A Wilful Exaggeration’
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9664185 |
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| Authors | E Arnold (0000-0003-1117-7410, corresponding author), E V Arnold |
| Year | 1921 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 3-4 |
| Pages | 174-174 |
| Publication date | 1921-07-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Classical Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0009-8388 • E-ISSN: 1471-6844 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0009838800000689 |
| OpenAlex | W2150072954 |
| Language | EN |
In the whole theory of the Latin tenses there is no more popular item than this explanation by Roby ( Latin Grammar , 1574 a ) of the use of the pluperfect indicative in unreal conditional sentences. Far the most familiar instance is that in Horace ( C . II. 17), ‘me truncus illapsus cerebro sustulerat, nisi Faunus ictum dextra leuasset.’
Exaggeration · Grammar · Linguistics · Psychoanalysis · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · Historical Linguistics and Language Studies · Philosophy · Psychology
| Highly cited | No |
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