Aug. 92.2
| ID | 1038 |
|---|---|
| Corpus | Suetonius |
| Reference | Aug. 92.2 |
| Reference 2 | n/a |
| Date | |
| Source | Quotation: Letter |
| Author | Augustus |
| Addressee | Tiberius |
| Citation Greek Code Switch | δυσφημίαν |
| Latin Context | obseruabat et dies quosdam, ne aut postridie nundianas quoquam profisceretur aut Nonis quicquam rei seriae incoharet, nihil in hoc quidem aliud deuitans, ut ad Tiberium scribit, quam δυσφημίαν nominis |
| Inter/Intra Sentential | Intra |
| Function Code Switch | Wordplay |
| Flagging | |
| Syntactic/Grammatical Info | |
| Context | In discussion of Augustus' superstitions, mentions his avoidance of the Nones for business (explains in a letter to Tiberius that it is because of its unlucky soumd) |
| Comments | Commentary in Rolfe 1998a: 285: 'unlucky sound' of Nones refers to the fact that Nones sounds like 'non is'. Understanding this comment requires rapid switching between Latin and Greek at a more than surface level |