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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 IX - Asyndetic Pairs of Verbs of Different Tense or Mood
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
Asyndetic juxtapositions of different tenses or moods of the same verb are very much a feature of legal/official language in Latin. At Cic. Phil. 5.46 (76) the following occurs in a proposal by Cicero for a senatorial decree: libertatem populi Romani defendant defe<nde>rint. By contrast earlier in the same speech two instances of praesideo in different tenses are coordinated, but there the pair is not in a formal motion: 5.37 Galliaque, quae semper praesidet atque praesedit huic imperio, ‘and Gaul, which always protects and has protected this empire’. Even in official language, however, asyndeton is not invariable. In the same speech again (at 5.53) in another such motion we find qui … auctoritatemque huius ordinis defenderint atque defendant. The order of the same two verb forms has been reversed. The coordination gives a better clausula than either (asyndetic) defenderint defendant or defendant defenderint.
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- Asyndeton and its Interpretation in Latin LiteratureHistory, Patterns, Textual Criticism, pp. 125 - 127Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021