On the interpretation of Cicero, De Republica
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9664601 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Andrew R Dyck (University of California, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1998 |
| Volume | 48 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 564-568 |
| Publication date | 1998-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| 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 | 10.1093/cq/48.2.564 |
| OpenAlex | W2014693437 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 2 |
Apropos congregatio Zetzel remarks ‘the metaphor is qualified by quasi ..., as it more properly refers to animals rather than men’. It seems doubtful, however, that in general the - grego compounds were at this date felt as vividly metaphorical: segrego is used of human beings as early as Plautus and Terence ( Mil. 1232; Heau . 386; other occurrences at OLD s.v., 1; Forcellini s.v., II); aggrego is commonly so used by Cicero (Zimmermann, TLL s.v., I). Moreover, our passage is the first attestation of congregatio . Cicero uses the word three times in De Finibus (2.109, 3.65, and 4.4), of which the latter two passages also refer to human beings but are without quasi . Hence the use of quasi in our passage is likely to be related above all to the newness of the term, albeit the etymology may be more strongly felt in a new coinage. Cf. TLL 4, 288.26ff
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| Citation span | 2021 - 2023 (3) |
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