n an Adjective limits one noun it agrees
with it in Gender, Number, and Case.

1. Two Adjectives in the Singular may limit a noun in the Plural, as; prima
et vicesima legiones, _the first and twentieth legions_.

2. A Predicate Adjective may stand in the Neuter when its Subject is
Masculine or Feminine and denotes a thing; as,--

omnium rerum mors est extremum, _death is the end of all things_.

235. Agreement with Two or More Nouns.

A. AGREEMENT AS TO NUMBER.

1. When the Adjective is Attributive, it regularly agrees in number with
the nearest noun; as,--

pater tuus et mater, _your father and mother_;

eadem alacritas et studium, _the same eagerness and zeal_.

2. When the Adjective is Predicative, it is regularly Plural; as,--

pax et concordia sunt pulchrae, _peace and concord are glorious_.

B. AGREEMENT AS TO GENDER.

1. When the Adjective is Attributive, it regularly agrees in gender with
the nearest noun; as,--

res operae multae ac laboris, _a matter of much effort and labor_.

2. When the Adjective is Predicative--

a) If the nouns are of the same gender, the Adjective agrees with them in
gender; as,--

pater et filius capti sunt, _father and son were captured_.

Yet with feminine abstract nouns, the Adjective is more frequently
Neuter; as,--

stultitia et timiditas fugienda sunt, _folly and cowardice must be
shunned_.

b) If the nouns are of different gender; then,--

a) In case they denote persons, the Adjective is Masculine; as,--

pater et mater mortui sunt, _the father and mother have died_.

b) In case they denote things, the Adjective is Neuter; as,--

honores et victoriae fortuita sunt, _honors and victories are
accidental._

c) In case they include both persons and things, the Adjective is,--

aa) Sometimes Masculine; as,--

domus, uxor, liberi inventi sunt, _home, wife, and children are
secured._

bb) Sometimes Neuter; as,--

parentes, liberos, domos vilia habere, _to hold parents, children,
houses cheap._

cc) Sometimes it agrees with the nearest noun; as,--

populi provinciaeque liberatae sunt, _nations and provinces were
liberated._

c) Construction according to Sense. Sometimes an Adjective does not agree
with a noun according to strict grammatical form, but according to sense;
as,--

pars bestiis objecti sunt, _part (of the men) were thro