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xxii ETYMOLOGICAL GLOSSARY OF

" science "3. The science of
the trute meaning of words,
according to thleir derivatioii.
Eup hony [Gr. eu, "well;"
p nton e, "sound ''3. That
which sounds well.
Flat (Consonants). B, d, g.
Foot. The metrical subdivision of a verse. A verse
being supposed to sun, its
lintbs or members might
well be calledIfeet.
Frequentative (Verb). A
Verb that expresses a frequently repeated action, e.g.
"pat-t-e r.''
Gender [L. genus, Fr. genre,
" breed,' or " class "].
Forms to denote clasosification
aceordlin~to sex. There are
no Inflections for Genders in
English (37).
Genitive (C.,ase) [L. f/enitiv-,
"4generating ] The name
for the Latin case elenotuig
generationI origination, possession. Sometimes app)lied
to the English Possessive
Inflection.1
Gerund [L. gero, "I carry
on "]. Part of a Latin Verb
denoting the cnrrying on of
the action of the Verb.
T1here was once a gerundive
form in English (551).
Grammrar LGr. gransnen, a
'letter; " Fr. " gIrminoni e"]1.
The science of letters; hence
the science of using words
correctly.
Gutturals [L. guttur,

" throat "']. Throat letters,
k-, and hard g.
Heterogeneous (Sentence)
[Gr. ketero, "different;"
genos, " kind "]. A Sentence
combining a mimber of
Sentences of so diffrent a
kind from each other that
they ought not to be coinbined.2
Iambus [Gr. iambos]. In
English, a foot of two svllables,.the first unaccented,
the second accented.
Idiom [Gr. idioma, " peculiarity "]. A miode of expression peculiar to a language.
Imperative (Mood) [L. impera-, ''command ''. The
commanisduiey Mood (70).
impersonal (Verbs). Werbs
miot used in the first or
eecondl Person (328).
Incomplete (State). The
fornis of the Verb denoting
an action iii an Inco,7uplete
State (72).
Indefinite (Article). A
name given to " an," "a,"
because the Adjective leaves
its Noun undefined, or indefinite. See Article; also
Dfefinite.
Indefinite (State). The
forms of the Verb denoting
an action of which the,State
is not deflned (72).
Indicativ~e (Mlood) [L.
judica-, ''point nout ''3.
'T7he Mlood that points out
or indicutes an action., &c.,

I The Latin " genitivus " is a mistran sl ation of the Greek genilke,
which nmeant the qenseric case, i.e. the case that (denoted the qenus
or class. Fog examlle, "life," "What class of life?" "Altau's
i fe"."I
2 See Par. 43, How to Write Clearly.