are declined like the plural of ἀγαθός, as διακόσιοι, αι, a, two hundred.

160. Ordinals are declined like adjectives in os of three endings, as πρῶτος, πρώτη, πρώτον.

LESSON XXVIII.

Comparison of Adverbs.-Numerals.-Exercises.

161. RULE.-Neuter Plural.

The Neuter Plural may be the subject of a verb

1. Εὖ λέγεις. 2. Πῶς λέγεις ; 3. Τὸ τάλαντον ἀσφαλῶς ἔχεις. 4. Τρεῖς εἰσι σύμβουλοι. 5. Οὐδεὶς νόμος ἰσχύει μεῖζον τῆς ἀνάγκης. 6. Σύμβουλος οὐδείς ἐστι βελτίων χρόνου. 7. Ὁ βασιλεὺς ἔχει πεντακόσια τάλαντα. 8. Ο παῖς ἔχει τρία τάλαντα. 9. Ἔστι τὰ δώδεκα* δὶς ἕξ. 10. Ἔστι τὰ δώδεκα τετράκις τρία. 11. Οἱ 'Αθηναῖοι πέμπουσι τρεῖς κήρυκας.

II.

1. The boy is playing well. 2. He speaks the truth cheerfully. 3. We speak the truth very cheerfully. 4. There are three boys in the park. 5. The daughter of the poet reads her letters three times.

LESSON XXIX.

Pronouns.-Personal-Possessive-Reflexive.

164. Pronouns are used to supply the place of nouns; as, ἐγώ, I; σύ, thou, &c. They are divided into several classes.

165. Personal Pronouns are three in number: ἐγώ, Ι; σύ, thou ; οὗ (Nom. not used), of him.

* Literally the twelve : translate twelve.

REM.-The dual of the third person is not used in prose.

167. From the Personal Pronouns are formed 1) Possessive Pronouns ; as, ἐμός, ή, όν, my; ἡμέτερος, α, ον, our; σός, σή, σόν, thy, your; ὑμέτερος, a, ov, your ; ὅς, ἥ, ὅν, his ; σφέτερος, α, ον, their. They are all adjectives of the first and second declensions. The possessive os is not used in Attic prose, and σφέτερος is rare: their place is supplied by the Gen. of the reflexive, ἑαυτοῦ.

2) Reflexive Pronouns ; as, ἐμαυτού, of myself ; σεαυτοῦ, of yourself; ἑαυτοῦ, of himself. They are compounded of the personal pronouns and αὐτός.

169. The Genitive of the Personal or of the Reflexive Pronoun may be used instead of the Possessive; as, ὁ ἐμαυτοῦ πατήρ, my father.

170. As the ending of the verb shows the person of the subject, the nominative of Personal Pronouns is seldom expressed, except for the sake of emphasis or contrast.

1. Γράφω. 2. Παίζεις. 3. Ἐγὼ γράφω. 4. Σὺ παίζεις. 5. Οὐ κρύπτω τὴν ἐμὴν γνώμην. 6. Πλοία ἡμεῖς οὐκ ἔχομεν. 7. Ὑμεῖς ἐστε στρατηγοί. 8. Ἡμῖν καλαὶ ἐλπίδες εἰσί σωτηρίας. 9. Οἱ ρήτορες φενακίζουσιν ἑαυτούς. 10. Οἱ ὑμέτεροι παῖδες καλοί εἰσιν. 11. Οἱ στρατιῶται πάντες πρὸς ὑμᾶς βλέπουσιν. 12. Οἱ στρατιῶται ἑαυτοὺς πλουτίζουσιν. 13. Οἱ ῥήτορες ὑμᾶς φενακίζουσιν.

II.

1. I am reading your book. 2. You are writing a