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Use this tag when asking about a grammatical structure you cannot name and want explained.
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Interpretation of a causal clause in the subjunctive, A&G 5.40
Nescio quid is an idiomatic phrase more or less equivalent to aliquid. The verb (nescio) has lost its syntactical function as a verb. Any good dictionary should provide examples under nescio.
This in …
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What's the grammatical role of "mille passus" in this sentence?
Mille passus a fine imperii is an adverbial phrase modifying habitat. Habitat is used intransitively in this sentence. Mille passus is in the accusative because that's generally the case used to denot …
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Unusual grammar in Ars Amatoria 1.509 f: 'a nulla tempora comptus acu'
I'm reading the Ars Amatoria in Hans Ørberg's annotated edition, this is book 1.509 f:
Forma viros neglecta decet. Minoida Theseus
abstulit, a nulla tempora comptus acu;
I get the sense: "It suits …
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How to understand "excusare Baeticis contra unum hominem advocationem"?
Pliny writes letter 1.6 to Octavius Rufus, who has asked him to appear in court against the Baetici, which he declines to do:
Etenim, sicut fas est mihi, praesertim te exigente, excusare Baeticis con …
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