Allen and Greenough's New Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges
J. B. Greenough, G. L. Kittredge, A. A. Howard, Benj. L. D'Ooge, Ed.

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[*] 316. A Finite Verb agrees with its Subject in Number and Person:—

ego statuō, I resolve.

senātus dēcrēvit, the senate ordered.

1. “silent lēgēs inter arma ” (Mil. 11) , the laws are dumb in time of war.

[*] Note.--In verb-forms containing a participle, the participle agrees with the subject in gender and number (§ 286):—

1. ōrātiō est habita, the plea was delivered. bellum exortum est, a war arose.

[*] a. A verb having a relative as its subject takes the person of the expressed or implied antecedent:—

1. “adsum quī fēcī ” (Aen. 9.427) , here am I who did it.
2. “tū, quī scīs, omnem dīligentiam adhibēbis ” (Att. 5.2.3) , you, who know, will use all diligence.
3. “vidēte quam dēspiciāmur omnēs quī sumus ē mūnicipiīs ” (Phil. 3.15) , see how all of us are scorned who are from the free towns.

[*] b. A verb sometimes agrees in number (and a participle in the verbform in number and gender) with an appositive or predicate noun:—

1. “amantium īrae amōris integrātiō est ” (Ter. And. 555) , the quarrels of lovers are the renewal of love.
2. “nōn omnis error stultitia dīcenda est ” (Div. 2.90) , not every error should be called folly.
Corinthus lūmen Graeciae exstīnctum est (cf. Manil. 11), Corinth, the light of Greece, is put out.