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
Flagging
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.