{"id":190,"date":"2016-10-02T17:18:17","date_gmt":"2016-10-02T21:18:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/loveandrevolution\/?page_id=190"},"modified":"2016-10-07T14:45:56","modified_gmt":"2016-10-07T18:45:56","slug":"propertius-1-1","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/loveandrevolution\/propertius-1-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Propertius 1.1"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Head of a girl (1896) John William Godward. Cynthia’s eyes and her unflinching gaze captured the poet’s heart<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Placing the name of his beloved as first word in the first line ensured that his first book of poetry itself would be called Cynthia. This constitutes one of several clues that his beloved is a scripta puella<\/em>, a written girl, i.e. someone invented and given characteristics that would permit him to write particular kinds of poems. <\/div> <\/a>
In a later poem (3.15.3-10), Propertius says that Lycinna was the first to initiate him into the joys of love, a woman who did not seek gifts in return for her favors. \"Lycinna\" Lycinna (1918) John William Godward. Godward gives his portrait of Propertius’ first love a gentle and melancholy air. <\/div> suis miserum me cepit <\/a>
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Prompt 1<\/a><\/div>
Ocellus<\/em> is a diminutive of oculus<\/em> but it cannot have a sense of affection here. It just fits the meter better than oculus<\/em>. But what case is it?<\/div>
Answer1<\/a><\/div>
Dative or ablative plural, but context makes clear it must be ablative.<\/div>
Prompt 2<\/a><\/div>
What kind of ablative is it?<\/div>
Answer 2<\/a><\/div>
Ablative of means<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/p><\/div>,<\/p>\n

contactum nullis ante cupidinibus.<\/p>\n

tum <\/a>

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Prompt 1<\/a><\/div>
What case is mihi<\/em>?<\/div>
Answer1<\/a><\/div>
Dative singular.<\/div>
Prompt 2<\/a><\/div>
What kind of dative is it?<\/div>
Answer 2<\/a><\/div>
Sympathetic dative.<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/p><\/div> <\/a>
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Prompt 1<\/a><\/div>
What case is this word?<\/div>
Answer1<\/a><\/div>
Genitive singular<\/div>
Prompt 2<\/a><\/div>
Does it agree with any word?<\/div>
Answer 2<\/a><\/div>
fastus <\/em><\/div>
Prompt 3<\/a><\/div>
What kind of genitive is it?<\/div>
Answer 3<\/a><\/div>
Genitive of description OR genitive of possession<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/p><\/div> deiecit lumina fastus<\/p>\n

et caput <\/a>

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Prompt 1<\/a><\/div>
What kind of word do we have here?<\/div>
Answer1<\/a><\/div>
Perfect participle passive<\/div>
Prompt 2<\/a><\/div>
Does it agree with any word?<\/div>
Answer 2<\/a><\/div>
pedibus – <\/em>both are ablative plural<\/div>
Prompt 3<\/a><\/div>
What construction do they form together?<\/div>
Answer 3<\/a><\/div>
Ablative absolute<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/p><\/div> pressit Amor <\/a>
Propertius here uses a metaphor from the arena; the victorious gladiator put his foot on his fallen foe’s neck or head to hold him in place while waiting for the crowd’s verdict. \"Pollice Pollice Verso (1872) Jean-L\u00e9on G\u00e9rome. (With the Thumb Turned Down) <\/div>,<\/p>\n

donec me docuit castas odisse puellas\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 5<\/p>\n

improbus, et nullo vivere <\/a>

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Prompt 1<\/a><\/div>
What case is\u00a0consilio<\/em>?<\/div>
Answer1<\/a><\/div>
Dative or ablative but context makes ablative more likely (nothing to prompt a dative). And the dative of nullus<\/em> is nulli; nullo<\/em> probably agrees with consilio<\/em>, hence ablative!<\/div>
Prompt 2<\/a><\/div>
So, what kind of ablative do we have here?<\/div>
Answer 2<\/a><\/div>
Ablative of manner<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/p><\/div>.<\/p>\n

ei mihi, iam toto furor hic non deficit anno,<\/p>\n

cum tamen adversos cogor habere deos.<\/p>\n

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‘Atalanta and Milanion’ – detail of the fresco Atlanta’s Race (1922) by John Dickson Batten.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Milanion nullos <\/a>

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Prompt 1<\/a><\/div>
What forms have an ending -nd- added to the stem of a verb?<\/div>
Answer1<\/a><\/div>
Gerund (verbal moun) and gerundive (verbal adjective)<\/div>
Prompt 2<\/a><\/div>
If it has anything other than a neuter singular ending, it must be a gerundive, but a singular neuter ending could be either. Which do we have here?<\/div>
Answer 2<\/a><\/div>
Nothing agrees with fugiendo<\/em>, and it will work as a gerund, so…gerund.<\/div>
Prompt 3<\/a><\/div>
What case do we have here, and why is it in that case?<\/div>
Answer 3<\/a><\/div>
Ablative of means<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/p><\/div>, Tulle, labores<\/p>\n

saevitiam durae contudit <\/a>

Iasis, Iasidos f. A daughter or descendant of Iasius, an early king of Argos. The term most often is applied to Atalanta, but in the plural it refers to Argive women generally. <\/div>.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 10<\/p>\n

nam modo Partheniis amens errabat in antris,<\/p>\n

rursus in hirsutas ibat et ille feras;<\/p>\n

ille etiam <\/a>

The centaur Hylaeus attempted to assault Atalanta, and Milanion was wounded when he tried to stop him. Centaurs were notorious for their lust, violence, and general bad behavior. \"Centaurs Battle of the Centaurs and Lapiths (1853) William Bouguereau <\/div> percussus vulnere rami<\/p>\n

saucius Arcadiis rupibus ingemuit.<\/p>\n

ergo velocem potuit domuisse puellam:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 15<\/p>\n

tantum in amore fides et <\/a>

The plaintive hope that\u00a0benefacta<\/em> will result in a benefit for the lover recalls Catullus 76.1. Of course it is not at all clear from either Catullus or Propertius that benefacta<\/em> give rise to any benefits! \"Ask Ask Me No More (1906) Lawrence Alma-Tadema <\/div> valent.<\/p>\n
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The Magic Circle (1886) John William Waterhouse<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

in me tardus Amor non ullas cogitat artes,<\/p>\n

nec meminit notas, ut prius, ire vias.<\/p>\n

at vos, <\/a>

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Prompt 1<\/a><\/div>
What verb form is this?<\/div>
Answer1<\/a><\/div>
Perfect participle passive<\/div>
Prompt 2<\/a><\/div>
Does it agree with any word?<\/div>
Answer 2<\/a><\/div>
lunae <\/em>– genitive singular feminine<\/div>
Prompt 3<\/a><\/div>
Why would witches draw down the moon?<\/div>
Answer 3<\/a><\/div>
As an illustration of their power, and perhaps to enlist one aspect of the triple or tri-form goddess Diana-Selene-Hecate to their rites. Hecate is the goddess of witchcraft but she is one with Diana and Selene (the moon). Remember, too, that Cynthia’s name associates her with Apollo and Diana<\/em>, who were born on Mount Cynthus.<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/p><\/div> <\/a>
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Prompt 1<\/a><\/div>
What form(s) do we have here?<\/div>
Answer1<\/a><\/div>
Dative or ablative plural, but context makes it more likely to be dative.<\/div>
Prompt 2<\/a><\/div>
What kind of dative is it?<\/div>
Answer 2<\/a><\/div>
Dative of possession: “to whom there is the…”<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/p><\/div> est fallacia lunae<\/p>\n

et labor in magicis sacra piare focis,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 20<\/p>\n

en agedum dominae mentem convertite nostrae,<\/p>\n

et facite illa meo <\/a>

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Prompt 1<\/a><\/div>
What form is palleat<\/em>?<\/div>
Answer1<\/a><\/div>
Present subjunctive active, 3rd singular.<\/div>
Prompt 2<\/a><\/div>
Why is it subjunctive?<\/div>
Answer 2<\/a><\/div>
As an alternative to a simple imperative, particularly in colloquial Latin, the subjunctive (with or without ut<\/em>) sometimes follows cura, fac, <\/em>or velim<\/em>.<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/p><\/div> <\/a>
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Prompt 1<\/a><\/div>
What case is ore<\/em>?<\/div>
Answer1<\/a><\/div>
Ablative singular<\/div>
Prompt 2<\/a><\/div>
What kind of ablative is it?<\/div>
Answer 2<\/a><\/div>
Ablative of comparison<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/p><\/div> magis!<\/p>\n

tunc ego <\/a>

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Prompt 1<\/a><\/div>
What form is crediderim<\/em>?<\/div>
Answer1<\/a><\/div>
1st person singular, perfect subjunctive active or future perfect indicative active, but there is no reason to have a future perfect here, and a perfect subjunctive makes sense.<\/div>
Prompt 2<\/a><\/div>
So, why is it subjunctive?<\/div>
Answer 2<\/a><\/div>
Potential subjunctive, which often conveys something as contingent upon a condition expressed or understood from the context.<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/p><\/div> Manes et sidera <\/a>
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Prompt 1<\/a><\/div>
What case is vobis<\/em>?<\/div>
Answer1<\/a><\/div>
Dative or ablative, but credo<\/em> takes the dative…<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/p><\/div><\/p>\n

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Prompt 1<\/a><\/div>
What form do we have here?<\/div>
Answer1<\/a><\/div>
Present infinitive active.<\/div>
Prompt 2<\/a><\/div>
Why do we have an infinitive here?<\/div>
Answer 2<\/a><\/div>
It is part of an indirect statement in which the subject, vos<\/em>, can be deduced from vobis<\/em>.<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/p><\/div> <\/a>
The manuscript tradition is corrupt here, but two emendations have gained popularity: Cytaeines<\/em> and Cytinaeis<\/em>. The first alternative makes it a genitive from Cytaeine, -es f. a woman of Cyta or Cytaea, the birthplace of Medea in Colchis. Medea’s powers as a witch are frequently cited by Roman poets. The second alternative derives the word from the adjective Cytinaeus, -a, -um, of Cytina, a city of Thessaly, hence Thessalian. Thessaly was just about as strongly associated with witchcraft as Colchis. <\/div>\u00a0 ducere carminibus.<\/p>\n

aut vos, qui sero lapsum revocatis, amici,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 25<\/p>\n

quaerite non sani <\/a>

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Prompt 1<\/a><\/div>
What case is pectoris. <\/em><\/div>
Answer1<\/a><\/div>
Genitive.<\/div>
Prompt 2<\/a><\/div>
What kind of genitive is it?<\/div>
Answer 2<\/a><\/div>
Objective genitive.<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/p><\/div> auxilia.<\/p>\n
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Venus and Cupid (1878) Evelyn de Morgan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

fortiter et ferrum saevos patiemur et ignes,<\/p>\n

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Prompt 1<\/a><\/div>
What form do we have in sit<\/em>?<\/div>
Answer1<\/a><\/div>
Present subjunctive active, 3rd singular.<\/div>
Prompt 2<\/a><\/div>
Why is the verb subjunctive? Hint: note modo<\/em>.<\/div>
Answer 2<\/a><\/div>
It is in a Clause of proviso, which can be introduced by dum<\/em>, dummodo<\/em>, or modo<\/em>: provided that…<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/p><\/div> modo libertas quae <\/a>
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Prompt 1<\/a><\/div>
What form do we have in velit<\/em>?<\/div>
Answer1<\/a><\/div>
Present subjunctive active, 3rd singular.<\/div>
Prompt 2<\/a><\/div>
Why is the verb subjunctive?<\/div>
Answer 2<\/a><\/div>
Potential subjunctive, OR simply the verb in a clause subordinate to another clause with a subjunctive verb.<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/p><\/div> ira <\/a>
In prose, we would expect the genitive of gerund here, freedom of speaking, but the infinitive after a substantive is not uncommon in poetry. Cp. Propertius 3.15.4: et data libertas noscere amoris iter. <\/em>In addition, sit libertas<\/em> is practically equivalent to liceat<\/em>, which is regularly followed by an infinitive.\u00a0<\/div>.<\/p>\n

ferte per extremas gentes et ferte per undas,<\/p>\n

qua non ulla meum femina <\/a>

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Prompt 1<\/a><\/div>
What possible forms do we have here?<\/div>
Answer1<\/a><\/div>
norit<\/em> => noverit<\/em>. 3rd singular, future perfect indicative active or perfect subjunctive active.<\/div>
Prompt 2<\/a><\/div>
What possible explanation is there for this verb to be subjunctive?<\/div>
Answer 2<\/a><\/div>
Relative clause of purpose here introduced by qua<\/em>. This type of clause is common after a verb that implies motion.<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/p><\/div> iter.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 30<\/p>\n

vos remanete, quibus facili deus annuit aure,<\/p>\n

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Prompt 1<\/a><\/div>
What form is\u00a0sitis<\/em>?<\/div>
Answer1<\/a><\/div>
2nd plural, present subjunctive active of\u00a0sum<\/em>.<\/div>
Prompt 2<\/a><\/div>
What type of subjunctive is it? Hint: note the imperative remanete<\/em> nearby.<\/div>
Answer 2<\/a><\/div>
Jussive.<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/p><\/div> et in tuto semper amore pares.<\/p>\n

nam me nostra Venus <\/a>

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Prompt 1<\/a><\/div>
What case(s) could noctes<\/em> be?<\/div>
Answer1<\/a><\/div>
Nominative or Accusative plural, but amaras<\/em> agrees with it, so it must be accusative.<\/div>
Prompt 2<\/a><\/div>
Why is it in the accusative case?<\/div>
Answer 2<\/a><\/div>
Accusative of time throughout which.<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/p><\/div> exercet amaras,<\/p>\n

et nullo vacuus <\/a>

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Prompt 1<\/a><\/div>
What case is tempore<\/em>?<\/div>
Answer1<\/a><\/div>
Ablative singular.<\/div>
Prompt 2<\/a><\/div>
What kind of ablative is it?<\/div>
Answer 2<\/a><\/div>
Ablative of time at which.<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/p><\/div> defit Amor.<\/p>\n

hoc, moneo, vitate malum: sua quemque <\/a>

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Prompt 1<\/a><\/div>
What form do we have in moretur<\/em>?<\/div>
Answer1<\/a><\/div>
3rd singular, present subjunctive deponent of moror, morari, moratus. <\/em><\/div>
Prompt 2<\/a><\/div>
\u00a0What type of subjunctive is it?<\/div>
Answer 2<\/a><\/div>
Jussive, again.<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/p><\/div>\u00a0\u00a0 35<\/p>\n

cura, neque assueto mutet <\/a>

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Prompt 1<\/a><\/div>
What case is amore<\/em>?<\/div>
Answer1<\/a><\/div>
Ablative singular.<\/div>
Prompt 2<\/a><\/div>
What kind of ablative is it?<\/div>
Answer 2<\/a><\/div>
Well, there are two possibilities: ablative absolute AND\/OR ablative of separation.<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/p><\/div> torum.<\/p>\n

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Prompt 1<\/a><\/div>
What case is quod<\/em>?<\/div>
Answer1<\/a><\/div>
Accusative singular neuter.<\/div>
Prompt 2<\/a><\/div>
What kind of accusative is it?<\/div>
Answer 2<\/a><\/div>
Accusative of respect.<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/p><\/div> si quis monitis tardas adverterit aures,<\/p>\n

heu referet quanto verba <\/a>

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Prompt 1<\/a><\/div>
What case is dolore<\/em>?<\/div>
Answer1<\/a><\/div>
Ablative singular.<\/div>
Prompt 2<\/a><\/div>
What kind of ablative is it?<\/div>
Answer 2<\/a><\/div>
Ablative of Manner.<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/p><\/div> mea!<\/p>\n\n
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suis miserum me cepit , contactum nullis ante cupidinibus. tum deiecit lumina fastus et caput pressit Amor , donec me docuit castas odisse puellas\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 5 improbus, et nullo vivere . ei mihi, iam toto furor hic non deficit anno, cum tamen adversos cogor habere deos. Milanion nullos , Tulle, labores saevitiam durae contudit .\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 10 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":207,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/loveandrevolution\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/190"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/loveandrevolution\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/loveandrevolution\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/loveandrevolution\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/207"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/loveandrevolution\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=190"}],"version-history":[{"count":41,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/loveandrevolution\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/190\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":567,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/loveandrevolution\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/190\/revisions\/567"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/loveandrevolution\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}