Cal. 35.2

ID 993
Corpus Suetonius
Reference Cal. 35.2
Reference 2 n/a
Date
Source Narration
Author Suetonius
Addressee (unknown)
Citation Greek Code Switch Colosseros
Latin Context erat Caesius Proculus patre primipilari, ob egregiam corporis amplitudinem et speciem Colosseros dictus
Inter/Intra Sentential Intra
Function Code Switch Naming: Nickname
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Syntactic/Grammatical Info
Context Fate of a gladiator called Colosseros (from κολοσσός and ἔρως) because of his size and handsome looks
Comments Only instance of this compound term: obviously requires Greek to be understood. Colloseus appears at Plin. Nat. 34.39 and Suet. Ves. 23.3