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26 PRONOMEN ABUNDANS AND PRONOMEN CONIUNCTUM
2.2.3.1. JDolybius
VI 16,5 bUl nánwv nov n(!ost(!'fJflévwv Xá(!tV bibts rovç noÀÀovç . ..
(see 2.1.2.2 and 2.2.2).
I 41,2 bLo ~at náÀw èns(!(!wa()'fJaav btà ravra . .. (see 2.1.2.1).
I 81,5 bLóns(! elç 7:aV7:a f3Àénwv ov~ av uç elnûv o~v~aetsv wç . .. Here
we see a pleonastic phrase, in the form of a participle + demonstr. pronoun.
I 20,8 ... w(!fl'fJaav ènt 7:0 avvsflf3a{vetv 7:0lÇ Ka(!X'fJbov{otç elç 7:~V ()áÀanav.
bLo ~ai 7:0V7:0 7:0 flé(!oç OVX ij~tará flS naf!Wf!flYJas not~aa(]()at flv~fl'fJv ènt
nÀûov 7:0V n(!ost(!'fJflévov noUflov, Xá(!tv 7:0V fl'fJbè rav7:'fJv àyvoela()at
7:~V à(! X~v, nwç ~ai nóu ~at bt' aç al7:{aç n(!w7:ov èvéf3'fJaav elç ()áÀa7:7:av
'JDwflalOt. I have also quoted part of the sentence before bto in order to
show that in this case bto is repeated by the clause following Xá(!tv.
V 35,12 ( bLo) mV7:'fJv flèv ovv r~v èmf3oÀ~v, wao' è~néflnetv aV7:ov flS7:à
XO(!'fJy{aç, ànsbo~{flaaav b t à 7: à ç n (! ast (! 'fJ fl é va ç a l7: {a ç. This bto is an emendation
by Kaelker 67 of the version of the Ms bLá. Other editors give different
versions: btà mvm flèv ovv 7:~V èmf3oÀ~v, ... (Büttner-Wobst), and btà
(mvm) mV7:'fJv flèv oVV r~v èmf3oÀ~v, ... (Paton). The correction of Kaelker
is the most plausible: Polybius is very fond of the word bto 68 and, secondly,
he does not seem to avoid - this is the least we can say! - pleonastic
expressions 69. If this is the correct version, it can also be placed among
those examples where the relat. clause is interrupted by another clause,
mentioned in 2.2.1.
From the preceding ex am pIes the reader should not gather that Polybius
always finds it necessary to reinforce bto by means of some pleonastic
phrase. There is a great mass of examples where bto is not reinforced.
Why, then, has bLo been reinforced in the 4 (or 5) cases which are mentioned
above 1 It is not possible to discover any difference between the cases
where it has been reinforced and where it is not.
I 20,7 S()sv óewvuç alû Mt fliiÀÀov elç é~áu(!a rà flé(!'fJ IJonàç Àaflf3ávovm
7:0V nÓÀsflov btà 7:àç n(!OSt(!'fJflévaç al7:{aç . .. The word S()sv used in
this way is identical with btó.
VIII 2,1 L1t' WV vnoÀaflf3ávw 7:0 noÀ).á~tç . . . el(!'fJflévov vVv b t' a V 7: W V
7: W v l (! y w V àÀ.'fJ()t~v À.aflf3ávstv n{anv.
II 12,4 WV avv7:eÀ.w()év7:wv Ó II Oa7:ÓflWç fl s 7: à 7: a V 7: a n(!saf3svràç l~anéautÀs
. . .
XXIX 6,5 è~ wv on flèv yéyové uç lmnÀo~~ . .. n(!ocpavèç è~ 7:WV
n(!ost(!'fJflévwv (see 2.2.1).
I 20,15 èv qJ &j ~at(!0 . . . mvrn na(!a&{y flau X(!WflSVOt 7: Ó 7:8 n(!oç rav7:'fJv
ènowVv7:o 7:~v . .. vavn'fJy{av (see 2.2.1).
67 Kaelker, pp. 273-4.
68 See A. Mauersberger, Polybi'!Ul.Lexikon (Berlin 1956 ff.), s.v. See also Palm,
p. 70.
69 See Kaelker , p. 272 : " . .. restat ut disputem de !'!UlO et nimis abundante dicendi
genere, quo utitur", and pp. 272-5.