Future expressions in a sixth-century Latin translation of Josephus
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22021369 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Shoni Lavie-Driver (University of Cambridge, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 163-198 |
| Publication date | 2023-10-26 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Latin Linguistics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2194-8739 • E-ISSN: 2194-8747 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1515/joll-2023-2006 |
| OpenAlex | W4389102280 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 39 |
Over the history of Latin, a number of ways to express futurity evolve and disappear. Perhaps most notably, the future tense is lost in all Romance languages, replaced generally by periphrases with habeo . I present here the expressions of futurity present in the Latin translation of Josephus’ Jewish Antiquities and Against Apion , conducted in sixth-century CE Italy under the aegis of Cassiodorus. I first examine the use of the synthetic future tense, and then suggest that the translators deliberately avoid using habeo + infinitive in any sense. This contradicts recent claims that habeo + infinitive was characteristic of high register usage in Late Latin. I then analyse the use of the present tense to express futurity, the future participle + sum , gerundives as future passive participles and infinitives, and the curious use of debeo and possum . I show a number of changes in the system from Classical Latin, and suggest a new potential route for the development of debeo to express the future in certain Romance varieties
Archaeology · Art · Future tense · Infinitive · Josephus · Judaism · Linguistics · Literature · Participle · Past tense · Romance · Romance languages · Verb · Historical Linguistics and Language Studies · History · Linguistics and language evolution · Philosophy · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation
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