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cătăchrēsis , is, f., = κατάχρησις, a rhet. figure,
I.an improper use of a word; in pure Lat. abusio, Paul. ex Fest. p. 58 Müll.; cf. Quint. 8, 6, 34; 8, 2, 5; and Don. p. 1775 P. (where, as in Cic. Or. 27, 94, it is written as Greek).
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    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 8, 2.5
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 8, 6.34
    • Cicero, Orator, 27.94
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