Features of Vulgar Latin in the inscriptions of Naissus
Apstrakt
The epigraphic material from the region of Naissus, in spite of its relative
scarcity and poor state of preservation, offers valuable examples of Vulgar
Latin usage. Interesting phenomena include an instance of the imperial name
Pertinax in the form Pertenax, which may be due to a vulgar reinterpretation
of the name (‘Very Tough’, cf. Constans, Valens, sim.) and may imply
rhizotony (Perténax); the adjective superstantes ‘survivors’, apparently the
issue of two consequent vulgar developments, superstes > superstens
(hypercorrect spelling) > superstans (false analogy); an isosyllabic 3rd
declension nominative singular, Melioris (from the name Melior), as well as
a 3rd decl. dative singular generi from the 2nd decl. noun gener
‘son-in-law’; an early borrowing from Germanic, brutes ‘daughter-in-law’; a
‘weak’ future participle, sequiture, for secuturae; the bastard noun
volumptas, cf. voluntas and voluptas; a correlative construction with
sic...sic for quemadmodum...sic; and t...he verb adjuvare followed by a dative,
which illustrates a vulgarism known from the Glossaries. Another kind of
vulgarity, which is rather a matter of simplicity than purely linguistic
incompetence, is found in cases such as an epitaph whose dedicator calls
herself bene merita; or a semi-metric inscription-a commaticum-whose actual
text may be the outcome of tampering with a regular epigraphic poem
Izvor:
Zbornik radova Vizantološkog instituta, 2013, 2013, 50-1, 45-63Izdavač:
- Srpska akademija nauka i umetnosti SANU - Vizantološki institut, Beograd
Institucija/grupa
Klasične nauke / Classical StudiesTY - JOUR AU - Nedeljković, Vojin PY - 2013 UR - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/1748 AB - The epigraphic material from the region of Naissus, in spite of its relative scarcity and poor state of preservation, offers valuable examples of Vulgar Latin usage. Interesting phenomena include an instance of the imperial name Pertinax in the form Pertenax, which may be due to a vulgar reinterpretation of the name (‘Very Tough’, cf. Constans, Valens, sim.) and may imply rhizotony (Perténax); the adjective superstantes ‘survivors’, apparently the issue of two consequent vulgar developments, superstes > superstens (hypercorrect spelling) > superstans (false analogy); an isosyllabic 3rd declension nominative singular, Melioris (from the name Melior), as well as a 3rd decl. dative singular generi from the 2nd decl. noun gener ‘son-in-law’; an early borrowing from Germanic, brutes ‘daughter-in-law’; a ‘weak’ future participle, sequiture, for secuturae; the bastard noun volumptas, cf. voluntas and voluptas; a correlative construction with sic...sic for quemadmodum...sic; and the verb adjuvare followed by a dative, which illustrates a vulgarism known from the Glossaries. Another kind of vulgarity, which is rather a matter of simplicity than purely linguistic incompetence, is found in cases such as an epitaph whose dedicator calls herself bene merita; or a semi-metric inscription-a commaticum-whose actual text may be the outcome of tampering with a regular epigraphic poem PB - Srpska akademija nauka i umetnosti SANU - Vizantološki institut, Beograd T2 - Zbornik radova Vizantološkog instituta T1 - Features of Vulgar Latin in the inscriptions of Naissus EP - 63 IS - 50-1 SP - 45 VL - 2013 DO - 10.2298/ZRVI1350045N ER -
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Nedeljković, V.. (2013). Features of Vulgar Latin in the inscriptions of Naissus. in Zbornik radova Vizantološkog instituta Srpska akademija nauka i umetnosti SANU - Vizantološki institut, Beograd., 2013(50-1), 45-63. https://doi.org/10.2298/ZRVI1350045N
Nedeljković V. Features of Vulgar Latin in the inscriptions of Naissus. in Zbornik radova Vizantološkog instituta. 2013;2013(50-1):45-63. doi:10.2298/ZRVI1350045N .
Nedeljković, Vojin, "Features of Vulgar Latin in the inscriptions of Naissus" in Zbornik radova Vizantološkog instituta, 2013, no. 50-1 (2013):45-63, https://doi.org/10.2298/ZRVI1350045N . .