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Verb Forms in Plavtvs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 February 2009

Arthur Winfred Hodgman
Affiliation:
Ohio State University, Columbus.

Extract

This account of the verb forms in Plautus proceeds in the same direction as my earlier papers on noun, adjectival, and adverbial forms (Classical Review, July, December, 1902, July, 1903). I feel strongly that something is needed on Plautine forms that shall be more complete and accurate than anything that yet exists. The statements that one meets with, that this or that form is “common,” or “regular,” in Plautus, are frequently misleading, or even incorrect, and are usually unsatisfying. I do not think it is of much import whether a word occurs fifty times or fifty-five, but it often is important to know whether it occurs fifty times, or five, or once, or not at all.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © The Classical Association 1907

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