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There are, however, some words of such
a nature that they express the same sense by
different sounds, so that it makes no difference to
the meaning which we use, as, for instance, gladius
and ensis, which may be used indifferently when we
have to speak of a sword. Others, again, although
properly applied to specific objects, are used by
means of a trope to express the same sense, as, for
example, ferrum (steel) and muro (point), which are
both used in the sense of sword.
Quintilian. With An English Translation. Harold Edgeworth Butler. Cambridge. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1922.
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