III.5.8 (25)
| ID | 959 |
|---|---|
| Corpus | Cicero: Ad Quintum Fratrem |
| Reference | III.5.8 (25) |
| Reference 2 | n/a |
| Date | 31/10/54 |
| Source | Letter |
| Author | Cicero |
| Addressee | Quintus |
| Citation Greek Code Switch | ἤματ᾽ὀπωρινῶ ὅτε λαβρότατον χέει ὕδωρ / Ζεύς, ὅτε δή ῥ᾽ἄνδρεσσι κοτεσσάμενος χαλεπήνῃ |
| Latin Context | magna uis aquae usque ad piscinam publicam. uiget illud Homeri: ἤματ᾿ ὀπωρινῷ, ὅτε λαβρότατον χέει ὕδωρ Ζεύς, ὅτε δή Ῥ᾿ ἄνδρεσσι κοτεσσάμενος χαλεπήνῃ |
| Inter/Intra Sentential | Inter |
| Function Code Switch | Quotation: literary (Homer) |
| Flagging | "viget illud Homeri" |
| Syntactic/Grammatical Info | |
| Context | Description of floods in Rome. Claims that these lines from Homer are much quoted. |
| Comments | Iliad 16.385-6. |