” Noctuabundus ad me uenit . . . tabellarius “

Author: Rosén, Hannah
Title: ” Noctuabundus ad me uenit . . . tabellarius “
Review/Collection: "Mnemosyne", S4, 55, 1
Place edition: Leiden
Editor: Brill
Year edition: 2002
Pages: 89-92
Keywords: Stylistique et genres littéraires - Stilistica e generi letterari - Stylistics and literary genre
Description: [APh] [Comment] At Cicero Att. 12, 1, 2, the hapax «noctuabundus» does not connote «night». «Noctua-» is here a denominative base derived from the substantive «noctua», owl, and «noctuabundus uenit» therefore means «came as an owl».
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Link: https://doi-org.bibliopass.unito.it/10.1163/156852502753776993
Author initials: Rosén 2002