The New Cratylus: Or, Contributions Towards a More Accurate Knowledge of the Greek LanguageJ.W. Parker, 1850 - 694 páginas |
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... reason to feel all confidence in the soundness of the linguistic principles maintained in this book , and was convinced that I had succeeded in explaining many phenomena of inflected language in general , and had contributed some ...
... reason to feel all confidence in the soundness of the linguistic principles maintained in this book , and was convinced that I had succeeded in explaining many phenomena of inflected language in general , and had contributed some ...
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... reason to hope that these pretensions will receive more general recognition now , than was bestowed upon them ten years since , when a writer in an eminent periodical , chiefly , it seems , on this account , pronounced that this work ...
... reason to hope that these pretensions will receive more general recognition now , than was bestowed upon them ten years since , when a writer in an eminent periodical , chiefly , it seems , on this account , pronounced that this work ...
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... reason that I have preserved , as far as possible , the old grammatical nomenclature : the young student regards with a sort of mysterious reverence the uncouth terms of his grammar ; they are little household gods to him : and , though ...
... reason that I have preserved , as far as possible , the old grammatical nomenclature : the young student regards with a sort of mysterious reverence the uncouth terms of his grammar ; they are little household gods to him : and , though ...
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... reason and tradition , and pleads for a maximum of belief . 15 Importance of Philology for the divine , both as the method of interpretation , and a branch of ethnographical science . 16 Classical education , to whatever extent it is ...
... reason and tradition , and pleads for a maximum of belief . 15 Importance of Philology for the divine , both as the method of interpretation , and a branch of ethnographical science . 16 Classical education , to whatever extent it is ...
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... reason in this demand , and it is doubtless incumbent upon those who have devoted them- selves to such pursuits to point out to others their importance and utility . Hitherto this has not been done in a satisfactory manner ; and ...
... reason in this demand , and it is doubtless incumbent upon those who have devoted them- selves to such pursuits to point out to others their importance and utility . Hitherto this has not been done in a satisfactory manner ; and ...
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adjective Æschylus alphabet analogy ancient aorist appears aspirate Bopp Buttmann combination compound connected connexion considered consonants corresponding Cratylus dative denote dental derived dialects digamma distinction epithet etymology express fact former genitive Gothic Gramm grammar Greek alphabet Greek language guna guttural Hebrew Hesychius High German Homer idea Iliad Indo-Germanic inflexions instance labial Latin lego letters locative Low German meaning nominative nouns object old High German original participle particle passage passive Pelasgian person-endings philology Pindar Plato plural predicate prefix preposition pronominal element pronoun reason reduplication reference remarks represented root Sanscrit says scholars Sclavonian second person Semitic sense sibilant signify singular Sophocles speech suffix suppose syllable synonym tense termination thing tion verb vowel words writing Zend ἂν γὰρ δὲ ἐν ἐπὶ καὶ κατὰ μὲν οἱ οὐ πρὸς τὰ τε τὴν τῆς τὸ τὸν τοῦ τοὺς τῷ τῶν ὡς
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