The sentence is so hard, I can't quite figure out how to put it together, the Cogidub part is a name but I don't know what the ne does...
The sentence:
et nunc, rex Cogidubne, in Brittania sum, in aula tua sedens.
2007-03-26 18:13:26 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
And now, King Cogidub, am I in Britain, sitting in your palace?
This looks like an interrogative particle here - ne is usually used to introduce questions (am I in Britain?), or certain types of clauses (but I don't think you are that far along yet, and it wouldn't be attached the way it is).
The next poster is correct if the full name is Cogidubnus. I did not think of it as I have never heard of him, but the vocative of the second declension ends with -e, so it would just be direct address.
2007-03-26 19:24:22 · answer #1 · answered by Jeannie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi.
Cogidubnus is a British king - king of the Regnenses. The name would declinate as Cogidubne at vocative tense, if my memory does not fault me. "ne" isn't a particle, is part of the word. It could be a particle - it exists for suggesting an interrogation, but is not in this case....
And now, oh king Cogidubnus, I am in Brittany, sitting in your room.
2007-03-27 02:36:20 · answer #2 · answered by OneLilithHidesAnother 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋