Friday, February 13, 2015

 

Hexameters Consisting of Words in Asyndeton: Dracontius

Quotations are from the edition of Dracontius' poems in F. Vollmer, ed., Poetae Latini Minores, Vol. V (Leipzig: B.G. Teubner, 1914).

De Laudibus Dei 1.6-8 (construing noti as nominative plural of Notus, south wind; cf. Vergil, Aeneid 3.268 etc. for Noti = winds) :
sidera signa noti nix imber grando pruinae
fulmina nimbus hiems tonitrus lux flamma procellae
caelum terra iubar chaos axis flumina pontus
De Laudibus Dei 1.13-16:
paupertas mors vita salus opulentia languor
taedia tristitiae splendor compendia damnum
gaudia nobilitas virtus prudentia laudes
affectus maeror gemitus successus egestas
De Laudibus Dei 1.435:
spes opifex dominus rector dux arbiter index
De Laudibus Dei 1.527:
bucula rana sues formicae corvus hirundo
De Laudibus Dei 2.1:
inventor genitor nutritor rector amator
De Laudibus Dei 2.439:
taedia bella lues clades iactura labores
Romulea 5.35:
Sarmata Persa Gothus Alamannus Francus Alanus
Romulea 5.41:
moenia rostra forum capitolia templa penates
Romulea 7.72:
sollicitus, tabidus temerarius, anxius audax
Romulea 10.129:
affectus natura genus fons auctor origo
Romulea 10.142:
diligat optet amet cupiat suspiret anhelet
Romulea 10.405:
ursus cervus aper pantherae damma leones
Romulea 10.411 (construing inops as a noun):
dives pauper inops raptor pirata sacerdos
Romulea 10.571:
Impietas, Furiae, Luctus, Mors, Funera, Livor
Orestes 560:
affectus natura pudor reverentia fama
Orestes 775 (construing poli as vocative plural):
sol pietas elementa poli mare flumina tellus
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