III.7.5 (71)

ID 853
Corpus Cicero: Ad Familiares
Reference III.7.5 (71)
Reference 2 n/a
Date 12/02/50
Source Letter
Author Cicero
Addressee Appius Claudius Pulcher
Citation Greek Code Switch εὐγένεια
Latin Context tu si aliter existimas, nihil errabis si paulo diligentius, ut quid sit εὐγένεια [quid sit nobilitas] intellegas, Athenodorus, Sandonis filius, quid de his rebus dicat attenderis.
Inter/Intra Sentential Intra
Function Code Switch GCS Philosophy
Flagging
Syntactic/Grammatical Info
Context Cicero recommends that Appius pay attention to Athenodorus' teachings on the definition of 'nobility'; underlines gap between Cicero and Appius' views on the matter.
Comments Shackleton Bailey: quid sit nobilitas is 'a blatant gloss'