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The principles of Latin grammar; comprising the ... - Essan.org

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——§ 102 SYNTAX.—OBSERVATIONS. 219plural ; taken separately, <strong>the</strong> verb is usuallysingular ;as,(Taken toge<strong>the</strong>r,)Furor iraque mentem prcecipitant, Fury and rage hurry on my mind.(Taken separately,)Si Socrates aut Antistltenes diceret,IfSocratesor Antis<strong>the</strong>nes should say313.— Obs. 1. To both parts <strong>of</strong> this rule, however, and especially to<strong>the</strong> first, <strong>the</strong>re are many exceptions. If one <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> nominatives is plural,<strong>the</strong> verb is commonly plural. But sometimes <strong>the</strong> verb agrees with <strong>the</strong>nominative nearest it, and is understood to <strong>the</strong> rest, especially when each<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> nominatives is preceded by et or turn, or when <strong>the</strong>y denote thingswithout life ; as, Mens exim, et ratio, et consilium, in seuibus e s t.When <strong>the</strong> nominatives are disjunctively connected by aut, neque,

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