Cover of Allen and Greenough's New Latin grammar for schools and colleges, founded on comparative grammar

Allen and Greenough's New Latin grammar for schools and colleges, founded on comparative grammar

by Joseph Henry Allen

521 pages•about 10 h 45 min to read•Public domain

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Designed for school and college students, Allen and Greenough’s Latin grammar explains forms and syntax through comparison with related languages. When it traces verb patterns, it shows how sound changes and later analogy helped create irregular forms such as venio. A discussion of the objective genitive shows how Latin can express a relation with a possessive adjective or a phrase beginning with a preposition. For negative results, the grammar distinguishes ut non from ne, giving students precise guidance on clause construction.

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