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spelling xvii, 20 n. 15, 54, 232 with n. 6, 281 n. 2,
362, 383, 414
b for p 413–14, 417; for v 358 n. 4
c for g 413, 417; for qu 413
d for t 413
e for i 360, 413–14, 417
g for c 413, 417
h initial 413
i for e 413, 417
o for u 358 n. 4, 413–14, 417
p for b 413, 417
s for c before e 413
t for d 384, 413; for s before i 413–14
u for o 360, 362, 368, 413, 417
u for uu 337 with n. 32
sphragis 259
Statius Chapter 18 passim
Stoicism 239
style
ancient classifications of 13–15, 165 n. 9
Chapter 3 passim
indicators of colloquialism 47–51, 58–64
‘naturalistic’ 50–1, 58, 138; see also realism
prosaic 53, 54
‘simple’ 18–28
see also register, Index verborum s. vv.
communis, cotidianus, exilis, familiaris,
humilis, incomptus, infimus, inliberalis,
inusitatus, obscenus, plebeius, purus,
rusticus, sermo, subrusticus, tritus,
turpis, usitatus, vilis, vulgaris
suasoriae 314
subject, change of 252; see also anacoluthon
subjectivity 305–11, 316
subjunctive 31, 367–8, 415
in relative clauses 92–3, 249, 367–8
optative 276 with n. 14
prohibitive 87
without ut 198–9, 284–6
substandard 20–1, 28, 31–2, 34–5, 40, 56, 148,
167, 287, 319, 337, 357, 366, 374,
Chapter 14 passim; see also vulgar Latin
sufficiency, expressions of 296, 300–2
suffix(ation) 134
-anus 191 with n. 10
-arius/-aria 321, 328–30
-aster 32–33
double suffix 329
- 263 n. 8
-osus 263 with n. 8
-ter 143
-tim 253 with n. 93
word-play based on 329
superlatives 48, 232 n. 6, 251
surprise see credulity/incredulity
Subject index 479
syllepsis 278 n. 16
Symmachus 360 n. 13, 365 n. 20
syncopated forms 192–3
synecdoche see pars pro toto
synonyms 48, 134, 214, 233
accumulation of 220, 244 n. 5
quasi-synonyms 53
register diversification of 53 with n. 30, 256
synonymic pairs 48
syntax
as figure 313–14
disjointed 48, 51, 59–60, 151–2, 267
‘encapsulated’ clauses 197–8
Hellenising see Greek constructions
incongruous 369, 375
Tacitus xvii, 23 n. 22, 172, 179 n. 32, 187, 202, 213,
254, 293, 348
technical language 7, 134, 219, 222–3
agricultural 52, 157–8
culinary 157, 337
gladiatorial 34, 338
legal 158, 211, 220
medical 337, 419 n. 2
military 35 n. 42, 134, 145 n. 55, 156, 277, 283,
338
see also sociolect
temporal markers 249–50, 260
Testamentum Porcelli 391
Terence 31–8, 128 n. 6, 131 n. 18, 139, 148, 206,
220, 222, 286, 332, 344, 347, 348
threats 59, 288
Tiberius 29
topic(alisation) 164–5, 172, 176–7 n. 31, 178,
179 n. 33, 197–8, 285
tragic diction Chapter 8 passim
transferred usage 18, 23, 26–8, 141, 263, 264; see
also metaphor, poetic diction
transitional expressions 200–1
tricolon abundans 257, 260
u
> o 358 n. 4
for o 360, 362, 368, 413
-uu- > -u- 337 with n. 32
Umgangssprache 42, 44–50, 144, 167
understatement 51
ungrammaticality 4, 22, 148, 369 with n. 30
see also barbarism, solecism
‘unpoetic’ words 51–3, 54
usefulness as communicative tool 239–40
ut clauses 89, 93, 95, 98, 286 n. 20
Valerius Probus of Beirut 230
variatio 249 n. 53, 256, 367 n. 25