James E. Ferguson schrieb: > I've been scratching my head over the use of "quem" in line 11 of Aeneid 4. > The passage: > > "Anna soror, quae me suspensam insomnia terrent! > Quis novus hic nostris successit sedibus hospes, 10 > quem sese ore ferens, quam forti pectore et armis!" > > I'm taking "quae" in line 9 as an interrogative adjective in an > exclamation; "Quis" as interrogative pronoun with exclamatory force; > "quam" as an exclamatory; the "quem"
isn't it parallel in its function to the other interrogative pronouns; also exclamatory? I think, it is a praedicativum, congruent with the (reflexive) object "sese": "as what kind of man (akk., as whom) he is showing himself with his face?", - (excuse my English, in German: "Als was für einen Mann stellt er sich durch sein Gesicht dar, als was für einen Menschen zeigt er sich durch seinen Blick" - ) It is interesting, that Maro takes a praedicative object, not the praedicative subject in this case: so it is more the result at the end of "se ferre", a result that moves Dido, a kind of the hero's action and behaviour, impressing Dido's view. grusz, hansz http://home.t-online.de/home/03581413454/ekloga4.htm I don't see...Why accusative? Is it > another interrogative adjective? Translations seem to have it go with > "ore", but it's not registering...Any comments would be sincerely > appreciated. > > JF > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
