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§ 457.—Declinable WordsNouns and Substantival Pronouns.—1. Kind of Noun or Pronoun? 2. Gender? [Declension? [1]] Nom. and Gen. Sing.? 3. Number? Case? 4. Account for Case by reference to the Syntax.

Adjectives and Adjectival Pronouns.—1. Kind of Adjective or Pronoun? 2.[Class of Adj.?[1]] Nom. Sing, (all genders)? (If the Adj. is in the Comparative or Superlative, state which and give Positive). 3. Gender? Number? Case? 4. Agreeing with?

If Verbal Adjective, instead of 1, 2, state whether Gerundive or Participle? If Participle, Tense? Voice? Mention the Verb it comes from, and give its Principal Parts.

Finite Verbs.—1. Kind of Verb? 2. [Conjugation?[1]] Principal Parts? 3. Person? Number? Tense? Mood? Voice? 4. Agreeing with? Account also for Mood and Tense if necessary.

Infinitive.—1. Kind of Verb? 2. [Conjugation?[1]] Principal Parts? 3. Tense? Voice? 4. Account for Construction.

§ 458. Indeclinable Words.Adverb.—Kind? Qualifying? (If in Comparative or Superlative, state which and give the Positive).

Preposition.—State what it governs and in what case?

Conjunction.—Kind? State what it connects?

Interjection.—State what, if anything, it governs, and in what case?

§ 459.Illustrative Example.—Apud Hy̆pănim flŭvium Aristotĕlēs ait bēstiŏlās quāsdam nāscī quae ūnum diem vīvant Aristotle says that on the river Hypanis certain little creatures are born which only live one day. (Parsed with abbreviations.)

ăpud, Prep., Governs Acc. Hypanim.

Hy̆pănim, Prop. Noun, Masc. (3rd Decl.), from Hypanis, -is. Sing. Acc., gov. by apud.

flŭvium, (Common) Noun, Masc. (2nd Decl.), from fluvius, -ī, Sing. Acc. in Appos. to Hypanim.

Aristotĕlēs, Prop. Noun, Masc. (3rd Decl.), Sing. Nom., Gen. Aristotelis, Subj. to ait.

ait, Intrans. Verb, from āiō Defective, 3rd Sing. Pres. Ind. Act., agreeing with Aristotĕlēs.

bēstiŏlās, Noun, Fem. (1st Decl.), from bēstiola -ae, Acc. Pl., Subject to Inf. nāscī.

quāsdam, Indef. Adjectival Pron. from quīdam, quaedam, quoddam, Fem. Pl. Acc., agreeing with bēstiŏlās.

nāscī, Intr. Deponent Verb fr. nāscor nātus sum, Pres. Inf. after ait, verb of saying.

quae, Rel. Pron., fr. quī, quae, quod; Fem. Pl. agr. w. antecedent bēstiolās, Nom. as Subj. to vīvant.

ūnum, Numeral Adj., fr. ūnus, -a, -um, Masc. Sing. Acc., agr. w. diem.

diem, Noun, Masc (5th Decl.), fr. diēs -ēī, Acc. Sing., Acc. of Extent of Time.

vīvant, Intr. Verb (3rd Conj.), fr. vīvō, vīxī, vīctum, vīvere, 3rd Pl. Pres. Subj. Act., agr. w. quae. Subj. of Dependent Statement.

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Sometimes omitted if the other particulars are given.