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Tertius ille
modus transferendi verbi late patet, quem necessitas genuit
inopia coacta et angustiis, post autem iucunditas delectatioque
celebravit. Nam ut vestis frigoris depellendi causa
reperta primo, post adhiberi coepta est ad ornatum etiam
corporis et dignitatem, sic verbi translatio instituta est
inopiae causa, frequentata delectationis. Nam gemmare
vitis, luxuriem esse in herbis, laetas segetes etiam rustici
dicunt. Quod enim declarari vix verbo proprio potest, id
translato cum est dictum, inlustrat id, quod intellegi
volumus, eius rei, quam alieno verbo posuimus, similitudo.
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