"Inclementi secare ferro"?: (Jerome, Epist. 40,1,1)

Jerome’s 40th letter opens by comparing the moralist to a surgeon. Here the phrase clementi secare ferro has been found problematical: recently Palla has maintained that clementi should be altered to inclementi. The present note endeavours to defend clementi on grounds of linguistic usage and of rhe...

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Main Author: Adkin, Neil (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2015
In: Vigiliae Christianae
Year: 2015, Volume: 69, Issue: 3, Pages: 305-311
IxTheo Classification:CD Christianity and Culture
KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity
Further subjects:B Jerome rhetoric
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)