digni amicitia, worthy of friendship;

    plus aequo, more than (what is) fair.

2.  Appositives.  An Appositive regularly follows its Subject; as,—­

    Philippus, rex Macedonum, Philip, king of the Macedonians;

    adsentatio, vitiorum adjutrix, flattery, promoter of evils.

Yet flumen Rhenus, the River Rhine; and always in good prose urbs Roma, the city Rome.

3.  The Vocative usually follows one or more words; as,—­

    audi, Caesar, hear, Caesar!

4.  Adjectives.  No general law can be laid down for the position of Adjectives.  On the whole they precede the noun oftener than they follow it.

  a.  Adjectives of quantity (including numerals) regularly precede
  their noun; as,—­

    omnes homines, all men;

    septingentae naves, seven hundred vessels.

  b.  Note the force of position in the following:—­

    media urbs, the middle of the city;

    urbs media, the middle city,

    extremum bellum, the end of the war;

     bellum extremum, the last war.

  c.  Romanus and Latinus regularly follow; as,—­

    senatus populusque Romanus, the Roman Senate and People;

    ludi Romani, the Roman games;

    feriae Latinae, the Latin holidays.

  d.  When a Noun is modified both by an Adjective and by a Genitive, a
  favorite order is:  Adjective, Genitive, Noun; as,—­

    summa omnium rerum abundantia, the greatest abundance of all things.

5.  Pronouns.

  a.  The Demonstrative, Relative, and Interrogative Pronouns regularly
  precede the Noun; as,—­

    hic homo, this man;

    ille homo, that man;

    erant duo itinera, quibus itineribus, etc., there were two routes, by
    which, etc.

    qui homo? what sort of man?

  b.  But ille in the sense of ‘that well known,’ ‘that famous,’ usually
  stands after its Noun; as,—­

    testula illa, that well-known custom of ostracism;

    Medea illa, that famous Medea.

  c.  Possessive and Indefinite Pronouns usually follow their Noun; as,—­

    pater meus, my father;

    homo quidam, a certain man;

    mulier aliqua, some woman.

  But for purposes of contrast the Possessive often precedes its Noun;
  as,—­

    meus pater, MY father (i.e. as opposed to yours, his, etc.).

  d.  Where two or more Pronouns occur in the same sentence, the Latin is
  fond of putting them in close proximity; as,—­