Bopp's Vergleichende Grammatik, begun in 1833, was a founding text of comparative philology and Indo-European linguistics. This translation (1845-50) of the first edition of Bopp's work gave English-speaking scholars access to his important findings. This volume covers phonology, nominal inflection, adjectives and numerals.

Reprint of the original, first published in 1862.

Excerpt from A Comparative Grammar of the Sanskrit, Zend, Greek, Latin, Lithuanian, Gothic, German, and Sclavonic Languages, Vol. 3 Thus in Latin die for dice. With regard to fer it is to be observed, that fero also, in the indicative, is to be joined rather with the Sanscrit bhar (nari) of the third class than with that of the first. Thus, as fer-s, fer-t. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.