Zakharchenko, A. O. anna.zakharchenko.jim@gmail.com. Proceedings of Petrozavodsk State University. 2026;48(1):106–110. DOI: 10.15393/uchz.art.2026.1272


VIII International Conference "Russia and Greece: Dialogues of Cultures"

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Zakharchenko
A. O. 		Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow State Linguistic University
Keywords:
participle
participial clause
historical prose
archaization
Sallust		 Summary: This article examines instances of Sallust’s use of the participle perculsus. The frequent selection of this particular lexeme is of particular interest given that it is absent from both Sallust’s predecessors in the genre of historical prose and his contemporaries. The article suggests that Sallust’s choice of this word aligns with the poetic language of archaic poets, in particular Ennius. By employing various means to archaize his prose, Sallust deliberately incorpo- rates a word rooted in the epic language, thereby adding a distinctive stylistic refinement to his writing. The use of the participle perculsus is particularly valuable due to its flexible placement within participial clauses: it can appear at the beginning, in the middle, or at the end. This positional mobility sets it apart from other participles derived from verbs of emotional states used by Sallust in his prose, which always occur at the end of their respective participial clauses. A key conclusion of the study is that, following Sallust, the participle perculsus begins to be frequently used by other authors of historical prose, in particular Titus Livy, indicating Sallust’s influence on his successors in terms of word choice and usage.



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