Yet always senātūs cōnsultum, plēbis scītum.
b) Depending upon an Adjective:—
ignārus rērum, ignorant of affairs;
dignī amīcitiā, worthy of friendship;
plūs aequō, more than (what is) fair.
2. Appositives. An Appositive regularly follows its Subject; as,—
Philippus, rēx Macedonum, Philip, king of the Macedonians;
adsentātiō, vitiōrum adjūtrīx, flattery, promoter of evils.
Yet flūmen Rhēnus, the River Rhine; and always in good prose urbs Rōma, the city Rome.
3. The Vocative usually follows one or more words; as,—
audī, Caesar, hear, Caesar!
4. Adjectives. No general law can be laid down for the position of Adjectives. On the whole they precede the noun oftener than they follow it.
a. Adjectives of quantity (including numerals) regularly precede their noun; as,—
omnēs hominēs, all men;
septingentae nāvēs, seven hundred vessels.