Lectures on the Science of Language Delivered at the Royal Institution of Great Britain ... 1861 [and 1863].C. Scribner andcompany, 1866 |
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Page 112
... genitive ? The Latin genitivus is a mere blunder , for the Greek word genike could never mean genitivus . Genitivus , if it is meant to express the case of origin or birth , would in Greek have been called gennētikē , not genike . Nor ...
... genitive ? The Latin genitivus is a mere blunder , for the Greek word genike could never mean genitivus . Genitivus , if it is meant to express the case of origin or birth , would in Greek have been called gennētikē , not genike . Nor ...
Page 113
... genitive sign , " which might be inverted into , " The genitive is formed from the nominative by the addition of the adjective sign . " For instance , shing , wood ; shing gi , of wood , or wooden : ser , gold ; ser - gyi , of gold , or ...
... genitive sign , " which might be inverted into , " The genitive is formed from the nominative by the addition of the adjective sign . " For instance , shing , wood ; shing gi , of wood , or wooden : ser , gold ; ser - gyi , of gold , or ...
Page 117
... genitive . We are taught that whereas in Eng- lish the genitive is marked by a final 8 , or by the prep- osition of , it is in Greek expressed by a final os , in Latin by is . But what this os and is represent , why they should have the ...
... genitive . We are taught that whereas in Eng- lish the genitive is marked by a final 8 , or by the prep- osition of , it is in Greek expressed by a final os , in Latin by is . But what this os and is represent , why they should have the ...
Page 118
... genitive may be marked — ( a ) By the particle tchi placed between the two nouns , of which the first is in the genitive , the second in the nominative . Example , jin tchi kiun ( hominum princeps , literally , man , sign of the genitive ...
... genitive may be marked — ( a ) By the particle tchi placed between the two nouns , of which the first is in the genitive , the second in the nominative . Example , jin tchi kiun ( hominum princeps , literally , man , sign of the genitive ...
Page 119
... genitive ) tsaï ( calamities ) , i . e . , the calamities which Heaven sends to men . 6. The instrumental is expressed- ( a ) By the preposition yu , with . Ex . yu ( with ) kien ( the sword ) cha ( to kill ) jin ( a man ) . ( b ) By ...
... genitive ) tsaï ( calamities ) , i . e . , the calamities which Heaven sends to men . 6. The instrumental is expressed- ( a ) By the preposition yu , with . Ex . yu ( with ) kien ( the sword ) cha ( to kill ) jin ( a man ) . ( b ) By ...
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