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| Author | Message | | | Posted on Tue Nov 11, 2008 18:19:31 | |
| | Line 4: ante/ uncti
In line 4 it is written “unctiâ€
Although at the site of the Perseus project
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text.jsp?doc=Perseus:text:1999.02.0003:poem%3D29
it is written “anteâ€.
Habebat ante et ultima Britannia
Who knows the answer?
Yours sincerely
Olga (Russia)
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| | | Posted at Sun Jan 10, 2010 18:26:31 | Quote |
| | | Quote: | | | | | Line 4: ante/ uncti
In line 4 it is written “unctiâ€
Although at the site of the Perseus project
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text.jsp?doc=Perseus:text:1999.02.0003:poem%3D29
it is written “anteâ€.
Habebat ante et ultima Britannia
Who knows the answer?
Yours sincerely
Olga (Russia)
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A case could be made for either reading; I prefer uncti, since ante after a verb in the imperfect is redundant. | |
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