I am not a native English speaker and therefore I sometimes have a little trouble understanding the grammatical terms in English...
I am used to talking about "genitivus partitivus" and "coniunctivus hortativus" and the like...
I'd like to know the English equivalents when reading about Latin grammar in English.
Can someone point me to a reliable concordance?
Thanks very much.
Grammatical Terms
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To me that looks like partitive genitive and jussive, or hortative, subjunctive. I know in German that what we would call the subjunctive tense in English is called the Konjunktiv (or however they spell that). Generally, the books I've read have considered the use of the subjunctive in statements of urging to be part of the jussive, or iussive, subjunctive.I am used to talking about "genitivus partitivus" and "coniunctivus hortativus" and the like...
I'm afraid I can't point you in the direction of an online resource that would translate these kinds of phrases for you - you'll have to figure out translations of oratio obliqua, prolative infinitive and such like for yourself.
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You might want to look at the UNC/Dale Grote page “Glossary of Grammar and Syntax”