Thomas Linacre, Linacri Progymnasmata Grammatices Vulgaria (1512)
Date
1512
Author
Book title
Linacri progymnasmata Grammatices vulgaria
Publication place
London
Printer
John Rastell
Text type
printed book
Genre
Grammars
Subject area
- grammar
- Latin
Summary
Many conventional Latin-English equivalents illustrating grammatical rules, and some explanations of grammatical terminology
Language
headwords: Latin
explanations: English
explanations: English
explanations: English
explanations: English
Word-group
type: topical
Word-entry
type: logical
sample: A Nowne is: that betokeneth a thynge wyth oute ony dyfference of tyme or person. and is declyned with case. ¶ A nowne proper is that: signyfyeth a thinge not comune. but proper to a singler thynge in a certayne kynde. as maro. Roma. Tiberis. ¶ A nowne appellatife is: that betokeneth a thynge comune to many thinges, as homo a man animal. a beeste. albedo. whytenes. (b5v)
sample: A Nowne is: that betokeneth a thynge wyth oute ony dyfference of tyme or person. and is declyned with case. ¶ A nowne proper is that: signyfyeth a thinge not comune. but proper to a singler thynge in a certayne kynde. as maro. Roma. Tiberis. ¶ A nowne appellatife is: that betokeneth a thynge comune to many thinges, as homo a man animal. a beeste. albedo. whytenes. (b5v)
Alston
XV.321
STC
15635
Criticisms
Jensen, Kristian. "Linacre's Latin Grammar." Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes 49 (1986): 106-25.
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Thomson, D. F. S. "Linacre's Latin Grammars." Linacre Studies: Essays on the Life and Work of Thomas Linacre c. 1460-1524. Eds. Francis Maddison, Margaret Pelling, and Charles Webster. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1977. 24-35. view record
Thomson, D. F. S. "Linacre's Latin Grammars." Linacre Studies: Essays on the Life and Work of Thomas Linacre c. 1460-1524. Eds. Francis Maddison, Margaret Pelling, and Charles Webster. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1977. 24-35. view record
