Verse-Structure § 366
The Dactylic Hexameter § 368
The Dactylic Pentameter § 369
Iambic Measures § 370

SUPPLEMENTS TO THE GRAMMAR.

I. Roman Calendar § 371
II. Roman Names § 373
III. Figures of Syntax and Rhetoric § 374

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Index to the Illustrative Examples Cited in the Syntax
Index to the Principal Parts of Latin Verbs
General Index
Footnotes

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INTRODUCTION.

THE LATIN LANGUAGE.

1. The Indo-European Family of Languages.--Latin belongs to one group of a
large family of languages, known as _Indo-European_.[1] This Indo-European
family of languages embraces the following groups:

ASIATIC MEMBERS OF THE INDO-EUROPEAN FAMILY.