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But to-day we consider that all has been
done that can be done in this line, and do not venture
on fresh creations, in spite of the fact that many
of the words thus formed in antiquity are daily
becoming obsolete. Indeed, we scarcely permit ourselves to use new derivatives, so they are called,
which are formed in various ways from words in
common use, such as Sullaturit,1 “he wishes to be
a second Sulla,” or proscripturit, “he wishes to have
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a proscription,” while laureati posies, “laurelled
door-posts,” for lauru coronati, “crowned with
laurel,” are similar formations.
1 Cic. ad Att. IX. x. 6.
Quintilian. With An English Translation. Harold Edgeworth Butler. Cambridge. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1922.
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