person
Laelia
Crassus's mother-in-law (daughter of C. Laelius the wise); her preserved old Roman accent is praised by Crassus as 'Plautine' (De Or. 3.45).
Reading notes
- On the Orator §3.45 Laelia
Crassus's mother-in-law (daughter of C. Laelius the wise), whose pure preserved old Roman accent Cicero treasures: 'I seem to be hearing Plautus or Naevius'. The locus classicus for the idea that Roman women preserve archaic speech.