The rudiments of grammar.: The rules composed in English verse, for the greater benefit and delight of young beginners. / By James Shirley.
- Title
- The rudiments of grammar.: The rules composed in English verse, for the greater benefit and delight of young beginners. / By James Shirley.
- Author
- Shirley, James, 1596-1666.
- Publication
- 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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Contents
- title page
- Letters in Latine.
- The Argument.
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Rudiments.
- Eight Parts of Speech.
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Two kinds of Nouns,
Substantive, andAdjective. -
Numbers
Two. - Cases Six.
- Genders three.
- Declensions five.
- Nouns of the first Declension.
- Terminations of the first Declension.
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Examples of Nouns in
As, Es, andE, Which come from the Greek. - Terminations of the second Declension.
- Terminations of the third Declension.
- Terminations of the fourth Declension.
- Terminations of the fift Declension.
- The Termination of Cases in every Declension.
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Felix, [happy] is a Noun Adjective of one Ter∣mination, and third Declension. -
Tristis, [sad] is a Noun Adjective of two Ter∣minations, and third Declension. -
Bonus [good] is a Noun Adjective of three Ter∣minations, of the second and first Declension. -
Acer [sharp] is a Noun adjective of three Ter∣minations, of the third Declension. - Three Degrees of Comparison.
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An Adjective of the Comparative Degree hath two Terminations,
or, andus. - Irregular Comparisons.
- Comparisons Defective.
- Pronouns nineteen.
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Of a Verb.
- Persons three.
- Of Verbs Personal there be four kinds.
- Moods four.
- Gerunds three. Supines two.
- Tenses five.
- Passive Signs.
- Verbs Impersonal.
- Participles four.
- Conjugations four.
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Examples of the Conjugations in
o. - Indicative Mood of the first Conjugation.
- Imperative Mood.
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Subjunctive Mood,
ut that,si if,utinam I would. - Infinitive Mood.
- Gerunds.
- First Supine.
- Participles.
- The first Conjugation Passive.
- Indicative Mood.
- Imperative Mood.
- Subjunctive Mood.
- Infinitive Mood.
- Last Supine.
- Participles.
- The second Conjugation Active.
- Imperative Mood.
- Subjunctive Mood.
- Infinitive Mood.
- Gerunds.
- First Supine.
- Participles.
- The second Conjugation Passive.
- Indicative Mood.
- Imperative Mood.
- Subjunctive Mood.
- Infinitive Mood.
- Last Supine.
- Participles,
- The third Conjugation Active.
- part
- Subjunctive Mood.
- Infinitive Mood.
- Gerunds.
- First Supine.
- Participles.
- The third Conjugation Passive.
- Indicative Mood.
- Subjunctive Mood.
- Infinitive Mood.
- Last Supine.
- Participles.
- The fourth Conjugation Active.
- Imperative Mood.
- Subjunctive Mood.
- Infinitive Mood.
- Gerunds.
- First Supine.
- Participles.
- The fourth Conjugation Passive.
- Indicative Mood.
- Imperative Mood.
- Subjunctive Mood.
- Infinitive Mood.
- Last Supine.
- Participles.
- Anomalies.
- Indicative Mood.
- Imperative Mood.
- Subjunctive Mood.
- Infinitive Mood.
- Participle future.
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Eo to go. - Indicative Mood.
- Imperative Mood.
- Subjunctive Mood.
- Infinitive Mood.
- Gerunds.
- Supine.
- Participles.
- Indicative, Mood.
- Imperative Mood.
- Subjunctive Mood.
- Infinitive Mood.
- Gerunds.
- Supines.
- Participles.
- A Scheme of the Active and Passive Verbs.
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Some general Rules for the Preterperfect Tense, and
Supines of VERBS. - Adverbs.
- Conjunctions.
- Prepositions.
- Interjections.
- Concords three.
- Questions and Answers when Schollers are examined in their Lectures.
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Some necessary Rules of Syntax in English, for young Com∣posers.
- Substantives.
- Substantives together without a Signe.
- Adjectives with the signe [of] govern a Genitive.
- Adjectives and Verbs of Plenty or Want, a Genitive or Ablative.
- [Then] after Comparatives a sign of the Ablative.
- [To] and [For] after Verbs and Adje∣ctive, signes of a Dative.
- Vebs that have a Nominative after them.
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[VVhom]
or [VVhat] signs of an Accu∣sative after Verbs. - Participles, Gerunds, &c.
- Measure and Space, Accusative or Ablative.
- Manner, Cause, Instrument, Ablative.
- Price, Ablative.
- An Ablative absolute.
- Time.
- Place in, or at which, Genitive or Ablative.
- Place to which, Accusative,
- Place from, or by which, Ablative.
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Use of the Participle in
rus anddus. -
Use of the Gerunds
di anddum. - The Rule of Construing.