Praegnans constructio
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prepositional phrase that does express motion, such as slaughter into the fire, or - alternatively - a motion verb combined with a static prepositional phrase such as those who came over on the island were lost[3]. The construction is most commonly found in Greek, but also can be found in a handful of other languages such as Hebrew.[4]
References
- ^ "Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, constructĭo". www.perseus.tufts.edu. Retrieved 2020-06-24.
- ^ "Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, praegnans". www.perseus.tufts.edu. Retrieved 2020-06-24.
- . Retrieved 24 June 2020.
- ISBN 9781378704516.
- Smyth, Herbert Weir (1920). Greek Grammar. Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press. pp. 682–683. ISBN 0-674-36250-0.