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Adverbs.
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ADVERBS.

§ 96. Adverbs may be classified according to meaning, as (i) Modal, (2) Local, (3) Temporal.

§ 97. Modal Adverbs denote Manner.

For the ordinary Adjectival Adverbs, see §§41 sqq.

Examples of other Modal Adverbs are: partirm partly, părum too little, clam secretly, sătĭs enough, invĭcem in turn, fortĕ by chance, quōmŏdŏ in what way, how? quam how? tam so, ĭta thus, sīc thus, ŭtī, ŭt how?

§ 98. Under Modal Adverbs may be classed—

Adverbs of Negation: nōn, nē not.

Adverbs of Assertion or Emphasis; as certē, sānē certainly, scīlĭcĕt of course, quĭdem indeed, etc.; tantum only, mŏdŏ only.

Adverbs of Interrogation (used to ask a question[1]): ŭtrum, -nĕ, num, ăn. See § 210.

Numerous words which express Inference or Cause are properly Adverbs; but with the exception of Interrogatives such as cūr, quārē, quĭănam? why? they are classed as Conjunctions. See § 103.

§ 99. Local Adverbs denote Place.

ŭbĭ where, quō whither, hinc hence, nūsquam nowhere.

Temporal Adverbs denote Time.

hŏdĭē to-day, cum[2] when? iam already, quŏtĭēns[3] how many times? tŏtĭēns[3]so many times, antĕā before, sĭmŭl at the same time.

§ 100. Numeral Adverbs.—The Adverbs answering the question quŏtĭēns how often? are:—sĕmĕl once, bĭs twice, tĕr three times, quătĕr four times. From quīnquĭēns five times to mīlĭēns a thousand times, these Adverbs are formed from the Cardinal Numerals by the inflexion -ĭēns (or -ĭēs). See § 44.

  1. Serving in place of a Note of Interrogation.
  2. Not quum.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Better than qŭotĭēs, tŏtĭēs.