A Swallow in Winter. ἐν + Accusative in the Cyrenaean ‘Pact of the First Settlers’ ( SEG 9.3)

Alcorac Alonso Déniz (1)

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The construction ἐν + accusative is a ghost in the dialect of Cyrene. The local inscriptions overwhelmingly attest to ἐς + accusative. A few alleged occurrences of this feature must be discarded. The only valid example, ἐν στάλ[αν] | λυγδίναν in the ‘Pact of the first settlers’ ( SEG 9.3, 16-7, 4th c. BCE), remains an anomaly that calls for a justification. The paper tries to demonstrate that the co-occurrence of ἀναγράφω/καταγράφω ἐς + accusative and ἀναγράφω/καταγράφω ἐν + dative resulted in an unintentional blending of both constructions.

Mots clés: inscription; unintentional blending; preposition; Cyrenaean dialect

Domaines: Etudes classiques; Linguistique

Alcorac Alonso Déniz. A Swallow in Winter. ἐν + Accusative in the Cyrenaean ‘Pact of the First Settlers’ ( SEG 9.3) . Mnemosyne, 2015, ⟨10.1163/1568525X-12341732⟩. ⟨halshs-01444666⟩