[The verb ««ot> t to become' retains this form ««o in poetry, bearing the same sense as tJocujs Thus tightly, for s S"^c«jfS sfc^sfe her lovely face ]
ON IRREGULAR VERBAL NOUNS.
It has been seen that the Infinitive is a noun. Thus from to to dance or play is derived S3-£££«S» 1 dancing,' 'playing' (saltatio, ludus.) This is a regular form. But there is an irregu^ lar form which equally means ' a play, a game.'
The phrase * Irregular is objectionable:' but it is the only word in use for " the minor portion; the smaller number." According to their principles all these are quite regular.
The Regular forms, already exhibited, as C3-<5#5£», 69-iSb A> are common to all verbs: but some have peculiar verbals.
To exemplify this in English: To arrive 'To receive' 'to contrive,' make 'arriving' 'receiving,' 'contriving' which are regular: and 'arrival' 'reception,' '■contrivance' which are irregular. And in words of Saxon origin, 'To Live, to Grow, to Die,' make 'Living, growing, dying,' which are regular, and 'life, growth, death,' which are irregular. [Thus in Greek f^w, Xtyw, wpaaau, have the derivatives *p«"c> Xt&s, vpuUs-]
These Irregular nouns form a convenient vocabulary of words
