Talk:supplex

Latin supplex

Possible cites for certain cases given by dictioaries are:
abl. sg. -e in poetry:

L&S: "-ĭce freq. in dactyl. and anap. verse"

• quae plurima voce peregi / Supplice, Tib. 1, 2, 14 (TLL)
• supplice voce rogant, Ov. M. 2, 396 al. (TLL)
• manu supplice, Ov. M. 11, 279 (TLL)
• et supplice dextra, Val. Fl. 4, 11 (TLL)
• supplice vitta, Hor. C. 3, 14, 8 (TLL)
• et supplice castus oliva, Val. Fl. 3, 424 (TLL)

abl. sg. -e:

L&S: "to denote a temporary attitude or relation, not a permanent characteristic"

• a cuncta Asia supplice, Cic. Scaur. 2, 35 (TLL)
• iam/Iam supplice Varo, Luc. 8, 287; Pompeio supplice mensus, id., 8, 346 (TLL)

abl. sg. -e for the subst.:

L&S: "always when used subst."

• supplice sic merito, Verg. A. 3, 667 (TLL)
• pro supplice, Ov. M. 8, 261 (TLL)
• iam non hoste, sed supplice, Curt. 5, 3, 14 (TLL)
• tu supplice digno dignior, Val. Fl. 7, 290 (TLL)

abl. sg. -i:

• voce supplici postulare, Sall. (prose; TLL)

gen. pl. -um for the subst.:

• repudiatio supplicum, Cic. Mur. 9 (TLL)
• et nos jacentis ad pedes supplicum voce prohibebis?, Cic. Lig. 5, 13 (TLL)

gen. pl. -ium:

• supplicium, Liv. 24, 30; 29, 16; 35, 34 / *Liv. 24, 30, 14 ; 29, 16, 6 -- maybe the * (from Gaffiot) denotes that it is a conjecture or depends on the manuscript or edition

ntr. pl. *-ia:

• supplicia verba, Cic. Att. 12, 32 -- at TLL it's "supplicibus verbis", so the dictionary (Gaffiot) likely changed the case

So supplice seems to be the more common abl. And this could imply gen. pl. *supplicum, compare with A&G (Allen and Greenough's New Latin Grammar for schools and colleges founded on comparative grammar, 1903, p. 54): "The Genitive Plural [...] has -um [...] Always in [...] supplex [...]" -80.133.104.220 08:21, 24 April 2017 (UTC)

RFV discussion: April 2017–January 2021

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