M. Fabi Quintiliani institutionis oratoriae liber decimus

M. Fabi Quintiliani institutionis
oratoriae
by Marcus Fabius
Quintilianus

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Title: M. Fabi Quintiliani institutionis oratoriae liber decimus
Author: Marcus Fabius Quintilianus
Editor: William Peterson
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M. FABI QUINTILIANI
INSTITUTIONIS ORATORIAE
LIBER DECIMUS
A Revised Text
With Introductory Essays Critical and Explanatory Notes and a

Facsimile of the Harleian Ms.
by W. Peterson
Georg Olms Verlagsbuchhandlung Hildesheim

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M. Fabi Quintiliani
INSTITUTIONIS ORATORIAE
Liber Decimus
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#De copia verborum.#
I.
|1| Sed haec eloquendi praecepta, sicut cognitioni sunt necessaria, ita
non satis ad vim dicendi valent, nisi illis firma quaedam facilitas, quae
apud Graecos +hexis+ nominatur; accesserit; ad quam scribendo plus
an legendo an dicendo conferatur, solere quaeri scio. Quod esset
diligentius nobis examinandum, si qualibet earum rerum possemus una
esse contenti: |2| verum ita sunt inter se conexa et indiscreta omnia ut,
si quid ex his defuerit, frustra sit in ceteris laboratum. Nam neque

solida atque robusta fuerit umquam eloquentia nisi multo stilo vires
acceperit, et citra lectionis exemplum labor ille carens rectore fluitabit;
et qui sciet quae quoque sint modo dicenda, nisi tamen in procinctu
paratamque ad omnes casus habuerit eloquentiam, velut clausis
thesauris incubabit. |3| Non autem ut quidquid praecipue necessarium
est, sic ad efficiendum oratorem maximi protinus erit momenti. Nam
certe, cum sit in eloquendo positum oratoris officium, dicere ante
omnia est, atque hinc initium eius artis fuisse manifestum est:
proximum deinde imitatio, novissimum scribendi quoque diligentia. |4|
Sed ut perveniri ad summa nisi ex principiis non potest, ita procedente
iam opere minima incipiunt esse quae prima sunt. Verum nos non quo
modo sit instituendus orator hoc loco dicimus, (nam id quidem aut satis
aut certe uti potuimus dictum est), sed athleta, qui omnes iam
perdidicerit a praeceptore numeros, quo genere exercitationis ad
certamina praeparandus sit. Igitur eum qui res invenire et disponere
sciet, verba quoque et eligendi et collocandi rationem perceperit,
instruamus qua ratione quod didicerit facere quam optime, quam
facillime possit.
|5| Non ergo dubium est quin ei velut opes sint quaedam parandae,
quibus uti, ubicumque desideratum erit, possit: eae constant copia
rerum ac verborum. |6| Sed res propriae sunt cuiusque causae aut paucis
communes, verba in universas paranda; quae si rebus singulis essent
singula, minorem curam postularent, nam cuncta sese cum ipsis
protinus rebus offerrent. Sed cum sint aliis alia aut magis propria aut
magis ornata aut plus efficientia aut melius sonantia, debent esse non
solum nota omnia, sed in promptu atque, ut ita dicam, in conspectu, ut,
cum se iudicio dicentis ostenderint, facilis ex his optimorum sit electio.
|7| Et quae idem significarent solitos {scio} ediscere, quo facilius et
occurreret unum ex pluribus, et, cum essent usi aliquo, si breve intra
spatium rursus desideraretur, effugiendae repetitionis gratia sumerent