Ricerc@Sapienza

In tre testi grammaticali tardoantichi (l’Ars di Prisciano, il cosiddetto Servius Danielis e
un glossario forse di origine anglosassone) è attestata la (falsa) opinione che, accanto a
indigus, -a, -um, sia esistito l’aggettivo indiga, utilizzabile per tutti e tre i generi grammaticali.

This article collects and analyzes some passages in which Servius, in his Commentaries on Vergil’s works, deals with questions of
grammatical gender. The research aims to see how much interest Servius had in this topic, which doctrinal and didactic principles

Ps.-Asconius’ linguistic commentary on Cicero’s divinatio in Caecilium and part of the Verrines (in Verrem 1, act. 2.1 and 2.2.1-35) has been included in the canon of ancient commentaries relying on Servius for much of their material.