The Early Latin Verb System: Archaic Forms in Plautus, Terence, and Beyond (Oxford Classical Monographs)

Any Verb Form Of Classical Latin Can Be Assigned To One Of The Three Stems: The Infectum-stem, The Perfectum-stem, Or The Supine-stem. In Archaic Latin, On The Other Hand, There Are Also Verb Forms Which Do Not Belong To These Stems, The So-called Extra-paradigmatic Forms. Such Forms Are At The Heart Of Wolfgang De Melo's Study, Which Asks What They Mean, How They Are Used, And What They Go Back To. Since Their Meaning Is Best Examined By Contrasting Them With The Regular Forms, The First Part Of The Book Discusses Selected Problems Of The Regular Verbal System Of Archaic Latin. In The Second Part, The Meaning Of The Extra-paradigmatic Forms Is Established By Contrasting Them With The Regular Ones. The Third Part Goes Beyond Archaic Latin, Not Only Examining The Origins Of The Extra-paradigmatic Forms, But Outlining Their Survival After The Archaic Period. The Meaning And Use Of The Forms In Archaic Latin Provides The Basis For Both Types Of Diachronic Study.--jacket. List Of Tables -- Abbreviations And Editions -- Introduction: An Archaic Verb System? -- The Regular Forms -- The Extra-paradigmatic Types In Archaic Latin -- The Diachronic Side -- Data And Methodology -- Part I Four Problems In The Latin Verb System -- Introduction To Part I -- 2 Simple Future And Future Perfect In Archaic Latin -- Possible Contrasts Between Simple Future And Future Perfect -- The Regular Future Forms In Three Plays -- Conclusions -- 3 The Sequence Of Tenses In Archaic Latin -- The Sequence Rules In More Detail -- Subordinate Clauses With Independent Subjunctives -- Some Statistics -- Conclusions -- 4 Prohibitions With Fe Ceris And Facias In Archaic Latin -- Prohibitions With Ne (neue ), Minime , Nemo , Neque (nec ), Nihil , And Nu Llus -- Prohibitions With Forms Of Caue Re -- Conclusions -- 5 Infinitivals With Future Meaning In Archaic Latin -- Telicity -- The Subject Of The Infinitive -- The Infinitive Dare -- The Voice Of The Infinitive -- Subject Accusatives -- Register Differences -- The Influence Of The Governing Verb -- Diachronic Differences -- Conclusions Part Ii The Extra-paradigmatic Verb Forms: A Synchronic Analysis -- Introduction To Part Ii -- 6 The Sigmatic Future In Archaic Latin -- The Sigmatic Forms In Subordinate Clauses -- The Sigmatic Forms In Main Clauses -- Rationale For The Distribution Of The Sigmatic Indicative Forms? -- Conclusions -- 7 The Sigmatic Subjunctive In Archaic Latin -- Frequency And Productivity -- Register -- Combination With Other Tenses, Time Reference, And Other Features -- Distribution Patterns -- Conclusions -- Excursus: The Rhotacized Forms Iu Uerint, Mone Rint, And Si Rint -- 8 The Sigmatic Infinitives -- Productivity And Register -- Time Reference And Function -- Conclusions -- 9 The Type Duim In Archaic Latin -- Frequency And Productivity -- Register -- Tense, Aspect, And Other Features -- Patterns Of Distribution -- Conclusions -- An Addendum: The Indicative Forms In Archaic Latin -- 10 The Type Attiga S In Archaic Latin -- Frequency And Productivity -- Register -- Temporal Reference And Special Features -- Distribution Over Clause Types -- Conclusions -- Further Addendum: Extra-paradigmatic Indicatives? Part Iii The Extra-paradigmatic Verb Forms: A Diachronic Analysis -- Introduction To Part Iii -- 11 Some Problems Of Reconstruction -- Aorists Or Desideratives? -- The Origin Of The -ss- In Ama Ssint -- Ancient And Recent Sigmatic Forms -- Some Problems Concerning Duim And Dem -- Summary -- 12 Extra-paradigmatic Forms In Classical And Later Latin -- The Sigmatic Indicatives And Subjunctives -- Rhotacized Forms And Sigmatic Infinitives -- The I -subjunctives And Their Corresponding Indicatives -- The Extra-paradigmatic A -subjunctives -- Conclusions -- Part Iv A Brief Summary Of The Results -- Summary -- References -- Index Wolfgang David Cirilo De Melo. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [376]-390) And Indexes.