non dicitur nuraerus sed abusiue, quomodo nominatiuus casus non est sed abusiue casus dicitur, quod facit alios casus, quamuis multi de hoc dicant4, quod ideo casus sit dicendus quod a generali nomine5 cadunt omnium specialium nominatiui. Sed si ob hoc6 casus est dicendus, omnes partes orationis possunt uideri casum habere; et uerbum enim et aduerbium et coniunctio a generali uerbo7 et aduerbio et coniunctione cadunt in speciales positiones singularum8. Alii autem dicunt, quod ipsa terminatio nominatiui cadens in alias diuersas terminationes non incongrue casus nominatur, cum naturam habeat, ut cadere possit et cadendo9 faciat omnes casus; quippe si casus dicitur10 non solum illud in quod[1] cadat11 aliquid, sed etiam ipsa res, quae cadit12. Unde aptota dicunt13 illa nomina doctissimi artium scriptores, quae nominatiuum tantum habent casum, in quo refutatur illorum ratio14, qui ideo putant eum casum nominatum, quod a generali nomine cadat15. Possumus autem et a maiore et frequentiore parte casuum17 qui sunt obliqui, hunc quoque accipere nominatum, quomodo et syllabas ex singulis uocalibus dicimus18. Ergo singularis quoque nuraerus bene dicitur, quod…omnes numeri ex ipso componuntur et in ipsum desoluuntur19.
P. 71b
…nihil ultra1 citraque2 intellegere liceat… Ergo dubitationem
4: ⁊ ní cétbaid dosom 5: .i. huandí as nomen as ochtmath rann ininsci 6: uandligudsa 7: uand anmmaim chenelach as uerbum 8: amal rondgab amo as indí as uerbum ⁊ bene as indí as aduerbium ⁊ reliqua 9: lase dotuit ind[2] ainmnid 10: deithbir ciasberthar casus nominatiu(us) 11: sechi ed .i. amal rongabsat intúisil olchenæ hituiter 12: .i. amal rongab intainmnid asatuiter 13: .i. huare nád tuiter essib hituisliu aili 14: artotuiter acenélchi hi sain gnúis in aptotís 15: uandhí as nomen as ochtmad rann in insci ut diximus 16: .i. idem hoc ⁊ quod praedixit .i. quomodo nominatiuus non est reliqua ⁊ issed són · as maith leosom 17: .i. huare is lia aní dianeperr casus and 18: arit lia sillaba illitrib quam ó oinlitrib 19: .i. in oena focerddar ⁊ dofuasailgther cach áram
P. 71b
1: altarach .i. frie anall 2: centarach .i. frie deṡiu
4. and it is not an opinion of his. 5. i.e. from the noun which is one of the eight parts in speech[3]. 6. by this law. 7. from the general noun that is uerbum. 8. as for instance amo from that which is uerbum, and bene from that which is aduerbium. 9. when the nominative falls. 10. it is reasonable that one should say nominatiuus casus. 11. whatever it may be, i.e. such as the other cases in which there is falling. 12. i.e. as such as the nominative from which there is falling. 13. i.e. since there is no falling from them into other cases. 14. for in aptota there is falling from generality into a special figure. 15. from nomen, which is one of the eight parts in speech, as we said. 16. and that is what they like. 17. i.e. since more numerous is that to which the name casus is given. 18. for syllables of many letters are more numerous than those of single letters. 19. i.e. every number is cast and resolved into units.
P. 71b
1. ultra i.e. on the far side of it. 2. citra i.e. on the near side of it.
- ↑ MS. quo
- ↑ leg. int
- ↑ for the meaning here and in 71a15 given to the ordinal, see Ir. Texte iv. preface xiv; Celt. Archiv i. 322; and Rev. Celt. xxii. 434. So in Irish (?) Latin: ostendit quod nomen octaua pars orationis est, Ars Anonyma Bernensis, Suppl. Gramm. Lat. p. 64
