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AUTHOR: HODGMAN, ARTHUR W TITLE: ADJECTIVAL FORMS IN PLAUTUS PLACE: [COLUMBUS] DA TE : [1 902] COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES PRESERVATION DEPARTMENT Master Negative tt M BIBLIOCRAPHIC MICRnPORM TARHHT Origiaal Material as Filmed - Existing Bibliographic Record Restrictions on Use: •B3iaii BKS/PROD Books FUL/BIB NYCG9'^ Record 1 of ^ Record BddBd today ID2MYCe92-B3:l8n RTYP:a C C : 9 6> 6 B BL T : am DCFz? C S C s ? C P : o hu L s en g i m : ? G P C : -^^ PC : s PD : 1 902/ rep . 7 ORr. POL: Dh: ' ' rr; MNC=:IcWNC Hodgmcan , Arthur W. Adjectival forms in Plautus- i hCmi crof ormj „ lColumt3UB,«| bOhio Gtate UrcLversi + v -= i /-iQn-;' 1 ./ p. OR 1 8 040 100' 1 *W«»iHi. 1|H,>»| %,p|,f 300 ST s p MOD J B X : ? CPI • '? FRN SNR F I C FBI COL iw Lf '.n lul'»./ 'LlO"" 7'jC Acquisi tionB MYCG~PT MS ATC: COM J 1 1... C : EML : '? '} 9 7 ';• 7 7 AD LID II GEN G'3-06-92 05--D6-92 BSE: TECHNICAL MICROFORM DATa" REDUCTION RATIO: /i.3i. FILM SIZE:__iJl^ IMAGE PLACEMENT: lA (TTA IB JIB DATE FILMED:„6„£i5z. INITIALS >H i0 f FILMED BY: RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS. INC WOODBRIDGE. cf r Association for information and Image IManagement 1100 Wayne Avenue, Suite 1100 Silver Spnng, Maryland 20910 301/587-8202 Centimeter 1 2 3 iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiliiiilii T WW T Jimjhm)i mliiiim iiiilii T^l 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 mm iiiliiiiliiiiliiiiliiiiliiiiliiiiliiiiliiiiliiiiliiiiliiiiliiiiliiiiliiii TTTT I 1 Inches 1.0 I.I 1.25 |50 '""^^ ■5* 13.2 b 1.4 25 2.2 2.0 1.8 1.6 MRNUFPCTURED TO RUM STflNDfiRDS BY fiPPLIED IMRGE. INC. Rejyrinfed from The Classical I^kview, December 1902.] ADJECTIVAL FORMS IN PLAUTUS. I. — Feminine Fokms of -o and a Stem Adjectives. 1. Nom. .s. in -a. alterdy B. 1128, Poen. prol. 85. libera, E. 498. medf Cas. 696, Cure. 602. Similarly we get -d in the plural of neuters of both declensions : ceterdf As. 199. /acid, Pers. 761 (?). onmid, Men. 900, Mil. 1314, l;);3cS. More (loul)tful are, mianl, True. 459, and ebriold, Cure. 192. On the other hand, -d is found in the penultimate syllable of iambic senarii, and trochaic septenarii very frequently in adjec- tives and participlts (in nouns we get only four such instances) : Verse endings such as certd 'res (2b), sdtidii es (li) ... 28 5 6 7 H Neuters, such as curdtd sint ... 9 5 6 2. Genitive singular. 7nagnaif Mil. 103, prol. malai, Merc. 693 ; Ps. Rufinus. meaif Aul. 121. noHtrai, Mil. 519. publicai, Mil. 103, prol. iuai, Aul. 121. 3. Dative singular of pronominal adjec- tives. (diae, Mil. 802. alferae, R. 750. solae, Mil. 356, 1019. (otae, Frag. Fab. Inc. 3 (Varro). Probably also, in pronouns, Mil. 348, S. 560, True. 790. 11. — Masculine and Neuter Forms of -o Stem Adjectives. 1. Nom. 8. Two us are avoided, so we get, e.g., saluos (Most. 1128), not saluus ; similarly in the accoiding to ace. s., saluom (Men. 1038), not saluum. Instances of -ils are few, and certainly illusory. Verse endings like absihnpiits es comin67iitus sum (-tu* sum) 7 8 sdnvii es 5 moribtindiisque est (B. 192) 32 16 3 1 Form : morhjerus (not -ge7'), occurs five tinios in nom. s. m. ; cf. socerus, Men. 957, and tlie voc. puere ; possibly, also puru8 in True. 906. 2. Genitive singular. ((() Of -10 stems should end in -{i, not -i as in nouns with -io stems; but as it happens we find no such genitive in all of Plautus. If we may trust Neue (11.^ p. 44) the first instance is in Lucretius. (b) Of pronominal adjectives. ali modi, Frag. Inc. 74 (7), Paulus. coloris ulli, True. 293. MSS. and Priscian. iini animi, S. 731 (so BCD; unanimi, F and libri ueteres Lambini). alt\e]rius, Capt. 306. nidlius coloris, Ps. 1196 (ABCD). 3 4 ntrivMque // uerba, True. 794. 4 5 3. Vocative singular, aureus, As. 691. dulciculus, Poen. 390. /estus, Cas. 137. metis, Cas. 137, Cist. 53, Moht. 311, Pers. 765, Poen. 366, 367, S. 764 ; add As. 664 and Cas. 138, where mens occurs along with mi. molliculus, Poen. 367. pullus, Cas. 138. 7/161, Men. 182 (BCD), 361 (B'CD'), 541 (A), Mere. 503 (A), 525 (A). Surely not 80 written by Plautus himself. amice une. Frag. 89, Friuolaria (Priscian). THE CLA.SSICAL REVIEW. THl CLA^aKCAI* .ftlVIlW. 4&' .liiiiill^ft. di<«> erastmiy Most. 881 • die septimij Men. 1156. ma7i€ sane aeptimiy Men. I' 15?. Sk mpiunmif FerH. 260. 5. Genitive plural. like bonorum. « instances, 25 different words. Like aureum, M (31!) instances, 14 different words, viz. : — mir<«>iiiii, Trin. 1139. miatm/i, Trin. 241, cognatufHf Jim. 841. mgnoscemlumf R. 1145. dinomt 4. lioc^uTii, Ps. 678. dmmm^ Men^. 542, {duorum twice). mimicum, As. 280. ««itifi, 8 (9 1) («leofttui 3). mmtf^m^ adj. not pron., 3 (-onim 1). Millftimim, Trin. 152. Miiij)jmmt 'K 2?2, Trin. 955, 959, 1158. Iliowi,, 2 ('orum 7). iKWJirMiii, Mil. 174. Add quoiutu, Trin. 534, as if from quoius, •a» -iitit,ii0i from qui» directly. i. Dative ablative plural. 'iiltitf, dat. m.. Moat. 154. M'ptdfimtitWf abl. »,, Men, 25H. meets, abl. n., Merc. 787. mieisj dat. mt Men. 202 (Ba C). «itew, abl. f., True. 709 (miles MBH,), mis, abl. n., Trin. 822 (BC). These are all credible forms, f ^ Jloensative plural masculine. iinife, before vowels», 10. before consonants, 1 (Pi. according to A). at verse end, 1, (B. 1187). mmboSf before vowels, .1. before consonants, 6. at verse end, 1 (Fs. 251). duo, never elided, 7. at verse end, 2 (E. 187, Pi duos, in interior of verse, 4 (Am. 1 [EJF], Cats, 692, twice [bac- chiac]. Cist. 701). duoSy at verse end, 1 3. 8. Vocative plural. wi, Cist. 678, twice; E. 1144. This is more credible than mel for mi in the voc. s. 9. Possessives with suflix -pte. These are chiefly ablatives singular : True. 471, Most. 156, Ps. 803, Trin. 666, Capt. 371, Mil. 605, 391 (ace. s.). Am. 252?, Merc. 970. Similar are mepte, Men. 1059, and inedmet, Poen. 446. 10. Of tie adjective quoins we find 21 instances of feminine singular forms, out of a total of 24. The MSS. usually give the spelling cuta, etc. qwda, nom. i. fern., E. 294 (quoiia, B), Merc. 200. 529 (A), 719 (quia), 720, 721, R. 478, a 370 (A). quota uoXf Cure. Ill, Merc. 864, Ps. 702 (A). K. 229 (quia), 332, Trin. 45 {quia A), B. 979. qumam, Cist. 632 (quo iam BEV), Pa. 1042 quoiam uocim, Cure. 229 (quo iam, EJ.) quota, abl., B. 948, li. 90 (quia D), True. prol. 9 (quia D.) de quoio, Poen. 535 (quio B). quoiae, nom. pL, R. 745. quotum, gen. pi., Trin. 534 (B). 111. — Thibd Declension. 1. Nominative singular. (a) qudii* «I, at verse end, B. 786, 856. (b) infimdlis, nom. s.m., S. 493, all MSS. and Priscian. quoidtis, nom. s.m., Cure. 407, Men. 341, Poen. 109 prol, 993. &ir8indiis, nom. s. f., Most. 770. Total diis 6. Two doubtful places in the Truculentiis have been thought to show the shorter form in -ds : mm}M§,(^*cam^mlts'i) True. 942 (cf. mmiMJiS; Trin. 545, BCD, -anis A) and dtmimts (as * damnatis ? ) True. 893, (c) Quantity. amcti&r, Capt. 782, bacchiae. imbitidr, K. 10, change of speaker. knior, R. 203, cretic. imigior, Ate. 548. miiwrl, Merc. 112. stultior, B. 123. worsutior, E. 371. '# Ji not find such a verse-ending as itior es. 5 6 miiplius ? Cist. 777, change of speaker. (tNipliils, Men. 846, „ „ „ amplius, Trin. 247, cretic. (impliils, Trin. 249, „ 8o in adverbs. Men. 327, R. 1232, Cure. 312, Most. 326 (]) ; but on the other hand satiUs est Poen. 1337, Ps. 449. 5 6 2. Nominative plural in -is. There are at least 98 instances of this in nouns and adjectives. The adjectives are amxintis, True. 182 (ABCD). be7ieuole7itis, Cas. 435 (B). [\ Carthaginiensis, Poen. 1377 (B'C'D). cmijidentis, Cure. 477 (B). dotalis, 31il. 1278 (BCD). familiaris, Mil. 183 (BCD) gerentis, True. 145 (CD). grandis, B. 992 (D'). immortalls, 5 instances. liheralis, Cas. prol. 74 (B'). mMnip(u)laris, Mil. 815 (B), True. 491 (BCD). mortalis, Trin. 212 (BCD). muliebris, Mil. 1359 (BCD). omnis, 23 instances. quoiatis, Poen. 994 (A). rajmcis, Men. 1015 (BCD). scieniis, Mil. 893 (BCD). 44 instances, 17 words. 3. Dative-ablative plural. omniMs, Merc. 920, Most. 337 (cretic; syllaba anceps ?), R, 975 (change of speaker). Extremely doubtful. IV. — Numerals. oenus. True. 103 (B) ; cf. noenum, Aul. 67, B. 34. diw, duos, see above. tris, ace. pi. 13 instances. treis, „ 1 (Men. 219, A). ires, „ 3(As. 131, B.832,R. 315,a) quatuor, Most. 630. So all but A and C — 1 Servius has centum ; however B and D are very prone to give quatuor even where the scansion is clearly -^ ^ t', — so in Am. 303, 306, Men. 1052, Merc. 673, Mil. 629 (B has nil"'), P.<. 1303, S. 553 (D). quincto, Merc. 66, Trin. 524 ; quinius and cases in at least 7 places. uicensinms, Capt. 980, BE ; similarly Plautus regularly uses -iens in adverbs, dtcieus, etc., not decies. Cf. centessimam, Capt. 421 (J), but -^si- Mil. 763. diicentos, B. 272 (but ^ j_ _ B. 230). qnddrhiyentis, B. 934, (B ; quadragentis CDF). quadrlngenlos, B. 974, R. 1324. quddrlgentis, B. 1183 (so C only). As a large round number we find centum, f'tc, (3), ducenlos (2), trecenti (4), quingentos (2), sescenti, etc., (7), octingentos, centiens (5), milieus. The duodecimal system does not predominate. V. — Interchange of Declensions. A. •0 and a stems usual, third Declension Forms rarer in ordinary Latin. decorus and cases, 6 times. /raudulentus, 5 ,, gnarus, As. 551, R. 210. mansuetcan, As. 504. jjerpeiuos and cases, 16 instances. advb. perpetuo, 7, and j)erpetue7i 1 (E. 17). sdcer, 16 and 3 superlatives. At verse end, Am. 1013, Aul. 606, Cure. 471, Ps. 109; in interior of verse, 15. decore, Capt. 321, by emendation. fraudulenti, abl., Ps. 582 (CD). gndrures, Poen. prol. 47. 5 6 gnarurls, Most. 100, bacchiae. mansuetem, As. 145 (E, F, Nonius) perpetem, Am. 280, 732. 7 8 2ierpettm, True. 278. 7 8 sdcres, R. 1208. sacres. Men. 200. 1 Third declension forms usual ; first and second rarer ordinarily. aledrlae, dat.. Mil. 164. 7 8 alearis, not in Plautus, dapsilis, etc., Most. 982, Ps. 1266. hilari, abl. Most. 318. inermis, no instance. militaris, 6. haec pauper, Aul. 174; 14 instances clearly of 3rd decl., 10 indeterminate. in p'ocliui. As. 710, Capt. 336. procliue, nom. s.n.. As. 663, dapsilas, Aul. 167, Nonius. dapsilis dictis ? Ps. 396. hilarus, etc.. Am. 961, As. 837, 850, E. 413, Mil. 1199, Most. 566, Pers. 760, R. 419, S. 739. Advb. hilare, Merc. 99, Poen. 1367. inermus, B. 966. militdriis, abl., Ps. 1049. 5 6 paupera, nom. s.f., Vid. frag. 1, and also Frag. Fab. Inc. 53. ex procliuo, Mil. 1018; R. 1132 indeter- minate. THE CLASSICAL REVIEW. THE CLASSICAL RKVIEW. ridieularia, As. 330, Trin. 66, True. 684 may come from ridicuJnris or from ridicularius, both of which occur elsewhere, /iidicalus an' »» Other Parallkl Foiim vticii rtianufestusj 5 times, all inelio versa ; wianu/estariiis, 4 limes, all at verse en<, exduiimdis ; paulitK, /niiixillus, /niiixillulusy etc. VI. — Number. Hingnlutii tiestigtnitt, Ci^^t. 701. Plural forms of tumi occur in Ps. 54, B. 832, Trin. 166, Cist. 735. Plural forms of uter, twice ; of iiterque, three times. Vfl. — COMPAUISOX. (a) Comparatives formed with the help of magis or imuje are very numerous ; in some instances the adverb might be regarded as modifying some other word than the ad- jective, but most of the cases are clear. (i) aequiperabile, ace.. Cure. 168. ec/et'tum, ace. m., Capt. 466. excruciabilem, Cist. 65.*i. expectatum, ace. m., Am. 679-680. idoneos, Poen. 583. immortaliSf ace, Poen. 276. laetante)Hy Ps. 324. mcdeficumt ace. m., Ps. 939, a. malum, ace. m., Ps. 939, a (cf. Ps. 1017). manufestuin, ace. m., Men. 594. utihiky ace, Trin. 748. alwjuJdrtdii, Capt. 112. b « ihiaui/ni sumds, 8. 731 (729) ; so F and libri Lambini, but w/it «/am/, genit., BCD. (ii) aeqttam, nora., Merc. 898? amicua, Mil. 660. argntum, nom., Trin. 200. attxUiarius, True. 216. ctto, nom. f., B. 738. coHducibd"^ nom., C'ist. 78. cotiii'diariuH^ True. 216. deco)'um, nom., As. 689. didce, noui., Pers. 761. [dura, nom. f., Am. 166, by emendation.] exercUji, nom. f., Cist. 379. fidelii, noin., As. 573. rnitnun, nom., Am. 596, 829. ntisei\ Am. Hi 7. niinhnta, nom., Poen. 348. o'fiioxiose, nom., Trin. 1038. occujiatus^ Most. 1009. par, nom. n., Am. 9'.>0, B. 619, Cure. • 1 10, Pers. 801), Wy^^n. 522, S. 512. 2)Otl8y h. i i .i. /yt'opltiiy Aul. SIO. imlcer, Mil. l()S6. religiosa, nom. f., A>^. 782. sa/dens. As. 704. si Hide, nom., Am. 501. sohie, nom., K. 227. solutiiniy nom., Ps. 641. sluHa, nom. f., I'oen. 1194. trdiiqudhis^ 1». 1174. unicus, Capt. 150, Cas. 2<»l. ueruni, nom., Merc. 971. |iii) continenSf Most. 31. decore, nom., Capt. 321, l)y emenda- tion. Graecum, nom.. Men. 9 pro]. i nijielT'tbd is ynoin., Most. 1162. iniuiicuSj Men. 675. yiiriim, nom.. Am. 595. op

ort units, Most. 574. utibile, nom., Mil. 613. uorsutus. As. 1 19. (iv) (i)nico, abl., As. 66. beneuolo, abl., As. 66. initnici8,iih\., Mil. 314. iratis, abl.. Mil. 314. libera, abl., Cist. 128. miris, abl., Mil. 539. Similar is plus lubeus in the doubtful verse Aul. 420. Adverbs compared by magis, six instances : Poen. 752, Mil. 539, Most. 157, Cas. 182, Most. 197, Ps. 1017. •ffc Add magis amator, Men. 268 (A) ; magis asinos, Ps. 136; magis cnriouem, Aul. 563; magis eundem, Mil. 530 ; mugis nteus, Mil. 615 ; also the expression haud uidi magis, (b) Botli forms of comparatives. •ior. E. 425, Merc. 897. Frag. Fal). Inc. 7(21). As. 614, 8. 704 (699), True. 371. P.. 154. Capt. 346, 716, Mil. 1354. Merc. 605. B. 500. 20 in.^:tauces. 14 instances. 5 instances. K. 525, K. 359. 5 instances. 7 instances. Poen. 1236. K. 752. K. 371. Add hih-^ntiores. As. 268, in contrast with Aul. 420. The double formation occurs also in the three adverbs benigne, lubenter, saepe. (c) Double comparatives. aperliore inagis, S. 485. magis certius, Capt. 643. coiifentiores viage, Poen. 461. magis dulcius, S. 704 (699). inimiciorem magis, 1>. 500. magis morem, Am. 301. magis maiorts, Men. 55 prol., Poen. 82 prol. moll ior magis, Aul. 422. magis plus, Poen. 212. magis uiictiuicido, Ps. 220. So with adverbs, Men. 978, Moic. 898 (?). ((/) Diminutives of comparatives. coiHpIusculos, R. 131. liquidiusculus, Mil. 665. maiusculam, Poen. 155. meliusculam, Capt. 959. meliusculum, Cure. 489. ineliusculas, Capt. 968. minuscidam, Poen. 498. minusculum, Trin. 888. nitidiusculum, Ps. 220. tardiuscula. Cist. 380 (Nonius). magis unctiusculo, Ps. 221. Similai ly, in adverbs, nitidiuscule, Ps. 774. plusculnm. Am. 283, Pers. 21. saepiuscule, Cas. 703. («) Superlatives with maxume. adulescentem mdxUme, Mil. 788. 7 8 inaxume aequom, Ps. 269. (4 instances) and magis in rejoinders, the adjective not expressed (four times, and once, Merc. 445, with an adverb under- stood). magi(s). amicus As. 66, Mil. 660. citns B. 738. dulcis Pers. 764. darns Am. 166, by emendation Jidtlis As. 573. imjjetrabilis Most. 1162. iuimicus Men. 675, Mil. 314. mains Ps. 939, a, (cf. 1017). miser Am. 167. jndcer Mil. 1086. sapiens As. 704. si mil is Am. 601. .stultns Poen. 1194. tranqnillus B. 1174. ii^rus Merc. 971. uor Stilus As. 119. maxume alienum, Capt. 99. amantem maxume. As. 857. 7 8 maxume clarum, Trin. 664. maxume concinnum, Mil. 1024. cupiens mdxHme, Am. 132 prol. 5 6 leibera maxume 1 R. 217. merito mdxilme, dat. m., Capt. 936. 7 8 maxume mwo, Men. 571. 2>ar maxume. Am. 832. 7 ^ 8 uera maxume, Ps. 433. 5 6 In Men. 572 molesto multum is joined by que to maxume moro (abl.) and to maxume habent ; there are at least 1 3 other instances of superlatives made with mullum and a positive. (/) Both forms of superlatives. -issumus. maxume. Nine instances. aequos Ps. 269. As. 737, E. 430. tiieritus Capt. 936. Cure, 506. ^>ar Am. 832. Merc. 206. uerus Ps. 433. Similarly : {i)s8umus, etc. multum. As. 521, Aul. 745, Ps. audax, Men. 731. 288. Over 40 instances. rmdus Men. 731. 11 instances. miser S. 206. Am. 907, B. 1098, s^w/^ws Mil.370,443. Merc. 211. (g) Miscellaneous comparatives and super- latives. THE CLASSICAL REVIEW. THE CLASSICAL REVIEW. factiuSf Trin. 397. tninus mii.lli, Mil. 733 ; paucioriSf Aul. 486 ; pauciorum^ Trin. 34. Poeinor, Poeii. 991. cumulalissumty Aul. 825, vs end. 3 4 exclvMSsumUs, Men. 698. ffefnini88U7nv8y Pers. 830. 7 8 ijmsiiuiniisf Trin. 988. 7 8 meritissKwo elus, As. 737; cf. E. 430, Capt. 1 1 936. oedttissunnfSj Cjis. 694, bjicchiae. ocdumssumiUiii Cure. 16. & 6 ocuUssumnm, Cure. 15. octilissiuttCf Cure. 1*21, a. patniwsunie, Poon. 1 195 % 1 197, vs end. penitissumoj Cist. 63. 7 8 penitismtmdj Pers. 522, 541, vs end. jtenltissumaey Frag. Dub. 16 (Nonius). pardltisHutmiSf Aul. 723. jieritunsstimel li. 1375, (BCD). 7 8 aepwsumdf adj. not advb., Pers. 633 (A); 7 8^ SO j)enitis, adj. As. 40. Similarly in adverbs, impiintssume^ Poen. 5 8 AWypaenisRumet Aul. 466, 668, Most. 656. b 6 VIII. — Syncopated and Unsyncopated FOHMS. alt[e\rd8t, Pers. 226. cdt e riuSf Capt. 306. alt e ri, Trur. 48 (so Ducheler). arft duSy Aul. 297. ar i dosy Pers. 266. auidi in a pun with andi^ imperative, I>. 276. Word [day involving adjectives alnatns ? Ps. 1 096. dertera etc. : 10 times in interior of verse, 7 times at verse end, twice in cretics. Five of these have the shorter form in the MSS. against the requirements of the metre ; in 3 the MSS. vary. dextra etc. : Am. 333 (ter- MSS.), Merc. 965, Frag. 108 Parasitus Piger (Varro) ; dextrouorsum, advb., Cure. 70, K. 176, 368. dmam, K 316 (B') ; E. 4191; di[ui]7us Mil. 675. diues and its cases, 30 instances : 26 show the full form (diuitis at ver>e end, 7) and 5 6 four are syncopated, viz. rft[ti«]« As. 330, (fifes, nom. pi., Cure, 475, dlti8, ace. pi., Curt'. 472, 485. diui'iorj ana[)aestic ver.se, Ps. 1323. di[ui]iidrf troch. septen., Aul. 809. Com- 7 8 pare diuUiae, noun, 23 instances ; ditlae, at verse end, 4 ; and diuitiae, either with or with- out syncopation, 13 instance.^. ohli\7ii\scendiy four syllal)Ies, Mil. 1359. perpurgalisy Mil. 774. prae/tensuSf ^ -^ ^, As. 563 ; jjraensuSf _/_. „, As. 569. 4pmdruplar{f Per>. 62 ; quadrupul True. 762 ; cf. qiuidrtij)lnto/', Pers. 70. sinlsteraniy Merc. 879 {-tr- B) ; sinistra^ Ps. 762. Plautus perfers laeitos (17 times). .snr[r}/,]/ftn, K. 1105. Other similar in- staiu'«\s l)ec(»nie unnecessary by .scanning 7ieiitp\ etc. '/i/4/]cM«,Capt. 150 (?), 321, Cas. 264, Poen. 65 i)n>l. 1 dneijiesy R. 1 158, interior of verso ; MSS. metie, Charis., Prise. praecipes^ Cas. 931, end of hemistich (M8S. jireceps). jyraeciptH, II. 671, verse end, cretic. prttecijtes, Frag. 59, Commorientes (Pris- cian), jMxs.sibly at verse end. CainpanSy Trin. 545 ; so Nonius, F, Lam- Iiinus ; catufKiH BCD (cf. True. 942), cam- /KHie8 A, against metre. U Vowel or Consonant ? drudSy Tnic. 149. /drudluHy Am. frag. 6, frag. 12, Men. 890, Fr.Mg. Kal). Inc. 55(75) Seivius. mUmnni/', Men. 212, Ps. 852. ptrdneUis. etc. Am. 250, 642 (?), Cist. 201, .Mil. 222, Ps. 583, 589. dulUicdy E. 450. re/k'Mo«, etc., four syllables ; 17 instances of this word, — all but one require four-.syl- lablc scansion, and that one (Merc. 666) permits it. We get relicuos at verse end, 5 8 in Trin. 14 prol., 510, True. 15 prol. contptionalcniy B. 976 (so B'; coemjd- B^) ; cf. coejmlomtSy Pers. 100. qulntOy J. , K. .*>38 ; quietus a^ 3 syllables, some 7 times. Cf . Merc. 448, Pers. 78. IX. — Quantity. Acherunticus. with long «, B. 198, Merc, 290, Mil. 627 ; so in the noun Acheruns. '^ CluuiUy Cure. 78, Poen. 699 ; similarly I 4 will fit everywhere except Trin. 457, and -e- will fit everywhere. It is noticeable that in Trin. 457, where we have the most trouble we get derecte in all the better MSS. except A. diiies ?, As. 330. Dluniy As. 23 {deum MSS.). Uilurlosy Men. 235 ; Mluricdy Trin. 852. 5 6 12 impos % Cas. 629. metuculositSy Am. 293; -sa, Most. 1101. Phllippi or PhiHppei 21 instances. 2)rlor1y Cas. 839; cf. B. 932, Cas. 571, adverbs. proprlum ?, Capt 862 ; cf . Merc. 338, Trin. 1130. reditcehiy Capt. 923, R. 409, both in bacchiac verse ; reduceuiy five times. rnbidoy Cas. 310, rubiddm, S. 228. 5 6 6 sospes ?, Cas. 817. X. — Miscellaneous. ei for I appears frequently in tlie more carefully tran.scribed plays, both in root syllables and in terminations; in such instances as allei, nom., Merc. 318, (diets, Most. 154, it undoubtedly represents Plautus' own spelling ; in other instances we may be in doubt, or even feel sure that it was not Plautine, e.g., avieicuSy Poen. 1213. There is great wavering in the MSS. between u and / before labials in certain large classes of words, such as maxuhia, Trin. 413 (B), decumaiHy S. 233, iiiaritunuty B. 342, lubenSy S. 373 (A) ; there can be little doubt that Plautus himself wrote u. ii sometimes appear for j, e.g.y maiiores, Trin. 642 (A), peiiuriumy Ps. 975 (A), peiiuriiis, Trin. 201 (A) ; quoiia, E. 294 (B). Gerunds and gerundives, not including the words eundus, oriundus, secundusy show -undus 82 times, -endus 71 times. /ormoll/samy Merc. 229 (D). laboriossiy Merc. 507 (A). negotiossaiUy S. 356 (A). obnoxio8sey E. 695 (B). odiossaey Trin. 37 (A). odio8<8>sicij Capt. 87 prol., to make a better play on the word laolossici in 86. otiossey Trm. 1077 (B),advb. radio88U8y S. 365 (A). quamossa8y Men. 919 (B). Cf. centes- mnaiiiy Capt. 421 (J). aeniol6sy Ps. 196 (A). 7 8 aequ68 and cases appears in a variety of forms : aequom, ace. m., Cas. 966 ; aequniy nom. neut.. Mil. 730 (A) ; aecuniy Merc. 1026 (B ; eqmwiy CD) ; equniy B. 1017 (B); ecuDiy Trin. 392 (B). Similarly, eloqutus, Merc. 155 {eloquius B), eloquutusy Am. 420 (E), As. 350 (BDE), quomjduresy S. 198 {qui afnj^lures B). auscid[t]antem = osculantemy B. 478 (A) ; cf. Cas. 133. beniuol-y Capt. 350, Cist. 23 ; so imdific-y Mil. 194, Ps. 195, a ; vmliuol-y S. 208, 385— cf. Merc. 28. caeleps, S. 543 (ABC). comfragosciSy Men. 591 (A) ; so comuiuas, Men. 224 ; so in inscriptions. corcotdriiy to avoid crocotdHi of the MSS., 6 6 5 6 Aul. 521 ; cf. Aul. 508 and tarpezita, etc. duplecly B. 641. gnatusy giiatciy frequent both as ppls. and as nouns. incolomisy True. 168 (BC). vietucolosa. Most. 1101 (C; Priscian H). nujyermiiy Capt. 718. jxiuxillus and cases, 8 instances ; 5 show X only, while in B. 833, Most. 865, and S. 175 the MSS. waver between x and «. Similarly in tlie adverbs, pauxillatiiUy E. 248 (x)y R. 929 (a;), and 2*<^usilli8pery True. 913 (-«- BCD ; -a;, L, Nonius). pauxillulus and cases, 6 instances at verse end, 2 in interior of verse ; in 5 of these x alone is attested, but in R. 729, S. 163, True. 940, the MSS. give x or s, praegndsy nom. s., 8o accented, True. 199, 389 ; oblique cases, -ateni, etc., 6 instances. The MSS. vary, but their testimony is strong for -ateniy not anteni; in Aul. 163 only we fail to find MS. authority for -atem, jyraesente nobisy Nonius 76, 14; cf. Am. 400. purporissatdSy True. 290 (BCD against A ; no other trace of -o- in words on same stem). puplicusy etc., Pers. 65, 68, R. 572, S. 614, Trin. 286; corrupted into jmllicus, six instances. tain inagnoy Cas. 430. uociuoSy etc., Cas. 29 prol., 596, Ps. 469, Trin. 11 prol. ; uo- is implied in the joke in Cas. 527 ; uacivmti, B. 154 (B). Arthur W. Hodoman. Ohio State University, Columbus. May 17, 1902. /V'//te6, As. 333, but -, As. 397. d^friituniy Ps. 741. dierectuSf -e, -a, -um, 13 instances; di- M-^- 1