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Questions tagged [adverb]

For questions about adverbs.

Adverbs are words in grammar that modify verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs. Many adverbs end in -ly. Adjectives are words such as "too," "slowly," "happily," "soon," and even "not." Examples:

  • The dog barked loudly.
  • Marcus crawled stealthily.
  • Lucius spoke too quietly.
  • Being a very old man, Julius moved slowly.

Questions labeled with this tag concern adverbs.

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Sīc erat scriptum equivalent for spoken information?

From Wikipedia The Latin adverb sic ("thus"; in full: sic erat scriptum, "thus was it written") inserted after a quoted word or passage, indicates that the quoted matter has been transcribed exactly as found in the source text, complete with any…
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zelotypos quam Karus

From this question, I'm curious what the poet is doing with quam Karus: Sic fugiens, dux, zelotypos quam Karus haberis. Thus fleeing, O leader, you are regarded with jealousy like Karus. Imagery aside, it looks unusual to me, since zelotypos isn't…
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Adverb used as an adjective? avare

In Martial, there is a line Erras, meorum fur avare librorum... and it seems that avare is an adverb but this makes no sense since the intention seems to be modifying fur in which case I would have expected fur avarus, not fur avare. What is the…
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Are usquam, alicubi and uspiam synonyms?

Are usquam, alicubi and uspiam synonyms or are there differences between these words, for example in how they are used?
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