§285. Attributive and Predicate Adjectives

Adjectives are either Attributive or Predicate.

• An Attributive Adjective simply qualifies its noun without the intervention of a verb or participle, expressed or implied: as, —bonus imperātor, a good commander; stellae lūcidae, bright stars; verbum Graecum, a Greek word.
• All other adjectives are called Predicate Adjectives:—

• stellae lūcidaeerant, the stars were bright.
• sit Scīpiō clārus (Cat. 4.21), let Scipio be illustrious.
• hominēsmītīs reddidit (Inv. 1.2), has rendered men mild.
• tria praedia Capitōnīpropria trāduntur (Rosc. Am. 21), three farms are handed over to Capito as his own.
• cōnsilium cēpēruntplēnum sceleris (id. 28), they formed a plan full of villany.