Unit 9, Exercise III
Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2016 9:57 am
This is an excerpt from a letter by Pliny the Younger about the death of one of his friends' daughter:
"Duravit hic [vigor mentis] illi usque ad mortem nec aut spatio valetudinis aut metu mortis infractus est, quo plures gravioresque nobis causas relinqueret et desiderii et doloris."
I.e. "This [vigor of her mind] lasted till her death and was neither broken by the length of her illness nor by fear of death, leaving us with more numerous and grievous reasons of pain and regret".
A footnote in the book explains that the "quo" (with long "o") is to be interpreted as "ut". What kind of construction is this?
"Duravit hic [vigor mentis] illi usque ad mortem nec aut spatio valetudinis aut metu mortis infractus est, quo plures gravioresque nobis causas relinqueret et desiderii et doloris."
I.e. "This [vigor of her mind] lasted till her death and was neither broken by the length of her illness nor by fear of death, leaving us with more numerous and grievous reasons of pain and regret".
A footnote in the book explains that the "quo" (with long "o") is to be interpreted as "ut". What kind of construction is this?