with a French and English translation: enlarged with many rules necessary to be known; and corrected according to the modern orthography
Autore:
David Francesco Lates | Lates David Francesco
Luogo:
Oxford | Oxford
Editore:
David Francesco Lates | David Francesco Lates
Anno: 1762
Tipo: Grammatica
Metalingua:
Inglese
Lingua oggetto:
Italiano
Sistema di scrittura:
Latino
To the right Honourable John, Earl of Westmorland, Baron le Despenser and Burghersh, and Chancellor of the University of Oxford [dedica in italiano]
To the reader p. V
Al lettore p. VII
[traduzione in francese] p. IX
A list of the subscirbers in the University of Oxford p. XI
A list of the subscirbers in the University of Cambridge p. XXV
An Italian grammar. Part I. 1 p. 1
Of the pronunciation of the vowels p. 2
Of the pronunciation of the consonants p. 3
A collection of words and syllables, the most difficult to be pronounced p. 9
A recapitulation of the Italian pronunciation p. 12
The French pronunciation. Abbrege’ de la pronunciation Françoise pour les Italiens & les etrangers p. 13
Chapter I. Of the articles in general p. 19
Of the definite article p. 20
Of the indefinite article p. 24
Remarks on the articles p. 25
Chap. II. Of the nouns p. 28
Of nouns ending in a p. 29
Of nouns ending in e p. 29
Of the nouns in i p. 31
Of the nouns in o p. 32
Of nouns in u p. 34
Remarks on the nouns p. 35
Of the augmentatives p. 35
Of the diminutives p. 36
Of adjectives p. 37
Of the comparatives p. 38
Of the superlatives p. 41
Of numeral nouns p. 42
Ordinal nouns p. 42
A rule (for those who understand French) to learn a great many Italian words in a short time p. 43
Chap. III. Of the pronouns p. 45
Of pronouns personal p. 46
Of the pronoun se, one’s self, or himself p. 48
Of pronouns conjunctive p. 49
Of the pronouns possessive p. 52
Of the pronouns demonstrative p. 54
Of the pronouns interrogative p. 56
Of the pronouns relative p. 56
Of the improper pronouns p. 58
Chap. IV. Of the verbs p. 59
Important remarks on the conjugations p. 59
The conjugation of the auxiliary verb avere, to have p. 60
The conjugation of the auxiliary verb essere, to be p. 66
Of the conjugations p. 71
An easy method of learning to conjugate the verbs p. 71
The first conjugation of the verbs in are p. 73
Remarks on the verbs in are p. 78
Of the verbs passive p. 79
The conjugation of the verbs passive p. 79
The second conjugation of the verbs in ere p. 82
The third conjugation of the verbs in ire p. 87
Of the irregular verbs in are p. 94
Of the irregular verbs in ere p. 103
The conjugation of the irregular verbs in ere, long p. 105
Of the verbs in ere, short p. 122
A new and general rule to learn in a moment the irregular verbs in ere, short p. 123
Terminations of the verbs in ere, short p. 124
Irregular of the third conjugation p. 140
Of verbs neuters p. 149
Of reciprocal verbs p. 149
Of impersonal verbs p. 151
Chap. V. Of the participles p. 160
Chap. VI. Of the adverbs p. 162
A collection of adverbs p. 163
chap. VII. Of the prepositions p. 172
Chap. VIII. Of the conjunctions p. 174
Chap. IX. Of the interjections p. 176
The Italian master part the second. Containing seven treatises from the best authors; particularly from those who have written on the purity of the Italian language p. 177
The first treatise p. 178
Chap. I. Of the Italian orthography p. 178
Chap. II. Of the apostrophe p. 179
Chap. III. Of the words that must be retrench’d p. 181
Chap. IV. Of the words that must not be retrench’d p. 182
The second treatise. Of the Italian accent p. 183
Chap. I. Of the grave accent p. 184
Chap. II. Of the acute accent p. 185
The third treatise. Of the Italian concordance p. 189
Chap. I. Of the concordance of the article p. 189
Chap. II. Of the concordance of nouns p. 191
Chap. III. Of the syntax of pronouns p. 192
Chap. IV. Of the syntax of verbs p. 195
Chap. V. Of the syntax of participles p. 203
Chap. VI. Of the syntax of the adverbs and prepositions p. 207
Important remarks on the particle si, it is or they, etc. p. 209
The fourth treatise. Remarks on some verbs and propositions that have different significations p. 214
The fifth treatise. Of the composition, and the rules to write and speak Italian, contained in some themes p. 227
The sixth treatise. Of the poetical licences, and the diverse synonyma’s of the names of the Gods p. 243
The seventh treatise of improper and obsolete words p. 253
The Italian master third part containing a vocabulary of words
most necessary to be known p. 257
A collection of verbs, most necessary to be first learnt p. 309
Familiar dialogues p. 323
A collection of Italian phrases, or manners of speaking, in which the delicacy of that language consists p. 363
A collection of jests, several diverting stories, sentences, and the
choicest Italian proverbs [ore di recreazione] p. 379
Costumi de’ franceschi, tedeschi, italiani, spagnuoli ed inglesi p. 395
A collection of the choicest Italian proverbs p. 400
A collection of the finest expressions in the most famous Italian poets p. 412
A collection of inscriptions of Italian letters p. 424
Of titles and qualities used in Italian letters p. 427
Different manner of ending letters p. 438
Raccolta d’alcune lettere de’ principali autori, che servono per l’esercizio della lingua Italiana p. 440
FINE p. 454
ERRATA p. 454