III.5.4 (25)
| ID | 961 |
|---|---|
| Corpus | Cicero: Ad Quintum Fratrem |
| Reference | III.5.4 (25) |
| Reference 2 | n/a |
| Date | 31/10/54 |
| Source | Letter |
| Author | Cicero |
| Addressee | Quintus |
| Citation Greek Code Switch | πολλὸν ἀριστεύειν καὶ ὑπείροχος ἔμμεναι ἄλλων |
| Latin Context | illud uero quod a puero adamaram, ‘πολλὸν ἀριστεύεινκαὶ ὑπείροχος ἔμμεναι ἄλλων,’ totum occidisse |
| Inter/Intra Sentential | Intra |
| Function Code Switch | Quotation: literary (Homer) |
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| Syntactic/Grammatical Info | |
| Context | Cicero describes how his childhood dream of excelling everyone has died. |
| Comments | Quotation = Iliad 6.208, 11.784. Shackleton Bailey: πολλόν is here subistituted for αἰέν "accidentally no doubt". cf.Fam. XIII.15.2 (317) (where αἰέν is used). |