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etiam ut
sint, quod est quartum, membris aequalibus, quod
ἰσόκωλον dicitur: Si, quantum in agro locisque desertis
audacia potest, tantum in foro atque iudiciis impudentia
valeret ἰσόκωλον est et ὁμοιόπτωτον habet; non minus
nunc in causa cederet Aulus Caecina Sexti Aebutii impudentiae, quam tum in vi facienda cessit audaciae,
ἰσόκωλον, ὁμοιόπτωτον, ὁμοιοτέλευτον. accedit et ex
illa figura gratia, qua nomina dixi mutatis casibus
repeti: non minus cederet quam cessit. at hoc1
[p. 494]
ὁμοιοτέλευτον et παρονομασία est: neminem alteri posse
dare in matrimonium, nisi penes quem sit patrimonium.
1 at hoc, Halm: ad hue, AG.
Quintilian. With An English Translation. Harold Edgeworth Butler. Cambridge. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1922.
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