prono. aff.

English translation: pronomen affixum

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Latin term or phrase:	prono. aff.
English translation:	pronomen affixum
Entered by:	673286 (X)

04:59 Oct 21, 2013

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Latin term or phrase: prono. aff.

[Arabic phrase (nam sic ibi legendum loco 'Arabic characters']. Rarius ipsum nominativum prono. aff. auctum constituit, ut apud Manacc.

What does this abbreviation stand for? Textual commentary in Latin (18th century) on an Arabic manuscript. Arabic words/characters are inserted, I don't know Arabic.

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pronomen affixum

Explanation:
likely

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Note added at 6 hrs (2013-10-21 11:51:58 GMT)
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...or in this sentence pronomine affixo of course

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Note added at 1 day30 mins (2013-10-22 05:30:11 GMT)
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This nominative is (perfect for present) less commonly (=more rarely) extended by a pronoun affix, as used by Manacc.

(The Semitic languages can affix a pronoun ending to a noun to indicate possession, for example. I figure that's what this refers to.)

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pronomen affixum

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pronomini affinem

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pronomini affinem

Explanation:
That is, 'like (similar to) a pronoun', if 'aff.' stands for 'affinis', as it commonly does, 'affinem' being accusative to agree with 'nominativum' and 'pron.' presumably dative because of 'affinis'.

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Asker: Thank you for your very interesting proposition. But I am in doubt, not knowing Arabic. For me word connectivity is better construed if these two words are in the same case Accus. 'nomintavum' being an adjective, governed by 'constituit'. I think I will give two variants with affixum and affinem, let an arabist make his own choice.

Asker: With your help, I understand it like this: The commentor has decided to use the more rare nominative, extended ...

Asker: Sorry, I misplaced instead of Jim Tucker.

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pronomen affixum

Jim Tucker (X)
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Asker: Thank you!

Asker: Yes, really, it makes sense. This way of agreement did not occur to me. So, literally: the nominative made longer by the affixed pronoun? Could you translate in full?

Asker: Yes, rarius can be only an adverb here.

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