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Do you use -que like that? I thought you add it only to the last item of an enumeration?
by 1718627440 1y ago
Do you use -que like that? I thought you add it only to the last item of an enumeration?
- globnomulous 1y agoYep! See entry II of Lewis and Short's Latin Dictionary for the word:[0] > II. Repeated, que . . . que. > A. Both ... and (not in Cæs., once in Cic.; v. Zumpt, Gram. § 338), co-ordinating, To my ear it sounds more emphatic, formal, and annunciatory than singular -que, so it feel appropriate in the context of a guiding dictum/apophthegm. [0] https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0059%3Aalphabetic+letter%3DQ%3Aentry+group%3D5%3Aentry%3Dque https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext...