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- Asyndeton and its Interpretation in Latin Literature
- Frontispiece
- Asyndeton and its Interpretation in Latin Literature
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Part 1 Introduction
- Part 2 ‘Grammatical’ Types
- Chapter VI Asyndetic Pairs (Mainly of Adjectives) of Which at Least One Member Is a Term with a Negative Prefix (in Latin, Usually in-)
- Chapter VII Simplex + Compound in Asyndeton
- Chapter VIII Juxtaposition of Active and Passive Forms of the Same Verb
- Chapter IX Asyndetic Pairs of Verbs of Different Tense or Mood
- Chapter X Pairs of Imperatives
- Chapter XI Masculine + Feminine Pairs
- Chapter XII Recapitulation: ‘Grammatical’ Types and Their Distribution
- Part 3 Semantic Types
- Part 4 Structures
- Part 5 Genres And Texts
- Part 6 Conclusions
- Bibliography
- Subject Index
- Index Mainly of Selected Pairs and Longer Sequences
- Selective Index Locorum
Chapter VI - Asyndetic Pairs (Mainly of Adjectives) of Which at Least One Member Is a Term with a Negative Prefix (in Latin, Usually in-)
from Part 2 - ‘Grammatical’ Types
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 13 May 2021
- Asyndeton and its Interpretation in Latin Literature
- Frontispiece
- Asyndeton and its Interpretation in Latin Literature
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Part 1 Introduction
- Part 2 ‘Grammatical’ Types
- Chapter VI Asyndetic Pairs (Mainly of Adjectives) of Which at Least One Member Is a Term with a Negative Prefix (in Latin, Usually in-)
- Chapter VII Simplex + Compound in Asyndeton
- Chapter VIII Juxtaposition of Active and Passive Forms of the Same Verb
- Chapter IX Asyndetic Pairs of Verbs of Different Tense or Mood
- Chapter X Pairs of Imperatives
- Chapter XI Masculine + Feminine Pairs
- Chapter XII Recapitulation: ‘Grammatical’ Types and Their Distribution
- Part 3 Semantic Types
- Part 4 Structures
- Part 5 Genres And Texts
- Part 6 Conclusions
- Bibliography
- Subject Index
- Index Mainly of Selected Pairs and Longer Sequences
- Selective Index Locorum
Summary
In Latin, terms with the prefix in- occur in numerous asyndetic patterns, some of them of considerable age and stylistic interest. I am mainly concerned with adjectival pairs of which both members have the privative prefix in-, but will deal with other patterns as well to demonstrate the range of types. Material from Greek (showing terms with alpha-privative prefixes) will be cited, and reference will be made too to the Iguvine tablets and to the Rigveda. Presumably the type was inherited as distinct from developing independently in different languages. Prefixes other than in-/alpha-privative are also not infrequently repeated in asyndetic sequences (see further below, 7), but it is the type with negative prefix that is most distinctive.
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- Asyndeton and its Interpretation in Latin LiteratureHistory, Patterns, Textual Criticism, pp. 87 - 112Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021