VII.32.2 (113)

ID 848
Corpus Cicero: Ad Familiares
Reference VII.32.2 (113)
Reference 2 n/a
Date 01/03/50
Source Letter
Author Cicero
Addressee Volumnius Eutrapelus
Citation Greek Code Switch ὑπερβολή
Latin Context nisi acuta ἀμφιβολία, nisi elegans ὑπερβολή, nisi παράγραμμα bellum, nisi ridiculum παρὰ προσδοκίαν
Inter/Intra Sentential Intra
Function Code Switch GCS Literature/Rhetoric/Grammar
Flagging
Syntactic/Grammatical Info
Context Attributes that set Cicero's jokes/witty saying apart from other more banal witticisms at Rome.
Comments Greek noun described by a Latin adjective.