Ch. IX. THERE remains a remark or two farther, and then we quit the Subject of Verbs. It is true in general that the greater part of them denote Attributes of Energy and Motion. But there are some which appear to denote nothing more, When a Verb, co-inciding with the Nominative of some Noun, made without farther help a perfect assertive Sentence, as Σωκράτης περιπατεῖ, Socrates walketh; then as the Verb in such case implied the Power of a perfect Predicate, they called it for that reason Karnyógnua, α Predicable, or else, from its readiness oven, to co-incide with its Noun in completing the Sentence, they called it Zuubapa, a Co-incider. When a Verb was able with a Noun to form a perfect assertive Sentence, yet could not associate with such Noun, but under some oblique Case, as Ewxgates μeramike, Socratem pœnitet: Such a Verb, from its near approach to just Co-incidence, and Predication, they called Пagaoiuβαμα oι Παρακατηγόρημα. When a Verb, though regularly co-inciding with a Noun in its Nominative, still required, to complete the Sentiment, some other Noun under an oblique Case, as aάtwv Qıλri Diwva, Plato loveth Dio (where without Dio or some other, the Verb loveth would rest indefinite :) Such Verb, from more, than a mere simple Adjective, joined Ch. IX. to an Assertion. Thus lease in Greek, and Equalleth in English, mean nothing more than rossi, is equal. So Albeo in Latin is no more than albus sum. from this Defect, they called lovσúμbapa, or xarnyógnua, something less than a Co-incider, or less than a Predicable. Lastly, when a Verb required two Nouns in oblique Cases, to render the Sentiment complete; as when we say Σωκράτει ̓Αλκιβιάδες μέλει, Tidet me Vita, or the like: Such Verb they called ἦτον, or ἔλατίον ἢ παρασύμβαμα, Οι waçaxaтnyógnua, something less than an imperfect Co-incider, or an imperfect Predicable. These were the Appellations which they gave to Verbs, when employed along with Nouns, to the forming of Propositions. As to the Name of 'PHMA, or VERB, they de nied it to them all, giving it only to the Infinitive, as we have shewn already. See page 164. See also Ammon. in Lib. de Interpret. p. 37. Apollon. de Syntaxi, L. 1. c. 8. L. III. c. 31. p. 279. c. 32. p. 295. Theod, Gaz. Gram. L. IV. From the above Doctrine it appears, that all Verbs Neuter are Συμβάματα; Verbs Adive, ἦτονα ή συμβάματα. te ingentes ossibus albent. Virg. rame may be said of Tumes.— sumer. i. e. tumidus est, is tumid. "express the Energy in these instances, re must have recourse to the Inceptives. Julius ut primo cæpit cum ALBESCERE There TUMESCERE. Virg. Virg. Tamen are Vorbs also to be found, where formed out of Nouns. So, Take A Per Nouns (such as White ss rem Tit. Goodness from Good) as so in the Trinitve Modes of Verbs, the Aitrowie is converted into a SubState: Dere the Substantive on the conthury is centered mta an Attributive.— Such are 3.2.So from xa, to act the purt 2`a Dog, orje a Cynie; dattíŝew fem uerò, 5 Pallippize, or favour Filde: Sylacarte from Sylla, to medi tate tate acting the same part as Sylla did.- Ch. IX. Thus too the wise and virtuous Emperour, by way of counsel to himself—ögæ μù άñоnαιoαgwoÿ's, beware thou bee'st not BECÆSAR'D; as though he said, Beware, that by being Emperor, thou dost not dwindle into A MERE CESAR), In likę manner one of our own witty Poets, STERNHOLD himself he OUT-STERN HOLDED, And long before him the facetious Fuller, speaking of one Morgan, a sanguinary Bishop in the Reign of Queen Mary, says of him, that he oUT-BONNER'D even BONNER himself.* AND SO much for that Species of AT TRIBUTES, called VERBS STRICTEST SENSE, IN THE N 4 • Marc. Antonin. L. VI. § 30. * Church Hist. B. VIII. p. 21. CHAP. CHAP. X. Concerning those other Attributes, Ch. X. THE nature of Verbs being understood, that of PARTICIPLES is no way difficult. Every complete Verb is expressive of an Attribute; of Time; and of an Assertion. Now if we take away the Assertion, and thus destroy the Verb, there will remain the Attribute and the Time, which make the essence of a PARTICIPLE. Thus take away the Assertion from the Verb, Tge, Writeth, and there remains the Participle, гgáÞwv, Writing, which (without the Assertion) denotes the same Attribute, and the same Time. After the same manner, by withdrawing the Assertion, we discover Γράψας in Ἒγραψε, Γράψων in Γράψει, for we chuse to refer to the Greek, as being of |