Ps. Aug. reg. 1, 30 - 1, 39
130Item meminerimus singulas litteras tam in Graecis quam
in Latinis generis esse neutri. Dicimus enim ‘unum alfa’, ‘unum
25beta’, ‘unum gamma’; sic et aliae litterae; plurali ‘duo alfa’, ‘duo
beta’, ‘duo gamma’; sic ‘tria alfa’, ‘tria beta’, ‘tria gamma’. Inde
est illud ‘τρία κάππα κάκιστα’, id est ‘tria cappa pessima’, de
Cornelio Sylla, de Cornelio Cinna, de Cornelio Lentulo. Hii
enim ‹per› tres litteras tyranni designati sunt in libris Sibyllinis.
5Est et unum nomen generis neutri in ‘a’, ut ‘flumen Turia’,
ut supra diximus.
31De genere communi. Genus commune exit per ‘a’, ut
‘advena’: declinatur nom. ‘hic’ et ‘haec advena’, gen. ‘huius advenae’,
dat. ‘huic advenae’, acc. ‘hunc’ et ‘hanc advenam’, voc. ‘o
10advena’, abl. ‘ab hoc’ et ‘ab hac advena’ et plur. nom. ‘hi’ et ‘hae
advenae’, gen. ‘horum’ et ‘harum advenarum’, dat. ‘his advenis’,
acc. ‘hos’ et ‘has advenas’, voc. ‘o advenae’, abl. ‘ab his advenis’.
Ad hanc formulam declinabis ‘Troiugena’, ‘indigena’, ‘incola’,
‘convena’, ‘caelicola’, ‘sacricola’ [Publicola], ‘agricola’, ‘terricola’,
15‘ruricola’, ‘urbicola’, ‘plebicola’, ‘Numida’, ‘Dalmata’, ‘lucifuga’,
‘Persa’, ‘Romulida’ et cetera.
32In nominativo ‘e’ et ‘i’ non habet genus commune, id est
non exit in ‘e’ nec in ‘i’, sed in ‘o’, ut ‘latro’: nom. ‘hic’ et ‘haec |
latro’, gen. ‘huius latronis’, dat. ‘huic latroni’, acc. ‘hunc’ et ‘hanc
20latronem’, voc. ‘o latro’, abl. ‘ab hoc’ et ‘ab hac latrone’ et plur.
nom. ‘hi’ et ‘hae latrones’, gen. ‘horum’ et ‘harum latronum’,
dat. ‘his latronibus’, acc. ‘hos’ et ‘has latrones’, voc. ‘o latrones’,
abl. ‘ab his latronibus’. Ad hanc formulam declinabis [homo] ‘ganeo’,
‘degulo’, ‘caupo’, ‘fullo’ [nemo], ‘morio’, ‘helluo’ (qui et
‘glutto’) et talia. Per ‘u’ autem nullum habet in nominativo.
335Ergo exit commune per ‘es’ syllabam, ut ‘comes’: nom.
‘hic’ et ‘haec comes’, gen. ‘huius comitis’, dat. ‘huic comiti’, acc.
‘hunc’ et ‘hanc comitem’, voc. ‘o comes’, abl. ‘ab hoc’ et ‘ab hac
comite’ et plur. nom. ‘hi’ et ‘hae comites’, gen. ‘horum’ et ‘harum
comitum’, dat. ‘his comitibus’, acc. ‘hos’ et ‘has comites’, voc. ‘o
10comites’, abl. ‘ab his comitibus’. Ad hanc formulam declinantur
‘sospes’, ‘dives’, ‘locuples’, ‘hospes’, licet ‘hospitam’ dixerit Virgilius,
‘hospita tellus’,
‘miles’, ‘veles’ (levis armaturae miles), ‘interpres’, ‘ales’, ‘praepes’,
‘praes’ (id est ‘fideiussor’) et cetera.
34Exit et in ‘is’, ut ‘similis’: nom. ‘hic’ et ‘haec similis’, gen.
‘huius similis’, dat. ‘huic simili’, acc. ‘hunc’ et ‘hanc similem’,
voc. ‘o similis’, abl. ‘ab hoc’ et ‘ab hac simili’ et plur. nom. ‘hi’ et
‘hae similes’, gen. ‘horum’ et ‘harum similium’, dat. ‘his simili-
20bus’, acc. ‘hos’ et ‘has similes’, voc. ‘o similes’, abl. ‘ab his similibus’.
Ad hanc formulam declinantur ‘agilis’, ‘facilis’, ‘fragilis’,
‘vilis’, ‘nobilis’, ‘mobilis’, ‘dulcis’, ‘humilis’, ‘mitis’, ‘lenis’, ‘levis’,
‘mollis’, ‘civis’, ‘testis’, ‘hostis’, ‘tristis’, ‘fortis’, ‘suavis’, ‘frugalis’,
‘crudelis’, ‘inanis’, ‘gracilis’, ‘inmanis’ et cetera.
3525Exit per ‘os’, ut ‘sacerdos’: nom. ‘hic’ et ‘haec sacerdos’,
gen. ‘huius sacerdotis’, dat. ‘huic sacerdoti’, acc. ‘hunc’ et ‘hanc
sacerdotem’, voc. ‘o sacerdos’, abl. ‘ab hoc’ et ‘ab hac sacerdote’
et plur. nom. ‘hi’ et ‘hae sacerdotes’, gen. ‘horum’ et ‘harum sacerdotum’,
dat. ‘his sacerdotibus’, acc. ‘hos’ et ‘has sacerdotes’,
voc. ‘o sacerdotes’, abl. ‘ab his sacerdotibus’. Ad hanc formulam
declinantur ‘custos’, ‘impos’, ‘compos’, ‘nepos’ (qui est patrimo-
5nii consumptor).
36Exit per ‘us’, ut ‘sus’: nom. ‘hic’ et ‘haec sus’, gen. ‘huius
suis’, dat. ‘huic sui’, acc. ‘hunc’ et ‘hanc suem’, voc. ‘o sus’, abl. ‘ab
hoc’ et ‘ab hac sue’ et plur. nom. ‘hi’ et ‘hae sues’, gen. ‘horum’
et ‘harum suum’, dat. ‘his suibus’, quomodo et ‘subus’, acc. ‘hos’
10et ‘has sues’, voc. ‘o sues’, abl. ‘ab his suibus’.
37Exit per ‘er’, ut ‘pauper’: nom. ‘hic’ et ‘haec pauper’, gen.
‘huius pauperis’, dat. ‘huic pauperi’, acc. ‘hunc’ et ‘hanc pauperem’,
voc. ‘o pauper’, abl. ‘ab hoc’ et ‘ab hac paupere’ et plur.
nom. ‘hi’ et ‘hae pauperes’, gen. ‘horum’ et ‘harum pauperum’,
15dat. ‘his pauperibus’, acc. ‘hos’ et ‘has pauperes’, voc. ‘o pauperes’,
abl. ‘ab his pauperibus’. Ad hanc formam declinantur ‘acer’,
‘alacer’ (id est ‘laetus’).
38Exit et in ‘ex’ commune, ut ‘opifex’: nom. ‘hic’ et ‘haec
opifex’, gen. ‘huius opificis’, dat. ‘huic opifici’, acc. ‘hunc’ et ‘hanc
20opificem’, voc. ‘o opifex’, abl. ‘ab hoc’ et ‘ab hac opifice’ et plur.
nom. ‘hi’ et ‘hae opifices’, gen. ‘horum’ et ‘harum opificum’, dat.
‘his opificibus’, acc. ‘hos’ et ‘has opifices’, voc. ‘o opifices’, abl. ‘ab
his opificibus’. Ad hanc formam declinabis ‘aurifex’, ‘artifex’, ‘iudex’,
‘carnifex’, ‘index’, ‘vindex’, ‘auspex’, ‘aruspex’, ‘signifex’ (qui
25signa facit) et talia.
39Exit genus commune in ‘eps’, ut ‘princeps’; declinatur
sic: nom. ‘hic’ et ‘haec princeps’, gen. ‘huius principis’, dat. ‘huic
principi’, acc. ‘hunc’ et ‘hanc principem’, voc. ‘o princeps’, abl.
‘ab hoc’ et ab hac principe’ et plur. nom. ‘hi’ et ‘hae principes’,
gen. ‘horum’ et ‘harum principum’, dat. ‘his principibus’, acc.
5‘hos’ et ‘has principes’, voc. ‘o principes’, abl. ‘ab his principibus’.
Sic declinantur ‘manceps’, ‘particeps’, ‘municeps’. ‘Anceps’ autem
et ‘biceps’ et ‘triceps’ et ‘quadriceps’, ‘multiceps’, ‘praeceps’,
haec sex nomina genitivum singularem contra regulam superiorem
in ‘tis’ syllabam mittunt, non in ‘pis’, ut ‘anceps ancipitis’,
10‘biceps bicipitis’, ‘triceps tricipitis’, ‘quadriceps quadricipitis’,
‘multi|ceps multicipitis’, ‘praeceps praecipitis’. Sed ideo in ‘tis’
syllabam exeunt, non in ‘pis’, ut ‘principis’, ‘mancipis’, quia a
capitis significatione veniunt, illa autem superiora a capiendi
significatione. ‘Princeps’ enim dictus est, quod primus capiat, et
15‘manceps’, quod manu capiat; ‘anceps’ autem dictus est, quod
dubii capitis sit vel inclinati capitis in utramque partem.
Critical apparatus
τρία κάππα ς: consensus edd. UKAGRH: tria cappa ω: consensus codd. Oα; om. Kκάκιστα K A G R H: κάκισα U; cacirta β: consensus codd. EV; cacirca F; cacista O; om. Kper : om. ω: consensus codd. Oαlitteras α: consensus codd. βF: litteris Otyranni β: consensus codd. EV O: om. F Keil; vd. Munzi (Boll. Class. 21 [2000], pp. 103-104) Martorelliut α: consensus codd. βF: om. Otroiugena α: consensus codd. βF: troiugenam Oindigena V F: indigenam E Oincola Martorelli: incola agricola α: consensus codd. βF; agricolam Oconvena V F: conveniam E; convenam Ocaelicola V F: caelicolam E Osacricola β: consensus codd. EV ς: consensus edd. UKAGRH: sagricola F; sacricolam O[Publicola] Martorelli: publicola F; puplicola V; publicolam E Oagricola Martorelli: om. α: consensus codd. βF; agricolam Oterricola V F: terricolam E Oruricola Martorelli: dalmata α: consensus codd. βF; ruricolam Ourbicola Martorelli: urbicula Keil; orbicola V F; urbicolam E Oplebicola β: consensus codd. EV ς: consensus edd. UKAGRH: plebicula F; plebicolam E Onumida ς: consensus edd. UKAGRH: numidam V O; nomidam E; nummida Fdalmata Martorelli: dalmatam ruricola V; dalmatam ruricolam E; dalmata ruricola F; dalmatam O‘lucifuga’] lucifuga V F; licifigam E; lucifugam Opersa F: persam β: consensus codd. EV Oromulida ς: consensus edd. UKAGRH: romulidam β: consensus codd. EV O; romolda Fe et i E F O P: c et i V[homo] ω: consensus codd. Oα[nemo] ω: consensus codd. Oαmorio O: om. α: consensus codd. βFnullum ς: consensus edd. UKAGRH: nullus α: consensus codd. βF; nulla Odeclinantur E O: declinatur V Fdives β: consensus codd. EV O: om. F Keillevis armaturae miles ς: consensus edd. UKAGRH: levis armatur miles V; levis armatur emilies E; levis armatir emilies F; levisar matura militis O(id est ‘fideiussor’)] (id est ‘fideiussor’) Keilformulam V O: formam E Fvilis O: viridis α: consensus codd. βF‘nobilis’, ‘mobilis’, ‘dulcis’, ‘humilis’, ‘mitis’ α: consensus codd. βF: om. Oformulam V O: formam E Fpatrimonii O: om. ς: consensus edd. UKAGRH Keil; patrimoniae α: consensus codd. βFhis suibus pc V O ς: consensus edd. UKAGRH: his subus ac V E Fquomodo et subus Martorelli: om. V; quomodo et subibus E F; quomodo duobus Oab his suibus pc V O ς: consensus edd. UKAGRH: ab his subus ac V E Facer α: consensus codd. βF: ater Oet in ex commune O: in ex commune β: consensus codd. EV; in commune F; commune in ex ς: consensus edd. UKAGRH Keil; in ex Keilopifice V F: opifici E Oaurifex artifex O ς: consensus edd. UKAGRH: artifex aurifex α: consensus codd. βFaruspex O: aurispex V; auruspex E F(qui signa facit)] om. ς: consensus edd. UKAGRH Keiltalia O: alia V F; om. Fdeclinatur pc V F: declinantur ac V O; om. Fbiceps bicipitis E F O P: ebiceps ebicipitis Vpraeceps α: consensus codd. βF: praecaes Oveniunt, illa autem superiora a capiendi significatione α: consensus codd. βF: om. O; veniunt pc V ς: consensus edd. UKAGRH; non veniunt ac V E Fet] et α: consensus codd. βF; om. Oest O ς: consensus edd. UKAGRH: om. α: consensus codd. βF