Text of Priscian from Hertz ed., Grammatici Latini, vol. II, p. 172 (not a transcription from the St Gall manuscript).
II 172,1 | de numeris | ||||||
II 172,2 | numerus est dictionis forma, quae discretionem quantitatis facere | ||||||
71a2 | a | 172,2 | book 5 | 52 | numerus: [‘i.e. determination of substance’] [analysis] | ||
71a4 | b | 172,2 | book 5 | 4222 | [quanti]tatis: | ||
71a4 | 172,2 | book 5 | 53 | est autem . etc: | |||
II 172,3 | potest. est autem uel singularis uel pluralis, nam dualis apud Latinos non | ||||||
71a5 | 172,3 | book 5 | 4142 | singularis: | |||
71a6 | c | 172,3 | 71a2 | book 5 | 215 541 | dualis: [‘the number that signifies a pair of things, for with the Latins it is the plural number provided that it exceeds one’] [analysis] | |
II 172,4 | inuenitur. singularis est, ut homo, pluralis, ut homines. et sciendum, | ||||||
II 172,5 | quod in uno proprie numerus non dicitur, sed abusiue, quomodo | ||||||
71a9 | d | 172,5 | 71a3 | book 5 | 211 | (in) uno: [‘in one’] [analysis] | |
71a10 | 172,5 | book 5 | 4143 | [no]minativus: | |||
II 172,6 | nominatiuus casus non est, sed abusiue casus dicitur, quod facit alios casus, | ||||||
71a11 | e | 172,6 | book 5 | 4226 | facit: | ||
II 172,7 | quamuis multi de hoc dicant, quod ideo casus sit dicendus, quod a generali | ||||||
71a11 | f | 172,7 | 71a4 | book 5 | 541 | mul[ti]: [‘and it is not an opinion of his’] [analysis] | |
71a12 | g | 172,7 | book 5 | 3232 | hoc: | ||
71a12 | h | 172,7 | book 5 | 4221 | dicendus: | ||
71a13 | 172,7 | book 5 | 4141 | quod (a): | |||
71a13 | i | 172,7 | 71a5 | book 5 | 541 | (a) generali (nomine): [‘i.e. from the noun which is one of the eight parts in speech’] [analysis] | |
II 172,8 | nomine cadant omnium specialium nominatiui. sed si ob hoc casus est | ||||||
71a13 | k | 172,8 | book 5 | 541 | (omnium) speci[alium]: | ||
71a14 | l | 172,8 | book 5 | 541 | nominativi: | ||
71a14 | m | 172,8 | book 5 | 3116 3232 | *hoc: [‘by this law’] [analysis] | ||
II 172,9 | dicendus, omnes partes orationis possunt uideri casum habere: et uerbum | ||||||
71a16 | n | 172,9 | book 5 | 4227 541 | verbum: | ||
II 172,10 | enim et aduerbium et coniunctio a generali uerbo et aduerbio et | ||||||
71a17 | o | 172,10 | book 5 | 541 | [ad]verbium: | ||
71a17 | p | 172,10 | 71a7 | book 5 | 543 | (a) generali (verbo): [‘from the general noun that is verbum’] [analysis] | |
II 172,11 | coniunctione cadunt in speciales positiones singularum. alii autem dicunt, quod | ||||||
71a19 | q | 172,11 | 71a8 | book 5 | 541 | [specia]les: [‘as ‘amo’ (love) is from that which is ‘verbum’ (verb) and ‘bene’ (good) from that which is ‘adverbium’ (adverb) and etc.’] [analysis] | |
71a19 | r | 172,11 | book 5 | 423 | singularum: | ||
71a19 | s | 172,11 | book 5 | 543 | (alii ..) dicunt: | ||
II 172,12 | ipsa terminatio nominatiui cadens in alias diuersas terminationes non | ||||||
71a20 | 172,12 | book 5 | 4142 | cadens: | |||
71a21 | 172,12 | book 5 | 4111 | alias: | |||
71a21 | t | 172,12 | book 5 | 4222 | terminationes: | ||
II 172,13 | incongrue casus nominatur, cum naturam habeat, ut cadere possit et cadendo | ||||||
71a22 | u | 172,13 | book 5 | 4221 | habeat: | ||
71a23 | w | 172,13 | book 5 | 4226 | cadere: | ||
71a23 | x | 172,13 | 71a9 | book 5 | 211 336[?] | cadendo: [‘when the nominative is declined’] [analysis] | |
II 172,14 | faciat omnes casus; quippe si casus dicitur non solum illud, in quod cadit | ||||||
71a24 | y | 172,14 | 71a10 | book 5 | 4228 | quippe: [‘it is reasonable that one should say nominatiuus casus’] [analysis] | |
71a24 | 172,14 | book 5 | 4123 | dicitur: | |||
71a25 | z | 172,14 | 71a11 | book 5 | 543 | illud: [‘whatever it may be, i.e. such as the other cases in which there is declension’] [analysis] | |
II 172,15 | aliquid, sed etiam ipsa res, quae cadit. unde aptota dicunt illa nomina | ||||||
71a25 | aa | 172,15 | 71a12 | book 5 | 543 | ipsa (res): [‘i.e. as such as the nominative from which there is declension’] [analysis] | |
71a26 | bb | 172,15 | 71a13 | book 5 | 542 34 | unde: [‘i.e. since there is no falling from them into other cases’] [analysis] | |
71a26 | 172,15 | book 5 | 4121 | aptota: | |||
71a26 | 172,15 | book 5 | 4111 4121 | illa: | |||
II 172,16 | doctissimi artium scriptores, quae nominatiuum tantum habent casum, in | ||||||
II 172,17 | quo refutatur illorum ratio, qui ideo putant eum casum nominatum, quod | ||||||
72b36 | m | 172,17 | book 5 | 52 | +virgilius: | ||
71a28 | cc | 172,17 | 71a14 | book 5 | 542 | refutatur: [‘for in aptota there is falling from generality into a special figure’] [analysis] | |
71a29 | 172,17 | book 5 | 4121 | [illo]rum: | |||
71a29 | 172,17 | book 5 | 4142 | ideo: | |||
71a29 | 172,17 | book 5 | 4123 | eum: | |||
II 172,18 | a generali nomine cadat. possumus autem et a maiore et frequentiore | ||||||
71a30 | dd | 172,18 | 71a15 | book 5 | 541 | (a) generali (nomine): [‘from nomen, which is one of the eight parts in speech, as we said’] [analysis] | |
71a31 | ee | 172,18 | 71a16 | book 5 | 541 | possumus: [‘i.e. […] and that is what they like’] [analysis] | |
71a31 | ff | 172,18 | 71a17 | book 5 | 543 | maiore: [‘i.e. since more numerous is that to which the name casus is given’] [analysis] | |
71a31 | book 5 | 4111 | maiore: | ||||
II 172,19 | parte casuum, qui sunt obliqui, hunc quoque accipere nominatum, quomodo | ||||||
71a33 | gg | 172,19 | book 5 | 4224 | accipere: | ||
II 172,20 | et syllabas ex singulis uocalibus dicimus. ergo singularis quoque numerus | ||||||
71a33 | hh | 172,20 | 71a18 | book 5 | 541 | et: [‘for syllables of many letters are more numerous than those of single letters’] [analysis] | |
71a34 | 172,20 | book 5 | 53 | ergo: | |||
71a34 | 172,20 | book 5 | 4122 | singu[laris]: | |||
II 172,21 | bene dicitur, quod ipse geminatus et multiplicatus facit omnes numeros et | ||||||
II 172,22 | quod omnes numeri ex ipso componuntur et in ipsum dissoluuntur. | ||||||
71a37 | ii | 172,22 | book 5 | 543 | omnes: | ||
71a38 | kk | 172,22 | 71a19 | book 5 | 543 | in (ipsum): [‘i.e. every number is cast and resolved into units’] [analysis] | |
II 172,23 | et singularis quidem numerus finitus est, pluralis uero infinitus. cum | ||||||
71a39 | 172,23 | book 5 | 4142 | finitus: | |||
II 172,24 | enim dico homo, certum est de uno dicere, cum uero homines, | ||||||
II 172,25 | incertum est, de quot, nam a duobus usque ad innumerabiles extenditur | ||||||
71a41 | ll | 172,25 | book 5 | 423 | quot: | ||
71b m.s. | a | book 5 | 59 | ||||
II 172,26 | significatio. itaque natura numerorum quoque certorum inuenit nomina, quibus | ||||||
71b2 | b | 172,26 | book 5 | 543 | nomina: |