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similia1
sunt haec: acetabula quidquid habent, et pyxides
cuiuscunque materiae sunt, et parricida matris quoque aut fratris interfector. discernendumque est
hoc totum a translatione2 genus, quod abusio est,
ubi nomen defuit, translatio, ubi aliud fuit. nam
poetae solent abusive etiam id his rebus, quibus
nomina sua sunt, vicinis potius uti; quod rarum id
prosa est.
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