79 (IV.8.2)

ID 680
Corpus Cicero: Ad Atticum
Reference 79 (IV.8.2)
Reference 2 n/a
Date 21/6/56
Source Letter
Author Cicero
Addressee Atticus
Citation Greek Code Switch {ειμηισητω} φίλος <οἶ>κος
Latin Context
Inter/Intra Sentential Inter?
Function Code Switch Quotation: Proverb/Gnomic statement (altered, disputed reading)
Flagging
Syntactic/Grammatical Info
Context Cicero describes his affection for Antium.
Comments Shackleton Bailey: original probably associated with the proverb οἶκος φίλος, οἲκος ἄριστος "but none of the restorations proposed is worth repeating".