Oth. 7.2

ID 1092
Corpus Suetonius
Reference Oth. 7.2
Reference 2 n/a
Date
Source Quotation: Oral
Author Otho
Addressee (unknown)
Citation Greek Code Switch τί γάρ μοι καὶ μακροῖς αὐλοῖς;
Latin Context postridie quoque in augurando tempestate orta grauiter prolapsum identidem obmurmurasse τί γάρ μοι καὶ μακροῖς αὐλοῖς;
Inter/Intra Sentential Inter
Function Code Switch Quotation: proverb/gnomic statement
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Syntactic/Grammatical Info
Context Otho plagued by bad omens = proverb addresses difficulties of undertaking something beyond one's capability
Comments Rolfe 1998b: 229: cf.Cic.ad Att.ii.16