Allen and Greenough's New Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges, chapter 271

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[*] 271. The Subject of a sentence is usually a Noun or Pronoun, or some word or group of words used as a Noun:—

equitēs ad Caesarem vēnērunt, the cavalry came to Cæsar.
hūmānum est errāre, to err is human.
quaeritur num mors malum sit. the question is whether death is an evil.

[*] a. But in Latin the subject is often implied in the termination of the verb:—

sedē -mus, we sit.

curri -tis, you run.

inqui-t, says he.

Ginn and Company, 1903.

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