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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1880 edition. Excerpt: ... substantive, i.e., one implying a number of persons or things through itself in the singular, has the predicate in the plural, as: pars magna venerunt, a great part (of men) went. 124. When the predicate is an adjective, it must agree with the subject in gender, number, and case, as: Miles est callidus. The soldier is cunning. Milites sunt caUidi. The soldiers are cunning. Soror est pulchra. The sister is beautiful. Sorores sunt pulchrae. The sisters are beautiful. Templum est magnum. The temple is large. Templa sunt magna. The temples are large. When there are two or more subjects of the same gender, the predicative adjective is either put in the plural of the gender of the subjects, or agrees only with the subject nearest to it, as: Millies et centuriones impavidi The soldiers and captains were erant. fearless. Sorores et mater mea moriuae My sisters and my mother are sunt. dead. Templa et castella permagna The temples and castles were erant. very great. Sorores et mater mea mortua My sisters and my mother are est. dead. When the subjects are of different genders and denote persons, the predicate is commonly in the plural of the masculine, if there is a masculine among the subjects, as: Pater et mater mortui sunt. My father and mother are dead. When the subjects are the names of things, the predicative adjective is generally in the neuter plural; but when the subjects are names of persons mixed with names of things, the predicative adjective may either follow the gender of the persons, or it may be put in the neuter plural, or it agrees with the subject nearest to it, as: Imperia-, honores, victorlae for-Powers, honours, and victories tuita sunt. are accidental. Multi hostes et arma capti (or Many enemies and arms were capta)...