ID	1037
Corpus	Suetonius
Reference	Aug. 87.2
Reference 2	n/a
Date
Source	Quotation: Letter
Author	Augustus
Addressee	(unknown)
Citation Greek Code Switch	betizare
Latin Context	ponit assidue et pro stulto 'baceolum' et pro pullo 'pullaceum' et pro cerrito 'uacerrosum' et 'uapide' se habere pro 'male' et 'betizare' pro 'languere', quod uulgo 'lachanizare' dicitur; item 'simus' pro 'sumus' et 'domos' genetiuo casu singulari pro 'domus'
Inter/Intra Sentential	Intra
Function Code Switch	Wordplay
Flagging	"Ponit assidue...pro languere" (flagged by Suetonius)
Syntactic/Grammatical Info
Context	Discussion of peculiarities of Augustus' expression in his letters; several of the other alternatives = Latin forms or of unknown origin.
Comments	Adams 2003a: 420: this "humourous coinage" is an example of "Roman Greek": Latin root with Greek suffix. Apparently models this on the vulgar form of languere at Aug. 87.2.