"Inflectional" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... one is clearly aware, for instance, in reading the philosophical and rhetorical works of Cicero. A few words, like rufus, crept into the language from the Italic dialects. Now and then the Keltic or Iberian names of Gallic or Spanish articles were taken up, but the inflectional system and the syntax of Latin retained their integrity. In the post-Roman period additions to the vocabulary are more significant. It is said that about three hundred Germanic words have found their way ...
— The Common People of Ancient Rome - Studies of Roman Life and Literature • Frank Frost Abbott |
