De Oratore, Rhetorica Tomus I. Cicero, Marcus Tullius, creator; Wilkins, Augustus S. (Augustus Samuel), d. 1905, editor
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Omnis igitur oratio conficitur ex verbis; quorum primum
nobis ratio simpliciter videnda est, deinde coniuncte. Nam
est quidam ornatus orationis, qui ex singulis verbis est;
alius, qui ex continuatis coniunctis constat. Ergo utimur
verbis aut eis, quae propria sunt et certa quasi vocabula
rerum, paene una nata cum rebus ipsis; aut eis, quae transferuntur
et quasi alieno in loco conlocantur; aut eis, quae
novamus et facimus ipsi.
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In propriis igitur est verbis
illa laus oratoris, ut abiecta atque obsoleta fugiat, lectis
atque inlustribus utatur, in quibus plenum quiddam et
sonans inesse videatur. Sed in hoc verborum genere propriorum
dilectus est habendus quidam atque is aurium
quodam iudicio ponderandus est; in quo consuetudo etiam
bene loquendi valet plurimum.
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