Ad M.Caes.v.22 (37) (p.210)
| ID | 1125 |
|---|---|
| Corpus | Fronto |
| Reference | Ad M.Caes.v.22 (37) (p.210) |
| Reference 2 | VdH 75,16 |
| Date | 139 to 145 |
| Source | Letter |
| Author | Fronto |
| Addressee | Marcus Aurelius |
| Citation Greek Code Switch | Διασκεύασον, αὔξησον (Haines); διασκεύ<α>σον, αὔξησον (VdH) |
| Latin Context | apud censores expostulat<ur>. διασκεύ<α>σον, αὔξησον |
| Inter/Intra Sentential | Inter |
| Function Code Switch | Instruction/Request | GCS Literature/Rhetoric/Grammar |
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| Syntactic/Grammatical Info | |
| Context | Fronto asks MA to work on the 'theme' involving the case of a Roman consul who slew a lion in public and was denounced before the censors. |
| Comments | VdH comm: describes use of Greek with the comment that "as he often does, Fronto uses Greek terminology when speaking of rhetoric; he adopted it from his Greek teachers, see at 17,8. Rejects Haines' translation: see comm. for explanation. |