New Latin Grammar

by Bennett, Charles E.

• ISBN13: 9780865162617
• ISBN10: 0865162611
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1994-03-01
• Publisher: Bolchazy Carducci Pub

Summary

A model of clear precision, the book uses specific examples from primary sources to help students learn the inflections, syntax, sounds, accents, particles, and word formations of Latin. It also includes a history of the Indo-European family of languages, the stages of the development of the Latin language, and sections on prosody, the Roman calendar, Roman names and definitions, and examples of figures of syntax and rhetoric.

Table of Contents

Introduction--The Latin Language	ix
PART I. SOUNDS, ACCENT, QUANTITY, ETC.	1	(9)
The Alphabet	1	(1)
Classification of Sounds	1	(2)
Sounds of the Letters	3	(1)
Syllables	4	(1)
Quantity	4	(1)
Accent	5	(1)
Vowel Changes	6	(1)
Consonant Changes	7	(1)
Peculiarities of Orthography	7	(3)
PART II. INFLECTIONS.	10	(96)
CHAPTER I.--Declension.	10	(44)
A. NOUNS.	10	(24)
Gender of Nouns	10	(1)
Number	11	(1)
Cases	11	(1)
The Five Declensions	12	(1)
First Declension	13	(1)
Second Declension	14	(4)
Third Declension	18	(10)
Fourth Declension	28	(1)
Fifth Declension	29	(1)
Defective Nouns	30	(4)
B. ADJECTIVES.	34	(14)
Adjectives of the First and Second Declensions	34	(2)
Adjectives of the Third Declension	36	(4)
Comparison of Adjectives	40	(3)
Formation and Comparison of Adverbs	43	(2)
Numerals	45	(3)
C. PRONOUNS.	48	(6)
Personal Pronouns	48	(1)
Reflexive Pronouns	49	(1)
Possessive Pronouns	49	(1)
Demonstrative Pronouns	50	(1)
The Intensive Pronoun	51	(1)
The Relative Pronoun	51	(1)
Interrogative Pronouns	52	(1)
Indefinite Pronouns	52	(1)
Pronominal Adjectives	53	(1)
CHAPTER II.--Conjugation	54	(52)
Verb Stems	54	(1)
The Four Conjugations	55	(1)
Conjugation of Sum	56	(2)
First Conjugation	58	(4)
Second Conjugation	62	(4)
Third Conjugation	66	(4)
Fourth Conjugation	70	(4)
Verbs in -io of the Third Conjugation	74	(2)
Deponent Verbs	76	(2)
Semi-Deponents	78	(1)
Periphrastic Conjugation	78	(1)
Peculiarities of Conjugation	79	(1)
Formation of the Verb Stems	80	(3)
List of the Most Important Verbs with Principal Parts	83	(12)
Irregular Verbs	95	(7)
Defective Verbs	102	(2)
Impersonal Verbs	104	(2)
PART III. PARTICLES.	106	(3)
Adverbs	106	(1)
Prepositions	107	(1)
Interjections	108	(1)
PART IV. WORD FORMATION.	109	(8)
I. DERIVATIVES.	109	(6)
Nouns	109	(2)
Adjectives	111	(2)
Verbs	113	(1)
Adverbs	114	(1)
II. COMPOUNDS. Examples of Compounds	115	(2)
PART V. SYNTAX.	117	(123)
CHAPTER I.--Sentences.	117	(3)
Classification of Sentences	117	(1)
Form of Interrogative Sentences	117	(2)
Subject and Predicate	119	(1)
Simple and Compound Sentences	119	(1)
CHAPTER II.--Syntax of Nouns.	120	(33)
Subject	120	(1)
Predicate Nouns	120	(1)
Appositives	121	(1)
The Nominative	122	(1)
The Accusative	122	(7)
The Dative	129	(5)
The Genitive	134	(8)
The Ablative	142	(10)
The Locative	152	(1)
CHAPTER III.--Syntax of Adjectives.	153	(4)
Agreement of Adjectives	153	(1)
Adjectives used Substantively	154	(2)
Adjectives with the Force of Adverbs	156	(1)
Comparatives and Superlatives	156	(1)
Other Peculiarities	156	(1)
CHAPTER IV.--Syntax of Pronouns.	157	(8)
Personal Pronouns	157	(1)
Possessive Pronouns	157	(1)
Reflexive Pronouns	158	(1)
Reciprocal Pronouns	159	(1)
Demonstrative Pronouns	159	(2)
Relative Pronouns	161	(2)
Indefinite Pronouns	163	(1)
Pronominal Adjectives	164	(1)
CHAPTER V.--Syntax of Verbs.	165	(58)
Agreement of Verbs	165	(2)
Voices	167	(1)
Tenses	167	(9)
Of the Indicative	167	(4)
Of the Subjunctive	171	(3)
Of the Infinitive	174	(2)
Moods	176	(5)
In Independent Sentences	176	(1)
Volitive Subjunctive	176	(2)
Optative Subjunctive	178	(1)
Potential Subjunctive	179	(1)
Imperative	180	(1)
In Dependent Clauses	181	(31)
Clauses of Purpose	181	(1)
Clauses of Characteristic	182	(2)
Clauses of Result	184	(1)
Causal Clauses	185	(2)
Temporal Clauses	187	(1)
Introduced by Postquam, Ut, Ubi, etc.	187	(1)
Cum-Clauses	188	(2)
Introduced by Antequam and Priusquam	190	(1)
Introduced by Dum, Do-nec, Quoad	191	(1)
Substantive Clauses	192	(1)
Developed from the Volitive	192	(2)
Developed from the Optative	194	(1)
Of Result	195	(1)
After non dubito, etc.	195	(1)
Introduced by Quod	196	(1)
Indirect Questions	197	(1)
Conditional Sentences	198	(4)
Use of Si, Nisi, Sin	202	(1)
Conditional Clauses of Comparison	203	(1)
Concessive Clauses	203	(1)
Adversative Clauses with Quamvis, Quamquam, etc.	203	(2)
Clauses of Wish and Proviso	205	(1)
Relative Clauses	205	(1)
Indirect Discourse	206	(1)
Moods in Indirect Discourse	206	(2)
Tenses in Indirect Discourse	208	(1)
Conditional Sentences in Indirect Discourse	209	(2)
Implied Indirect Discourse	211	(1)
Subjunctive by Attraction	212	(1)
Noun and Adjective Forms of the Verb	212	(11)
Infinitive	213	(4)
Participles	217	(3)
Gerund	220	(3)
Supine	223	(1)
CHAPTER VI.--Particles.	223	(4)
Coordinate Conjunctions	223	(4)
Adverbs	227	(1)
CHAPTER VII.--Word-Order and Sentence-Structure.	227	(6)
Word-Order	227	(5)
Sentence-Structure	232	(1)
CHAPTER VIII.--Hints on Latin Style.	233	(7)
Nouns	233	(2)
Adjectives	235	(1)
Pronouns	236	(1)
Verbs	236	(2)
The Cases	238	(2)
PART VI. PROSODY.	240	(7)
Quantity of Vowels and Syllables	240	(3)
Verse-Structure	243	(2)
The Dactylic Hexameter	245	(1)
The Dactylic Pentameter	246	(1)
Iambic Measures	246	(1)
SUPPLEMENTS TO THE GRAMMAR.	247	(4)
I. Roman Calendar	247	(2)
II. Roman Names	249	(1)
III. Figures of Syntax and Rhetoric	249	(2)
Index to the Illustrative Examples Cited in the Syntax	251	(8)
Index to the Principal Parts of Latin Verbs	259	(4)
General Index	263