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Inusitata sunt prisca fere ac vetustate ab
usu cotidiani sermonis iam diu intermissa, quae sunt poetarum
licentiae liberiora quam nostrae; sed tamen raro
habet etiam in oratione poeticum aliquod verbum dignitatem.
Neque enim illud fugerim dicere, ut Caelius "qua tempestate
Poenus in Italiam venit," nec "prolem" aut "subolem" aut
"effari" aut "nuncupare" aut, ut tu soles, Catule, "non
rebar" aut "opinabar"; aut alia multa, quibus loco positis
grandior atque antiquior oratio saepe videri solet.
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