De officiis, 2.22.76

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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
De officiis, 2.22.76
Language
Latin See all items with this value
Quotation
Italiam ornare quam domum suam maluit; quamquam Italia ornata domus ipsa mihi videtur ornatior.
Part of Speech
Verb (infinitive) See all items with this value
Adjective See all items with this value
Participle (passive) See all items with this value
Adjective (Comparative) See all items with this value
Type of Thing Ornamented
Location: Region See all items with this value
Architecture: Building: Domestic Structure See all items with this value
Object/ Person Ornamented
Italy
The house of Lucius Mummius
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Visual Work: Sculpture: Statue See all items with this value
Visual Work: Painting See all items with this value
Military: Spoils See all items with this value
Abstract See all items with this value
Medium/a Ornamenting
Unspecified; context suggests: sculptures and paintings taken as spoils of war
Abstractly, lack of greed adorns the house
Person Engaged in Act of Ornamenting
Lucius Mummius
Notes
The wider context. The fact that Mummius did NOT adorn his private home even though he could have was also an ornament to the home itself - honour
Item Identifier
A00158
Determination
Interpreted from context
Item sets
Cicero
1st century BCE
Architecture (Ornamented)
Sculpture (Ornamenting)
Painting
Building
Domestic Structure
Location
Military (Ornamenting)
Region
Spoils
Abstract
Statue
Statue - Ornamenting - Probable