[9]
It is best therefore in dealing
with these topics to adopt the generally accepted
terms and to understand the actual thing, by whatever name it is called. But we must note the fact
that trope and figure are often combined in the
expression of the same thought, since figures are
introduced just as much by the metaphorical as by
the literal use of words.
Quintilian. With An English Translation. Harold Edgeworth Butler. Cambridge. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1922.
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