VII.32.1 (113)
| ID | 849 |
|---|---|
| Corpus | Cicero: Ad Familiares |
| Reference | VII.32.1 (113) |
| Reference 2 | n/a |
| Date | 01/03/50 |
| Source | Letter |
| Author | Cicero |
| Addressee | Volumnius Eutrapelus |
| Citation Greek Code Switch | εὐτραπελία |
| Latin Context | deinde εὐτραπελία litterarum fecit ut intellegerem tuas esse |
| Inter/Intra Sentential | Intra |
| Function Code Switch | Wordplay |
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| Syntactic/Grammatical Info | |
| Context | Pun (on Volumnius' name): Cicero recognises letter, addressed without a first name, to be from the senator Volumnius Eutrapelus by its "eutrapelous" quality. |
| Comments | Shackleton Bailey: "'eutrapelia' defined by Aristotle as 'cultured insolence'. St Paul counted it as a vice, the Stoics as a virtue". Steel 1900: 405: "punning application of the Greek word". Shackleton Bailey: "The cognomen Eutrapelus was personal and descriptive, Volumnius being a well-known wit". |