Open Access<i>Hapax legomena</i> en el <i>Codex Theodosianus</i>
Author(s) -
Bárbara Pastor de Arozena
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
emérita/emerita
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.116
H-Index - 4
eISSN - 1988-8384
pISSN - 0013-6662
DOI - 10.3989/emerita.1992.v60.i1.489
Subject(s) - rhetoric , legislation , government (linguistics) , empire , philosophy , code (set theory) , literature , humanities , political science , classics , law , history , art , linguistics , computer science , programming language , set (abstract data type)
This paper focuses on the ἅπαξ λεγόμενα found in the laws of the Theodosian Code. Among them, this survey highlights the pomposity of the titles used to designate the officials, as well as the existence of certain terms originated in the Greek East and adopted by Latin, with not apparent purpose. The significance or such government language is to lay bare the rhetoric of the ornamental legislation throughout the Later Roman Empire