Aug. 86.2
| ID | 1101 |
|---|---|
| Corpus | Suetonius |
| Reference | Aug. 86.2 |
| Reference 2 | n/a |
| Date | |
| Source | Quotation: Oral? |
| Author | Augustus |
| Addressee | (unknown) |
| Citation Greek Code Switch | myrobrechis |
| Latin Context | cacozelos et antiquarios ut diuerso genere uitiosus pari fastidio spreuit exagitabatque nonnumquam, in primis Maecenatem suum, cuius 'myrobrechis', ut ait, 'cincinnos' usque quaque persequitur et imitando per iocum irridet. |
| Inter/Intra Sentential | Intra |
| Function Code Switch | Description |
| Flagging | |
| Syntactic/Grammatical Info | |
| Context | Mocks Maecenas' "ungent-sripping curls": part of criticism of those who speak over-elaborately |
| Comments | Gelsomino: word used for the first time by Augustus, but with literary allusions to Meleagar? TLL: only reference in Latin literature = this passage (though myrobrecharius appears in some inscriptions e.g. CIL VI 2129) |