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Austin Morris Harntoii, 



Brouo-ht forward 



Irregular 

 Cadences 



A r^ r\j r\j n^ r^ r\j 

 B f^ r\j r\j r\j r^ r\j n^ 

 C r'Li r>^ 1^ rsj 

 Y) rLi r\j rvj r\j r\j 

 ^ Uncertain 



1425 



Coll. ] 



19 



5 



7 



4 



\_ 



36~~ 



1461 



24 



60 



1811 



3272 



These results manifest unequivocally the uniformity of Ammianus' 

 rhythm. His style is chiefh^ characterized b}' the inordinate re- 

 petition of the cadences I, II and III, .which are presented in about 

 95 per cent of the clausulae. This proportion remains approximately 

 the same whether we take all the clausulae into consideration or 

 only those which end a sentence, although the discrepancy in the 

 relative frequency of II and III in the two collections reveals the 

 fact that II is used more often within the sentence than at its end, 

 while the reverse is true of III. There can be no doubt, then, 

 that these three are par excellence the favored forms. 



Since cadence IV is counted in tens whereas the cadences just 

 mentioned are counted in hundreds, I must set forth the reason 

 that has governed me in classing it with these. It is primarily 

 that IV would naturally be a rare clausula, because when it is con- 

 structed in two words it requires that the sentence or kolon end in 

 a word of 5 or 6 syllables with antepenultimate accent imilitibus 

 obscurissimis , constanti sollicitndine), and such words are not common.^ 

 Furthermore, its occurrences are guaranted by sound texts and its 

 rhythm emphasized by responsion, since most of the cases in Book 

 XXI stand in close proximity to one another.^ It is therefore a good 

 clausula, though, in comparison with the others, not a frequent one. 



In connection with these four clausulae two other forms 'come up 

 for discussion which are so rare that I have not found a single 

 certain instance of either one in either of my two collections. In 

 spite of this their status is quite different from that of the cadences 

 which I have listed as irregular. These forms are : 



VI PLir\jrK/r^r\jr\jr\jr'Lir\jn^ 



' The actual cases are for the most part present participles in the dative 

 or ablative plural, and superlatives. 

 2 See p. 204. 



