so 



exceptions to the fourth Declension -o and t: should be tncladed ; 

 and f followed by ti as well as by t and |i. In the singular 

 and plural the vocative requires aspiration, though here omitted, as 

 remarked in the 3d Declension .-^The first example of the fourth 

 declension is also erroneous. — If the author intended ciie<tf to be 

 feminine, as il is generaWy considered to be in the living language, 

 the genitive should be -Mtt ctie-K^ '• if masculine, the genitive should 

 be <tti ctie-<tf<t with the article, like n\e-<ii{. Gen. ttie-<t«f<t. 



Adjectives.— Speaking of adjectives he says that those " Begin- 

 ning with vowels and preceding their substantives require a c pre- 

 fixed to the nominative, dative and accusative cases singular mas- 

 culine, and to the genitive feminine and to nominative and da- 

 live plural of both genders." — ^This is not ttie fact ; for neither 

 the dative singular masculine, the genitive singular feminine nor 

 the nominative or dative plural of either gender takes this prefix. 

 It is further asserted that " Adjectives following their substantives 

 and having mutable consonants for their initials ("except ^, "o or c 

 following a noun ending with ti,) must be aspirated in the nomi- 

 native, accusative and vocative singular feminine gender, and in 

 the genitive, dative and vocative singular masculine ; in the plural 

 number the genitive feminine must be aspirated, and the genitive 

 singular must be eclipsed." For the exceptions I see no necessity 

 except ^, when followed by any consonant except I, n or |t. These 

 are not excepted where necessary, in the substantives. The dative 

 singular should be eclipsed instead of being aspirated, except tti or 

 J- followed by any consonant except t, >i or |i, as "oo'ti b-'^e-a^ 

 tti-bfe^S, &c. In the plural number the genitive feminine and 

 masculine must suffer eclipsis instead of aspiration, as t)<t tn-btiti 

 tti-b|te^^5 ; and the genitive singular must not be eclipsed but as- 

 pirated in the' genitive singular masculine ; as, <i^ "oujiie- 'tob^dii<i)t, 



