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sed accedit superioribus interiectio. alii tamen ex idoneis dumtaxat auctoribus
octo partes secuti sunt ut Aristarchus et aetate
nostra Palaemon, qui vocabulum sive appellationem
nomini subiecerunt tanquam speciem eius. at ii,
qui aliud nomen aliud vocabulum faciunt, novem.
nihilominus fuerunt, qui ipsum adhuc vocabulum
ab appellatione deducerent, ut esset vocabulum
corpus visu tactuque manifestum, domus, lectus,
appellatio, cui vel alterum deesset vel utrumque,
ventus, caelum, deus, virtus. adiiciebant et asseverationem ut eheu, et tractationem ut fasciatim; quae
mihi non approbantur.
Quintilian. With an English Translation. Harold Edgeworth Butler. Cambridge. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1920.
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