Ner. 37.2
ID | 1012 |
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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 |