BOOK SEVENTEEN.

1 Since in the previously exposed books regarding parts of speech we have mostly followed the authority of Apollonius Apollonius Dyscolus, a renowned ancient Greek grammarian, while not omitting the necessary points of others, whether our own or Greeks, and if we have been able to add anything new ourselves: now also, mostly following his footsteps regarding the arrangement or construction of words, which the Greeks call syntaxis syntax/arrangement, if anything suitable from others or from ourselves is found, we shall not refuse to interpose it. 2 Therefore, in the aforementioned, we have treated the individual utterances of words as their logic demanded; but now we shall speak about their arrangement, which is usually done for the construction of a perfect sentence, which we must investigate most diligently as it is necessary for the exposition of all authors. For just as letters properly joining together make syllables, and syllables make words, so too do words make a sentence. For this was also demonstrated by the theory handed down regarding letters, which are well called by Apollonius the first matter referring to the basic components of speech.

Chap. I. §. 1. non praetermittentes not omitting. Thus in the Leipzig A, Langer, Wolfenbüttel, Erlangen, and Munich codices. Editions of Venice 1, 2, Ascensius, Juntine, Erfurt. The Aldine, Basel, Cologne editions, and Putchius followed and published non intermittentes not interrupting, which no one misses being false.
σύνταξιν. The Leipzig A and B MSS. have synthesin synthesis.
ex aliis from others. The Erlangen MS adds magistris teachers. The Leipzig A MS adds if anything even from us or from others. The Munich A MS omitted even.
§. 2. In supradictis ergo Therefore in the aforementioned. For the common igitur therefore, I have published ergo therefore according to the Leipzig A and B codices. Shortly after, to poscebat it demanded, I added earum their from the Langer, Wolfenbüttel, Leipzig A and B, Munich A, and Cologne codices, as well as the Venice 1 and 2, Erfurt, and Ascensius editions. The Juntine, Aldine, Basel, Cologne, and Putchius editions omitted this pronoun.
sic et so also. The Leipzig A and Erlangen MSS have sic etiam so even.
ab Apollonio dicuntur are said by Apollonius. Commonly dicuntur ab Apollonio are said by Apollonius. The Leipzig B MS and the Venice 1, Ascensius, Juntine, and Erfurt editions show that former structure.
vocis esse to be of voice. I inserted esse to be from the Leipzig A and B, Langer, and Wolfenbüttel MSS, and the Ascensius edition.