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——v.ter§ 107 SYNTAX.— GENITIVE. 227356.—EXPLANATION.—A partitive is a word which signifiesa partof any Dumber of persona or tilings, in contradistinction to the whole. Aword placed partitive!?/ is one which, though it does not dignity a part, yetis sometimes used to distinguish a part from the whole ;as, expedlti militjm," the light armed (of the) soldiers." The partitive, when an adjective, takeathe gender of the whole, and governs it in the genitive plural ; or, if a collectivenoun, in the genitive singular ; and in this case, the partitive takesthe gender of the noun understood ; as, doctissimus sua cetdtis.357.- -Obs. 5. Partitives are such words as, ullus, nullus, solus, alias,liter, ute^que, neuter, alter, ahquis, quldam, quisquis, quicunque, quia?qui? quot ? tot, aliquot, nonnulli, plerlque, multi, pauci, mcdius, ci:c.Words are used partitively in such expressions as the following : suptrideorum ; sancte deorum; degcnercs canurn ; miscium femtnae. To whichadd oui/iis, cunctus, nemo ; as, o nines Macedouum ; nlmo nostrum.358. Obs. 6. The comparative with the genitive denotes one of two:the superlative denotes a part of a number greater than two ; as, majorfratrum, "the elder of two brothers;" maximus fratrum, "the eldest of(three or more) brothers." So also, utcr, alter, and neuter, generally referto two ; quit, alius, and nullus, to more than two ; as nostrum ? which'• :of us (two) ?" q ids nostrum ? " which of us (three or more)?" Nostrumand vestrum are used after partitives ; seldom nostri and vestri.359.— Obs. 1 !. The partitive is sometimes understood; as, Fies nobiliumtu quoque fontium (sc. unus), Hor.360.Obs. 8.Instead of the genitive after the partitives, the ablativeis often found governed by de, e, ex, or in ; or the accusative with inter orante ; as, unus e stole is ; ante om7ies pulcherrimus ; inter regesopulentissimus.Rule XL Adjectives of plenty or want361.govern the genitive or ablative ; as,Plenus Ira? or ird,Inops rationis or ratione,Full of anger.Void of reason.EXPLANATION.—As in Rule IX, the adjective here is a general term,but limited in its application by the genitive or ablative following it.362.— Obs. 9. Among adjectives denoting plenty or want, a considerablevariety of construction is found.a. Some govern the genitive only ; as, benignus, exsors, impos, impotens,irritus, liberdlis, muuiflcus,