Ner. 37.2
| ID | 1012 |
|---|---|
| Corpus | Suetonius |
| Reference | Ner. 37.2 |
| Reference 2 | n/a |
| Date | |
| Source | Narration |
| Author | Suetonius |
| Addressee | (unknown) |
| Citation Greek Code Switch | polyphago |
| Latin Context | creditur etiam polyphago cuidam Aegypti generis crudam carnem et quidquid daretur mandere assueto concupisse uiuos homines laniandos absumendosque obicere |
| Inter/Intra Sentential | Intra |
| Function Code Switch | Referential |
| Flagging | |
| Syntactic/Grammatical Info | |
| Context | Passage about Nero's cruelty: desired to throw living men to be devoured by a monster "of Egyptian birth" |
| Comments | Earliest instance of this word in Latin literature: later also appears in the Origo Gentis Romanae |