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Construction of Adjectives, Govern∣ing a Genitive.

ADjectives that signifie Desire, Knowledge, Ignorance, Remembrance, Forgetfulness, and such like; as also certain others deriv'd from Verbs, and ending in ax, require a Genitive; as Cupidus auri. Peritus belli. Ignarus omnium. M•…•…∣mor praeteriti. Reus surti. Tenax propositi. Tempus edax rerum.

Adjectives call'd Nouns Partitive, because they signifie part of some whole quantity or number, govern the word that signifieth the thing parted or divided, in the Genitive; as Aliquis nost•…•…um. Primus omnium. Aurium mollior est sinistra. Orato∣rum

eloquentissimus. And oft in the Neuter Gen∣der; as Multum lucri. Id negotii. Hoc noctis. Sometimes, though seldom, a word signifying the whole is read in the same Case with the Par∣titive, as Habet duos gladios quibus altero te occisurum minatur, altero villicum, Plaut. For Quorum altero. Magnum opus habeo in manibus; quod jampridem ad hunc ipsum (me autem dicebat) quaedam institui. Cic. Acad. 1. Quod quaedam for cujus quaedam.

A Dative.

ADjectives that betoken Profit or Disprofit, Likeness or Unlikeness, Fitness, Pleasure, Submitting, or Belonging to any thing, require a Dative; as Labor est utilis corpori. Aequalis Hectori. Idoneus bello. Jucundus omnibus. Parenti supplex. Mihiproprium.

But such as betoken Profit or Disprofit have somtimes an Accusative with a Preposition; as Homo ad nullam partem utilis. Cic. Inter se aequales.

And some Adjectives signifying Likeness, Un∣likeness, or Relation, may have a Genitive. Par hujus. Ejus culpae affines. Domini similis es. Com∣mune onimantium est conjunctionis appetitus. Alienum dignitatis ejus. Cic. Fin. 1. Fuit hoc quondam proprium populi Romani longè a domo bollare. But propior and proximus admit somtimes an Accusative; as proxi∣mus Pompeium sedebam. Cic.

An Accusative.

NOuns of Measure are put after Adjectives of like signification in the Accusative, and somtimes in the Ablative; as Turris alta centum

pedes. Arbor lata tres digitos. Liber crassus tres pol∣lices, or tribus pollicibus. Somtimes in the Geni∣tive; as Areas latas pedum denûm facito.

All words expressing part or Parts of a thing, may be put in the Accusative, or somtimes in the Ablative; as Saucius frontem or fronte. Excepto quòd non simul esses caetera laetus. Hor. Nudapedom. Ov. Os humerosque deo similis. Virg. Somtimes in the Genitive, as Dubius mentis.

An Ablative.

ADjectives of the Comparative degree, en∣glisht with this sign then or by, as also Dig∣nus, Indignus, Praeditus, Contentus, and these words of Price, Carus, vilis, require an Ablative; as Fri∣gidior glacie. Multo doctior. Uno pede altior. Dig∣nus honore. Virtute praeditus. Sorte sua contentus. Asse charum.

But of Comparatives, plus, amplius, and minus, may govern a Genitive, also a Nominative, or an Accusative; as Plus quinquaginta hominum. Am∣plius duorum millium. Ne plus tertia pars eximatur mellis. Varro. Paulo plus quingentos passus. Ut ex sua cujusque parte n•…•… minus dimidium ad fratrem per∣veniret. Cic. Verr. 4. And Dignus, Indignus, have somtimes a Genitive after them; as Militia est ope∣ris altera dign•…•…tui. Indignus avorum. Virg.

Adjectives betokening Plenty or Want, will have an Ablative, and somtimes a Genitive; as Vacuus ira, or irae. Nulla Epistola inanis re aliqua. Ditissimus agri. Stultorum plena sunt omnia Integer vitae, scelerisque purus. Expers omnium. Vobis im∣munibus hujus esse mali dabitur.

Words also betokening the cause, or form, or manner of a thing, are pu•…•… after Adjectives in the Ablative Case; as Pallidus i•…•…a. Trepidus morte fu∣tura. Nomine Grammaticus, re Ba•…•…s.