Aug. 4.2
| ID | 1034 |
|---|---|
| Corpus | Suetonius |
| Reference | Aug. 4.2 |
| Reference 2 | n/a |
| Date | |
| Source | Quotation: Letter |
| Author | Cassius Parmensis |
| Addressee | Augustus |
| Citation Greek Code Switch | collybo |
| Latin Context | materna tibi farina est ex crudissimo Ariciae pistrino: hanc finxit manibus collybo decoloratis Nerulonensis mensarius. |
| Inter/Intra Sentential | Intra |
| Function Code Switch | Wordplay |
| Flagging | |
| Syntactic/Grammatical Info | |
| Context | Cassius of Parma apparently taunts Augustus for being the son of a money-lender "manibus collybo decoloratis" |
| Comments | According to TLL, Suetonius misunderstood Cassius, who actually used collybus of a kind of cake. Collybus in the sense of exchange of coin also appears in Cic. Att. 12.6.1, and Cic. Verr. 3.181 |