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Presents a condensed summation of evidence with regard to a stress accent in Latin to establish an explanation to reconcile the clash between word accent and verse accent.
Presents a condensed summation of evidence with regard to a stress accent in Latin to establish an explanation to reconcile the clash between word accent and verse accent.
In this groundbreaking study, Du Bois challenges long-held assumptions about the scansion of Latin poetry, demonstrating the centrality of stress accent in determining the rhythm and meter of Latin verse. This book is an essential resource for classicists and linguists, offering a fresh and exciting perspective on Latin poetry. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: Enos Lases iuvate. ? three times Neve luem ruem Marmar, ], s- ' r three times sins mcurrere in pleores. J Satur fu fere Ma(vo)rs 1 /. ', ' r three times hmen sail sta berber J three times Semunis alternei advocapit cunctos Enos Marmor iuvato ? three times /, f Triumpe, tnumpe, trmtnpe triumpe, triumpe (triumpe). The prayer to Jupiter Dapalis, quoted by Cato:1? Jupiter Dapalis quod tibi fieri f oportet in-domo familia mea ' ' ' calignam vini dapi f f f eius rei ergo macte illace dape pollucenda esto. The Drinking-song from Varro.2 Zander unnecessarily changes the order of the words. ' ' ' f. Novum vetus vinum bibo, Novo veteri morbo medeor. A charm against foot-ache, quoted by Varro.3 The person using this charm was to sing it overtwenty-seven times, to touch the ground, and to spit. 1 De R. R. c. 132. 2 De L. L. vi. 21. 8 De R. R. i. 12, 27. Terra pestem teneto Salus hie maneto. A charm against sprains, quoted by Cato: l ? f f r Huat, hanat, huat ista, pista, sista. / / dannabo danna ustra. A charm against tumours and inflammations quoted by Pliny.2 The person was to say it over three times and spit on the ground three times. Reseda, morbis, reseda f t f scin, scin quis hic-pullus egerit radices nee caput nee pedes habeant. An old saw quoted by Festus, p. 93: ? Hiberno pulvere verno luto Grandia farra, camille metes. The words of the goal-post, which marks the end of the race, to the defeated runner, quoted by Porphyrio on Horace:8 ? / f / Quisquis ad me novissimus venerit, habeat, scabiem. Lucien Miiller rewrites, Habeat scabiem quisquis 1 De R. R. c. 160. 3 Hist. Nat. xxvii. 131. 8 Ars Pottica, 1. 417. ad me venerit novissimus, d...
Excerpt from The Stress Accent in Latin Poetry This monograph contains a condensed and careful summing up of the most authoritative evidence with regard to a stress accent in Latin. On the basis of the doctrine here set forth, Miss du Bois has formulated an ingenious and very plausible theory of the Saturnian Verse, and has sought to establish an explanation of the purely quantitative Latin poetry which shall reconcile the opposing views as to an apparent clash between word accent and verse accent. I regard her discussion as a valuable contribution to the literature of this highly controversial subject. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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