Denise Davis-Henry
Thu, 25 Jan 2007 11:42:53 -0800
Studentes mei et ego ipsa tibi gratias agimus. ddh
From: Leofranc Holford-Strevens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: mantovano@virgil.org To: mantovano@virgil.org Subject: Re: VIRGIL: Re: Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2007 19:26:13 +0000Quod tamen, ne forte erret lector minus peritus, numquam licentia (quam dicunt) poetica fit: in omnibus enim istis versibus Troia adiectivum est ab eo quod est Troius derivatum, vel feminini generis et numeri singularis, ut puta cum dicit poeta Troia mater, Troia pubes, vel neutrius generis et numeri pluralis, ut puta cum Troia arma, Troia castra; verum enimvero, ubicumque Troia nomen urbis est, per duas syllabas effertur.Leofranc Holford-StrevensIn message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writesIn eodem contextu metrico verbum dactylicum TROIA cum diaeresi inueniri potestetiam in Verg. Aen. 3,306. 509; 5,599; 7,521; 11,350 inque aliis poetis. Carmine Scrive [EMAIL PROTECTED]:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:> Caris Amicis: My AP Vergil class has found a line from Bk II, 763, that we> cannot fit into dactylic hexameter. >> It reads: praedam adservabant. Huc undique Troia gaza> Any advice?Remember that vowel + final m is elided before initial vowel or h, and thatTroia here is an adjective and not a noun: the line scans (| = division between feet, || caesura) prae-d(am)ad|ser-va|bant. || huc | un-di-que | Tro-i-a | ga-za spondee, spondee, spondee, dactyl, dactyl, and final spondee with short syllable in place of long. Leofranc Holford-Strevens> -----------------------------------------------------------------------> To leave the Mantovano mailing list at any time, do NOT hit reply. > Instead, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message> "unsubscribe mantovano" in the body (omitting the quotation marks). You > can also unsubscribe at http://virgil.org/mantovano/mantovano.htm#unsub> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- To leave the Mantovano mailing list at any time, do NOT hit reply. Instead, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message "unsubscribe mantovano" in the body (omitting the quotation marks). You can also unsubscribe at http://virgil.org/mantovano/mantovano.htm#unsub---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- To leave the Mantovano mailing list at any time, do NOT hit reply. Instead, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message "unsubscribe mantovano" in the body (omitting the quotation marks). You can also unsubscribe at http://virgil.org/mantovano/mantovano.htm#unsub-- *_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_* Leofranc Holford-Strevens 67 St Bernard's Road usque adeone Oxford scire MEVM nihil est, nisi ME scire hoc sciat alter? OX2 6EJ tel. +44 (0)1865 552808(home)/353865(work) fax +44 (0)1865 512237 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (home)/[EMAIL PROTECTED] (work) *_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_* ----------------------------------------------------------------------- To leave the Mantovano mailing list at any time, do NOT hit reply. Instead, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message "unsubscribe mantovano" in the body (omitting the quotation marks). You can also unsubscribe at http://virgil.org/mantovano/mantovano.htm#unsub
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