New Latin Grammar, page 179 by Charles E. Bennett
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s the others in the sense of the rest, those remaining,--hence is the regular word with numerals; as,--
reliquī sex, the six others.
6. Nescio quis forms a compound indefinite pronoun with the force of _some one or other_; as,--
causidicus nescio quis, _some pettifogger or other_;
mīsit nescio quem, _he sent some one or other_;
nescio quÅ pactÅ, somehow or other.
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CHAPTER V.
--_Syntax of Verbs._AGREEMENT.
With One Subject.
254. 1. Agreement in Number and Person. A Finite Verb agrees with its subject in Number and Person; as,--
vÅs vidÄ“tis, _you see_;
pater fÄ«liÅs Ä«nstituit, the father trains his sons.
2. Agreement in Gender. In the compound forms of the verb the participle regularly agrees with its subject in gender; as,--
sēditiŠrepressa est, the mutiny was checked.
3. But when a predicate noun is of different gender or number from its subject, the verb usually agrees with its nearest substantive; as,--
TarquiniÄ« mÄterna patria erat, _Tarquinii was his native country on his mother's side_;
nÅn omnis error stultitia est dÄ«cenda, not every error is to be called folly.
a. Less frequently the verb agrees with an appositive; as,--
CoriolÄ«, oppidum VolscÅrum, captum est, _Corioli, a town of the Volsci, was captured_.
4. Construction according to Sense. Sometimes the verb agrees with its subject according to sense instead of strict grammatical form. Thus:--
a) In Number; as,--
multitūdŠhominum convēnerant, a crowd of men had gathered.
b) In Gender; as,--
duo mīlia crucib