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—,§ 98 SYNTAX.—ADJECTIVE. 211272.— 0L.s. 8. A substantive is sometimes used as an adjective; as,populum late re gem (for regnantem), "a people of extensive sway;"nemo (for melius) miles Romanus, "no Roman soldier." Sometimesan adverb; as, Heri semper lenxtas (probably for lenitas semperor the like). Ter. So also adjectives are sometimes used as substantivesas, majOres, " ancestors;" amicus, "a friend ;" summum bbnum, '" the chiefgood " (thing) ; die.27o. Obs. 9. These adjectives, primus, medhts, ultimus, extremus, infunus,imus, summus, supremus, rehquus, ccetera, usually signify the "firstpart," the * middle part," &C, of any thing, and are placed before the substantive;as, media nox, "the middle of the night;" summus mons, "thetop of the mountain."274. Obs. 10. Some adjectives denoting the time, or circumstancesof an action are used in the sense of adverbs ;as, p r i o r venit, " he camefirst of the tico ;" p r b n u s cecidit, " he fell forward;" abiit sublimi s, " hewenton higli?2