The rudiments of grammar.: The rules composed in English verse, for the greater benefit and delight of young beginners. / By James Shirley.

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The rudiments of grammar.: The rules composed in English verse, for the greater benefit and delight of young beginners. / By James Shirley.
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Shirley, James, 1596-1666.
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London :: Printed by J. Macock for R. Lownds, and are to be sold at his shop at the white Lyon in Paul's Church-yard,
1656.
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Latin language -- Grammar
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"The rudiments of grammar.: The rules composed in English verse, for the greater benefit and delight of young beginners. / By James Shirley." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A93177.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 14, 2024.

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Page 69

Some general Rules for the Preterperfect Tense, and Supines of VERBS.

AS in the first avi, and atum makes,

Amo, amas, amavi, amatum.

ES forms whose Supine itum takes.

Moneo, Mones, Monui, Monitum.

VErbs of the fourth their various endings shew.

Lego, legis, legi, lectum.

FRom the fourth io, ivi, itum flow.

Audio, audis, audivi, auditum.

Some words of the fourth end in eo, as veneo to be sold, and eo to go, queo to be able, with their compounds.

Page 70

THe Compound Perfect tense and Supines are The same which in the simple Verbs they were.

Voco, vocavi, vocatum, to call.

Provoco, provocavi, provocatum, to provoke.

The Compound Verb doth commonly follow the Pre∣ter perfect tense, and Supine of the simple Verb.

Exception.
IN Composition rarely Verbs dispense With gemination in the Perfect tense.

Respondeo respondi responsum.

Spondeo spospondi sponsum.

If the simple Verb double the first syllable of the Preterperfect Tense, the compound doth not: There∣fore Respondeo makes Respondi, not Respospondi: The Compounds of Sto, Disco, Posco, retain gemi∣nation.

The Preterperfect Tenses and Supines are not al∣waies certain; but the exceptions are at large in the Latine Grammar, to which the Scholar must be re∣ferred.

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