nominatio fit7… Rectus autem dicitur, quod ipse primus natura nascitur uel positione8…
P. 77a
…generale uidetur esse hic casus genitiuus1… …patronymica pariter2 in eum resoluuntur. …causatiuus’…‘in causa hominem facio4.’
…a notioribus et frequentioribus acceperunt nominationem, sicut in aliis quoque multis hoc inuenimus5…‘neutra’ dicimus uerba, non quod solum ea in hac specie inueniuntur, quae neutram habent significationem6, id est nec actiuam nee pasiuam7, absolute dicta8…
Genetiuus secundum locum sibi defendit: hic quoque naturale uinculum generis posidet9, et nascitur quidem a nominatiuo…
P. 77b
datiuus, qui magis amicis conuenit, tertium1, et quod uel eandem habet uocera genetiuo uel unius abiectione uel motatione literae2 ab eo2a fit2b qui uero magis ad inimicos attinet, id est accusatiuus, quartum3… Igitur ablatiuus proprius est Romanorum et…quia nouus uidetur a Latinis inuentus, uetustati reliquorum casuum concessit, quamuis hunc quoque a[1] uetustissimis Graecorum grammaticis accepisse uidentur, qui sextum casum dicebant ‘οὐρανόθεν,’ ‘ἐμέθεν4’…qui profecto ablatiui uim possidet: nam etiam praepositionem assumit, ut ‘ἐξ ἐμέθεν5,’ ‘ἐξ οὐρανόθεν’ Homerus.
His quidam addunt ilia, quae tam uoce quam significatione unum casum habent6, ut ‘huiusmodi,’ ‘istiusmodi.’
7: is triit biid ainmnigud innadulo indírgi 8: frislond dúlo
P. 77a
1: tuistenach eo quod fere omnes casus generat 2: fri aitrebthacha[2] 3: cóisid 4: .i. dandiut[3] combe hicóis 5: .i. ainmnigud dind rét as mám and 6: .i. ithé sidi nadtechtat innairdegnúsigud cechtar de 7: .i. huacheill gníma ⁊ chesta 8: .i. oté[4] .i. mani techtat inda airdigtha 9: .i. macc indead aathar
P. 77b
1: .i. locum defḟendit 2. amal ṁ bís indarpe ·s· degenitin quartiil ⁊ i dothórmuch 2a. .i. genitiuo 2b. .i. datiuus 3. .i. locum defendit 4. .i. foxlaid ueterum graecorum 5. ɔeperr hoc is dothucad exemplum 6: .i. ité són aptota lessem riam
7. by means of it is the naming of the thing in directness. 8. in order to signify a thing.
P. 77a
1. generative, because it generates almost all the cases. 2. with possessives. 4. i.e. I bring him down so that he may be in cause. 5. i.e. naming from the thing that is greatest therein. 6. i.e. these are they that do not possess either signification. 7. i.e. from the sense of action and passion. 8. i.e. and they, i.e. unless they possess the two significations. 9. i.e. a son after his father.
P. 77b
2. even as there is the ejection of s from the genitive of the fourth declension and the addition of i in the dative. 4. i.e. the ablative of the ancient Greeks. 5. so that this is said: ’tis for this an example has been cited. 6. i.e. these are aptota according to him (Priscian) before[5].
