Grammatici Latini II, p. 117: Priscian, book 4 (De denominatiuis)
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II 117,1 | liber quartus de denominatiuis | ||||||
II 117,2 | denominatiuum appellatur a uoce primitiui sic nominatum, non ab | ||||||
50a2 | a | 117,2 | book 4 | 423 | denominativum: | ||
50a2 | 117,2 | book 4 | 4143 | denominativum: | |||
50a2 | b | 117,2 | 50a1 | book 4 | 543 | voce: [‘from the name from which it is derived’] [analysis] | |
50a4 | c | 117,2 | 50a2 | book 4 | 543 | [ali]qua: [‘it has no special sense in itself from which it should be named, as patronymics etc. (have)’] [analysis] | |
II 117,3 | aliqua speciali significatione, sicut supra dictae species. habet igitur | ||||||
50a5 | d | 117,3 | book 4 | 543 | species: | ||
50a5 | e | 117,3 | 50a3 | book 4 | 543 | species: [‘i.e. because it has not a special appellation from its meaning as (the) other appellative species have,–patronymics, possessives, etc.–What was common to them all (denominatiui) then, is a proper name for this (the denominatiuum)’] [analysis] | |
50a5 | 117,3 | book 4 | 4111 4142 | generalem: | |||
II 117,4 | generalem nominationem omnium formarum, quae a nomine deriuantur. nam | ||||||
50a7 | f | 117,4 | 50a4 | book 4 | 4228 | nam: [‘therefore I tell you it is common’] [analysis] | |
II 117,5 | et patronymica et possessiua et comparatiua et superlatiua et diminutiua | ||||||
II 117,6 | praeter uerbalia et aduerbialia et ea, quae ex praepositionibus fiunt, ex | ||||||
50a10 | 117,6 | book 4 | 4142 | maxima: | |||
II 117,7 | maxima parte denominatiua sunt, id est a nominibus deriuantur. unde in | ||||||
50a10 | g | 117,7 | 50a5 | book 4 | 543 | denominativa: [‘i.e. ‘denominative’ is a generic name for each of them’] [analysis] | |
II 117,8 | illorum formis quoque sunt quaedam, quae, cum non habeant | ||||||
50a11 | h | 117,8 | book 4 | 3232 | illorum: | ||
50a11 | i | 117,8 | book 4 | 3232 | quaedam: | ||
II 117,9 | significationem eorum, denominatiua iure appellantur, ut Timarchides proprium, | ||||||
50a13 | k | 117,9 | book 4 | 543 | timarcides: | ||
II 117,10 | Aemilianus quoque, Nobilior, Maximus, Catulus. haec enim | ||||||
50a13 | l | 117,10 | book 4 | 543 | emilianus: | ||
50a14 | m | 117,10 | book 4 | 543 | nobilior: | ||
50a14 | n | 117,10 | book 4 | 543 | maximus: | ||
50a14 | o | 117,10 | book 4 | 543 | +catulus: | ||
II 117,11 | denominatiua sunt dicenda, cum significationem suarum non seruent formarum, | ||||||
50a15 | p | 117,11 | 50a6 | book 4 | 211 543 | significationem: [‘i.e. since they do not preserve the special meaning of the forms’] [analysis] | |
II 117,12 | etsi sint propria. de quibus tamen sufficienter, cum de iis tractabatur, | ||||||
II 117,13 | monstrauimus. | ||||||
II 117,14 | habent igitur denominatiua formas plurimas et diuersas significationes. | ||||||
50a18 | q | 117,14 | book 4 | 53 | formas plurimas: | ||
II 117,15 | quae quia late sunt confusae, generali eas nominatione artium scriptores | ||||||
II 117,16 | nuncupauerunt denominatiua. et quia multae inueniuntur formae | ||||||
50a21 | r | 117,16 | 50a7 | book 4 | 541 | denominativa: [‘i.e. those that do not fall into the species aforesaid’] [analysis] | |
II 117,17 | communes tam denominatiuis quam uerbalibus nec non etiam participialibus et | ||||||
II 117,18 | aduerbialibus, non incongruum esse exstimo, de his quoque in loco una | ||||||
II 117,19 | tractare. | ||||||
II 117,20 | sunt igitur formales denominatiuorum terminationes siue uerbalium hae: | ||||||