A TYPOLOGY OF ERRORS IN VARRO AND HIS EDITORS: A CLOSE LOOK AT SELECTED PASSAGES IN THE DE LINGUA LATINA
Wolfgang David Cirilo de Melo
Abstract: Varro's De lingua Latina, our first grammatical treatise of any length written in Latin, is a problematic text: linguistic theory and practice are often at odds with what later grammarians do, the text has come down to us very poor state. This article examines how modern scholars have approached transmitted preconceived notions, this influenced editorial choices subsequent interpretations. The piece also looks own practices predilections, he sometimes reaches conclusions that logically inconsistent indefensible.
Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies of the University of London