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

ID 1188
Corpus Fronto
Reference Ad Verum Imp.ii.7.6 (p.154)
Reference 2 VdH 111,17
Date 164 to 166
Source Letter
Author Fronto
Addressee Lucius Verus
Citation Greek Code Switch φιλοστοργία
Latin Context simplicitas, castitas, veritas, fides Romana plane, φιλοστοργία vero nescio an Romana;
Inter/Intra Sentential Intra
Function Code Switch GCS Amor
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Syntactic/Grammatical Info
Context Description of Clarus
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.