Ad Verum Imp.ii.7.6 (p.154)

ID 1141
Corpus Fronto
Reference Ad Verum Imp.ii.7.6 (p.154)
Reference 2 VdH 111,19
Date 164 to 166
Source Letter
Author Fronto
Addressee Lucius Verus
Citation Greek Code Switch φιλόστοργος
Latin Context ut putem, quia reapse nemo est Romae φιλόστοργος
Inter/Intra Sentential Intra
Function Code Switch GCS Amor
Flagging
Syntactic/Grammatical Info
Context Discussion of lack of φιλόστοργος men at Rome
Comments Fronto says explicitly that the virtue of φιλοστοργία is not Roman = no Latin word for it. VdH: gibe at contemporary patricians. See comm for refs of usage.