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Pugilum Gloria (Ter. Hec. 33)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 February 2009

W. M. Lindsay
Affiliation:
The University, St. Andrews

Extract

Cicero (Inu. 2, 166) defines gloria as frequens de aliquo fama cum laude, ‘much talk about a person to his praise.’ When the talk is by the person himself, the word takes the signification ‘boast’ (as early as Plaut. Mil. 22 gloriarum pleniorem).

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © The Classical Association 1931

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