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prosopopoeiae

Dictionary entries

  • prosopopoeia, prosopopoeiae:

    Feminine · Noun · 1st declension

    Frequency:
    Uncommon
    Dictionary:
    Lewis & Short
    Field:
    Arts

    = personification; dramatization;

    Entry →
    dat. sg.
    gen. sg.
    loc. sg.
    nom. pl.
    voc. pl.

Examples

  • M

    Liber XI

    Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES

    "...Denique non modo quot in causa totidem in prosopopoeia sunt varietates, sed hoc etiam plures, quod..."
  • M

    Liber VI

    Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES

    "...eius ipse successit. His praecipue locis utiles sunt prosopopoeiae, id est fictae alienarum personarum orationes. +Quale litigatore dicit..."
  • M

    Liber IV

    Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES

    "...causa est in commentariis (nam bis eundem defendit), prosopopoeia loquentis pro reo utitur, pro Rabirio vero Postumo eodemque..."
  • M

    Liber III

    Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES

    "...aegre tuetur. XLIX. Ideoque longe mihi difficillimae videntur prosopopoeiae, in quibus ad relicum suasoriae laborem accedit etiam personae..."
  • M

    Liber II

    Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES

    "...nomine gratia quoque iis habenda est), sed ad prosopopoeias usque [ad suasorias], in quibus onus dicendi uel maximum..."
  • M

    Liber I

    Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES

    "...cantas, male cantas: Si legis, cantas". III. Nec prosopopoeias, ut quibusdam placet, ad comicum morem pronuntiari velim, esse..."

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