Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, ed. Harold Edgeworth Butler, 9.4.57

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[57] verum ea quae efficitur e pedibus apta ¹ conclusio nomen aliquod desiderat. quid sit igitur potius quam numerus, sed oratorius numerus, ut enthymema rhetoricus syllogismus? ego certe, ne ut calumniam cadam, qua ne M. quidem Tullius caruit, posco hoc mihi, ut, cum de compositionis dixero numero ² et ubicunque iam dixi,oratorium dicere intelligar.

Institutio Oratoria. Quintilian. ed. Harold Edgeworth Butler. Cambridge, Mass.. 1920-1922.

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Institutio Oratoria Perseus (Quintilian. Institutio Oratoria, Volume 1-4. Butler, Harold Edgeworth, translator. Cambridge, Mass; London: Harvard University Press, William Heinemann Ltd., 1920-1922.) — 9.2.57 focus

[57] There is also another kind of figure, which is not aposiopesis, since that involves leaving a sentence unfinished, but consists in bringing our words to a close before the natural point for their conclusion. The following is an example ¹ :

I am pressing my point too far; the young man appears to be moved

; or ²

Why should I say more? you heard the young man tell the story himself.

The imitation of other persons' characteristics,

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1. apta, Spalding :aqua, AG.

2. de compositionis. . numero, Halm : pro composito numero, MSS. (nunerum, A. ).

Quintilian Institutio Oratoria 9.4.57

ed. Harold Edgeworth Butler

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