Abhinc triennium
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Latin Construction
- ‘Three years ago.’
Constructions
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Loci
- αʹ Cicero, Pro Roscio Comoedo 13.37:
| —Quo tempore? —Abhinc annis xv. —Defensio mea quae est? —Roscium pro sua parte cum Flavio transegisse. —Repromittis tu abhinc triennium Roscio. | “How long ago?” “Fifteen years ago.” “What is my defense?” “That Roscius had arranged with Flavius for his portion.” “You in turn made a promise to Roscius three years ago.” |
- βʹ Plautus, Stichus 137–138:
| Quid? illos exspectatis, qui abhinc iam abierunt triennium? quin vos capitis condicionem ex pessuma primariam? | What? Are you still waiting for those men, who left three years ago now? Why don't you take a marriage which is first-rate over this one, which is much worse? |
- γʹ Terence, Andria 1.1:
| Īntĕrĕ|ā mŭlĭ|ēr quāe|d(am) ăbhīnc | trĭēn|nĭūm ēx Ān|drō cōm|migrā|vit hūc | vīcī|nĭāe. | Meanwhile, three years ago, a certain woman moved into the neighborhood from Andros. |
