-------------------+----------------------------+--------------------+ | ENGLISH. | LATIN. | -------------------+----------------------------+--------------------+ SYLLABLES | May end with consonant | May end with | | | consonant | | | | PLACE OF ACCENT | Not uniform | | | | | VOWEL SOUNDS | Numerous | | | | | INFLEXIONS FOR | At end (of words) | At end | NUMBER IN | | | NOUNS | | | | | | DUAL NUMBER | Traces of (_both_) | Traces of (_ambo_).| | | Common in Greek | | | | CASE INFLEXION | Only in pronouns | Highly developed | (Nouns or Prons.) | | | | | | CONCORD INFLEX. | Only in pronouns | Much used | | | | CHARACTER OF | Pronouns are masc., | Masc., fem., and | THE CONCORD | fem., or neut.; but | neuter | | the distinction disappears| | | in the plural | | | | | RULES FOR APPLYING | According to sex | Faintly indicated | THIS | | by the termination| CONCORD | | of the noun | | | | NUMBER INFLEXION | At end; rare | At end, almost | IN VERB | | superseded by | | | the inflexion | | | for person | | | | CONCORD INFLEXION | None | None (exc. when | IN VERB | | a verb is made | | | up of participle | | | and auxiliary) | | | |