Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Harold Edgeworth Butler (Translator), 1.7.29

Search the Perseus Catalog for:

View: By Chapter

← Previous Next →

[29] too in the abbreviation indicating the praenomen is spelt in a manner which does not agree with its pronunciation. We also find columnas¹ and consul spelt without an n, while Subura when indicated by three letters is spelt Suc.² I could quote many other examples of this, but I fear that I have already said too much on so trivial a theme.

Institutio Oratoria. Quintilian. Harold Edgeworth Butler (Translator). Cambridge, Mass.. 1920-1922.

Sponsored by Perseus Project, Tufts University.

Funding provided by Tufts University.

Current edition Perseus

Institutio Oratoria (English) (Quintilian. Institutio Oratoria, Volume 1-4. Butler, Harold Edgeworth, translator. Cambridge, Mass; London: Harvard University Press, William Heinemann Ltd., 1920-1922.)

Editions (1)

Institutio Oratoria Perseus (Quintilian. Institutio Oratoria, Volume 1-4. Butler, Harold Edgeworth, editor. Cambridge, Mass; London: Harvard University Press, William Heinemann Ltd., 1920-1922.) — 1.7.29 focus

[29] nec Gnaeus eam litteram in praenominis nota accipit, quae sonat; et columnam et consules exempta n littera legimus; et Subura, cum tribus litteris notatur, c tertiam ostendit. multa sunt generis huius; sed haec quoque vereor ne modum tam parvae quaestionis excesserint.

Notes on the current edition

Institutio Oratoria

1. columa is mentioned by the grammarian Pompeius as a barbarism in the fifth century. cp. dimin. columella. Consul is abbreviated cos.

2. The original name was Sucusa.

Quintilian Institutio Oratoria 1.7.29

Harold Edgeworth Butler (Translator)

Search the Perseus Catalog for:

Current edition Perseus

Notes on the current edition

Stable identifiers