The shortening of -erunt forms (perfect) is (though not overly frequent) quite okay with dactylic hexameters! Farouk Grewing
>Dear collegae, >reading the hexametra of Bucolica 4 I have some "fastidia longa", for I >search >solution of the problem: how to read verse 61; (I write it here in the >context >of verse 60): > >incipe parve puer risu cognoscere matrem: >matri longa decem tulerunt fastidia menses > >it seems to be: >mátri lónga decém tul?rúnt fastídia ménses > >but I don't know any rule, that allows a short paenultima in the 3.person >plural >perfect. > >Does anyone know wether somewhere else another verse can be found with such a >short syllabe in the 3.plural-perfect-form? > >I thank you > >----------------------------------------------------------------------- >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 ______________________________ Dr. Farouk Grewing Institut fuer Altertumskunde - Klassische Philologie - Universitaet zu Koeln Albertus-Magnus-Platz D-50923 Koeln Tel.: +49-221-470-3051 / -2357 Fax: +49-221-470-5931 ______________________________ ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
