IX.xiii.21
| ID | 1316 |
|---|---|
| Corpus | Pliny |
| Reference | IX.xiii.21 |
| Reference 2 | n/a |
| Date | 106–108 |
| Source | Letter |
| Author | Pliny |
| Addressee | Quadratus |
| Citation Greek Code Switch | ὦ γέρον, ἦ μάλα δή σε νέοι τείρουσι μαχηταί |
| Latin Context | multum ille de hac ita uocabat contumelia questus est Homerico uersu: ὦ γέρον, ἦ μάλα δή σε νέοι τείρουσι μαχηταί. |
| Inter/Intra Sentential | Inter |
| Function Code Switch | Quotation: literary (Homer) | Quotation: oral (Veiento) |
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| Syntactic/Grammatical Info | |
| Context | Account of Pliny's challenge made in the Senate against various people in AD 93; here describes the point at which Senate was dismissed leaving Veiento still trying to speak. Pliny claims Veiento quoted this line of Homer. |
| Comments | Il.viii.102: "Homerico versu". See app.crit. for manuscript variants |