Proceedings of the British Academy, Volume 93

Adams adjective alliteration already appears archaic archaism attested avoided called Catullus cent Cicero classical clause clearly colloquial common compared construction context contrast course discussion distinction early effect emphasis Ennius epic epigrams especially examples expression fact figure further genitive genres given gives Greek hand instance Italy language later Latin less linguistic literary Lucilius Lucretius meaning metaphor metrical names nature normal noun object occurs ordinary original Ovid particular passage pattern perhaps person phrase Plaut poem poetic poetry poets position possible preceding pronoun Propertius prose question rare reference relative rhetorical Roman satire seems sense sentence Servius shows similar sometimes speech structure style suggest syntactical syntax technical term Tibullus tone tradition usage verb verse Virg Virgil vocabulary words writing