Aug. 45.4

ID 983
Corpus Suetonius
Reference Aug. 45.4
Reference 2 n/a
Date
Source Narration
Author Suetonius
Addressee (unknown)
Citation Greek Code Switch xysticorum
Latin Context nec tamen eo minus aut xysticorum certationes aut gladiatorum pugnas seuerissime semper exegit.
Inter/Intra Sentential Intra
Function Code Switch GCS Contest/Entertainment
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Syntactic/Grammatical Info
Context Description of Caesar's strictness in the conduct of games.
Comments xystici meaning athletes (according to L&S) only appears in Latin here, Suet. Gal. 15.1, Dig.3.2.4, and Inscr.Grut.332.6. xysticus appears in Tert.Pud.7. xystus in the sense of a covered walkway appears in Plin. Ep. 2.17.17;Cic. Att. 1.8.2; Cic. Brut. 3.10/Cic. Ac. 2.3.9.