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Rh § 112. —The Subject, if separately expressed, must be a Noun or some word used as such, that is, a Pronoun, an Adjective used Substantivally, or a Verb in the Infinitive.

The Predicate is either expressed (together with connexion) by a Finite Verb, or else, as in 2 and 3, by an Adjective or a Noun or words which can be used in place of them.

§ 113. —In the foregoing sentences the Subject and the Predicate have been expressed by one word. But often several words are required to express them fully. In such cases the Subject or the Predicate is called Complex, and the added words are called Complements.

§ 114. Adjectival Complements or Attributes are added to Nouns to make their description complete, as vĭr bŏnŭs a good man, vĭr multārum virtūtum a man of many good-qualities.

§ 115. Substantival Complements.—Verbs often require the addition of some Noun or other word used Substantivally to complete their sense. Thus in Mārcŭs Gāĭō lĭbrum dōnăt Marcus presents a-book to-Gaius, lĭbrum is a Substantival complement to dōnăt, showing what Marcus presents, and G{subst:a-}}ĭō one showing to whom he presents it.

Other Complements are seen in prŏfĭciscāmŭr dŏmum