Quintilian Institutio Oratoria 5.10.55

Harold Edgeworth Butler (Translator)

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

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Current edition Perseus

Institutio Oratoria (English) (Quintilian. Institutio Oratoria, Volume 1-4. Butler, Harold Edgeworth, translator. Cambridge, Mass; London: Harvard University Press, William Heinemann Ltd., 1920-1922.)

Editions (1)
Institutio Oratoria Perseus (Quintilian. Institutio Oratoria, Volume 1-4. Butler, Harold Edgeworth, editor. Cambridge, Mass; London: Harvard University Press, William Heinemann Ltd., 1920-1922.) — 5.10.55 focus

Notes on the current edition

Institutio Oratoria

1. Paulus (exc. Fest.) gives the following explanation of this absurd derivation, for which Cicero tells that Aelius Stilo was responsible:
Some think that assiduus was originally the epithet applied to one who served in the army at his own expense, contributing an as
( i.e. instead of receiving it)!
2. locheples (
wealthy
) is derived from locus = the posses sors of many places.
3. pecuniosus (
moneyed
) is derived from pecus =
rich in herds.