Allen and Greenough's New Latin Grammar

590 Pages·2006·13.31 MB·English

by  James B Greenough

Allen and Greenough’s
NEW
LATIN
GRAMMAR
Allen and Greenough’s
NEW
LATIN
GRAMMAR
J. H. ALLEN AND J. B. GREENOUGH
EDITED BY
J. B. GREENOUGH, G. L. KITTREDGE, A. A. HOWARD,
AND BENJ. L. D’OOGE
DOVER PUBLICATIONS, INC.
MINEOLA, NEW YORK
Bibliographical Note
This Dover edition, first published in 2006, is an unabridged republication of
Allen and Greenough’s New Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges, originally
published by Ginn and Company, Boston, in 1903.
International Standard Book Number: 0-486-44806-1
Manufactured in the United States by Courier Corporation
44806105
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PUBLISHER’S NOTE
THIS Dover edition is an unaltered reprint of the famed 1903 edition of the
New Latin Grammar created by Joseph Henry Allen (1820–1898) and James
Bradstreet Greenough (1833-1901) and ably edited by Greenough himself along
with George Lyman Kittredge, Albert Andrew Howard, and Benjamin Leonard
D’Ooge. After all these years, the New Latin Grammar remains popular and
invaluable for Latin study. It is seriously out of date, however, in one area: the
sections (§§ 607-629, on pages 405-427) on rhythm and versification. Therefore,
though we have left those sections untouched, we can not vouch for their
accuracy. We would recommend that the student interested in Latin poetry turn
to one of these sources as a supplement to this volume:

The Meters of Greek and Latin Poetry, by James W. Halporn, Martin
Ostwald, and Thomas G. Rosenmeyer (Indianapolis: Hackett Publishing,
1994; ISBN: 0-872-20243-7)

A Guide to Latin Meter and Verse Composition, by David J. Califf (London:
The Anthem Press, 2002; ISBN 1-898-85572-2)
PREFACE
THE present book is a careful revision of the edition of 1888. This revision
was planned and actually begun in the lifetime of Professor Greenough and has
been carried out in accordance with principles that met with his full approval.
The renumbering of the sections has made it possible to improve the
arrangement of material in many particulars and to avoid a certain amount of
repetition which was inevitable in the former edition. Thus, without increasing
the size of the volume, the editors have been able to include such new matter as
the advance in grammatical science has afforded. The study of historical and
comparative syntax has been pursued with considerable vigor during the past
fifteen years, and the well-established results of this study have been inserted in
their appropriate places. In general, however, the principles and facts of Latin
syntax, as set forth by Professor Greenough, have stood the test both of scientific
criticism and of practical use in the class-room, and accordingly the many
friends of Allen and Greenough’s Grammar will not find the new edition strange
or unfamiliar in its method or its contents. The editors have seen no occasion to
change long-settled nomenclature or to adopt novel classifications when the
usual terms and categories have proved satisfactory. On the other hand, they
have not hesitated to modify either doctrines or forms of statement whenever
improvement seemed possible.
In the matter of “hidden quantity” the editors have been even more
conservative than in the former revision. This subject is one of great difficulty,
and the results of the most recent investigations are far from harmonious. In
many instances the facts are quite undiscoverable, and, in general, the
phenomena are of comparatively slight interest except to special students of the
arcana of philology. No vowel has been marked long unless the evidence seemed
practically decisive.
The editors have been fortunate in securing the advice and assistance of
Professor E. S. Sheldon, of Harvard University, for the first ten pages, dealing
with phonetics and phonology. They are equally indebted to Professor E. P.
Morris, of Yale University, who has had the kindness to revise the notes on
historical and comparative syntax. Particular acknowledgment is also due to Mr.
M. Grant Daniell, who has coöperated in the revision throughout, and whose
accurate scholarship and long experience as a teacher have been of the greatest
service at every point.
SEPTEMBER 1, 1903.
CONTENTS
PART I — WORDS AND FORMS
LETTERS AND SOUNDS
Alphabet; Classification of Sounds
Orthography, Syllables, Pronunciation
Quantity and Accent
Combinations; Phonetic Changes
WORDS AND THEIR FORMS
Parts of Speech
Inflection; Root, Stem, and Base
Gender, Number, and Case
DECLENSION OF NOUNS
General Rules of Declension
First Declension
Second Declension
Third Declension
Mute Stems
Liquid and Nasal Stems
Pure i-Stems
Mixed i-Stems
Irregular Nouns
Greek Nouns
Rules of Gender
Fourth Declension
Fifth Declension
Defective and Variable Nouns
Names of Persons
INFLECTION OF ADJECTIVES
First and Second Declensions
Third Declension
Comparison
Numerals
INFLECTION OF PRONOUNS
Personal, Reflexive, Possessive, Demonstrative
Relative, Interrogative, Indefinite
Correlatives (Pronouns and Adverbs)
CONJUGATION OF VERBS
Inflection
Signification: Voice, Mood, Tense
Personal Endings
Forms: Stem and Verb-Endings
The Verb Sum
Regular Verbs
The Four Conjugations; Principal Parts
Formation of the Three Stems
Synopsis of the Verb
Peculiarities of Conjugation
First Conjugation
Second Conjugation
Third Conjugation
Fourth Conjugation
Verbs in -iō of the Third Conjugation
Deponent Verbs
Periphrastic Conjugations
Irregular Verbs
Defective Verbs
Impersonal Verbs
Classified Lists of Verbs
PARTICLES
Adverbs
Prepositions
Conjunctions
Interjections
FORMATION OF WORDS
Roots and Stems
Suffixes: Primary; Significant Endings
Derivation of Nouns
Derivation of Adjectives
Nouns with Adjective Suffixes; Irregular Derivatives
Derivation of Verbs
Compound Words
PART II —SYNTAX
INTRODUCTORY NOTE
THE SENTENCE
Definitions: Subject and Predicate, Modification, etc
Agreement: the Four Concords
NOUNS: Apposition; Predicate Agreement
ADJECTIVES
Rules of Agreement
Special Uses
PRONOUNS
Personal and Demonstrative
Reflexive
Possessive
Relative
Indefinite
Alius and alter
VERBS
Verb and Subject, Incomplete Sentences
PARTICLES : Adverbs, Conjunctions, Negatives
QUESTIONS
CONSTRUCTION OF CASES
Introductory Note
NOMINATIVE CASE
VOCATIVE CASE
GENITIVE CASE
Genitive with Nouns
Possessive Genitive
Genitive of Material, of Quality
Partitive Genitive
Objective Genitive
Genitive with Adjectives
Genitive with Verbs
Verbs of Remembering and Forgetting
Verbs of Reminding
Verbs of Accusing, Condemning, and Acquitting
Verbs of Feeling