Re: 'and' clitic in Latin (-que) and Kalaallisut (-lu)
| From: | Ray Brown <ray.brown@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, April 15, 2004, 6:58 |
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On Wednesday, April 14, 2004, at 11:03 PM, Ian Spackman wrote:
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>> I believe that only single words or phrases, not whole clauses, can be
>> coordinated with -que. In the case of a phrase, it is appended to the
>> first word of the second conjunct, unless that word is a preposition,
>> in which case the -que is displaced to the following word.
>
> I'm quite sure whole clauses can be joined with -que. Certainly in the
> Vulgate: many verses begin "Dixitque Jesus".
They can indeed - and not only in the Vulgate, e.g.
ad tempus non uenit, metusque rem impediebat [SALLUST]
Ray
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