| ID |
981 |
| Corpus |
Cicero: Ad Quintum Fratrem |
| Reference |
I.2.13 (2) |
| Reference 2 |
n/a |
| Date |
25/10/59 |
| Source |
Letter |
| Author |
Cicero |
| Addressee |
Quintus |
| Citation Greek Code Switch |
ὀρθὰν τὰν ναῦν |
| Latin Context |
de Censorino, Antonio, Cassiis, Scaevola, te ab iis diligi, ut scribis, uehementer gaudeo, cetera fuerunt in eadem epistula graviora quam uellem, ‘ὀρθὰν τὰν ναῦν’ et ‘ἅπαξ θανεῖν.’ maiora ista erant. |
| Inter/Intra Sentential |
Intra? |
| Function Code Switch |
Quotation: Quintus | Quotation: Proverb/gnomic statement (partial) |
| Flagging |
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| Syntactic/Grammatical Info |
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| Context |
Quintus in danger of prosecution? Cicero quotes Quintus' letter, in which he used these quotations to demonstrate that he proposed to make the best of things whilst he still could (in response to Cicero's criticisms of his behaviour). Cicero complains that Quintus' letter took a graver tone than he would have wished. |
| Comments |
Shackleton Bailey: Greek proverb partially quoted means "Know, Poseidon, that the ship when I sink her will be on an even keel". |