Amare mit Infinitiv: Bedeutungsentlehnung und Sprachgebrauch bei Sallust und Horaz

• Yannick Brandenburg ^[1]
  1. [1] University of Cologne

     University of Cologne

     Kreisfreie Stadt Köln, Alemania

     
• Localización: Glotta: zeitschrift für griechische und lateinische sprache..., ISSN 0017-1298, Nº. 98, 2022, págs. 68-77
• Idioma: alemán
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  • From Sallust onwards, Latin authors apply the semantics of Greek φιλεῖν + inf. ‚to be wont to‘, ‚to be accustomed to‘ to amare. Sallust adapts the native Latin idiom fieri solet ‚usually happens‘ by replacing solet with amat. Outside this phrase, the semantics of amare are not concerned. Horace is the first to use amare + inf. in a wider semantic range. Comparison with the usage of Greek φιλεῖν + inf. shows that he firstly does not only borrow its meaning but also its poetic register, and secondly extends its scope far beyond what is customary in Greek. In later times, amare + inf. ‚to be wont to‘, ‚to be accustomed to‘ retains a literary, primarily poetic register; and from Tacitus onwards it is mainly used in gnomes, another feature inherited from Greek usage.