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sed iam forma ipsa1 restat et χαρακτὴρ ille qui dicitur;
qui qualis esse debeat ex his2 quae supra dicta sunt intellegi
potest. Nam et singulorum verborum et conlocatorum
lumina attigimus; quibus sic abundabit, ut verbum ex ore
nullum nisi aut elegans aut grave exeat, ex omnique genere
frequentissimae translationes erunt, quod eae propter similitudinem
transferunt animos et referunt ac movent huc et
illuc, qui motus cogitationis celeriter agitatus per se ipse delectat. Et
reliqua ex conlocatione verborum quae sumuntur
quasi lumina magnum adferunt ornatum orationi; sunt
enim similia illis quae in amplo ornatu scaenae aut fori
appellantur insignia, non quia3 sola ornent, sed quod excellant.
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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