Questions tagged [syntax]
Syntax are the rules for how sentences and phrases are constructed in a language, including word order and how words change based on their relations to other words (snl.no/syntaks).
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On the analysis of "mihi" in "Praesidium mihi in perpetuum comparatum est" (Cic. Cat. 3.12.27)
I was wondering about the correct analysis of the dative mihi in the sentence Magnum enim est in bonis praesidium quod mihi in perpetuum comparatum est, which is included in the text below from Cic. ...
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Case query: LLPSI FM p. 82
What is the syntax of "Aemilia nōn putat medicum puerum aegrum sānāre posse."?
I cannot understand the agreement of "medicum puerum aegrum sānāre posse.".
Regards
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Plato's Phaedo - a syntax question
Plato, Phaedo, 105b-c:
εἰ γὰρ ἔροιό με ᾧ ἂν τί ἐν τῷ σώματι ἐγγένηται θερμὸν ἔσται, οὐ τὴν [105ξ] ἀσφαλῆ σοι ἐρῶ ἀπόκρισιν ἐκείνην τὴν ἀμαθῆ, ὅτι ᾧ ἂν θερμότης
I guess it can be rearranged so:
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Is "hic" the implicit subject for "compulit" in this sentence?
This sentence is from the book "De antiquitate regum Norwagiensium", and was written by Theodoricus Monachus.
Hic consuluit ei fugam et quodammodo compulit, ut in Rusciam pergeret, ubi et ...
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Is "regem" the subject of both "evasisse" and "adisse" in this passage by Theodoricus Monachus?
The sentence is from the book "De antiquitate regum Norwagiensium", and was written by Theodoricus Monachus.
Ibi tunc quidam dicunt regem scapha evasisse et ob salutem animae suae exteras ...
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Are "Sueino", "Olauus", and "Ericus" the subject of "invenerunt" in this sentence by Theodoricus Monachus?
This is a sentence from a medieval book known as "De antiquitate regum Norwagiensium", which was written by Theodoricus Monachus.
Quinto ergo anno regni Olaui, filii Tryggua, intulerunt ei ...
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Can you please help me analyse this sentence with an accusative with infinitive clause?
This sentence is from "De antiquitate regum Norwagiensium", which was written by Theodoricus Monachus. Here is the sentence and my thoughts about it:
Northmanni, inquit, de Scythia ...
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Can anyone help me analysing the words "luna" and variabilis" in the first sentence of the poem "O fortuna"?
This sentence is from the poem "O fortuna" in the work "Carmina Burana". Here is the sentence and my thoughts about it:
O Fortuna, velut luna statu variabilis, semper crescis aut ...
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Is the subject inexplicit for the verb "pervenerunt" in this sentence from the book "De antiquitate regum Norwagiensium"?
everyone. This sentence is from a medieval book known as "De antiquitate regum Norwagiensium", which was written by Theodoricus Monachus. What follows are the sentence and what I think about ...
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Questions about analysing syntax in a few Latin sentences
everyone. The two sentences are from a medieval book called "De antiquitate regum Norwagiensium". Here are the sentences and my thoughts about them:
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Inventum est etiam uas ...
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How to analyze and translate "non se luxu neque inertiae corrumpendum dedit" (Sal. Jug. 6)?
By taking a look at various translations of the sentence in bold below, which is excerpted from a famous portrait of Jugurtha by Sallust, one could infer that the datives luxu (cf. luxui) and inertiae ...
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Nested prepositional phrases
I'm trying to learn me some Latin recently, using Euler's works as my training material, since some of them already have English translations, so I can compare my attempts with theirs, and use them as ...
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Aristotle Metaphysics - questions on syntax
Metaphysics, 994b7-9:
ἅμα δὲ καὶ ἀδύνατον τὸ πρῶτον ἀΐδιον ὂν φθαρῆναι: ἐπεὶ γὰρ οὐκ ἄπειρος ἡ γένεσις ἐπὶ τὸ ἄνω, ἀνάγκη ἐξ οὗ φθαρέντος πρώτου τι ἐγένετο μὴ ἀΐδιον εἶναι.
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Can -que be used with adverbs?
If I wanted to say something like "I love you now and forever", can I use -que with one of the adverbs like I would with nouns?
Nunc perpetuoque te amo.
I tried searching various adverbs ...
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Can habeo introduce a relative clause of purpose?
In Cicero's letter to Atticus from November 68 BC, he writes this:
Porrō autem neque mihi accidit ut habērem quī in Ēpīrum proficīscerētur nequedum tē Athēnīs esse audiēbāmus.
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