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LeftLeakage

Page history last edited by PBworks 16 years, 11 months ago

Leakage to the Left

Some sentences that show some leakage of dependent clause words out in front of the subordinating conjunction.

Caesarī cum id nuntiātum esset, maturāvit ab urbe proficisci. (J. Caesar, BG 1.7 adapted; LfR BS 34.1)
Duo cum faciunt idem, non est idem. When two do the same thing, it isn't the same (i.e. one can get away with doing something while another cannot.) (Terentius, Adelphoe)
Nīl agit exemplum, lītem quod līte resolvit.
Pretiosa quam sit sanitas, morbus docet. (Latin Via Proverbs 2786)
Pudor sī quem nōn flectit, nōn frangit timor. (Publilius Syrus, Sententiae, letter P, verse 45)
Sē damnat iūdex, innocentem quī opprimit. (Publilius Syrus, Sententia 614)

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