CHAPTERS OF THE FIRST BOOK.

On nouns whose ablative plurals end in -abus. Ch. I.
On verbals ending in -atio. Ch. II.
On this noun Ludicrum. Ch. III.
On this noun Ficus. Ch. IIII.
On diminutive nouns. Ch. V.
On nouns ending in -rius or -rium. Ch. VI.
On eventu, iussu, permissu, ingero. Ch. VII.
On adjectives in -tilis, -filis, and -xilis. Ch. VIII.
On adjectives in -bundus. Ch. IX.
On nouns in -icus. Ch. X.
On nouns in -ceus, -inceus, and -itius. Ch. XI.
On the nature of the comparative. Ch. XII.
On the difference between the comparative and the superlative. Ch. XIII.
On the nature of the superlative. Ch. XIIII.
On Ut and Ita with the superlative; on Quò and Eò with the comparative. Ch. XV.
On how Hoc magis and Eò magis, Tantum and Tanto, and similar terms are joined to degrees [of comparison]. Ch. XVI.
On per and quàm with [various] degrees. Ch. XVII.
On Longe, Multo, Facile, valde. Ch. XVIII.
On a certain property of the comparative. Ch. XIX.
On compounds derived from Somnus. Ch. XX.
On nouns in -ofus. Ch. XXI.
On verbs falsely called inchoative. Ch. XXII.
On verbs wrongly called desiderative. Ch. XXIII.
On verbs not correctly called meditative. Ch. XXIIII.
Where the infinitive should be used, and where the gerund is to be preferred. Ch. XXV.
On the difference between the infinitives esse and fore, and their compounds. Ch. XXVI.
On gerunds. Ch. XXVII.
On the supine in -tum. Ch. XXVIII.
On the supine in -tu. Ch. XXIX.
On the participle of the past tense signifying action, and the present, passion. Ch. XXX.
That the participle of the present tense is [sometimes] used for the past. Ch. XXXI.
On the abridgment of the participle. Ch. XXXII.
On participles in -ens which transition into nouns. Ch. XXXIII.

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