IX.xxvi.4
| ID | 1318 |
|---|---|
| Corpus | Pliny |
| Reference | IX.xxvi.4 |
| Reference 2 | n/a |
| Date | 96–98 |
| Source | Letter |
| Author | Pliny |
| Addressee | Lupercus |
| Citation Greek Code Switch | παράβολα |
| Latin Context | sunt enim maxime mirabilia quae maxime insperata, maxime periculosa utque Graeci magis exprimunt, παράβολα. |
| Inter/Intra Sentential | Intra |
| Function Code Switch | GCS Literature/Rhetoric/Grammar |
| Flagging | "utque Graeci magis exprimunt" |
| Syntactic/Grammatical Info | |
| Context | Discusses the benefits that can accrue to an orator by taking risks: declares that the Greek word expresses these dangerous ventures better than the Latin |
| Comments | See app.crit. for manuscript variants |