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Example Question #1 :Hyperbaton
vix etiam Phoebo iam lyra tuta sua est?
cum bene surrexit versu nova pagina primo,
attenuat nervos proximus ille meos;
nec mihi斜纹布est numeris levioribus美国物理治疗协会,
aut puer aut longas compta puella comas.' 5
Questus eram,pharetra cumprotinus ille soluta
legit in exitium spicula facta meum,
lunavitque genu sinuosum fortiter arcum,
'quod' que 'canas, vates, accipe' dixit 'opus!'
Me miserum! certas habuit puer ille sagittas. 10
uror, et in vacuo pectore regnat Amor.
Sex mihi surgat opus numeris, in quinque residat:
ferrea cum vestris bella valete modis!
cingere litorea flaventia tempora myrto,
Musa, per undenos emodulanda pedes! 15
Thepharetra cumin line 6 is an example of___________________.
litotes
hyperbaton
metaphor
tmesis
hyperbaton
The wordspharetra cumpresent the reader with an inversion of the normal word order (usually, the preposition should appear before its object in Latin). This is called hyperbaton. "Litotes" is whena negative is used to express a strong positive, a "metaphor" isa comparison without the word like/as (ut), and "tmesis" isthe separation of a compound word into two parts.
巴勒斯坦权力机构ssage adapted fromAmoresby Ovid, I. 16-30
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