XIII.15.1 (317)

ID 893
Corpus Cicero: Ad Familiares
Reference XIII.15.1 (317)
Reference 2 n/a
Date 01/05/45
Source Letter
Author Cicero
Addressee Caesar
Citation Greek Code Switch ἄλκιμος ἔσσ᾽, ἵνα τίς σε καὶ ὀψιγόνων ἐὺ εἴπῃ. ὧς φάτο, τὸν δ᾽ἄχεος νεφέλη ἐκάλθψε μέλαινα
Latin Context audiebam enim nostros proueres clamitantis ἄλκιμος ἔσσ᾽, ἵνα τίς σε καὶ ὀψιγόνων ἐὺ εἴπῃ. ὧς φάτο, τὸν δ᾽ἄχεος νεφέλη ἐκάλθψε μέλαινα.
Inter/Intra Sentential Inter
Function Code Switch Quotation: literary (Homer)
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Syntactic/Grammatical Info
Context Other men encouraged Cicero to be ambitious (and join Caesar) but Cicero refused.
Comments Two different lines of Odyssey (1.302 Athene to Telemachus and 24.315 describing Laertes) put together.