Excerpt from The Expression of Customary Action or State in Early Latin: A Study in Tense Functions
In an article on the Imperfect Indicative in Plautus and Terence, Wheeler shows progressive and aoristic uses of the imperfect, and from the progressive use, customary past action, frequentative, occasional, conative and inceptive uses are developed. Further, the customary past idea is largely dependent upon the contrast in time and the meaning...
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