Timeline for Meaning of the first line of Cicero's De Oratore
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| Oct 7, 2021 at 11:29 | comment | added | Ben Kovitz | This is indeed a great, memorable answer. I could not lock on to the grammar in Cicero's sentence at all. The breakdown of the structure into mihi and videntur made it all clear—and shows what's going in simpler form in circumspicienti in mentem venit. | |
| Jun 16, 2021 at 11:24 | comment | added | d_e | @user35319, yes, I would say your sentences demonstrate the distinction between the two. | |
| Jun 16, 2021 at 11:05 | comment | added | user35319 | Great answer, thanks! So the difference between "mihi videtur illos perbeatos fuisse" and "mihi videntur illi perbeati fuisse" is that in the first sentence we have a subordinate: "it seems to be THAT they were happy", whereas in the second one it is the subject: "they seem to have been happy to me"? | |
| Jun 16, 2021 at 11:03 | vote | accept | user35319 | ||
| Jun 16, 2021 at 10:24 | history | edited | d_e | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jun 16, 2021 at 10:18 | history | answered | d_e | CC BY-SA 4.0 |