Aug. 98.4
| ID | 1068 |
|---|---|
| Corpus | Suetonius |
| Reference | Aug. 98.4 |
| Reference 2 | n/a |
| Date | |
| Source | Quotation: Oral |
| Author | Augustus |
| Addressee | (unknown) |
| Citation Greek Code Switch | Apragopolim |
| Latin Context | uicinam Capreis insulam Apragopolim appellabat a desidia secedentium illuc e comitatu suo. |
| Inter/Intra Sentential | Intra |
| Function Code Switch | Naming: Nickname |
| Flagging | |
| Syntactic/Grammatical Info | |
| Context | Augustus' nickname for an island near Capreae, where he and his company relaxed |
| Comments | Rolfe 1998a: "the island of do-nothings". Gelsomino: word is Aristophanic in flavour but similar to coinages of Varro in its formation. See McDaniel, TPAPhA 45 (1914), p.29-34 for some discussion of this passage, mostly concerning identification of the island. |