E. P. Novikova The place of the phonetic examples of Italic languages in the works of early Roman grammarians (Varro, Verrius, Scaurus) (pp. 714–726)

Author

E. P. Novikova (Lomonosov Moscow State University)

Pages\n 714–726

Summary\n

The article deals with so-called «method of loci», that is used by early Roman grammarians in composition of their books on the Latin language (by M. Terentius Varro) and on orthography (by Q. Terentius Scaurus and maybe M. Verrius Flaccus). Examples of phonetic changes marked as ‘Italic’ (Sabinian, Faliscan etc.) keep their own place in each grammatical work. Their place in the system of each grammarian is different. Varro uses Sabinian examples to show the way to the correct etymology of Latin word, but Terentius Scaurus mentions phonetic changes in Italic languages to explain the «cognatio litterarum». Terminology of Scaurus, e.g. adiectio, detractio, immutatio and annexio, can be found also in the epitome of Festus. Varro, on the other hand, uses another terms: additio (for adiectio), demptio (for detractio) and commutatio. To observe how grammarians analyse phonetical structure shown in Latin and Italic words is important for understanding the history of the method and for investigating foundations of the ancient «dialectology».

Keywords\n

Roman grammarians, Italic languages, Verrius Flaccus, Scaurus, Varro, ancient grammatical terminology, Latin orthography.

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