par'ticiple, Lat. 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. prædicatum, from præ and dicare, to proclaim: the word or words in a proposition which express what is affirmed of the subject.
preposi'tion, Lat. præpositio, from præ 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.