Latin declensions and conjugations: from Varro to Priscian
Year: 1991
Type: article
Abstract: ABSTRACT : Declensions and conjugations are easily the most recognizable components of Latin grammar, but such was not always the case. Moreover, their evolution in Roman language science contains a number of significant discrepancies in enumeration, linguistic analysis, and terminology. In other words, declensions and conjugations do have a history, and this paper surveys that history. Thanks to the efforts of the many grammarians and scholars who collectively comprise the Roman ars grammatica, which culminates in Priscian's monumental tome, the embryonic declensions and conjugations first formulated by Varro are transformed into the declensions and conjugations with which we are so familiar today.
Source: Histoire Épistémologie Langage
Author: Daniel J. Taylor
Language: English
Subfield: Language and Linguistics
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2091459783