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oratorum autem si quis ita numerat plura genera, ut alios grandis
aut gravis aut copiosos, alios tenuis aut subtilis aut brevis,
alios eis interiectos et tamquam medios putet, de homini-
bus dicit1 aliquid, de re parum. In re enim quid optimum
sit quaeritur, in homine dicitur quod est. Itaque licet
dicere et Ennium summum epicum poetam, si cui ita
videtur, et Pacuvium tragicum et Caecilium fortasse comi-
cum.
1 de hominibus dicit Orelli: hominibus deicit GP
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