Ner. 11.2
ID | 1004 |
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Corpus | Suetonius |
Reference | Ner. 11.2 |
Reference 2 | n/a |
Date | |
Source | Narration |
Author | Suetonius |
Addressee | (unknown) |
Citation Greek Code Switch | catadromum |
Latin Context | ludis […] notissimus eques R. elephanto supersidens per catadromum decucurrit |
Inter/Intra Sentential | Intra |
Function Code Switch | Referential |
Flagging | |
Syntactic/Grammatical Info | |
Context | Passage describing the events Nero organised at the Ludi Maximi: included a knight riding an elephant down a rope |
Comments | Earliest instance of this word in Latin (=κατάδρομος). Cf. Plin.8.2.2 where the word is not used; instead, description "et per funes incessere" is given. Suet. Galb. 6.1 and reference to "elephantos funambulos" |