2.  Attributive and Predicate Adjectives.  An Attributive Adjective is one that limits its subject directly; as,—­

    vir sapiens, a wise man.

A Predicate Adjective is one that limits its subject through the medium of a verb (usually esse); as,—­

    vir est sapiens, the man is wise;

    vir videbatur sapiens, the man seemed wise;

    vir judicatus est sapiens, the man was judged wise;

    hunc virum sapientem judicavimus, we adjudged this man wise.

3.  Participles and Adjective Pronouns have the construction of Adjectives.

AGREEMENT OF ADJECTIVES.

234.  Agreement with One Noun.  When an Adjective limits one noun it agrees with it in Gender, Number, and Case.

1.  Two Adjectives in the Singular may limit a noun in the Plural, as; prima et vicesima legiones, the first and twentieth legions.

2.  A Predicate Adjective may stand in the Neuter when its Subject is Masculine or Feminine and denotes a thing; as,—­

    omnium rerum mors est extremum, death is the end of all things.

235.  Agreement with Two or More Nouns.

A. AGREEMENT AS TO NUMBER.

1.  When the Adjective is Attributive, it regularly agrees in number with the nearest noun; as,—­

    pater tuus et mater, your father and mother;

    eadem alacritas et studium, the same eagerness and zeal.

2.  When the Adjective is Predicative, it is regularly Plural; as,—­

    pax et concordia sunt pulchrae, peace and concord are glorious.

B. AGREEMENT AS TO GENDER.

1.  When the Adjective is Attributive, it regularly agrees in gender with the nearest noun; as,—­

    res operae multae ac laboris, a matter of much effort and labor.

2.  When the Adjective is Predicative—­

  a) If the nouns are of the same gender, the Adjective agrees with them in
  gender; as,—­

    pater et filius capti sunt, father and son were captured.

  Yet with feminine abstract nouns, the Adjective is more frequently
  Neuter; as,—­

    stultitia et timiditas fugienda sunt, folly and cowardice must be
    shunned.

  b) If the nouns are of different gender; then,—­

    a) In case they denote persons, the Adjective is Masculine; as,—­

    pater et mater mortui sunt, the father and mother have died.

    b) In case they denote things, the Adjective is Neuter; as,—­

    honores et victoriae fortuita sunt, honors and victories are
    accidental.

    c) In case they include both persons and things, the Adjective is,—­

      aa) Sometimes Masculine; as,—­

    domus, uxor, liberi inventi sunt, home, wife, and children are
    secured.