Ner. 11.2
| ID | 1004 |
|---|---|
| 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" |