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Rh the diphthong, as , , (the  being added in writing, but not pronounced); and the Third by the diphthong , as , ,.

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Of Verbs ending in there are four conjugations, of which the First is characterized from the first of the Circumflexed Conjugations, as from  comes ; the Second from the second, as from, ; the Third from the third, as from , ; and the Fourth from the sixth of the Barytone Conjugations, as from ,.

(μετοχή).

A Participle is a word partaking of the nature both of nouns and verbs. It has all the accidents which belong to nouns as well as those which belong to verbs, except mood and person.

(ἄρθρον).

An Article is a declinable part of speech prefixed or subjoined to the various cases of nouns, taking, when prefixed, the form, and, when subjoined, the form. . It has three accidents: Gender, Number, and Case. The Genders are three, as, ,. The Numbers are three: Singular, Dual, and Plural—Singular, as, , ; Dual, as , ; Plural, as , ,. The Cases are—,, , , ; , , , , ; , , , ,.

(ἀντωνυμία.)

A Pronoun is a word assumed instead of a noun, and indicating definite persons. It has six accidents: Person, Gender, Number, Case, Form, and Species.