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The Use of the Singular Nos by Horace

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 February 2009

Elsie Hancock
Elsie Hancock
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Cardiff
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The object of this paper is to enquire how far we can trace in the works of Horace the use of the plural forms of the first person which have been pointed out by Professor R. S. Conway in his essay on The Use of the Singular nos in Cicero's Letters (Camb. Phil. Soc. Proc., Vol. V., Part I., 1899), from which it appeared that the idiom throws valuable light upon the inner workings of Cicero's mind.

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The Classical Quarterly , Volume 19 , Issue 1 , January 1925, pp. 43 - 55
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Copyright © The Classical Association 1925

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page 43 note 1 With regard to the counting of examples I have followed Dr. Conway. ‘Phrases like ego hoc facio are each counted as only one example of ego, nos tacemus as only one example of nos, but dico me hoc fecisse or meos curabo as two of ego, and so on. This is necessary in view of the examples of ego and nos side by side. But two co-ordinate verbs are counted as only one example if they are close together (e.g. oro et obsecro), but as two if they are separated by a pause in the sense or by an intervening phrase.’

page 45 note 1 Stephanus, Lambinus, Bentley, Kirchner, Ritter, Dillenburger, Orelli.

page 45 note 2 Franke, Michaelis, Nettleship.