The pharmaceutical Latin grammar : being an easy introduction to medical Latin, the London pharmacopoeia, and the perusal of physicians' prescriptions.

Cooley, Arnold James.

Date:: [1845]

Credit: The pharmaceutical Latin grammar : being an easy introduction to medical Latin, the London pharmacopoeia, and the perusal of physicians' prescriptions. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$exists, or of which we have any notion; as, Londinum, London; viola, a violet; albedo, whiteness; id^a, an idea. Ohs. A substantive may in general be known by making sense of itself; as aqua, water; or by the corresponding English word taking an article before it; as, ptlula, a pill; jpsbra, the itch. NUMBEE. Substantives, and other declinable parts of speech, have two numbers ; the singular, expressing but one ob- ject ; as, cochleare, a spoonful'; and t\iQ plural, signifying more objects than one; as pulveres, powders. Ohs, 1. Many languages, besides singular and plural, have a third form, denoting duality^ or two things together. This occurs in Greek. The dual number probably arose from the duality of the limbs and organs of the human body ; as the hands, feet, eyes, &c. The most ancient Greek had no dual number; nor has the Latin which was derived from it. 2. The number of substantives is mostly indicated by a change in their terminations; as grdnum, a grain; grdna, grains; lapis, a stone; lapides, stones. But in some cases no change is made ; as, haustus, a draught; haiistus, draughts. CASE. The second kind of inflection is that of case, by which the relation of things to one another is expressed. In Latin there are six cases; viz.—the nominative, genitive, dative, accusatipe, vocative, and ablative. The ifoMiNATivE CASE comes before the verb, and simply expresses the name of a thing, or absolute form of a conception; as, magister audiet, the master will hear; Libra habet uncias duodecim, a pound has twelve ounces. Ohs, The nominative case may be known by answering to the question who or what; as, who will hear ?—Ans, The master. The GENITIVE CASE exprcsscs the relation of property or possession, and is hence commonly called in English the possessive case; as, Argenti nitras, nitrate of silver; mensuris Ug[uidorum, to the measure of liquids. Ohs. The genitive case, in English, has the sign q/*, or the termi- nation *s or s\$