b. Note the force of position in the following:—
media urbs, the middle of the city;
urbs media, the middle city,
extrēmum bellum, the end of the war;
bellum extrēmum, the last war.
c. Rōmānus and Latīnus regularly follow; as,—
senātus populusque Rōmānus, the Roman Senate and People;
lūdī Rōmānī, the Roman games;
fēriae Latīnae, the Latin holidays.
d. When a Noun is modified both by an Adjective and by a Genitive, a favorite order is: Adjective, Genitive, Noun; as,—
summa omnium rērum abundantia, the greatest abundance of all things.
5. Pronouns.
a. The Demonstrative, Relative, and Interrogative Pronouns regularly precede the Noun; as,—
hīc homō, this man;
ille homō, that man;
erant duo itinera, quibus itineribus, etc., there were two routes, by which, etc.
quī homō? what sort of man?
b. But ille in the sense of 'that well known,' 'that famous,' usually stands after its Noun; as,—