Catullus XXXII
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9360344 |
|---|---|
| Authors | A S Gratwick (University of St Andrews, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1991 |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 547-551 |
| Publication date | 1991-12-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Classical Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0009-8388 • E-ISSN: 1471-6844 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0009838800004754 |
| OpenAlex | W4231024735 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 1 |
This is clearly meant to ‘speak’, and offer thereby some clue to the interpretation. But what it ‘says’ is debatable. Most modern edd. settle for Ipsit(h)illa as the least badly attested form. The prominence of bidding in the poem best accords with the assumptions that the stem is indeed ipsa connoting ‘mistress of the establishment’ (cf. 3.8; OLD ipse 12, OLD ipsimus; ipsula , Pl. Cist . 450, issulo et delicio suo CIL 6.12156; ipsuma , Petron. Sat . 75. 11) and that the denotation is something facetious like ‘Miss Bossy-wossy’, ‘Imperia’, ‘Your nibsy-wibsy’
Art · Bidding · Business · Denotation (semiotics · Interpretation (philosophy · Linguistics · Literature · Mythology · Poetry · Theology · Classical Antiquity Studies · Classical Philosophy and Thought · Organic Chemistry Synthesis Methods · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.17 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2014 - 2024 (11) |
| Highly cited | No |