Demea
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Latin-English
Dēmĕ|a, -ae. (ˈde.me.a) masc.
- Demea, a proper name of Greek origin.
[Greek Δημέας Dēmeas.]
Loci
- αʹ Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria 7.9:
| Accusativi geminatione facta amphibolia solvitur ablativo, ut illud "Lachetem audivi percussisse Demean" fiat "a Lachete percussum Demean". | Ambiguity created by doubling an accusative is resolved with an ablative, so that Lachetem audivi percussisse Demean ['Demea Laches struck, I heard'] may become a Lachete percussum Demean ['...Demea was struck by Laches']. |
