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April 26, 2026The Classical Quarterly0 citations

Repentinvs in Cicero, BRVTVS 242

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NBNicoletta Bruno

Key Points

  • This research explores the negative implications of the adjective repentinus in Cicero's text.
  • Analyzes Cicero's use of the term in Brut. 242.
  • Compares usage in Tertullian and Ammianus Marcellinus.
  • Investigates the evolution of connotation in the context of anonymity.
  • Cicero's use of repentinus conveys a distinctly negative meaning.
  • Tertullian and Ammianus Marcellinus echo Cicero while lacking the same derogatory nuance.
  • The term is associated with ignorance and anonymity across the texts.

Abstract

Abstract Cicero’s use of the adjective repentinus at Brut . 242 ( C. L. Caepasii fratres … ignoti homines et repentini ) has a singularly negative and offensive meaning. Both Tertullian ( Adu. Marc. 4.7.7) and Ammianus Marcellinus (14.6.13, 21.16.3) echo Cicero, employing the same adjective in conjunction with ignotus or with its synonym incognitus , albeit without the same negative and defaming nuance.

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Nicoletta Bruno (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69edabb84a46254e215b3a4bhttps://doi.org/10.1017/s0009838826101232
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