Questions tagged [adverb]
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Why do some Latin adverbs have accent on the last syllable?
In the opening chapter of De Musica (written 387-391), St. Augustine gives an example of a Latin oxytone, i.e. a word with accentual stress on the ultimate syllable:
MASTER: Now when we pronounce ...
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What is the difference between plus and magis?
The dictionaries I have checked give translations for both plus and magis, and they seem to have a different tone.
However, I have found no comparison between the two.
They both mean "more" one way or ...
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How often is “et” used as an adverb, and what might distinguish that usage?
The conjunction et, in addition to its common use as a coordinating conjunction meaning and, can also be used adverbially, encompassing similar meanings as those found in words like etiam, item, etc. ...
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How to use immo?
What does the word immo really mean and how can I use it?
I read this and this dictionary entry, and I was left confused.
Some of the uses I can understand, but some I cannot.
Either I do not have ...
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Did grammarians consider the adverbial -e a case ending?
For adjectives of the first and second declension, the corresponding adverb is formed with the ending -e.
For example, pulchre (beautifully) comes from pulcher (beautiful).
Canonically this -e is ...
