Ad M.Caes.iii.15.2 (p.102)

ID 1167
Corpus Fronto
Reference Ad M.Caes.iii.15.2 (p.102)
Reference 2 VdH 48,12
Date 145 to 161
Source Letter
Author Fronto
Addressee Marcus Aurelius
Citation Greek Code Switch εἰρωνείαν
Latin Context quo ex homine nata inversa oratio videtur, quam Graeci εἰρωνείαν a|ppellant?
Inter/Intra Sentential Intra
Function Code Switch GCS Literature/Rhetoric/Grammar
Flagging quam Graeci…appellant
Syntactic/Grammatical Info
Context Discussion of Socrates' rhetorical methods
Comments Greek term for Latin "inversa oratio". VdH comm makes the point that Romans had difficulty translating εἰρωνεία: see refs for different attempts