Gram. et rhet. 3.4
| ID | 1063 |
|---|---|
| Corpus | Suetonius |
| Reference | Gram. et rhet. 3.4 |
| Reference 2 | n/a |
| Date | |
| Source | Quotation: Literary Work |
| Author | Laevius Melissus |
| Addressee | (unknown) |
| Citation Greek Code Switch | Πανὸς ἀγάπημα |
| Latin Context | pretia uero grammaticorum tanta mercedesque tam magnae ut constet Lutatium Daphnidem, quem Gaius Melissus per cauillationem nominis Πανὸς ἀγάπημα dicit, septingentis milibus nummum a Q. Catulo emptum ac brevi manumissum |
| Inter/Intra Sentential | Intra |
| Function Code Switch | Wordplay | Naming: Nickname |
| Flagging | "per cavillationem nominis" (flagged by Suetonius) |
| Syntactic/Grammatical Info | |
| Context | Discussion of the esteem in which grammarians were held: Lutatius Daphnis given as one example of these men, bought for a large sum and then freed |
| Comments | Rolfe 1998b 385: pun on Lutatius' name works by likening him to the Sicilian Daphnis, whom Pan taught to play the shepherd's pipe |