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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1847 Excerpt: ...tempora quercu. Virg. 6. Adjectives in inus, derived from living things, and denoting possession; also numeral distributives, proper names, and gentile nouns, lengthen the penultimate; as, Agninus, caninus, leportnus; Binus, trinus, qulnus; Albinus, Cratlnus, Justinus; Alexandrians, Latinus, Vennsinus, ' &c. To these may be added certain adjectives having a reference to physical or mental objects and designations; as, adultermus, festlnus, gelasinus, genuinus, iibertiaus, mediastinus, opinus, and inopinus, paupertinus, peregrinus, suptnus. Also, adjectives of place; as, collinus, marinus, vicinus; and those derived from nouns denoting time; as, matutlnus, vespertinus; and lastly these few, not reducible to a class, Austrinus, Caurinus, cisterninus, clandestinus, repentbtus. Sicaniam peregri/ia colo Ovid. Et matutini volucrum sub culmine cantus. Virg. 7. Adjectives in inus, derived from inanimate things, such as plants, trees, stones, &cj.; also from adverbs of time, or from substantives denoting the four seasons of the year, have their penultimate short; as, Amaracinus, crocinus, hyacinthinus; cedrinus, faginus, oleaginus; adamantinus, amethystinus, smaragdinus; coralRnus, crystallinus, murrhinus; Crastinus, diutinus, perendtnus, pristinus, serotinus; Earinus, oportnus, chimerinus, therinus; also annotinus, hornofinus. To which add bombyclnus, elephantintts, which seem to refer rather to the silk and ivory, than to the animals themselves. Et lux cum primum terris se crasfina reddet. Virg..... Mens tantum pristina mansit. Ovid. 8. Diminutives in olus, ola, olum, and ulus, ula, vlum, shorten the penultimate; as, urceolus, filiola, muscedlum; Lectulus, ratiuncula, corculum, &c. Ante fugam soboles, si quis mihi parvulus, aula. Virg. 9. Adverbs in tim...
