[160] The greater length of his treatment is due to the fact that he includes more subjects than do the preceding writers of text-books. A comparison of his table of contents with those of Cassiodorus, Martianus Capella, Donatus, and Servius shows that he professes to cover much more than they; he has ten topics that do not appear in Donatus’ _Ars Grammatica_, and a greater number that do not appear in Servius, Capella, or Cassiodorus. [161] See especially his definition of verbum, 1, 9, 1. ANALYSIS[162] [162] The analysis is meant to indicate briefly the formal organization of the subject. It is followed by selected passages in translation, which, while illustrating the technical treatment, are meant rather to give what is of more general interest. It must be remembered that this treatment by selected passages fails to give a just idea of the meagerness, attenuation, and confusion of the material considered as a whole. A. Introductory. 1. Definition of _ars_ and _disciplina_ (ch. 1). 2. Definition of the seven liberal arts (ch. 2). 3. The Hebrew and Greek alphabets (ch. 3). 4. The Latin alphabet (ch. 4). B. Grammar. 1. Definition and divisions[163] (ch. 5). 2. Parts of speech (chs. 6–14). a. _de nomine_ (ch. 7). _Propria_ (four sub-classes of proper nouns are given). _Appellativa_ (twenty-eight sub-classes of common nouns are given). _Nominis comparatio_ (comparison of adjectives). _Genera_ (genders). _Numerus._ _Figura_ (simple and compound nouns). _Casus._[164] b. _de pronomine_[165] (ch. 8). c. _de verbo_ (ch. 9). _Formae_ (desiderative, inchoative and frequentative verbs). _Modi_ (indicative, imperative, optative, conjunctive, infinitive, impersonal). _Conjugationes._[166] _Genera_ (active, passive, neuter, common, and deponent verbs). d. _de adverbio_[167] (ch. 10). e. _de participio_ (the participle) (ch. 11). f. _de conjunctione_ (ch. 12). g. _de praepositionibus_ (ch. 13). h. _de interjectione_ (ch. 14). 3. Articulate speech (ch. 15). 4. The syllable (ch. 16). 5. Metrical feet[168] (ch. 17). 6. Accent[169] (chs. 18, 19). 7. Punctuation (ch. 20). 8. Signs and abbreviations (_Notae_) (chs. 21–26). a. _Notae sententiarum_ (critical marks used in manuscripts). b. _Notae vulgares_ (shorthand). c. _Notae militares_ (abbreviations used in military rolls). d. _Notae litterarum_ (cipher-writing). e. _Notae digitorum_ (sign language). 9. Orthography (ch. 27). 10. Analogy[170] (ch. 28). 11. Etymology (ch. 29). 12. Glosses (ch. 30). 13. Synonyms (ch. 31). 14.