case-signs

Updated: May 21, 2025

The case-signs m, d, are sometimes retained, sometimes lost. Perhaps a later restoration may account for these. In the decree of Aemilius, posedisent and possidere are found. It is the same in the MSS. of ancient authors. The oldest MSS. of Plautus, Lucretius, and Virgil, are consistent in a considerable number of forms with themselves and with each other, but vary in a still larger number.

Charles Thomas Cruttwell - The History of Roman Literature : From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius