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Essential Latin Grammar: Bennett's Grammar Revised

Essential Latin Grammar: Bennett's Grammar Revised 

Anne Mahoney

Edited with new material by Anne Mahoney.

2007 • 978-1-58510-244-0 • paper • 317 pages • 5 ½ x 8 ½ • $24.95

2007 • 978-1-58510-274-7 • hardcover • 317 pages • 5 ½ x 8 ½ • $32.95

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 Description                                             

Updated sections on the Indo-European language family and on Latin meter, addition of a brief bibliography, and a reorganized index of sources. Suitable for intermediate-level students.

 Author                                                    

Anne Mahoney is Lecturer in Classics at Tufts University. She is the author of a commentary on Plautus’ Amphitryo, published by Focus, and of articles and reviews on Latin and Greek poetry. Her PhD is from Boston University.

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 Table on Contents                                   

Declension

Nouns

Adjectives

Pronouns

Conjugation

Verb Stems

The Four Conjugations

Conjugation of Sum

First (or ā-) Conjugation

Second (or ē-) Conjugation

Third (or Consonant-) Conjugation

Fourth (or ī-) Conjugation

Verbs in -iō of the Third Conjugation

Deponent Verbs

Semi-Deponents

Periphrastic Tenses

Peculiarities of Conjugation

Formation of the Verb Stems

List of the Most Important Verbs, with Principal Parts

Irregular Verbs

Defective Verbs

Impersonal Verbs

Sentences

Classification of Sentences

Form of Interrogative Sentences

Subject and Predicate

Simple and Compound Sentences

Syntax of Nouns

Subject

Predicate Nouns

Appositives

The Cases

Syntax of Adjectives

Agreement of Adjectives

Adjectives Used Substantively

Adjectives with the Force of Adverbs

Comparatives and Superlatives

Other Special Uses

Syntax of Pronouns

Personal Pronouns

Possessive Pronouns

Reflexive Pronouns

Reciprocal Pronouns

Demonstrative Pronouns

Relative Pronouns

Indefinite Pronouns

Pronominal Adjectives

Syntax of Verbs

Agreement

Voices

Tenses

Tenses of the Subjunctive

Tenses of the Infinitive

Moods

Indirect Discourse (Ōrātiō Oblīqua)

Noun and Adjective Particles

Coördinate Conjunctions

Adverbs

Word Order and Sentence Structure

Sentence Structure

Hints on Latin Style

Nouns

Adjectives

Pronouns

Verbs

Special Uses of the Accusative

Special Uses of the Dative

Special Uses of the Genitive

 Preface to the Focus Edition                               

Bennett’s New Latin Grammar has been a standard introductory grammar for many years. For this edition, I have updated the sections on the Indo-European language family and on Latin meter, and added a brief bibliography; I have also re-organized the index of sources to make it easier to find references to a particular text. Bennett’s grammar is not as detailed as those of Allen and Greenough, Gildersleeve, Hale and Buck, or (for syntax) Woodcock, making it suitable for intermediate-level students.

Charles E. Bennett (1858-1921) spent most of his career as professor of Latin at Cornell University. In addition to the New Latin Grammar, he produced several commentaries on Latin authors, articles on Latin grammar, and textbooks.

He was a member of the Committee on Academic Freedom and Academic Tenure of the American Association of University Professors in 1915, and one of the original signatories of the AAUP’s Declaration of Principles which helped shape the modern system of tenure in American universities.

The New Latin Grammar is one of a series of Latin grammars written by American scholars in the later 19th and early 20th centuries, incorporating the latest knowledge about Indo-European linguistics and the latest ways of thinking about syntax. Nearly one hundred years later, the main outlines of Bennett’s approach are still sound; for this reason, the present edition has been only lightly revised.