Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Harold Edgeworth Butler (Translator), 1.5.52

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[52] Some phrases have all the appearance of a solecism and yet cannot be called faulty; take for instance phrases such as tragoedia Thyestes or ludi Floralia and Megalensia¹ : although these are never found in later times, they are the rule in ancient writers. We will therefore style them figures and, though their use is more frequent in poets, will not deny their employment even to orators.

Institutio Oratoria. Quintilian. Harold Edgeworth Butler (Translator). Cambridge, Mass.. 1920-1922.

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[52] quaedam tamen et faciem soloecismi habent et dici vitiosa non possunt, ut tragoedia Thyestes et ludi Floralia ac Megalensia, quanquam haec sequenti tempore interciderunt numquam aliter a veteribus dicta. schemata igitur nominabuntur, frequentiora quidem apud poetas sed oratoribus quoque permissa.

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1. Where strict grammar would require tragoedia Thyestis, ludi Florales, Megalenses. The normal usage would be simply to say Thyestes, Floralia, Megalensia.

Quintilian Institutio Oratoria 1.5.52

Harold Edgeworth Butler (Translator)

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