Ad M.Caes.iii.13.1 (p.218)

ID 1242
Corpus Fronto
Reference Ad M.Caes.iii.13.1 (p.218)
Reference 2 VdH 45,19
Date 146 to 147
Source Letter
Author Fronto
Addressee Marcus Aurelius
Citation Greek Code Switch ὀνοματοποιεῖν
Latin Context Quod poetis concessum est ὀνοματοποιεῖν, verba nova fingere, quo facilius quod sentiunt exprimant
Inter/Intra Sentential Intra
Function Code Switch GCS Literature/Rhetoric/Grammar
Flagging Greek term explained in Latin
Syntactic/Grammatical Info
Context Discusses the coining of new words; requires these to express his joy at MA's numerous letters
Comments See VdH comm for different ways of expressing phrase 'to coin new words'.