{"id":10814,"date":"2009-11-04T15:33:48","date_gmt":"2009-11-04T19:33:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/latin-poetry-podcast\/?p=10814"},"modified":"2009-11-04T16:57:40","modified_gmt":"2009-11-04T20:57:40","slug":"quintilian-on-pauses-in-aeneid-1-1-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/latin-poetry-podcast\/2009\/11\/04\/quintilian-on-pauses-in-aeneid-1-1-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Quintilian on pauses in Aeneid 1.1-8"},"content":{"rendered":"

Quintilian on pausing<\/a>\"quintilian-1-sized\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Pacing: Quintilian <\/a>on pauses in Aeneid<\/em> 1.1\u20138 (Inst<\/em>. 11.3.33\u201338, trans. Russell)<\/p>\n

Arma virumque cano,\/ Troiae qui primus ab oris\/
\nItaliam\/ fato profugus\/ Lavinaque venit
\nlitora,\/ multum ille et terris iactatus et alto . . .<\/p>\n

Albanique patres, atque altae moenia Romae.\/<\/p>\n

Musa, mihi causas memora, quo numine laeso . . .<\/p>\n

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Elisions<\/span>:<\/p>\n

However, though words must be pronounced in full, it is tiresome and offensive to put a value on every letter . . . For one thing, vowels often coalesce, and some consonants are suppressed when a vowel follows . . . multum ille et terris<\/em> illustrates both points. (33\u201334)<\/p>\n

Sense Pauses<\/span>:<\/p>\n

We must also note where our speech should be left in the air . . . and where it should be brought to rest. Arma virumque cano<\/em> is left in the air, because virum<\/em> belongs to what follows, giving us virum Troiae qui primus ab oris<\/em>, after which there is another suspension; for, although where he came from and where he arrived are two different things, yet we do not need punctuation here, because both are covered by the same verb, venit<\/em>. (35\u201336)<\/p>\n

There is a third pause at Italiam<\/em>, because fato profugus<\/em> is parenthetical and interrupts the continuity of Italiam Lavinaque<\/em>. For the same reason, there is a fourth pause at profugus<\/em>, after which comes Lavinaque venit litora<\/em>, where we do at last need some punctuation, because a new sentence begins at this point. (37)<\/p>\n

Even when there is punctuation, the time we give to it may be shorter or longer, according to whether it marks the end of a phrase or of a thought. Thus I shall take a new breath immediately after the punctuation at litora<\/em>, but when I come to atque altae moenia Romae<\/em>, I shall pause and wait to make a fresh beginning. (37\u201338)<\/p>\n

Pausing without breathing:<\/span><\/p>\n

Pauses sometimes occur, even in long periods, without a new breath. The sentence beginning in coetu vero populi Romani, negotium publicum gerens, magister equitum<\/em> and so on [Cicero, Philippics<\/em> 2.63], has many Cola (there are a number of thoughts, one after another) but only one Period; so it is a case for short pauses between these phrases, not for breaking up the structure of the whole. (39)<\/p>\n

Breathing without pausing:<\/span><\/p>\n

Conversely, it is sometimes necessary to recover breath without a perceptible pause . . . because if we regain our breath awkwardly, this produces just as much obscurity<\/strong> as faulty punctuation. (39)<\/p>\n

The necessity of proper pausing<\/span>:<\/p>\n

Virtue of punctuation is perhaps a small thing; but without it there can be no other virtue in pleading (virtus autem distinguendi fortasse sit parva, sine qua tamen esse nulla alia in agendo potest<\/em>). (39)<\/p>\n

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Quintilian on pausing Pacing: Quintilian on pauses in Aeneid 1.1\u20138 (Inst. 11.3.33\u201338, trans. Russell) Arma virumque cano,\/ Troiae qui primus ab oris\/ Italiam\/ fato profugus\/ Lavinaque venit litora,\/ multum ille et terris iactatus et alto . . . Albanique patres, atque altae moenia Romae.\/ Musa, mihi causas memora, quo numine laeso . . . Elisions: […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1783,1782,1781,1784,1785],"class_list":["post-10814","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-delivery","tag-latin-audio","tag-quintilian","tag-vergil-aeneid","tag-virgil"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/latin-poetry-podcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10814","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/latin-poetry-podcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/latin-poetry-podcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/latin-poetry-podcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/latin-poetry-podcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10814"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/latin-poetry-podcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10814\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/latin-poetry-podcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/latin-poetry-podcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/latin-poetry-podcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}