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supellex est enim quodam modo nostra, quae est in ornamentis,
alia rerum alia verborum. Ornatus autem verborum
duplex1: unus simplicium alter conlocatorum. Simplex probatur
in propriis usitatisque verbis, quod aut optime sonat
aut rem maxime explanat2; in alienis aut translatum et
factum3 aliunde ut mutuo, aut factum ab ipso ac novum4
aut priscum et inusitatum; sed etiam inusitata5 ac prisca
sunt in propriis, nisi quod raro utimur.
1 orn. autem verborum duplex vulg.: ornatus autem duplex L: verborum orn. autem duplex Stangl
2 sonat... explanat L: sonant... explanant codd. dett.
3 et factum Schüts: aut factum L: ac sumptum Lambinus
4 ac novum Schüts: aut novum L: ut novum Lambinus
5 inusitatum ... inusitata codd. dett.: usit.... usit. L
M. Tullius Cicero. M. Tulli Ciceronis Rhetorica, Tomus II. A. S. Wilkins. Oxonii. e Typographeo Clarendoniano. 1911. Scriptorum Classicorum Bibliotheca Oxoniensis.
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