quis haec fōrmula erat Sat 109

 

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dux Eumolpōs et castīgātē ante vehementissimē Lichā tabulās foederis signat, quis haec fōrmula erat:

why is it quis? I would have thought it would be quid with foedus or quae with tabulas.
 
 

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This is an alternate form for quibus.
 
 

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I would have thought it would be quid with foedus or quae with tabulas.
Neither of these would make sense (and quid is interrogative, not relative). The foedus is not a formula, nor are the tabulae, so a nominative quod or quae wouldn't work here.
 

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It's a alternative form for quibus.

By the way, I couldn't make any sense of castīgātē ante vehementissimē Lichā so I looked up the Latin Library version and that should be castigato.
 
 

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Thanks :) I presume it should be quīs?
 
 

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Another question:
ut tū, Tryphaēna, neque iniūriam tibi factam ā Gitōne quereris, neque sī quid ante hunc diem factum est, obiciēs vindicābisve aut ūllō aliō genere persequendum cūrābis

ut with the future indicative: Is this some kind of legal formula? ne is used like this in the 10 commandments, but I didn't know that ut could be.
 

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That has to be some sort of elliptical legal formulation that I'm not familiar with, but I imagine it must be something like "[in the same way] as (i.e. if, providing) you do this and this and that [this agreement will stand]". I was unable to find any examples in L&S.

The Ten Commandments use non, not ne.
 

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I have found the explanation in the OLD. It's what L&S mentions here, except that the main clause has been left implied:
The strong asseveration follows ut.

So in our passage, the parties are swearing that they will do this and this and that, implying "just as (ut) Tryphaena will do this and this and that [may the gods love her or so (and not love her if she doesn't), but this is left implied]".
 
 

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Thanks Pacifica :)
 

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You're welcome, and thanks for smiling at me. I needed it.
 
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