X.lxv.1

ID 1344
Corpus Pliny
Reference X.lxv.1
Reference 2 n/a
Date 109–112?
Source Letter
Author Pliny
Addressee Trajan
Citation Greek Code Switch θρεπτούς
Latin Context magna, domine, et ad totam prouinciam pertinens quaestio est de condicione et alimentis eorum, quos uocant θρεπτούς.
Inter/Intra Sentential Intra
Function Code Switch GCS Other
Flagging "quos vocant…"
Syntactic/Grammatical Info
Context Pliny asks for guidance on the status/maintenance of foundlings in his province
Comments See app.crit. for manuscript variants. Sherwin-White has a long discussion of the term θρεπτοί, a social rather than legal term