauses of Result (Consecutive Clauses)	367	(2)
Indicative with quod	369	(1)
Indirect Questions	370	(3)
INDIRECT DISCOURSE	373	(11)
Introductory Note	373	(1)
Declaratory Sentences	374	(3)
Subordinate Clauses	377	(1)
Tenses of the Infinitive	378	(1)
Tenses of the Subjunctive	379	(1)
Questions in Indirect Discourse	380	(1)
Commands in Indirect Discourse	381	(1)
Conditions in Indirect Discourse	381	(3)
INTERMEDIATE CLAUSES	384	(3)
Informal Indirect Discourse	385	(1)
Subjunctive of Integral Part (Attraction)	386	(1)
IMPORTANT RULES OF SYNTAX	387	(6)
ORDER OF WORDS	393	(8)
General Rules	393	(5)
Special Rules	398	(1)
Structure of the Period	399	(2)
PROSODY
QUANTITY	401	(4)
RHYTHM	405	(5)
Introductory Note	405	(1)
Measures of Rhythm; Feet	406	(3)
The Musical Accent; Caesura; Diaeresis	409	(1)
VERSIFICATION	410	(16)
The Verse; Scansion and Elision	410	(1)
Dactylic Verse	411	(3)
Dactylic Hexameter	411	(2)
Elegiac Stanza; Other Dactylic Verses	413	(1)
Iambic Verse	414	(3)
Iambic Trimeter	414	(2)
Other Iambic Measures	416	(1)
Trochaic Verse	417	(1)
Mixed Measures	418	(1)
Logazedic Verse	418	(3)
Metres of Horace	421	(7)
Index to the Metres of Horace	423	(2)
Other Lyric Poets	425	(1)
Miscellaneous Measures	425	(1)
EARLY PROSODY	426	(2)
MISCELLANEOUS	428	(4)
Reckoning of Time	428	(1)
Measures of Value, Length, and Capacity	429	(3)
GLOSSARY OF TERMS	432	(4)
INDEX OF VERBS	436	(9)
INDEX OF WORDS AND SUBJECTS	445	(31)
LATIN AUTHORS AND THEIR WORKS	476	(3)
PARALLEL REFERENCES	479