Literary notes about r (AI summary)
The letter “r” serves as a remarkably versatile element in literature and scholarly texts, functioning variously as part of proper names, grammatical markers, abbreviations, and even as specialized notation. In epic poetry and mythological narratives, for example, “r” appears in heroic names like Ráma, whose adventures are recounted with reverence in multiple verses ([1], [2], [3]). In academic and grammatical works, “r” is employed in the analysis of Latin terms—forming part of inflected words such as reor and indicating grammatical case distinctions ([4], [5]). Additionally, the letter “r” is adopted in technical contexts such as chess notation ([6], [7]) and bibliographic references ([8]), illustrating its broad adaptability across genres and disciplines.
- Brave Ráma, Daśaratha's son, A passage o'er the sea has won, And, with the Vánar monarch's aid, Round Lanká's walls his hosts arrayed.
— from The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Valmiki - Ráma's Speech.
— from The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Valmiki - Do thou, O King, of grace comply, And hear the people's longing cry, And let us on the throne by thee The lotus-tinted Ráma see.
— from The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Valmiki - The following deponent in -ērī has the perfect participle in -tus : reor , reckon , think rērī ratus 176 1009.
— from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane - -īx , -īcis Feminines: cervīx , neck ; cicātrīx , scar ; cornīx , crow ; cŏ̄turnīx ( 62 ), quail ; lōdīx , blanket ; rādīx , root ; struīx , heap .
— from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane - K - Q 4 R - Kt 7 19. R (R 6) - R 2 R (Kt 2) - Kt 2 R (Kt 7) - Kt 2 would have offered greater resistance, but the position is lost in any case.
— from Chess Fundamentals by José Raúl Capablanca - Page 93 {93} 29. R × P B × R 30. R × B R - K R 3 31.
— from Chess Fundamentals by José Raúl Capablanca - [Pg 647] (4) Mackay, R. W. The Progress of the Intellect as Exemplified in the Religious Development of the Greeks and Hebrews.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. Burgess and Robert Ezra Park