Accedence commenc't grammar, supply'd with sufficient rules for the use of such (younger or elder) as are desirous, without more trouble than needs to attain the Latin tongue the elder sort especially, with little teaching and their own industry / by John Milton.

Of a Participle.

A Participle is a part of Speech, partaking with the Verb from whence it is deriv'd in Voice, Tense, and signification, and with a Noun Adje∣ctive in manner of Declining.

Participles are either of the Active or Passive Voice.

Of the Active Two. One of the Present Tense ending in ans, or ens, as laudans praising, habens, le∣gens, audiens, and is declin'd like faelix, as hic haec and ho•…•… habens, Gen. habentis, Dat habenti, &c. Do∣cens docentis, &c. But from eo, euns, and in the com∣pounds iens euntis, except ambiens ambientis. Note that some Verbs otherwise defective, have this Participle, as aiens, inquiens.

The other of the Future Tense is most common∣ly formd of the first Supine, by changing m into rus, as of laudatum laudaturus to praise or about to praise, habiturus, lecturus, auditurus; but some are not regularly formd, as of sectum secaturus, of ju∣tum juvaturus, sonitum sonaturus, partum pariturus, argutum arguiturus, and such like; of sum, futurus: This, as also the other two Participles following are declin'd like bonus.

This Participle, with the Verb Sum, affordeth a second Future in the Active Voice, as laudaturus sum, es, est, &c. as also the Future of the Infi∣nitive, as laudaturum esse to praise hereafter, futurum esse, &c.

Participles of the Passive Voice are also two, one of the Preterperfect tense, another o•…•… the Fu∣ture.

A Participle of the Preterperfect Tense, is formd of the latter Supine, by putting thereto s, as of laudatu laud•…•…us praisd, of habitu habitus, lectu le∣ctus, auditu audit•…•….

This Par•…•…iciple joyn'd with the Verb Sum, sup∣plyeth the w•…•…nt of a Pre•…•…erperfect and Preterplu∣perfect •…•…ense in the Indicative •…•…od passive, and both them and the Future of the Potential; as also

the Preterperfect and Preterpluperfect of the In∣finitive, and with ire or fore the Future; as laudatus sum or sui I have been praisd, Plur. laudati sumus or suimus we have been praisd, laudatus eram or fueram, &c. Potential, laudatus sim or •…•…uerim, laudatus essem or fuissem, laudatus ero or fuero, Infinit. laudatum esse or fuisse to have or had been praisd; laudatum ire or fore to be praisd hereafter.

Nor only Passives, but some Actives also or Neuters, besides thir own Preterperfect Tense, borrow another from this Participle; Caeno Caena∣vi and Caenatus sum, Juravi and •…•…uratus, Potavi and potus sum, Titubavi and tituba•…•…us, Car•…•… car•…•…i cassus sum, Prandeo prandi and pransus, Pateo p•…•…tui and passus sum, Pla•…•…eo placui pla•…•…tus, Sues•…•…o suevi sue∣tus sum, Liber libuit and libitum est, Licet li•…•…uit lici∣tum, Pudet puduit puditum, Piget piguit pigitum, Tae∣det teduit p•…•…rtaesum est, and this Deponent Me•…•…eor m•…•…rui and meritus sum

These Neuters following, like Passives, have no other Preterperfect Tense, but by this Parti∣ciple, Gaudeo g•…•…isus sum, fido fisus, audeo ausus, fio fact•…•… soleo solitus sum.

These Deponents also form this Participle from Supines irregular; Labor lapsus, patior passus, per∣petior perpessus, fateor fassus, conf•…•…eor, diffiteor diffes∣sus, gradior gressus, ingredior ingressus, fati•…•…or fessus, metior mensus, utor usus, ordior to spin orditus, to be∣gin orsus, nitor nisus and nixus, •…•…iscor ultus, ira∣scor iratus, reorratus, obliviscor oblitus, fruor fructus or fruitus, miserior misertus, tuor and tueor tuitus, lo∣quor locutus, sequor secutus, experior expertus, pacis∣cor pactus, •…•…anciscor nactus, apiscor aptus, adipiscor adeptus, queror questus, proficiscor profectus, expergiscor experrectus, comminiscor commentus, nascor natus, mo∣rior mortuus, orior ortus sum.

A Participle of the Future Passive is formd of the Gerund in dum, by changing m into s, as of laudandum laudandus to be praisd, of habendum haben∣dus, &c. And likewise of this Participle with the Verb Sum, may be formd the same Tenses in the Passive, which were form'd with the Participle of the Preterperfect Tense, as laudandus sum or fui, &c.

Infinit. Laudandum esse, or fore.

Of Verbs Deponent come Participles, both of the Active and Passive form, as loquor loquens lo∣cutus locuturus loquendus; whereof the Participle of the Preter Tense signifieth somtimes both Actively and Passively, as dignatus, testatus, medi∣tatus, and the like.