Thursday, April 06, 2006
Yet More Privative, Asyndetic Adjectives
The few people who read this blog probably think I'm a Johnny One-Note, harping on the same string over and over. But a primary purpose of this blog is for me to keep notes about things that interest me. Later on, I can use Google to find my notes. It beats 3 x 5 cards and scraps of paper.
Some more examples of asyndetic privative adjectives:
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Some more examples of asyndetic privative adjectives:
- Homer, Odyssey 1.242: ἄιστος ἄπυστος = unseen, unknown
- Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 130-131: ἀδέρκτως / ἀφώνως ἀλόγως = without looking, without making a sound, without talking
- Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 1220-1221: ἀνυμέναιος / ἄλυρος ἄχορος = without wedding song, without music, without dancing
- Seneca, Hercules Oetaeus 297: incogitata infanda = unthought of, unspeakable
