Gymnasium, Sive Symbola Critica: Intended to Assist the Classical Student in His Endeavors to Attain a Correct Latin Prose Style, Volume 2R. Hunter, 1834 - Latin language |
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... Cicero omne , quod salsum sit , ait esse Atticorum , non quia sunt maxime ad risum compositi ; et Catullus cum dicit , Nulla in tam magno est corpore mica salis , non hoc dicit , nihil in corpore ejus esse ridicu- lum . Salsum igitur ...
... Cicero omne , quod salsum sit , ait esse Atticorum , non quia sunt maxime ad risum compositi ; et Catullus cum dicit , Nulla in tam magno est corpore mica salis , non hoc dicit , nihil in corpore ejus esse ridicu- lum . Salsum igitur ...
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... Cicero , " Næ illi sunt pedes faceti , ac deliciis in- gredienti molles . " In these two passages it is evi- dent , there is no allusion to wit or humour ; and that the idea conveyed is that of grace , or elegance . In the following ...
... Cicero , " Næ illi sunt pedes faceti , ac deliciis in- gredienti molles . " In these two passages it is evi- dent , there is no allusion to wit or humour ; and that the idea conveyed is that of grace , or elegance . In the following ...
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... Cicero considers it as divisible into two kinds , Cavillatio and Dicacitas . " Duo sunt genera facetiarum ; alterum æquabiliter in omni ser- mone fusum , alterum peracutum et breve ; illa a veteribus superior cavillatio , hæc altera ...
... Cicero considers it as divisible into two kinds , Cavillatio and Dicacitas . " Duo sunt genera facetiarum ; alterum æquabiliter in omni ser- mone fusum , alterum peracutum et breve ; illa a veteribus superior cavillatio , hæc altera ...
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... Cicero himself did not , in this instance , attend to his own distinctions . But let us inquire into the mean- ing of the word Facetia , as explained by himself , in another passage , and also by Quintilian , two critics of ...
... Cicero himself did not , in this instance , attend to his own distinctions . But let us inquire into the mean- ing of the word Facetia , as explained by himself , in another passage , and also by Quintilian , two critics of ...
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... Cicero observes , " Ut in illo superiore genere vel narrationis vel imitationis , vitanda est mimorum etho- logorum similitudo , sic in hoc scurrilis dicacitas ora- tori magnopere fugienda est . " This error he thus illustrates ...
... Cicero observes , " Ut in illo superiore genere vel narrationis vel imitationis , vitanda est mimorum etho- logorum similitudo , sic in hoc scurrilis dicacitas ora- tori magnopere fugienda est . " This error he thus illustrates ...
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accusative adduced adjective admitted aliquid atque Cæs Cæsar candidus Cicero clause conjunction construed consuls critic dative Denarius denotes Dicacitas difference distinction distinguished drachms Dumesnil ejus ellipsis employed English enim eodem equivalent erat etiam evident examples EXERCISE explained expressed facere Fasti fidem following passage former future genitive gerund governs hæc Hastati Hence idem identity implies indicative mood ipse joined Latin latter lictors Livy means mihi nihil Noltenius nominative noun observed omnes omnia opinion Orat participle Perizonius person phraseology Plaut Plin Popma præ predicate primus pronoun quæ quam Quid Quin Quintilian quisque quoad quod refers relative clause rendered Roman rule Sall says sense sentence Servius Tullius shew signifies sive sometimes subjunctive mood substantive sunt tense term thing tibi tion tive Toga virilis Varro verb Virg words writers
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