with what follows. [p. 485]I labour to be brief, I turn obscure,
Hor A.P. 25.
[65]
To this figure is opposed distinction, which they call
παραδιαστολή, by which we distinguish between
similar things, as in this sentence:1 “When you call
yourself wise instead of astute, brave instead of rash,
economical instead of mean.” But this is entirely
dependent on definition, and therefore I have my
doubts whether it can be called a figure. Its opposite
occurs when we pass at a bound from one thing to
something different, as though from like to like; for
example:
1 Rutil. i. 4.
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