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Quidquid enim significari brevius potest et cum
ornatu latius ostenditur, περίφρασις est, cui nomen
Latine datum est non sane aptum orationis virtuti
circumlocutio. verum hoc ut, cum decorem habet,
periphrasis, ita, cum id vitium incidit, περισσολογία
dicitur. obstat enim quidquid non adiuvat.
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