Histoire Épistémologie Langage 13/11 (1991)

LATIN DECLENSIONS AND CONJUGATIONS : FROM VARRO TO PRISCIAN

Daniel]. TAYLOR

Prefatory remarks. Latin declensions and conjugations are unavoidably familiar to all who study and teach the language, but their origin and historical development are not. Since declensions and conjugations are easily the most recognizable components of modern Latin grammar and since the former have no antecedents in