WHEREIN THE PRINCIPLES OF THE LANGUAGE ARE BOTH IN ENGLISH AND LATIN. WITH USEFUL NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS, EXPLAINING THE TERMS OF By Thomas Ruddiman, M. A. THE TWENTY-SEVENTH GENUINE EDITION, CAREFULLY CORRECTED AND IMPROVED. PHILADELPHIA: PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY ABRAHAM SMALL, No. 165, Chesnut Street. HARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY GIFT OF GEORGE ARTHUR PLIMPTON THE many incorrect editions of this book, published of late years, have occasioned much trouble and vexation to instructors of youth, who have therefore long wished to see an edition accurately revised and corrected. To attain an object so important to master and scholar, the proprietor of the Scotch edition (from which this is carefully printed) obtained the assistance of the Rector of the Grammar school of Aberdeen: who has not only carefully compared this with the latest editions published in the Author's life time, and under his own inspection; but, by marking the quantity of the Penult Syllable, where it is most liable to be mistaken, has also, it is hoped, made it easier for beginners to acquire a just pronunciation of the language. THE RUDIMENTS OF THE LATIN TONGUE, OR, A PLAIN AND EASY INTRODUCTION TO LATIN GRAMMAR. PARS PRIMA. DE LITERIS et SYLLABIS. Magister. QUOT sunt literæ apud Latinos? Discipulus. Quinque et viginti; a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m, n, o p, q, r, 8, t, u, v, x, y, z. M. Quomodo dividuntur? D. In vocales et consonantes. M. Quot sunt vocales ? D. Sex; a. e, i, o, u, Y., D. Novemdecim; b, c, d,f,g, PART FIRST. OF LETTERS and SYLLABLES. Master. HOW many letters are there among the Latins? Scholar. Five and twenty; a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m, n, o, p, q, r, s, t, u, v, x, y, z. N. How are they divided? S. Into vowels and consonants. M. How many vowels are there? S. Six; a, e, i, o, u, y. M. How many consonants are there? S. Nineteen; b, c, d, f, g, h, h, j, k, l, m, n, p, q, r, s, t, v, x, j, k, l, m, n, p, q, r, s, t, v, x, z. Z. M. Quot sunt dipthongi? M. How many dipthongs are there? |