Brutus, 275 (79)

Item

Text Category
Literature: prose See all items with this value
Century Range
1st century BCE See all items with this value
Location of Display
Rome See all items with this value
Author
Cicero See all items with this value
Reference
Brutus, 275 (79)
Language
Latin See all items with this value
Quotation
Erant autem et verborum et sententiarum illa lumina quae vocant Graeci σχήματα, quibus, tamquam insignibus in ornatu distinguebatur omnis oratio.
Part of Speech
Supine See all items with this value
Type of Thing Ornamented
Unspecified See all items with this value
Object/ Person Ornamented
Totally unspecified, no specific referent
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Visual Work: Sculpture: Statue See all items with this value
Medium/a Ornamenting
Iconography or sculpture
Notes
RETURN? Metaphorical. Certainly not necessarily "decorative designs" as the Loeb renders it. Insignia are often statues or sculptures. The word is widely used with the sense of "Images"
Item Identifier
A00156
Determination
Derived directly from text
Item sets
Cicero
1st century BCE
Sculpture (Ornamenting)
Statue
Statue - Ornamenting - Definite