Gildersleeve’s

Latin Grammar

by

B.L. Gildersleeve

and

G. Lodge

Preface

The first edition of this Latin Grammar appeared in 1867, the second in 1872; the third edition, carefully revised and very much enlarged, is herewith presented to the public. In the preparation of this third edition the office of the senior collaborator has been chiefly advisory, except in the Syntax. In the syntax nearly everything that pertains to the history of usage has been brought together by Professor Lodge; but for all deviations from the theory of former editions we bear a joint responsibility.

A manual that has held its place, however modest, for more than a quarter of a century, hardly needs an elaborate exposition of the methods followed; but as the new grammar embraces a multitude of details that were not taken up in the old grammar, it has been thought fit that Professor Lodge should indicate the sources of the notes with which he has enriched the original work.

B. L. Gildersleeve

Gonzalez Lodge

August 1, 1895

The following supplementary note may serve to embody a partial bibliography of the more important works used in this revision, and some necessary explanations of the method:

Fairly complete bibliographies of works on Latin Etymology and Syntax may be found in Reisig’s Vorlesungen über lateinische Sprachwissenschaft (new edition, by Hagen, Schmalz, and Landgraf, 1881–1888), and in the Lateinische Grammatik of Stolz and Schmalz (in Müller’s Handbuch der klassischen Altertumswissenschaft; 2d edition, 1890). Important also are the Grammars of Kühner (1877, 1878)* and Roby (1881, 1882); though many statements in both, but especially in the former, must be corrected in the light of more recent study. Some indications of more modern theories may be found in the Erläuterungen zur lateinischen Grammatik of Deecke (1893). Many matters of importance both in Etymology and Syntax are treated in the Archiv für lateinische Lexicographie, and the constructions with individual words are often well discussed in Krebs’ Anti-barbarus der lateinischen Sprache (6th edition, by Schmalz, 1886).

For the accentuation and pronunciation of Latin we have also Corssen’s Aussprache, Vocalismus und Betonung der lateinischen Sprache (1868, 1870), and Seelmann’s Die Aussprache des Latein (1885).

For the Etymology we must refer to Bücheler’s Grundriss der lateinischen Declination (2d edition, by Windekilde, 1879) and to Schweizer-Sidler’s Lateinische Grammatik (1888); also to many articles in various journals, most of which are given by Stolz. Indispensable is Neue’s Formenlehre der lateinischen Sprache, of which the second volume of the third edition has already appeared (1892) and the first parts of the third volume (1894), under the careful revision of Wagener; also Georges’ Lexikon der lateinischen Wortformen (1890).

For the Formation of Words and the relation of Latin forms to those of the related languages we have Henry’s Précis de Grammaire Comparée and Brugmann’s Grundriss der vergleichenden ...