Ner. 51.1
ID | 1016 |
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Corpus | Suetonius |
Reference | Ner. 51.1 |
Reference 2 | n/a |
Date | |
Source | Narration |
Author | Suetonius |
Addressee | (unknown) |
Citation Greek Code Switch | synthesinam |
Latin Context | circa cultum habitumque adeo pudendus, ut comam semper in gradus formatam peregrinatione Achaica etiam pone uerticem summiserit ac plerumque synthesinam indutus ligato circum collum sudario prodierit in publicum sine cinctu et discalciatus |
Inter/Intra Sentential | Intra |
Function Code Switch | GCS Clothing |
Flagging | |
Syntactic/Grammatical Info | |
Context | Nero often appeared in public in a 'dressing robe': the σύνθεσις was a loose robe of brightly-coloured silk worn during the Saturnalia and by women at other times |
Comments | synthesis (meaning ' a set of loose-fitting garments') also used at e.g. Mart.5.79.2/1.1.1, although this is the only example of 'sythesina' in Latin. |