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==Cassius Dio Cocceianus auctor est Gordium ''paidika'' (scilicet "catamitus") imperatoris fuisse==
Could someone help me with the grammar here? What I get out of the Latin is: 'The author Cassius Dio Cocceianus is', and then (apparently in indirect discourse) 'Gordius to have been the emperor's ''paidika'' (to wit, "catamite")'—but these pieces don't combine to make a grammatical whole. What's the story? Did someone write ''est'' for a verb like ''ait'' or ''dicit'' or ''scribit''? or what? ¶ Note that, if the second piece is in indirect discourse, ''paidika'' and ''catamitus'' must be in the accusative. [[User:IacobusAmor|IacobusAmor]] 14:58, 27 Novembris 2007 (UTC)
:I didn't happen to see this till now (the edit was marked as "minor"). The "someone" was me. I believe "auctor est" can be used as equivalent to "scribit", followed by an accusative and infinitive. "''Paidika''" is accusative (neuter plural) so that's all right. "Catamitus", although in a parenthesis, should indeed have been "catamitum": thanks, I'll change that. So, "Dio is our authority for the claim that Gordius was the emperor's catamite." Ok thus?
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