James Butrica schrieb: > ><< Message forwarded by moderator follows. >> > > > >From: "F. Heberlein" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Date: Wed, 22 Sep 1999 09:08:46 +1 > > > >> Does someone know about a philosopher or grammarian > >> called « Virgilius Maro » who was living in the 7th > >> century? I would like to read something about this > >> author, his life, his works. > >> > >This is Vergilius Maro Grammaticus, famous for his claim to have > >attended in his youth a 13 days dispute on the correct vocative of "ego" > >(now and then i ask our undergrads the 'correct' solution, and more > >than often i get replies like "o ege" ...). > > > > Under what circumstances would one use a vocative form of the 1st-person > singular pronoun? And please don't keep us in suspense: which form did VMG > regard as "correct," and which were the competing forms?
yes, funny indeed, but let's remember the Greek neighbour form: Odysseias e (book 5), 299: "ô moi egô deilos ..." grusz, hansz http://home.t-online.de/home/03581413454/sprachen.htm ----------------------------------------------------------------------- To leave the Mantovano mailing list at any time, do NOT hit reply. Instead, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message "unsubscribe mantovano" in the body (omitting the quotation marks). You can also unsubscribe at http://virgil.org/mantovano/mantovano.htm#unsub
