Questions tagged [suetonius]
For questions about the works of Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (ca. 69–122 AD).
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Switches Between Direct & Indirect Speech in Suetonius-Supplemental
Suetonius, Caius (Caligula) 58: concerns the assassination of Emperor Caius (Caligula) on January 21st., AD 41. At this point, the assassins have struck the first blows and Caius, still alive, ...
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Present Participles: can "respicienti" be part of an ablative absolute in this sentence?
Suetonius, Caius (Caligula) 58:
...alii Sabinum summota per conscios centuriones turba signum more militiae petisse et Caio "lovem" dante Chaeream exclamasse: "accipe ratum" respicientique maxillam ...
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Switches between Direct & Indirect Speech in Suetonius
Suetonius, Caius (Caligula) 58:
alii [tradunt] Sabinum summota per conscios centuriones turba
signum more militiae petisse et Gaio 'Iouem' dante
Chaeream exclamasse: 'accipe ratum!' ...
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Niti and straining for a stool
The entry for niti in Lewis and Short includes meaning I.B.3: "to strain for a stool".
One passage of such use is mentioned:
Suet. Ves. 20:
Statura fuit quadrata, compactis firmisque membris, ...
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Why isn't "Puto deus fio" grammatically incorrect?
According to Suetonius, the final words of emperor Vespasian were "Vae! Puto deus fio" which translates to "Alas! I think I'm becoming a god".
But the 'proper' way of saying this would be using an ...
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Verb forms after "tamquam si"
In Suetonius's Vita Horati, a letter from Augustus to Horace is quoted, which includes the sentence:
Sume tibi aliquid iuris apud me, tamquam si convictor mihi fueris.
The Loeb translation gives: "...
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"Purissimum penem" in Suetonius's Life of Horace
Suetonius, in his Vita Horati, reports that the emperor Augustus jokingly referred to Horace as a purissimus penis:
Praeterea saepe eum inter alios iocos purissimum penem et homuncionem ...
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"Communium studiorum commercio" in Suetonius
In Suetonius's Life of Claudius 42 we read:
Nec minore cura Graeca studia secutus est, amorem praestantiamque linguae occasione omni professus. Cuidam barbaro Graece ac Latine disserenti: "Cum ...
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