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such an independence cannot be reconciled with the complete unity of
the antecedent and the relat. clause.
1 mber. 604-5
bu; ï ö;rcov è"da{)'YJ'uov .0 a.ywv flovaa.rietv·
è"ûvo ónov .0 g"naev ÓJeaîa ij Maeyaewva.
This is a similar case. There is reason to suppose that the presence of
the pronomen coniunctum has been caused by the wish of the author to
put great emphasis on the fact that this is actually the cloister which
was built by Margarona. I rather assume, however, that the text is not
correct: the first half of vs. 605 has been heavily corrected by the editor 189.
Alex. rom. 67,4-7 'EflûÇ [va {)eov mauvoflev "', ónov ènoî'YJae .ov
oveavov . .. "al ö).ovç óefi. "al av.ov oqJ{)a).floç oVCJèv ûCJev, oVCJè wdov .ov
if"ovaev . . . The word I!va should be emphasized, I think, so that the antecedent
is definite. But even if the relat. clause must be viewed as essential,
the pronomen coniunctum is necessary: the relat. clause consists of two
parts, of which the second needs arelat. pronoun in another case. This
sentence is an instance of arelat. clause passing into a demonstr.
sentence 190.
Id. 68,14-5 Kal ifqJeeáv .ov a"ov.áet GtCJeeü"ov àno I:1.vt"OV, ónov 1:1.).).ov
atCJeeov oVCJèv .0 ènieva ... This relat. clause seems to be essential, but
it merely modifies the antecedent; it does not define it. We discussed a
similar example in 2.4.3.1.2 (Achill. 2-3 L).
2.4.3.1.4. Erotocrito8. Some exceptional cases gave us occasion to
observe that iron rules do not exist in a language, and that a person
may play with these rules in his own subjective way 191 . Great authors
are apt to use their language in a freer and more subjective way than other
people who are endowed with less fantasy. When some time ago I occupied
myself with a study on the use of the pronomen coniunctum in the
Erotocrito8 of Cornaros, I discovered that his usage does follow certain
rules, but that, on the other hand, he plays with the patterns his language
offers him: if arelat. clause actually is not independent, he may make
it independent, and conversely.
We shall discuss some examples of essential clauses which were made
nonessential by Cornaros for some reason or other by adding a pronomen
coniunctum.
LI 923-4
vá 'nateva .ijv nae'YJyoetà "etv'YJ nov nateVet ij fláva,
aà Cwv-ravi"P'YJ .0 natCJl ónov ve"eo .0 f3yáva . ..
The relat. clause gives the impression of being essential. Cornaros,
however, wishing to show the sharp contrast between the fa cts that the
189 My proposal is to read 605 as follows: i"ûvo önov l"nGev wea{a 1] Maeyaewva.
Now there is as much hiatus in 605 as in 604.
190 See note 175.
191 See 2.4.