The Clausula in Anunianus Marcellinus. 185 



Turning now to the four-word clausula, we find that there are 

 only 15 examples of it; one in form I (I. 237. 19 id prae me. fe'rcyis), 

 one in form II (I. 146. 17 acta vel dicta sunt), 7 in III (5 of the 

 type obiecti sunt praeter morem), and 6 in IV, of various types. 

 Since the four-word clausula can be produced only by making use 

 of two atonic words, and since such combinations would naturally 

 occur seldom, we can hardly be surprised at its infrequency. 



We have still to discuss the one-word clausula. Though the 

 forms III and IV cannot be constructed in a single word, it is, of 

 course, possible to get I and II with a polysyllable, provided its 

 secondary accent fall in the right place {archipirdta). But Ammianus 

 certainly avoided such types, and may have avoided them altogether. 

 For with few exceptions the words capable of rendering them are 

 used in the construction of two-wo'rd clausulae in other forms, and 

 in most of the few exceptions the text is obviously corrupt. 



The only polysyllable that is commonly found before a pause in 

 Ammianus is the word of five syllables with accented penult.^ In 

 my two collections it occurs 98 times ; in 92 cases it is preceded 

 by another word accented on the penult, thus producing III y. 

 The 6 exceptions are as follows : 



I. 55. 24 negotium praeter inquiri — where we need only pro- 

 nounce negotium to get the usual III ;-. 



100. 24 graviter toleraturi — excise graviter, that the sentence 

 may run as it ought, non sine ultimorum conatu toleraturi. 



236. 21 quam celeritateni — perhaps vocalization of u and shift 

 of accent (qiiam : p. 228). 



244. 19 trahendumque si reniteretur — this should be read as a 

 case of the rare form V. 

 II. 183. 21 accolae Igilgitanitin—Y has gilgitanuni, which w'ould 

 give form III: Forbiger suggests Igilgilitaniwi, which 

 would give form VI {Alt. Geog. II. 872. 89j. 



241. 25 aenmlae tenieritatis— inverting, we get a better re- 

 sponsion, alter per Tliracias comes, dux alter exiiiosus, 

 aemulae ambo temeritatis. 



To these we may add the following list, which comprises all the 

 instances in Ammianus that precede a full stop. 



* Words of 6 syllables with antepenultimate accent {sollicititdine) are 

 always used to produce \S y (see p. 182); words of 6 syllables with 

 penultimate accent, and of 7 syllables with antepenultimate accent 

 {circjtmveniretur, circumi'enioittbtis) to produce the rare forms V and YI 

 (see p. 168). 



