P. 61a
Quoniam de speciebus siue formis1 nominum · · supra tractauimus, nunc de generibus quaerere conemur.
Genera igitur nominum principalia sunt duo, quae sola nouit ratio naturae2… Nam commune modo masculini modo feminini significationem3 possidet, neutrum uero, quantum ad ipsius uocem qualitatem4, nec masculinum nec femininum est, Unde commune articulum uel articulare pronomen5 tam masculini quam feminini generis assumit, ut ‘hic sacerdos’ et ‘haec sacerdos,’ neutrum autem separatum6 ab utroque genere articulum asciscit7, ut ‘hoc regnum.’
Dubia autem sunt genera, quae8 nulla ratione cogente auctoritas ueterum diuerso genere protulit9, ut ‘hic finis’ et ‘haec finis’… ‘silex10,’ ‘margo11.’ …‘bubo12,’ ‘dáma13’, panthera’ in utroque genere promiscue14 sunt[1] prolata15. Sunt alia16 natura et significatione17 mobilia, non etiam uoce18, ut … ‘patruus19 ámita20,’ ‘auunculus21 matertera22’; sunt alia uoce, non etiam naturae significatione23 mobilia24, ut ‘lucifer25 lucifera26’…
P. 61b
‘liber1 libra’… Unumquod-
P. 61a
1: di delbaib dirinddigthib nominum 2: issed aaicned cenéuil ní doḟuisim ⁊ doḟuisemar 3: inninni 4: .i. inne indḟolaid inchoisig inguth .i. indneutair 5: .i. apronomen narticoldae .i. apronomen gaibes engracus ṅarticuil 6: .i. articol etarscartha fri suidib · · 7: docuirethar 8: .i. ité 9: .i. is inderb immascul fá femen nícoméicnigedar nadliged insin ꝉ uno genere ꝉ diuerso genere 10: gainae 11: bruach 12: .i. bonnán samnaiche 13: heirp 14: ɔmescatar dacenél indib 15: dorurgabtha 16: .i. is hinonn óen leiss natura ⁊ significatio 17: ó inni 18: Fodail cenéuil ininni[2] sin ⁊ níbí hinguth[3] · · 19: bráthair athar 20: siur athar 21: amnair bráthair máthar 22: siur máthar 23: ní huachéill 24: ní fil dechor ceníuil aicneti indib ar nitat masculina ná feminina secundum naturam · 25: grian 26: æscae
P. 61b
1: lebor ꝉ proprium l ·
P. 61a
1. of the derived forms of nouns. 2. this is the nature of gender, something that generates and that is generated. 3. the meaning. 4. i.e. the quality of the substance which the sound expresses, i.e. of the neuter. 5. i.e. the articular pronoun, i.e. the pronoun that takes the place of an article. 6. i.e. an article distinct from them. 8. i.e. it is they. 9. i.e. ’tis uncertain whether it be a masculine or a feminine: there is not any rule that obliges that. 14. two genders are mixed in them. 16. i.e. natura and significatio are one and the same with him. 18. that is distinction of gender in meaning, and it is not in sound. 19. father’s brother. 20. father’s sister. 21. amnair, mother’s brother. 22. mother’s sister. 23. not by sense. 24. there is no difference of natural gender in them since they are not masculine or feminine according to nature. 25. sun. 26. moon.
P. 61b
1. a book.
