previous next

[94] Et follows ‘nec,’ ‘nec tacui’ being taken as a positive statement. ‘Tulisset’ as ‘ferebant,’ v. 34. “Quidve ferat Fors,” Enn. A. 203. The pluperfect is used on account of the oratio obliqua, as in v. 189., 3. 652., 9. 41, Livy 34. 6, which confirms the opinion that the so-called futurum exactum is really only the perf. subj. Wagn.'s other instances are not to the point. ‘Tulisset’ apparently for “se tulisset,” i. e. “obtulisset.” So the dictionaries quote “ferentem” from Nep. Datam. 4. 5. “Ferebant” v. 34 is not quite the same. “Fors” is often said “ferre” in a transitive sense, as in Enn. A. 203, “quidve ferat Fors.” See on 11. 345.

Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 United States License.

An XML version of this text is available for download, with the additional restriction that you offer Perseus any modifications you make. Perseus provides credit for all accepted changes, storing new additions in a versioning system.

hide Places (automatically extracted)

View a map of the most frequently mentioned places in this document.

Download Pleiades ancient places geospacial dataset for this text.

hide References (1 total)
  • Commentary references from this page (1):
    • Cornelius Nepos, Datames, 4.5
hide Display Preferences
Greek Display:
Arabic Display:
View by Default:
Browse Bar: