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abusive:

Adverb · comparison: positive

Frequency:
Uncommon
Dictionary:
Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
Field:
Literature

= loosely, catachresisly, by loose/improper use of language/term/metaphor;

Inflections

positive

abusive

Examples

  • M

    Liber IX

    Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES

    "...nomen ductum a canticis ad aliorum similitudinem modulatis abusive etiam in versificationis ac sermonum imitatione servatur. XXXVI..."
  • M

    Liber VIII

    Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES

    "...defuit, tralatio ubi aliud fuit. Nam poetae solent abusive etiam in iis rebus quibus nomina sua sunt vicinis..."

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