Animadversions upon Lillies grammar, or Lilly scanned An extract of grammaticall problemes. Gathered out of the inquiries, and disputes of the most judicious grammarians. Set downe by way of question, and answere. ...

Of the construction of Noune Substantiues.

Doth not a Substantiue sometimes gouerne two genitiue cases, or more?

Yes: wee reade in Cicero. Iamne sentis bellua, quae sit hominum querela frontis tuae? where querela gouernes hominum, and frontis. Sed quae naturae principia sint societatis humanae repeten∣dum altiùs videtur. idem. Procreatio Dei rerum humanarum. Aristotelis Philosophorum Principis arcanorum na∣turae theoremata.

Are not two substantiues sometimes linked together by a line, which the Grā∣marians call Hyphen, vsed for one?

Yes: such wordes are found a∣mongst the Lawyers; as, Placitum-consensum. Vlpian. Munus-donum. Modest. Actio-petitio. Callistrat. Lo∣catio-conductio. Labeo. Obiurgat•…•…-censor. Macrob.

Is not a noune in it selfe a compound, and so one, sometimes diuided in respect of construction?

Yes: as in this example. Ne{que} ille magis iurisconsultus quam iustitiae fuit. The word Iurisconsultus is one in it selfe, but to be diuided in the rection of iustitiae.

Are not adiectiues of the masculine

or feminine gender vsed sometimes sub∣stantiuely, as well as adiectiues of the neu∣ter gender?

Yes: 1. Malc. as, die natalis sui. Marc. Humanus pro Homo. Cic. ad Att. l. 3. ep. 21. Ego autem tibi affir∣mo (possum falli vt humanus) à me non habere. Phaethon, the epithite of the Sunne vsed substantiuely in Aenei. 5. saith Cerdo. Auroram Phaethontis equi iam luce vehebant, in Aeneid. 1. Im∣perium Dido Tyria regit vrbe profecta Germanum (.i. fratrem) fugiens.

2. Foem. Virg. 1. Aeneid. Implen∣tur veteris Bacchi, pinguis{que} ferinae .i. carnis ferinae, Senec. 1. de Benef. 5. Im∣perator aliquem torquibus, muroli, & ci∣uica donat .i. corona. & Plin. l. 8. Ni∣grae lanarum nullum colorem bibunt.

3. Neutr. as, Strata viarum. A∣mara curarum. Singula capitum. Pro∣funda camporum. Praerupta collium. Montium ardua, opaca locorum, &c.

Are not sometimes substantiues put in the place of adiectiues?

Yes: so, Nihil pro Nullo apud Ʋl∣pianum. & Virg. Aeneid. 1.

Regales inter mensas, laticemque Lyaeum .i. Bacchicum.

Doe not some substantiues verball go∣uerne the same case that their verbs doe, of which they are deriued?

Yes: as for example; wee reade exul à patria, as well as exultat à pa∣tria; Discessus ab vrbe, as well as di∣scedere ab vrbe, We reade obtemperare legibus, and instituta est obtemperatio scriptis legibus: in Tully we reade in e∣uery classicall Author, Capite dimi∣nui, praefici praetorio, and Iulius Scaliger hath; Capite diminutio. Suetonius, Praefectus praetorio. Wee reade domum eo, redeo, and domum itio, reditio, in Cae∣sar. Faueo authoritati &, fautor autho∣ritati. Nascor à muliere, &, natiuitas à muliere: erudior à magistro; &, ab optimo magistro optima inuentutis eru∣ditio.

What substantiues gouerne an abla∣tiue case with the preposition Cum?

Such as signifie societie, conjun∣ction, and friendship, as, Amicitia, familiaritas, consuetudo cum aliquo.

Ciceroni cum Attico magna intercessit familiaritas.

Is not Opus read construed with an ablatiue case of the participle of the preter tense?

Yes, and that very elegantly: as for example, Priusquam incipias con∣sulto, & vbi consuleris mature facto opus est, Salust. Opus est maturato, Liuie. Quod parato opus est para, Te∣rence. Opus est viso, & cauto, Plau∣tus.

Notes

• Vide Rod. Go∣clen. obseru. Linguae Lat. p. 126.