Rhetorical and Literary Devices
Tmesis
separation of a compound word into two parts saxo cere comminuit brum (for saxo cerebrum comminuit: "He smashed his brain with a rock.")
did livy play a role in politics?
no
In a basket by the Tiber River
defungor, defungi, defunctus (+abl)
finish, discharge
Hendiadys
use of two nouns together to express a noun modified by an adjective: luctus et labor (meaning "grievous toil")
what is livy's first name?
Titus
With what instrument did Romulus mark out the boundaries of Rome
plow
desponsus, a
betrothed
Anastrophe
inversion of usual word order (e.g., preposition after the word it governs): te propter vivo (instead of the expected propter te vivo)
Is his work fact or fiction?
A blend of both
What is the date attributed to Rome's founding?
April 21, 753 BC
immaturus, a, um
untimely
Aposiopesis
breaking off in the middle of a sentence : quem ego . . . sed non possum pergere. ("Whom I . . . but I cannot go on.")
which two historians did Livy set the stage for?
sallust and tacitus
What is the name of the evil king that ordered Romulus and Remus' death
Amulius
comploratio, onis, f
lament
Hysteron proteron
placing first what the reader might expect to come last mortuus est et hostem inruit ("He died and he rushed against the enemy")
His works were comprised of how many books?
142
Which titles would best describe Romulus and Remus' parents
god of war, vestal virgin
dicionis
domination