09-18-2014, 07:26 PM
Quote:Quos here would mean them or those, referring to the circular plates, surely?No. The circular plates are the subject of the sentence (circuli is nominative plural). Quos (accusative plural), 'who, which', is the object. Thus, quos laminarum circuli tenues . . . ambiebant, 'which slender hoops of thin metal . . . encircled'.
Michael King Macdona
And do as adversaries do in law, -
Strive mightily, but eat and drink as friends.
(The Taming of the Shrew: Act 1, Scene 2)
And do as adversaries do in law, -
Strive mightily, but eat and drink as friends.
(The Taming of the Shrew: Act 1, Scene 2)
