Does anybody know if it's ok to use paulatim or gradatim with comparatives? As in "Lucius edendo paulatim grauior fiebat." I think that it's not so idiomatic.
Paulatim/gradatim+comparatives
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I think it's fine, but I'm not entirely sure. The example that came to my mind is from Ammianus Marcellinus:
qui paulatim eruditiores facti processu temporis ad nocendum per clandestinos versutosque rumigerulos conpertis leviter addere quaedam male suetos falsa et placentia sibi discentes, adfectati regni vel artium nefandarum calumnias insontibus adfligebant.
Ammianus is a later author and uses weird constructions so I'll see if I can find examples from more classical authors.
qui paulatim eruditiores facti processu temporis ad nocendum per clandestinos versutosque rumigerulos conpertis leviter addere quaedam male suetos falsa et placentia sibi discentes, adfectati regni vel artium nefandarum calumnias insontibus adfligebant.
Ammianus is a later author and uses weird constructions so I'll see if I can find examples from more classical authors.
Thanks a lot, this is useful!