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1. Classical Latin

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   The standard, unmarked word order in Classical Latin prose is typically Subject-Object-Verb (SOV), especially in more complex subordinate clauses. However, in rhetoric and poetry, word order is extremely fluid, governed primarily by metrical constraints) or rhetorical emphasis.
   A key syntactic feature is the use of the accusative and infinitive construction to report [indirect speech](/en…