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

<p>The object of this study is to determine the manner in which Livy employs the nominal forms fo the verb, i.e., the infinitive, gerund, gerundive, supine, and participle, I n the thirty-third book of his historyhttps://libguides.dominican.edu/zero-textbook-cost-initiativehe investigation has been approached from the historical standpoint, and the author has mainly attempted to show to what extent Livy follows the standards of the Classical Age and to what extent he either violates or extends them. Accordingly, the example of the nominal form of the verb as found in Livy, Book 33, are preceded by historical accounts of their use was found in writers before our historian’s time and also in contemporary and later writers; Stolz-Schmalz, Lateinische Grammatik, 5^th ed., revised by Leumann and Hofmann, Munich, 1928, has been used as the basis of these accounts. The lists of instances in which the various nominal forms are employed in the thirty-third book of Livy have been compiled with as much completeness as was thought necessary for the purpose of this study. In the case of most usages quotations have been given in full, while only references have usually been given in the case of very frequent and classical usages, such as that of the perfect passive participle in the ablative absolute construction. In a few instances of a very common usage, such as the circumstantial employment of the perfect passive participle, no statistics whatever have been recorded. In the summaries at the end of each chapter Livy’s usage in Book 33 has been compared not only with that of previous writers but also with that of Books 1, 2, 3, 8, 9 and 30 of his own work as recorded in various Catholic University of America Master’s dissertations devoted to these books. A final summing up of the various points discussed in the study is made in a brief conclusion at the end of 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

• Maher, Zoe

• Humanities
• Arts and Humanities

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https://scholar.dominican.edu/humanities-print-theses/10

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