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he probably believed that one pronomen coniunctum in the second part
of the relat. clause was sufficient.
Id. 476,32 fr .... ~a;' ~o:ruáCs'l"B 'fli(!av ~a;' vv~rav ... /û ·dv-ra a~onà và
ná(!s'l"B -rà ~àa-r(!ov ~a;' -rà beAotnàv (!'fJyá-rov, onov và fliv aaç; Muvan ó (Jsóç;!
Id. 562,22 fr .... ~a;' àvtawç; ~a;' (Jûrwn và ná(!n -rà (!'fJyá-rov, exst -rà o-rOtfla,
onov ó (Jsàç; và fliv -ràv Muvan!
Such clauses which contain a wish are evidently nonessential and in
other cases are provided with a pronomen coniunctum. See, for instance,
380,30 onov và aov -ràv Xa(!V'JIn Ó (Jsóç; ... and 572,35-574,1 onov và -ràv
flav'l"BvtáCn Ó (Jsóç;! Only in clauses where Machairas uses the verb à~uf)'JIw
he does not clarify onov. In 562,22 fr. this may have been caused by the
wish to avoid the sequence ... -ràv -rà ...
Alex. rom. 51,10-1 "EfJyaÀav ~a;' -rà fliya ànavwepó(!t TOf} EoÀOflwv-roÇ;,
ónov elxsv ná(!ét ó fJaatAsvç; N afJovxoCJovóao(! è~ -r~'JI 'I s(!OVaaÀ~fl. In the
sequel the pronomen coniunctum has actually been placed: 12-3 ... ~a;'
CJwCJs~a arayóvta nOÀv-rtfl'fJra ÀdJa(!ónovÀa, ónov Tà elXS'JI fJáÀét ó EOÀwflWV
elç; -r~v áy{a'JI Etwv ... The pronomen coniunctum -rà may have dropped
out, especially because in similar cases the author always uses the resumpt.
pronoun: see 68,9-10 about Tà ana{}l Tof} rOÀtáfJ, 68,12-4 about Tà loCOVTá(!t
TOf} Eafltpof} and 72,4-6 about -rà àna'JIwepó(!t -rof} , E~s(!Uvov.
2.4.3.2.2. Erotocrito8. It has been maintained in 2.4.3.1.4 that man,
expressing himself by means of language, may play with it. In some
examples of (seemingly) essential clauses which nevertheless contain a
pronomen coniunctum we saw that a great poet as Cornaros of ten does so.
In this paragraph we shall discuss some examples of nonessential clauses
where Cornaros did not use a resumpt. pronoun.
L1 1265-6
'0 (!~yaç; fJávét Àoytaflà và nátpovv Ot noÀiflot,
-rà a'lflaTa loCt' ot aloCoTwflo{, nov oÀoç; ó ~óafloç; -r(!iflSt.
The relat. clause, which constitutes a close union with the antecedent.
gives the impression of being al most a fill-up: its only function is giving
a rather self-evident quality of the antecedent 194.
E 554-6
................. Tà flána -rà fJW(!of}at
nwç; elv' Tà CJa~-rv).{CJt'JI
-ra'fJ fli -r' àloC(!tfJà Caepet(!t,
nov ' CJw~s TOf} Pw-ró~(!t-rov ànà -rà na(!afJv(!t.
The poet should have written nov TÓ 'CJWloCS, as the relat. clause is clearly
nonessential and its content of great importance. Apparently Cornaros
had a different view. By choosing this form, he makes the relat. clause
contribute towards determining the antecedent: Aretousa does not only
see that this is her own ring, the ring with the sapphire, she also recognizes
the "Erotocritos-ring" in it, the ring which is particularly characterized
by the fa ct that once she gave it to her lover.
194 Cf. the instanees from the Ohron. Mor. in 2.4.3.2.1.