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—212 SYNTAX.—ADJECTIVE. § 98Exceptions.278. Exc. 1. An adjective is often put in a different genderor number from the substantive with which it is connected,tacitly referring to its meaning rather than to its form,or to some other word synonymous with it, or impliedin it ; as,Latium Capuaque agro mulct ati, "Latiurn and Capua were deprivedof their land," i. e., the people of Latium, cfec. ; Capita conjurationis virgisc ce s i,— " the heads (i. e., the leading men) of the conspiracy, &c."is279. Exc. 2. A collective noun in the singular, if its verbplural, has an adjective in the plural, and in the gender ofthe individuals which form the collection ;Pars in flymen aeti sunt, "A part were forced into the river."Sometimes it takes the gender of the individual in the singular ; as, p a r s&c.arduus fur it,280. Exc. 3. A plural noun or pronoun, used to denote one person, incomic writers, sometimes has an adjective or participle in the singular ; as,Nobis presente, " I being present."281.— Exc. 4. The adjective pronouns uterque, quisque,