_participium_, from _pars_, part, and _capere_, to take,
to share: _a verbal adjective, a word which shares or participates in the
nature both of the verb and of the adjective_.
PER'SON, Lat. _persona_, the part taken by a performer: _a grammatical form
which shows whether the speaker is meant, the person spoken to, or the
person spoken of_.
PHRASE, Gr. _phrasis_, a brief expression, from _phrazein_, to speak: _a
combination of related words forming an element of a sentence_.
PLE'ONASM, Gr. _pleonasmos_, from _pleion_, more: _the use of more words to
express an idea than are necessary_.
PLU'RAL (number), Lat. _pluralis_, from _plus_, _pluris_, more: _the number
which designates more than one_.
POSSESS'IVE (case), Lat. _possessivus_, from _possidere_, to own: _that
form which a noun or pronoun has in order to denote ownership or
possession_.
POTEN'TIAL (mood), Lat. _potens_, _potentis_, being able: _the mood of a
verb used in the statement of something possible or contingent_.
PREDICATE, Lat. _praedicatum_, from _prae_ and _dicare_, to proclaim: _the
word or words in a proposition which express what is affirmed of the
subject_.
PREPOSI'TION, Lat. _praepositio_, from _prae_ and _ponere_, to put before: _a
connective word expressing a relation of meaning between a noun or pronoun
and some other word_.
PRO'NOUN, Lat. _pronomen_, from _pro_, for, and _nomen_, a noun: _a word
used instead of a noun._
PROP'OSITION, Lat. _propositio_, from _proponere_ (_pro_ and _ponere_), to
put forth: _the combination of a subject with a predicate_.
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