Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Harold Edgeworth Butler (Translator), 9.1.18

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[18] however, to figures of thought and speech would add those produced by

glosses

; ¹ but he has merely been led astray by an excessive passion for novelty. For who can suppose that so learned a man was ignorant of the fact that

glosses

and

reflexions

both come under the heading of thought? We may therefore conclude that, like language itself, figures are necessarily concerned with thought and with words.

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

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[18] Cornelius tamen Celsus adiicit verbis et sententiis figuras colorum, nimia profecto novitatis cupiditate ductus. nam quis ignorasse eruditum alioqui virum credat, colores et sententias sensus esse? quare sicut omnem orationem ita figuras quoque versari necesse est in sensu et in verbis.

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Institutio Oratoria

1. See IV. ii. 88. color =

the particular aspect given to a case by a skilful representation of the facts —the 'gloss' or varnish put on them by either the accused or the accuser.

Quintilian Institutio Oratoria 9.1.18

Harold Edgeworth Butler (Translator)

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