# Περὶ ἰδεῶν λόγου 8-6-9

Hermogenes, Περὶ ἰδεῶν λόγου, 8 to 9. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/hermogenes/text-4/8-6

Λέξις μὲν γὰρ ὅπερ ἔφην βραχέα, ἥτις ἂν εἴη, τοιάδε ἢ τοιάδε, συντελεῖ πρὸς γοργότητα, οὐ μὴν ἀλλʼ αἱ βραχεῖαί γε ἐπιτηδειότεραι. Κῶλα μὴν τοῦ λόγου τοῦ γοργοῦ πάντως εἶναι βραχέα δεῖ.

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Hermogenes, Περὶ ἰδεῶν λόγου, ed. Hugo Rabe. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg0592.tlg004.local001/.