ID |
1061 |
Corpus |
Suetonius |
Reference |
Dom. 14.2 |
Reference 2 |
n/a |
Date |
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Source |
Quotation: Libellus |
Author |
(unknown) |
Addressee |
(unknown) |
Citation Greek Code Switch |
κἄν με φάγῃς ἐπὶ ῥίζαν, ὅμως ἔτι καρποφορήσω / ὅσσον ἐπισπεῖσαι σοί, κάπρε, θυομένῳ |
Latin Context |
ut edicti de excidendis uineis propositi gratiam faceret non alia magis re compulsus creditur, quam quod sparsi libelli cum his uersibus erant: κἄν με φάγῃς ἐπὶ ῥίζαν, ὅμως ἔτι καρποφορήσω, ὅσσον ἐπισπεῖσαι σοί, τράγε, θυομένῳ. |
Inter/Intra Sentential |
Inter |
Function Code Switch |
Quotation: Popular verse | Insult/Mockery |
Flagging |
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Syntactic/Grammatical Info |
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Context |
Example of Domitian's timidity: these circulated versions caused him to ignore his proclamation about cutting down the vineyards |
Comments |
Interesting commentary on this in Kaster 2016b: 259–60: "a version of Anth. Pal. 9.75" (Poliziano); p.260 on κάπρε as a possible "deliberate bilingual pun" on Latin 'goat' and Greek 'boar'. |