Grammatici Latini II, p. 12: Priscian, book 1 (De uoce, de littera)
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II 12,1 | debemus, quod non fixis labris est pronuntianda f, quomodo ph, atque | ||||||
6a29 | 12,1 | book 1 | 4143 | quod: | |||
6a29 | hh | 12,1 | 6a17 | book 1 | 211 | fixis: [‘compressed or constricted’] [analysis] | |
6a30 | ii | 12,1 | 6a18 | book 1 | 4226 | ph: [‘through compressed lips’] [analysis] | |
II 12,2 | hoc solum interest. | ||||||
6a31 | kk | 12,2 | 6a19 | book 1 | 541 | interest: [‘i.e. between f and other mutes i.e. the sound only distinguishes it from mutes, and it is a mute so far as that goes’] [analysis] | |
II 12,3 | x etiam duplicem loco c et s uel g et s postea a Graecis inuentam | ||||||
6a31 | ll | 12,3 | book 1 | 52 | x: | ||
6a31 | mm | 12,3 | book 1 | 543 | x: | ||
6a32 | 12,3 | book 1 | 4141 | a grecis: | |||
6a32 | nn | 12,3 | book 1 | 4226 | a grecis: | ||
II 12,4 | assumpsimus. | ||||||
6a33 | oo | 12,4 | book 1 | 4221 541 | assumpsimus: | ||
II 12,5 | k enim et q, quamuis figura et nomine uideantur aliquam habere | ||||||
6a33 | pp | 12,5 | book 1 | 52 | K: | ||
6a33 | 12,5 | book 1 | 53 | K enim .. etc.: | |||
6a33 | 12,5 | book 1 | 424 | enim: | |||
6a33 | 12,5 | book 1 | 4141 | quamvis: | |||
6a34 | 12,5 | book 1 | 4111 | aliquam: | |||
II 12,6 | differentiam, cum c tamen eandem tam in sono uocum quam in metro | ||||||
6a35 | rr | 12,6 | 6a20 | book 1 | 211 36 | cum c: [‘with c’] [analysis] | |
6a35 | 12,6 | book 1 | 4141 | tamen: | |||
6a35 | 12,6 | book 1 | 4111 | eandem: | |||
6a36 | ss | 12,6 | book 1 | 541 | (in) sono (vocum): | ||
II 12,7 | potestatem continent. et k quidem penitus superuacua est: nulla enim | ||||||
6b1 | 12,7 | book 1 | 4142 | [superva]cua: | |||
II 12,8 | uidetur ratio, cur a sequente haec scribi debeat: Carthago enim et | ||||||
6b3 | a | 12,8 | book 1 | 3232 | haec: | ||
II 12,9 | caput, siue per c siue per k scribantur, nullam faciunt nec in sono nec in | ||||||
6b4 | 12,9 | book 1 | 4111 | nullam: | |||
6b5 | b | 12,9 | 6b1 | book 1 | 211 34 | nec (in sono): [‘not only in sound’] [analysis] | |
6b5 | c | 12,9 | 6b1a | book 1 | 211 34 | nec (in potestate): [‘but also’] [analysis] | |
II 12,10 | potestate eiusdem consonantis differentiam. q uero propter nihil aliud | ||||||
6b7 | 12,10 | book 1 | 4111 | propter: | |||
6b7 | 12,10 | book 1 | 4141 | nihil: | |||
6b6 | d | 12,10 | 6b2 | book 1 | 543 | eiusdem: [‘of the one sound: there is no difference of consonance in them’] [analysis] | |
6b7 | e | 12,10 | book 1 | 52 | Q: | ||
II 12,11 | scribenda uidetur esse, nisi ut ostendat, sequens u ante alteram uocalem in | ||||||
6b8 | f | 12,11 | 6b3 | book 1 | 543 336[?] | esse: [‘it has not been written for anything else unless, etc.’] [analysis] | |
6b8 | 12,11 | book 1 | 4111 | *(sequentem) u: | |||
6b9 | g | 12,11 | 6b4 | book 1 | 4226 | in: [‘with q and with the vowel that follows it’] [analysis] | |
II 12,12 | eadem syllaba positam perdere uim literae in metro. quod si ideo alia | ||||||
6b9 | h | 12,12 | book 1 | 4221 | perdere: | ||
6b10 | i | 12,12 | book 1 | 541 | vim: | ||
6b10 | 12,12 | book 1 | 4141 | si: | |||
6b10 | k | 12,12 | 6b5 | book 1 | 543 | ideo: [‘i.e. for showing the (metrical) nullity of u’] [analysis] | |
6b10 | l | 12,12 | 6b6 | book 1 | 211 | alia (li<t>tera): [‘a different letter’] [analysis] | |
II 12,13 | litera est existimanda quam c, debet g quoque, cum similiter praeponitur | ||||||
6b11 | m | 12,13 | 6b7 | book 1 | 211 35 543 | quam: [‘than c: different to c’] [analysis] | |
6b11 | 12,13 | book 1 | 4141 | debet: | |||
6b11 | n | 12,13 | 6b8 | book 1 | 34 | simi[liter]: [‘as q’] [analysis] | |
II 12,14 | u amittenti uim literae, alia putari, et alia, cum id non facit. dicimus | ||||||
6b12 | 12,14 | book 1 | 4111 | *amittenti: | |||
6b12 | o | 12,14 | 6b9 | book 1 | 3114 | u: [‘to the u’] [analysis] | |
6b12 | p | 12,14 | 6b10 | book 1 | 211 | ali[a (putari)]: [‘different’] [analysis] | |
6b13 | q | 12,14 | 6b10a | book 1 | 211 | alia (cum): [‘different’] [analysis] | |
6b13 | r | 12,14 | 6b12 | book 1 | 3232 | id: [‘nullity beside it’] [analysis] | |
6b13 | s | 12,14 | 6b11 | book 1 | 543 | facit: [‘i.e. in that case let g be a different letter and have another character, to wit, when there is nullity in u beside g’] [analysis] | |
II 12,15 | enim anguis sicuti quis et augur sicuti cur. | ||||||
6b14 | t | 12,15 | 6b13 | book 1 | 211 | anguis: [‘snake’] [analysis] | |
6b14 | u | 12,15 | 6b14 | book 1 | 211 | augur: [‘a soothsayer’] [analysis] | |
6b14 | w | 12,15 | 6b15 | book 1 | 541 | *iacur: [‘lump ‘liver’’] [analysis] | |
II 12,16 | unde si uelimus cum ueritate contemplari, ut diximus, non plus | ||||||
6b14 | 12,16 | book 1 | 4141 | unde: | |||
6b15 | x | 12,16 | 6b16 | book 1 | 4224 | contemplari: [‘the number of the Latin letters’] [analysis] | |
II 12,17 | decem et octo literas in Latino sermone habemus, hoc est sedecim antiquas | ||||||
II 12,18 | Graecorum et f et x postea additas, et eas quoque ab eisdem sumptas. | ||||||
6b18 | 12,18 | book 1 | 4122 | grecorum: | |||
6b18 | 12,18 | book 1 | 4142 | additas: | |||
6b19 | y | 12,18 | book 1 | 3232 | eas: | ||
II 12,19 | nam y et z Graecorum causa, ut supra dictum est, asciuimus nominum, | ||||||
6b19 | z | 12,19 | 6b17 | book 1 | 541 | y (et z): [‘i.e. for they are not in Latin nouns (words), and so they do not increase (?) the number of Latin letters’] [analysis] | |
6b21 | aa | 12,19 | 6b18 | book 1 | 211 | assscivimus: [‘we have summoned’] [analysis] | |
II 12,20 | h autem aspirationis est nota et nihil aliud habet literae nisi figuram et | ||||||
II 12,21 | quod in uersu scribitur inter alias literas. quod si sufficeret, ut | ||||||
6b23 | bb | 12,21 | 6b19 | book 1 | 541 | in versu: [‘to cause length’] [analysis] | |
6b23 | 12,21 | book 1 | 4142 | scribitur: | |||
6b23 | cc | 12,21 | 6b20 | book 1 | 3232 | quod: [‘that, (namely) that is written among the others ’] [analysis] | |
6b24 | dd | 12,21 | book 1 | 212 | ylementum: | ||
II 12,22 | elementum putaretur, nihilominus quorundam etiam numerorum figurae, quia in | ||||||
6b24 | ee | 12,22 | book 1 | 4221 | putaretur: | ||
6b25 | ff | 12,22 | book 1 | 4228 | [nihilo]minus: | ||
6b25 | gg | 12,22 | book 1 | 541 | numerorum: | ||
6b25 | 12,22 | book 1 | 4122 | numerorum: | |||
6b25 | hh | 12,22 | 6b21 | book 1 | 211 | figurae: [‘the figures of numerals’] [analysis] | |
II 12,23 | uersu inter alias literas scribuntur, quamuis eis dissimiles sint, elementa | ||||||
6b27 | ii | 12,23 | book 1 | 212 | ylementa: |