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Pugilum Gloria (Ter. Hec. 33)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 February 2009

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

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Research Article
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The Classical Quarterly , Volume 25 , Issue 3-4 , June 1931 , pp. 144 - 145
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Copyright © The Classical Association 1931

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