-
quidem scriptores aut "mehercle"
feminam dicere aut "mecastor" virum; IV. "
edepol" autem, quod
iusiurandum per
Pollucem est, et viro et
feminae commune est...
- 693–710). By contrast, in Plautus's
Casina (line 848), a
character exclaims edepol papillam bellulam, "By Pollux, what a
pretty little ****y!"
Richlin (1983)...
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subjunctive with the
concessive meaning of **** is
found even in very
early Latin:
edepol, Cupīdō, quom tam
pusillus sīs,
nimis multum valēs (Naevius) "by God, Cupid...
-
Leonida speaks:
Edepol virtūtēs quī tuās // nōn possīs conlaudāre sīc ut egŏ possim, quae domī // duellīque male fēcistī. nĕ ĭll(a)
edepol prō meritō tuō...
