337-9, argues that est is not elided, but contracted. 5 Since est at the start of a metrical word need not displace the accent, why do only two late writers use it to any extent? Perhaps the metrical or linguistic 6 expectation that monosyllabic forms of esse were linked backwards meant that placing them at the start of a word ran the risk of suggesting a false word division. 4 Only three of the writers in my sample used a form of esse at the start of a metrical word: Vegetius (with two instances at the start compared to 34 in the normal final position) Petrus Chrysologus (9:10) Cassiodorus (4:6).
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