New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-07-17

Tn nc 4 cuIsory examination OF these forms reveals
tn fact t tho ending iSi H. etc, o. Inc one baud pre-
cent the most remarkable peculiri'ies entirely wiheut
parallel IN any otho tense of the Latin Language. While
ON tae other hand they preserve the most unYd'ng NM
formy llrods hOut all casa Oi Lain Nct'i, bong ne
ciseJ the IN the latest d,'"lft 81, ~ t,t ,"ii -
enG,pgs haze ~ all yelns common origin. But they
have aroty bocn EpisnlG H 'iec> lis 81 ~ centln-
, a. p,.-sy ,,t - stiI6 viii. a.. r n, l,r,,-
cacdcd L. show ny bread ;rvoy of verbal 1h clirna.
CsDrcaiy t.'.if pIogips- yc Development ia ihf Latin,
Srcc ana sansl.f il these tndius Actually do rcrrc-
sent IL AN verbs precisely The same cienr as il ! j.
Jccts in "a, T. g., Tho cVpud dti personal GA" I"u'
Irotr.ca And consistent Every for completed
ton bohin Tire Active aud IN tho passive voice, contains
Our discussion sail Prof Harkness, 70 auloiizc
the following conclusions;
OF the lnioLuIvQ,an family inherited Hcdld al q
iHgs 10 the Perm e.. stcui which was itc coo" itdul
Ainsig lhcse primitive !. fects WAS nat Oh eaAl y,
originally 0SOsmd which became N TIE J 'tn CS,sM{,
ssst etc. finally shorlcn'h n nc claS'i1i nt' 10 cS'
sssti csu etc. titus produced IN this AK ia.y tc
peculiar Cudnge OF the I@dn Perfect Tis "hlrn Ii the
orisim typo OF tAe LATIN Ptilc; has heth lle9,t'tr
la cs USED only ID Compound PeHects IA Sc: efp-S''
ii. me Latin at a very remote period formed com
pound relUplCItfe Pcr.c,i, by aPptndng tf auxiliary
ceonsro etc TO this cas belong al Latin Fericots in l.
al. The Lain finally formed "a new compromise Per-
feot by appcnlg tie Perfect OF he auxiliary 10 the VGlb
eten3 ~ 10 tie Prosentsem Thus Mos! ,ns0niut
2 a. e. ana stems wth usOndnt Stems appended
tie auxilisiy mi esaQ-o deie-ri, oudi-ri, 0iui.
PRONUNCIATION or LATIN.
Prof O. Richardson OF Central University Richmond,
KENTUCKY. read paper statistics of the pronunciation
OF Latin IN American colleges. He began by expressing
che hearty qualification ne had received from the welcome
OF the North the people ~ he south. experienced
by the Southern members of this Association. He re-
fefred 90 the Centennial OF Bunker Hill ant thc welcome
til and regarded Tie present rs an extension
ef it. would only LAY In reply, God bless You" The
Of Cnrit. Of 4ff nd
dressed the subject ~ the various colleges %c by Tie
Bureau OF Education. Tue replies have been placed in
Prof Richardson's hands FOR tabeaton and study Of
results The figures obtained essentially different
colleges was tsbuiatcd Tic Catholic institutions as "a
rule employ the European proAnne. alton Tue percent
aud 81 the Roman nun<dtiOn. Prof. Ha'i'mah TOOK
tie eLat nd ct very shof. az attempt al Gecussns tho
question 10 the prOprety OF tlene different methods
VERB REPUBLICATION.
Mr. Alorzo Williams OF Providence r. l., read paper
Oh Verb Eeduplicadoa as a Neaus OF END ,esing Com
pleted Action Ills Illustrations principally drawn
Sanskrlt. Greek aud Latin. The SansAi pieSory
sns for us literature extending 900 years, has
ased trace the history Of the rise, the prosperity
and tho decay of different forms ia language Nome OF
Tie Of Indo European tongues furnish wide
field Among these changing forms 40 that ii redupca
Gen. The redupheaton of a sound or syllable is n-
tended u give intensity o. express.Jnthe fore OF PEI
tiicn TIE primitive Aryan people uscd ts 10 give
ptGsB. TIE SinSkrit recognizes ms principe frequently
tic Greek has few late formations Of like character As
Instances intensified and Ied Heated verbs In the
tense there Is tho Sanskt jGGHm, Greek gyaCmd,
Latin gi0TD.
Applied 10 verbs in the present tense It them not
only force hut the significance Of completed action Tho
mere repetition may itself suggest that the action has
been already performed. The reduplcation had taken
Of the perfect before the separation et the Indo
European people, ard has been inherited by the Indian
Pessian. Greean Latin German and Celtic branches.
The LttoSclaylo has alone lost al traces Of It. In The
Rig yeda the form still preserved but subsequently
Il became mere past narrative tense. In the clas-
sicl period Of 6anskrit II became aofist.
Three new forms and supplied its place.
In Greek ths redapicatod perfect held its
own throughout the classic period OF literature. The
priBa meaning was preserved and other forms