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§339. Nominative Case

The Subject of a finite verb is in the Nominative:—

  • Caesar Rhēnum trānsīre dēcrēverat (B. G. 4.17), Cæsar had determined to cross the Rhine.

For the omission of a pronominal subject, see § 295. a.

a. The nominative may be used in exclamations:—

  • ēn dextra fidēsque (Aen. 4.597), lo, the faith and plighted word!
  • ecce tuae litterae dē Varrōne (Att. 13.16), lo and behold, your letters aoout Varro!

J. H. Allen and J. B. Greenough, New Latin Grammar (Boston: Ginn, 1903). Text provided under a CC BY-SA license by Perseus Digital Library, http://www.perseus.tufts.edu, with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities.