The Syntax of the Nominal Forms of the Verb in Livy Book XXXIV

<p>The object of this study is to investigate Livy’s use of the nominal forms of the verb: The infinitive, gerund, gerundive, supine, and participle in book XXXIV of his History. Approaching the investigation historically, the author has endeavored to determine to what extent Livy followed the classical conventions and in what instances de digressed from them or modified them. As a basis for study and comparison, citations of Livy’s usages are preceded by historical accounts of their employment by his contemporaries as well as by earlier and later Latin writers. Stolz-Schmalz, Lateinische Grammatik, 5^th ed. Revised by Leumann and Hofmann, Munich, 1928 has been the chief authority throughout. The Lists of examples are not exhaustive but seem sufficient for the purpose of this work. For all usages, except the very common classical types, complete quotations have been give; in the case of the perfect passive participle in the ablative absolute construction, references only have been considered necessary. No Citations whatever have been made of the constructions of such frequent occurrences as the circumstantial participle. At the end of each chapter the statistics therein recorded have been summarized. A brief recapitulation of the entire study concludes the monograph.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts

Level thesis:degree_level

Master's Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Humanities

Year

1940

Author dc:creator

• Donnelly, M Giovanni

• Humanities
• Arts and Humanities

Repository record dc:identifier

https://scholar.dominican.edu/humanities-print-theses/9

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oai:scholar.dominican.edu:humanities-print-theses-1008