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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. 1844 edition. Excerpt: ...by the Sing. e. g. 0 /legirijg, the Persians, o Aoafli og, o Avdos, 6 Aaavgiog, etc. This rarely occurs in respect to nations that have a'free government, e. g. xov'EXXrjva tflXor ngogSiadat Her. 1, 69. The words aiQaxituxijg, noXifiio; and the like, are sometimes used in the Sing, instead of the PI. 3. The PI. properly belongs only to common nouns, not to proper names, names of materials, or abstracts; still, such nouns in certain relations take the PL, namely, when they express the idea of the common noun, thus, (1) Proper names, (a) in indicating several individuals of the same name, e. g. dvo KatiXoi; (b) in denoting persons that possess the nature or the qualities of the individual named, e. g. PL Theaet. 169, b. oi 'hq axXitc te xal Oijoi ig, men like H. and Th. (2) Names of materials occur somewhat often in the PL, since either the single parts, which make up the material, or the different kinds of which it is composed, are contemplated, e. g. y/a fta&o i, nvnol xal xqi& a I; ijXtot, sun-beams, like soles; avtftoi xal vdaxa, oivot noXvxtXtlq, olroi naXaioi; i)Xa xal Xl&og, etc. (3) Abstracts in the PL denote classes and specific instances, particular conditions and circumstances, e. g. Herod. 7, 158. v/ilv (itydXai JieptXlai xt xal tituvoiottg yiyovaoi. 3,40. i/tol at aal fitydXat ivxvxtat oix ioiaxovai. So ix&r), iuimicitiae, a xa at te, seditiones, tpiXiat, xaXamiaqiai, aerumnac, Oiirttxot, mortes, ipvxV " $ aX-ny, frvpol, animi, qpo/Jot, (j g o i; at t g, reflections, a nix&tia i, av5 glut, brave deeds, v/inst, xai tvtjiat Twy otapaitav, like valetudines, etc. nian is, testimonia, i ivolug Sovrai, largesses, honorary gifts, X a q i T t s, presents; in many cases, the PI. denotes a plurality of parts, e....
