Ad Amicos i.7 (p.170)
| ID | 1199 |
|---|---|
| Corpus | Fronto |
| Reference | Ad Amicos i.7 (p.170) |
| Reference 2 | VdH 176,17 |
| Date | 155 to 162 |
| Source | Letter |
| Author | Fronto |
| Addressee | Aufidius Victorinus |
| Citation Greek Code Switch | ῥητόρων ἄριστος |
| Latin Context | ego vero etiam nomine hominis faveo, ut sit ῥητόρων ἄριστος, quoniam quidem Aquila appellatur. |
| Inter/Intra Sentential | Intra |
| Function Code Switch | GCS Literature/Rhetoric/Grammar |
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| Syntactic/Grammatical Info | |
| Context | Recommends oratory of Aquila to AV |
| Comments | VdH comm: reads nomine 'because of the man's name I wish that he is the best of orators' (of those who compete for the post). m2 seems to have misunderstood the passage. Heindorf, Orelli, and Haines read nomini. |