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I have already said more than was necessary on the
subject of figures. But there will still be some who
think that the following (which they call ἀνθυποφορὰ
is a figure: Incredibile est, quod dico, sed verum:1 they
say the same of Aliquis hoc semel tubit, neno bis, ego
ter2 (which they style διέξοδος), and of Longius evects
sum, sed redeo ad propositumr,3 which they call
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ἄφοδος.
1 “What I say is incredible, but true.” ἀνθυποφορὰ= answer to imaginary objection.
2 “Some have endured this once, while no one has endured it twice, but I have endured it thrice.” διέξοδος = going through in detail.
3 “I have made a long digression, but now return to the point.” ἄφοδος strictly = departure, referring to the digression, rather than the return to the point.
Quintilian. With An English Translation. Harold Edgeworth Butler. Cambridge. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1922.
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