Language in Vergil's "Eclogues"

236 Pages·2001·7.736 MB·

by  Michael Lipka

Michael Lipka
Language in Vergil's Eclogues
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Untersuchungen zur
antiken Literatur und Geschichte
Herausgegeben von
Gustav-Adolf Lehmann, Heinz-Günther Nesselrath
und Otto Zwierlein
Band 60
Walter de Gruyter · Berlin · New York
2001
Language
in Vergil's Eclogues
by
Michael Lipka
Walter de Gruyter · Berlin · New York
2001
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Language in Vergil's Eclogues / by Michael Lipka. — Berlin ; New
York : de Gruyter, 2001
(Untersuchungen zur antiken Literatur und Geschichte ; Bd. 60)
Teilw. zugl.: Oxford, Univ., Diss., 2000
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Acknowledgements
This book began life as a post-doctoral project, generously funded by the
Fritz Thyssen Foundation and the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft. The
project was conducted under the aegis of Widu-Wolfgang Ehlers (Berlin) and
Stephen Harrison (Oxford). To both I express my warmest thanks. Most
notably, I am indebted to Stephen Harrison for his inexhaustible patience in
providing me with all sorts of material and his even greater kindness in putting
at my disposal his precious time far beyond all limits of goodwill and reason.
Part of the work was submitted to and passed by the Faculty Board of Literae
Humaniores of the University of Oxford as a D.Phil thesis in January 2000. My
examiners, Robert Maltby (Leeds) and Michael Winterbottom (Oxford), made a
number of helpful suggestions. Jim Adams (Oxford) was a meticulous, severe
and deeply stimulating critic before publication. Furthermore, I am grateful to
the editors of the UaLG for accepting the work into their series, most notably to
Heinz-Günther Nesselrath for a long list of penetrating suggestions and
corrections. Elena, my wife, undertook the burden of compiling the index
locorum. Verity Piatt and Despina Christodoulou kindly proofread the book. On
the part of the publisher, Gertrud Grünkorn, Grit Müller and Christoph Schirmer
were patient, helpful and suggestive on more than one occasion.
I dedicate this book to my family.
Patras, July 2001 M. L.

Table of Contents
Prologue xi
I. Word Formation 1
1. Introduction 1
2. Adjectives in -ax 1
3. Adjectives in -bundus 4
4. Adjectives of appellatives in -eus 6
5. Adjectives in -osus 7
6. Adjectives of toponyms and personal names 10
7. Diminutives 11
8. Nouns in -men / -mentum 16
9. Verbs in -sare / -tare 21
10. Conclusions 27
Π. Adaptations 28
1. Introduction 28
2. Theocritus 29
3. Lucretius 65
4. Catullus 80
5. Callimachus, Euphorion, Parthenius, Gallus 87
6. Others Ill
7. Conclusions 123
III. Stylistic Level 127
1. Introduction 127
2. Poeticisms 127
3. Colloquialisms and Prosaisms 130
4. Synonyms 145
5. Technical Terms 166
6. Conclusions 169
IV. Personal Names 171
1. Introduction 171
2. Non-Pastoral Names 172
3. Pastoral Names 176
4. Conclusions 191
Epilogue 194
Bibliography 197
Indexes 205