Table of Contents

Preface; Book IV. Syntax: 1. Classification of words; 2. Parts of a simple sentence and use of parts of speech; 3. Of the different kinds of sentences; 4. Order of words and sentences; 5. Use of noun inflexions; 6. Use of cases; 7. Use of nominative case; 8. Use of accusative case; 9. Use of dative case; 10. Use of locative and ablative cases; 11. Use of genitive cases; 12. Use of infinitive; 13. Tenses of infinitive, when used; 14. Use of verbal nouns, especially the gerund and gerundive; 15. Use of verb inflexion; 16. Use of verbal inflexions of person and number; 17. Of indicative and imperative moods and their tenses; 18. Of the subjunctive mood and its tenses; 19. Typical examples of subjunctive mood and its tenses; 20. Use of moods in hypothetical and conditional clauses; 21. Use of subjunctive mood to express desire; 22. Use of subjunctive mood to express causation; 23. Use of subjunctive mood to express alien or contingent assertions; 24. Of reported speech; Supplement; Index.

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An 1870s descriptive grammar of Latin, still remarkable for its breadth of examples and depth of analysis.