Tib. 57.1
| ID | 1112 |
|---|---|
| Corpus | Suetonius |
| Reference | Tib. 57.1 |
| Reference 2 | n/a |
| Date | |
| Source | Quotation: Oral? |
| Author | Theodorus of Gadara |
| Addressee | (unknown) |
| Citation Greek Code Switch | πηλὸν αἵματι πεφυραμένον |
| Latin Context | quam Theodorus Gadareus rhetoricae praeceptor et perspexisse primus sagaciter et assimilasse aptissime uisus est, subinde in obiurgando appellans eum πηλὸν αἵματι πεφυραμένον {id est lutum a sanguine maceratum}. |
| Inter/Intra Sentential | Intra |
| Function Code Switch | Description |
| Flagging | "id est" (flagged by Suetonius; technically here flagging the translation: "id est lutum a sanguine maceratum") |
| Syntactic/Grammatical Info | |
| Context | Quotation from Tiberius' teacher of rhetoric; used to demonstrate Tiberius' "saeva ac lenta natura" even from boyhood |
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