Varronianus: A Critical and Historical Introduction to the Ethnography of Ancient Italy and to the Philological Study of the Latin Language

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Deighton, Bell, and Company, 1860 - 564 pages
 

Contents

Contacts and contrasts of the Semitic and the Sclavonian
87
CHAPTER III
93
The Sibilants
97
Some remarks on the other letters
99
Umbrian Grammatical Forms
100
Selections from the Eugubine Tables with explanations
105
Tab I a 26
108
Tab I b 13 sqq
114
Extracts from the Litany in Tab VI a
115
The Atidian Augural Sacrifice
118
Umbrian words which approximate to their Latin synonyms
120
The Todi Inscription contains four words of the same class
123
CHAPTER IV
126
Alphabetical list of SabelloOscan words with their interpreta tion
128
35
133
The Bantine Table
139
Commentary on the Bantine Table
142
The Cippus Abellanus
151
The Bronze Tablet of Agnone
154
The Atellanæ
156
CHAPTER V
164
Names of Etruscan divinities derived and explained
171
Alphabetical List of Etruscan Words interpreted
180
Etruscan InscriptionsDifficulties attending their Interpretation
196
Inscriptions in which the Pelasgian element predominates
198
Transition to the Inscriptions which contain Scandinavian words The laurelcrowned Apollo Explanations of the words CLAN and PHLERES
202
Inscriptions containing the words SUTHI and THRCE
208
Inferences derivable from the words CVER SVER and THUR or THAUR
210
Striking coincidence between the Etruscan and Old Norse in the use of the auxiliary verb LATA
212
The great Perugian Inscription critically examinedits Runic affinities
215
Harmony between linguistic research and ethnographic tradition in regard to the ancient Etruscans
226
General remarks on the absorption or evanescence of the old Etruscan Language
229
CHAPTER VI
231
Arvalian Litany
232
Chants preserved by Cato
234
Fragments of the Salian Hymns
235
Old Regal Laws
238
Remains of the XII Tables
241
Tab I ib 8 Tab II
244
Tab III
245
Tab IV
247
Tab V ib 12 Tab VI
249
Tab VII
250
Tab VIII
253
Tab IX
256
Tab X
257
CHAPTER VII
283
The Labials
285
The Gutturals
291
The Dentals
301
The Vowels
307
The Greek Letters used by the Romans
318
The Numeral Signs
324
CHAPTER VIII
326
General scheme of the caseendings
328
Hypothetical forms of the nominative and accusative plural
330
Existing formsthe Genitive
333
The Dative and Locative
335
The Accusative Singular
336
The Ablative
337
The Neuter Forms
338
The Vocative
339
Adverbs considered as Cases of Nouns
340
Adverbial expression for the day of the month
346
CHAPTER IX
347
General rules for the classification of Latin Nouns
348
First or a Declension
349
Second or o Declension
350
Third Declension or consonantal Nouns
352
B Second class or semiconsonantal Nouns
357
CHAPTER X
367
Indicative Pronouns
371
Distinctive Pronouns
376
Relative Interrogative and Indefinite Pronouns
379
Numerals and Degrees of Comparison
390
Prepositions
394
Negative Particles
403
Paucity of Organic Formations in the regular Latin Verb
417
Forms of the Infinitive and Participlehow connected in deri
426
The Participle in tûrus
432
The Future of the Infinitive Passive
439
The fourth or Consonant Conjugation A Mute Verbs
454
C
460
B Abbreviated forms
468
a Forms with the first Pronominal Element only
475
B Composition Discrimination of Compound Words
504
CHAPTER XIV
513
The Poetry of the Augustan age does not represent the genuine
520
The French Language is the best modern representative of
528
But all these Dialects were closely related to the Latin
534
Importance and value of the Latin Language
542

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