Vesp. 23.1
| ID | 1095 |
|---|---|
| Corpus | Suetonius |
| Reference | Vesp. 23.1 |
| Reference 2 | n/a |
| Date | |
| Source | Quotation: Oral |
| Author | Vespasian |
| Addressee | (unknown) |
| Citation Greek Code Switch | ὦ Λάχης, Λάχης, ἐπὰν ἀποθάνῃς, αὖθις ἐξ ἀρχῆς ἔσει σὺ Κηρύλος |
| Latin Context | et de Cerylo liberto, qui diues admodum ob subterfugiendum quandoque ius fisci ingenuum se et Lachetem mutato nomine coeperat ferre, ὦ Λάχης, Λάχης, ἐπὰν ἀποθάνῃς, αὖθις ἐξ ἀρχῆς ἔσει σὺ Κηρύλος |
| Inter/Intra Sentential | Inter |
| Function Code Switch | Quotation: literary (Menander) |
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| Syntactic/Grammatical Info | |
| Context | Given as an example of the appropriateness/timeliness of Vespasian's quoting of Greek verses: verse here directed towards a freedman who changed his name/pretended free status to escape death duties |
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