Hieroglyfic: or, a Grammatical Introduction to an Universal Hieroglyfic LanguageJones, Rowland
Philosophy
Hieroglyfic: or, a Grammatical Introduction to an Universal Hieroglyfic Language
Jones, Rowland
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Early works to 1800; Language and languages -- Early works to 1800
How long? how often? pa hyd, cynfynyched, pa sal gwaith? mechri ou,
posakis? quamdiu, quoties? How long, what length of spring or action; how
often, what action above in; pa hyd, what length of action or possession;
cynfynyched, how often from the first; pa sal guaith, what spring of
action; mechri ou, what acting about from the first; posakis, what acting
and standing still; quamdiu, what rounds of the division of the spring;
quoties, in what possession.
Once, only, only but; un waith, un amser, yn unig; apax, monon; semel,
tantum, solummodo. Once, one action; only, one quality; un waith, one
action, or going; un amser, one round of what is upon; yn unig, in one
action; apax, from the action or first action; monon, the motion of the
circle or one motion; semel, upon the lower round; tantum, whilst in
possession.
Twice, secondly; dwywaith, ailwaith; dis, deuteron; bis, secundo. These
signify a division of the lower circle of motion or action.
Thrice, thirdly; teirgwaith, yn drydydd; treis, triton; ter, tertio.
These signify the action of the third day’s creation, viz. the division
or separation of land and water.
Four times, fourthly; pedairgwaith, yn bedwaredd; tetrakis, tetartos;
quater, quarto. The division of the luminaries or the action of the
fourth day.
Often, oftentimes, many times; mynych, llaergwaith; pollakis, polloston,
sunachos; sæpe, multoties, sæpenumero. Often off or above ten;
oftentimes, above ten times; many times, the small things; mynych,
bordering on the highest; llawar gwaith, the action of the circle of
the hand upon the fingers, as well as a part of the action of the whole
circle; pollakis, a part of all the lower action; polloston, a part of
the lower possessions; sunachos, from the first action; sæpe, a thing,
from standing still; sæpenumero, a thing from standing still in the
spring of existence.
So often; cynfynyched; tosakis; toties. So often, the lower circle above
ten; cynfynyched, the first action bordering on the highest; tosakis and
toties, the action of the lower or lesser circle of life.
Yesterday; doe; echthes; heri. Heri, the action from; yesterday, or
yest-heri-day, the action of the day past; doe, the division or day from
or past; echthes or ech-doe, the d inflecting into th, the action of the
past division.
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