19 (I.19.2)

ID 759
Corpus Cicero: Ad Atticum
Reference 19 (I.19.2)
Reference 2 n/a
Date 15/3/60
Source Letter
Author Cicero
Addressee Atticus
Citation Greek Code Switch τὸ ἐπὶ τῇ φακῇ μύρον
Latin Context
Inter/Intra Sentential Intra
Function Code Switch Wordplay | Quotation: proverb/gnomic statement
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Syntactic/Grammatical Info
Context Description of ambassadors sent to Gaul; wordplay on Lentulus' name (Greek proverb translates 'perfume on lentils', and is used to characterise things that don't mix/things that are wasted on one another).
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