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A figure of speech

  • 1 figūra

        figūra ae, f    [FIG-], a form, shape, figure: nova oris, T.: corporis nostri: hominis: uri sunt specie et figurā tauri, Cs.: partim figuras Rettulit antiquas, animal forms, O.: muliebris: navium, Cs.: Morte obitā quales fama est volitare figuras, phantoms, V.— Beauty: fallax, O.: confisa figurae, O.—Fig., a quality, kind, form, style, nature, manner: optima dicendi: pereundi mille figurae<*> ways, O.—In rhet., a figure of speech, ornament of style: dicendi: tres figurae (orationis).
    * * *
    shape, form, figure, image; beauty; style; figure of speech

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  • 2 schema

    schēma, ae, f. (cf.:

    diadema, dogma, etc.,

    Prisc. p. 679 P.), and (mostly post-Aug.) ătis, n. (dat. and abl. plur. schemasin, Varr. ap. Charis. p. 38;

    but schematibus,

    Lampr. Heliog. 19), = schêma.
    I.
    In gen., a shape, figure, form, fashion, manner, posture, attitude, etc. (so mostly ante-class.; not in Cic.).
    (α).
    Fem.:

    quod processi huc cum servili schemā,

    Plaut. Am. prol. 117; cf. Caecil. ap. Prisc. p. 679 P.:

    Tiara ut lepidam lepide condecorat schemam,

    Plaut. Pers. 4, 2, 2 Ritschl; cf. Prisc. l. l.; also Pompon. ap. Non. 225, 1:

    exemplar imperatae schemae,

    Suet. Tib. 43.—
    (β).
    Neutr.: pergite thyrsigerae Bacchae modo Bacchico cum schemate, Naev. ap. Non. 225, 2:

    schema antiquom retinere,

    Lucil. ib. 225, 3:

    Aristippus naufragio cum ejectus ad Rhodiensium litus animadvertisset geometrica schemata descripta,

    Vitr. 6 praef.:

    vasa schematibus libidinosissimis inquinata,

    Lampr. Heliog. 19.—
    II.
    In partic., as in rhet., a figure of speech, rhetorical figure (pure Lat. figura; freq. in Quint.;

    in Cic. written as Greek),

    Sen. Contr. 1, praef. § 23 sq.; 1, 1, 25; Quint. 9, 1, 1 sq.; and repeatedly in the first three chapters of the ninth book; cf. also id. 1, 5, 52 sq.; 4, 1, 49; 4, 5, 4; 5, 10, 70.—
    b.
    In geometry, a figure, outline:

    geometrica schemata,

    Vitr. 6, praef. 1:

    sphaeroides,

    id. 8, 6, 3 et saep.

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  • 3 figura

    fĭgūra, ae, f. [v. fingo], a form, shape, figure (syn.: forma, species; tropus).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    corporis nostri partes totaque figura et forma et statura quam apta ad naturam sit, apparet,

    Cic. Fin. 5, 12, 35; cf.:

    hominum, vel etiam ceterarum animantium forma et figura,

    id. de Or. 3, 45, 179; and:

    quae figura, quae species humanā potest esse pulchrior?... Quod si omnium animantium formam vincit hominis figura, deus autem animans est: ea figura profecto est, quae pulcherrima sit omnium, etc.,

    id. N. D. 1, 18, 47 sq.;

    with this cf.: esse aliquem humana specie et figura, qui, etc.,

    id. Rosc. Am. 22, 63; Liv. 29, 17, 11:

    uri sunt specie et colore et figura tauri,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 28, 1:

    gemina tauri juvenisque,

    the Minotaur, Ov. M. 8, 169:

    Himera in muliebrem figuram habitumque formata,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 35, § 87; cf.:

    figura et lineamenta hospitae,

    id. ib. 36, §

    89: conformatio quaedam et figura totius oris et corporis,

    id. de Or. 1, 25, 114:

    pulmonum vis et figura,

    id. Tusc. 1, 16, 37:

    formae figura,

    id. N. D. 1, 32, 90:

    formaï servare figuram,

    Lucr. 4, 69:

    navium figura (shortly before: navium species),

    Caes. B. G. 4, 25, 2:

    lapidis,

    Ov. M. 3, 399:

    dohorum,

    Plin. 2, 25, 22, § 90: lenticulae dimidiae, id. 27, 12, 98, § 124:

    quadriangula grani,

    id. 13, 22, 38, § 118:

    triquetra,

    id. 3, 16, 20, § 121:

    rotunditatis aut proceritatis,

    id. 13, 4, 9, § 49 et saep.—
    2.
    Concr., a sketch, figure, drawing (lat. Lat.): figurae quae schêmata vocant, Gell. 1, 20, 1; 2, 21, 10: kubos est figura ex omni latere quadrata, id. 1, 20, 4.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    In the lang. of the Epicurean philosophy applied to the atoms or molecular parts of bodies:

    caelestem fulminis ignem Subtilem magis e parvis constare figuris,

    Lucr. 2, 385; 2, 682 sq.; 778; 3, 190 al.; cf.:

    illas figuras Epicuri, quas e summis corporibus dicit effluere,

    Quint. 10, 2, 15 Spald.—
    2.
    Poet., a form, shade, phantom of the dead:

    in somnis, cum saepe figuras Contuimur miras simulacraque luce carentum,

    Lucr. 4, 34:

    morte obita quales fama est volitare figuras,

    Verg. A. 10, 641:

    CVM VITA FVNCTVS IVNGAR TIS (i. e. tuis) VMBRA FIGVRIS,

    Inscr. Orell. 4847.—
    II.
    Trop., quality, kind, form, species, nature, manner.
    A.
    In gen.:

    de figura vocis satis dictum est,

    Auct. Her. 3, 15, 25:

    majus et minus et aeque magnum ex vi et ex numero et ex figura negotii consideratur,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 28, 41:

    figura orationis plenioris et tenuioris,

    id. de Or. 3, 55, 212; cf.:

    suam quandam expressit quasi formam figuramque dicendi,

    id. ib. 2, 23, 98:

    occurrunt animo pereundi mille figurae,

    kinds, Ov. H. 10, 81:

    edidit innumeras species, partimque figuras rettulit antiquas, etc.,

    id. M. 1, 436; cf.:

    capiendi figurae (for which, shortly after: species capiendi),

    Dig. 39, 6, 31:

    condicionis,

    ib. 35, 2, 30. —
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    Gram. t. t., form of a word, inflection:

    alia nomina, quod quinque habent figuras, habere quinque casus,

    Varr. L. L. 9, § 52; cf.:

    non debuisse ex singulis vocibus ternas vocabulorum figuras fieri, ut albus, alba, album,

    id. ib. 9, §

    55: quaedam (verba) tertiae demum personae figura dicuntur, ut licet, piget,

    Quint. 1, 4, 29; 8, 2, 15 Spald.—
    2.
    Rhet. t. t., a figure of speech, schêma, Cic. de Or. 3, 53 sq.; id. Or. 39 sq.; Quint. 9, 1 sq. et saep.—
    b.
    Esp., one which contains hints or allusions, Suet. Vesp. 13; id. Dom. 10; cf. Quint. 9, 2, 82.

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  • 4 exornatio

    exornātĭo, ōnis, f. [exorno], an adorning, decorating, embellishing.
    I.
    Lit.: quae ad lavationem, quae ad exornationem pertinerent, to the toilet, Col. (Cic. Oecon.?) 12, 3, 2.—
    II.
    Trop., of speech, embellishment.
    A.
    In gen.:

    ipsa inventa exponentur simpliciter sine ulla exornatione (corresp. to expolitio),

    Cic. Inv. 2, 3 fin.:

    verborum et sententiarum,

    Auct. Her. 4, 13, 18.—
    B.
    In partic., as a figure of speech., Auct. Her. [p. 691] 4, 8, 11; ib. 16, 24; ib. 22, 32 sq.; Cic. Part. Or. 3, 10 al.

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  • 5 licentia

    lĭcentĭa, ae, f. [licet], freedom, liberty, leave to do as one pleases, license.
    I.
    In gen.: Dae. Licet... licet... licet. Tr. Hercules istum infelicet cum sua licentia, Plaut. Rud. 4, 6, 21:

    nobis nostra Academia magnam licentiam dat, ut, etc.,

    Cic. Off. 3, 4, 20:

    pueris non omnem ludendi licentiam damus,

    id. ib. 1, 29, 103:

    tantum licentiae dabat gloria,

    id. de Sen. 13, 44:

    absolvendi,

    Tac. A. 14, 49:

    lasciviendi permittere militibus,

    Suet. Caes. 67.—
    II.
    In partic.
    A.
    Liberty which one assumes, boldness, presumption, license:

    homo ad scribendi licentiam liber,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 44, 123:

    a Democrito omnino haec licentia,

    id. ib. 1, 38, 107:

    per intercalandi licentiam,

    by arbitrary intercalation, Suet. Caes. 40.—Freq. of style:

    poëtarum,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 38, 153:

    juvenilis quaedam dicendi impunitas et licentia,

    id. Brut. 91, 316:

    figurarum,

    Quint. 10, 1, 28.—
    2.
    In rhet. as a figure of speech, = parrêsia, boldness, freedom of speech, Auct. Her. 4, 36, 48:

    poëtica,

    Quint. 2, 4, 3; 4, 1, 58:

    declamatoria,

    id. 8, 3, 76.—
    B.
    Unrestrained liberty, unbounded license, dissoluteness, licentiousness:

    deteriores omnes sumus licentia,

    Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 74:

    nimia illaec licentia evadet in aliquod magnum malum,

    id. Ad. 3, 4, 63:

    omnium rerum infinita atque intoleranda licentia,

    Cic. Agr. 1, 5, 5:

    licentia libidoque,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 33, § 77:

    cupiditatum,

    id. Att. 10, 4, 1; id. Off. 2, 8, 28:

    habere impunitatem et licentiam sempiternam,

    id. Mil. 31, 84:

    quorum licentiae nisi Carneades restitisset,

    id. Div. 2, 72, 150: malle licentiam suam quam aliorum libertatem, Liv. 3, 37:

    Sullani temporis,

    lawlessness, Suet. Gram. 11:

    militum,

    Nep. Eum. 8:

    indomitam Refrenare (licentiam),

    Hor. C. 3, 24, 29:

    licentiam coërcere,

    Tac. H. 1, 35:

    in libertatibus quoque dandis nimiam licentiam compescuit lex Fufia Caninia,

    Gai. Inst. 2, 228.—Of inanimate things: magna gladiorum est licentia, the license of the sword is great, i. e. daring murders are prevalent, Cic. Fam. 4, 9, 12:

    immensa licentia ponti,

    Ov. M. 1, 309.—
    C.
    Personified as a goddess:

    templum Licentiae (for Libertatis),

    Cic. Leg. 2, 17, 42; cf. Libertas.

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  • 6 imāgō

        imāgō inis, f    [2 IC-], an imitation, copy, image, representation, likeness, statue, bust, picture: tabularum, exact copy: cereae, H.: macra, Iu.: genetiva, natural figure, O.: sine imagine tellus, shapeless, O.—An ancestral image, mask (of a man who had been aedile, praetor, or consul): ius imaginis: avi tui: clarum hac fore imagine, i. e. would become an aristocrat, L.: fumosae, smoky ancestral images: nullae sunt imagines, quae, etc., ancestors of distinction: imagines non habeo, S.: imagines familiae suae: homo multarum imaginum, S.: funus imagines ducant triumphales tuum, H.—A phantom, ghost, apparition, vision: magna mei sub terras ibit imago, shade, V.: vana, H.: inhumani coniugis, V.: natum falsis Ludis imaginibus, phantoms, V.: mortis, O.: somni, a dream, O.: nocturnae, Tb.—A reverberation, echo: resonare tamquam imago: vocis offensa resultat imago, V.: iocosa montis, H.—Fig., an image, conception, thought, imagination, idea: Scipionis imaginem sibi proponere: antiquitatis, an image of the olden time: proconsularem imaginem tam saevam facere (i. e. by cruelty in office), L.: tantae pietatis, V.: poenaeque in imagine tota est, O. —A figure of speech, similitude, comparison, C.: haec a te non multum abludit imago, H.—An empty form, image, semblance, appearance, shadow: adumbrata gloriae: equitis Romani: rei p.: his imaginibus iuris spretis, L.—A reminder, suggestion: quorum (temporum) imaginem video in rebus tuis: genitoris imagine capta, V.
    * * *
    likeness, image, appearance; statue; idea; echo; ghost, phantom

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  • 7 dinumeratio

    dīnŭmĕrātĭo, ōnis, f. [id.], a counting over, reckoning up, enumeration.
    I.
    In gen. (very rare):

    noctium ac dierum,

    Cic. Rep. 3, 2 fin.; cf.

    (dierum),

    Paul. Sent. 5, 33:

    (personarum),

    Dig. 38, 10, 10, § 16; Vulg. 2 Par. 2, 17.—
    II.
    Esp., as a figure of speech, i. q. Gr. aparithmêsis, Cic. de Or. 3, 54, 207; quoted ap. Quint. 9, 1, 35 (who, however, does not regard it as a figure); 9, 3, 91 Spald.

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  • 8 cōnfōrmātiō

        cōnfōrmātiō ōnis, f    [conformo], a symmetrical forming, conformation, shape, form, fashion: liniamentorum: vocis, expression: doctrinae, i. e. culture.—Fig., an idea, notion, conception: animi: ut res conformatio quaedam notaret.—In rhet., rhetorical finish, elaboration: sententiarum.
    * * *
    shape, form; character/constitution; idea, notion; figure of speech; inflection

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  • 9 dīnumerātiō

        dīnumerātiō ōnis, f    [dinumero], a counting over, reckoning up, enumeration: noctium ac dierum.—As a figure of speech, C.
    * * *
    action/process of counting/reckoning, calculation; enumeration of points

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  • 10 extenuātiō

        extenuātiō ōnis, f    [extenuo], a lessening, diminution, extenuation (as a figure of speech).

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  • 11 imminūtiō (inm-)

        imminūtiō (inm-) ōnis, f    [imminuo], a lessening, weakening, impairing, injuring: corporis, i. e. mutilation.—Fig.: dignitatis.—Esp., as a figure of speech, understatement, extenuation.

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  • 12 percontātiō (percūnct-)

        percontātiō (percūnct-) ōnis, f    [percontor], a persistent asking, questioning, inquiry: dictum non percontatione quaesitum: nihil de eo percontationibus reperire, Cs.: derecta, L.—As a figure of speech, C.

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  • 13 prōgressiō

        prōgressiō ōnis, f    [pro + GRAD-], a going forward, progression, advancement, progress, growth, increase: omnium rerum principia suis progressionibus usa augentur: admirabilis ad excellentiam: rei militaris.—In rhet., a progression, climax.
    * * *
    progress/development; advance/forward movement; rising figure of speech; climax

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  • 14 relātiō

        relātiō ōnis, f    [re+STER-], a bringing back, throwing back, retorting: criminis.—In public life, a report, proposition, motion: tua: approbare relationem, L.—In rhet., an emphatic repetition (of a word).
    * * *
    laying of matter before Senate, such motion; referring back case to magistrate; reference to standard; retorting on accuser; giving oath in reply; repayment; narration, relating of events, recital; act of carrying back; figure of speech

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  • 15 antisagoge

    figure of speech one thing adduced is opposed to another, counter-assertion

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  • 16 tropos

    trope, figure of speech, figurative use of word; song, manner of singing (L+S)

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  • 17 tropus

    trope, figure of speech, figurative use of word; song, manner of singing (L+S)

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  • 18 acclamatio

    acclāmātĭo ( adc.), ōnis, f. [acclamo], a calling to, an exclamation, shout.
    I.
    In gen.:

    acuta atque attenuata nimis,

    Auct. Her. 3, 12, 21;

    the calling of the shepherd,

    Col. 7, 3, 26; so in plur., id. 6, 2, 14.—
    II.
    In partic.
    A.
    A cry of disapprobation (so esp. in the time of the republic):

    ei contigit non modo ut adclamatione, sed ut convicio et maledictis impediretur,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 2; 2, 1, 2; quanto jam levior est adclamatio, C. Rabir. 18; id. de Or. 2, 83, 339 etc.; Suet. Dom. 23 al.—
    B.
    On the contrary, esp. later, a shout of approbation (e. g. on the appearance of a person honored by the people), a huzza:

    adclamationes multitudinis assentatione immodica pudorem operantis,

    Liv. 31, 15, 2; so Suet. Caes. 79; id. Aug. 58; id. Oth. 6 (made by the voice; while plausus is made with the hands, Quint. 8, 3, 3).—
    C.
    Rhetor. a figure of speech = exclamatio, epiphônêma, exclamation, Quint. 8, 5, 11.

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  • 19 adclamatio

    acclāmātĭo ( adc.), ōnis, f. [acclamo], a calling to, an exclamation, shout.
    I.
    In gen.:

    acuta atque attenuata nimis,

    Auct. Her. 3, 12, 21;

    the calling of the shepherd,

    Col. 7, 3, 26; so in plur., id. 6, 2, 14.—
    II.
    In partic.
    A.
    A cry of disapprobation (so esp. in the time of the republic):

    ei contigit non modo ut adclamatione, sed ut convicio et maledictis impediretur,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 2; 2, 1, 2; quanto jam levior est adclamatio, C. Rabir. 18; id. de Or. 2, 83, 339 etc.; Suet. Dom. 23 al.—
    B.
    On the contrary, esp. later, a shout of approbation (e. g. on the appearance of a person honored by the people), a huzza:

    adclamationes multitudinis assentatione immodica pudorem operantis,

    Liv. 31, 15, 2; so Suet. Caes. 79; id. Aug. 58; id. Oth. 6 (made by the voice; while plausus is made with the hands, Quint. 8, 3, 3).—
    C.
    Rhetor. a figure of speech = exclamatio, epiphônêma, exclamation, Quint. 8, 5, 11.

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  • 20 adjunctio

    adjunctĭo, ōnis, f. [adjungo], a joining or binding to, a union or conjunction (Cicero; esp. in his rhet. writings).
    I.
    In gen.: si haec (sc. phusikê hê pros ta tekna) non est, nulla potest homini esse ad hominem naturae adjunctio, Cic. Att. 7, 2, 4; so,

    animi,

    Q. Cic. Pet. Cons. 6, 21.—
    II.
    Esp.
    A.
    An addition:

    virtutis,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 13, [p. 38] 39:

    verborum,

    id. Part. Or. 5, 16.—Hence,
    B.
    In rhet.
    1.
    A limitation or restriction made by an addition, a limiting or restricting adjunct:

    esse quasdam cum adjunctione necessitudines... illic, in superiore, adjunctio (i. e. exceptio) est haec: nisi malint, etc.,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 57, 171.—
    2.
    A figure of speech, acc. to Forcell. = sumplokê, repetition of the same word, Cic. de Or. 3, 54, 206 (as an example, v. Agr. 2, 9: Quis legem tulit? Rullus. Quis majorem partem populi suffragiis prohibuit? Rullus.); acc. to Auct. Her., we have an adjunctio when the verb stands either at the beginning or at the end of a clause, as opp. to conjunctio, i. e. when the verb is interposed amid the words, 4, 27, 38; cf. Quint. 9, 1, 33, and 9, 3, 62.

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