Ad Amicos i.13 (p.174)

ID 1148
Corpus Fronto
Reference Ad Amicos i.13 (p.174)
Reference 2 VdH 179,6
Date 162 to 165
Source Letter
Author Fronto
Addressee Aufidius Victorinus
Citation Greek Code Switch ἱερὸν ὀστοῦν (Haines); <h>ieron oston (VdH)
Latin Context internatium Graeci <h>ieron oston, Suetonius Tranquillus 'spinam sacram' appellat.
Inter/Intra Sentential Intra
Function Code Switch GCS Medicine
Flagging Graeci…[appellant]
Syntactic/Grammatical Info
Context Describes his back pain: Greek = vernacular term for body part, but is really used to make a joke
Comments VdH comm: hieron oston used only here in Latin form. See comm for possible sources that F is quoting from.