Mali versus an proba oratio? (Latin Inscriptions on instrumentum and carmina epigraphica)
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Matteo Massaro
In the very rare Latin inscriptions on instrumentum developed into a full sentence,
there is no reason for seeking at any rate the traces of mali versus, that is of an awkward attempt of metric composition (with the aim at setting them in the collections of CLE), while they show actually the ordinary feature of a proba oratio, sometimes embellished with valuable figures of speech. Otherwise, if an actual metric or rhythmical feature is recognizable, they are usually quotations from an individual poet, or of probable versus populares, or of phrases and proverbs in current use.
there is no reason for seeking at any rate the traces of mali versus, that is of an awkward attempt of metric composition (with the aim at setting them in the collections of CLE), while they show actually the ordinary feature of a proba oratio, sometimes embellished with valuable figures of speech. Otherwise, if an actual metric or rhythmical feature is recognizable, they are usually quotations from an individual poet, or of probable versus populares, or of phrases and proverbs in current use.
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Latin inscriptions on instrumentum, prose vs. verse inscriptions, poets’ quotations, current parlance, idiomatic or proverbial expressions
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Massaro, Matteo. “Mali versus an proba oratio? (Latin Inscriptions on instrumentum and carmina epigraphica)”. Sylloge epigraphica Barcinonensis: SEBarc, no. 13, pp. 237-61, https://raco.cat/index.php/SEBarc/article/view/307254.