# Περὶ τρόπων β'. ΠΕΡΙ ΕΜΦΑΣΕΩΣ.

Tryphon I Grammaticus, Περὶ τρόπων, β'. ΠΕΡΙ ΕΜΦΑΣΕΩΣ.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/tryphon-i-grammaticus/text/%CE%B2'.%20%CE%A0%CE%95%CE%A1%CE%99%20%CE%95%CE%9C%CE%A6%CE%91%CE%A3%CE%95%CE%A9%CE%A3.

Ἔμφασίς ἐστι λέξις δι᾽ ὑπονοίας αὐξάνουσα τὸ δηλούμενον, οἷον αὐτὰρ ὅτ᾽ εἰς ἵππον κατεβαίνομεν· ἐν γὰρ τῷ κατεβαίνομεν δηλοῦται τὸ μέγεθος τοῦ ἵππου· καὶ πάλιν ἱππόθεν ἐκχυμένοι. τὴν γὰρ ἀθρόαν ὁρμὴν τοῦ πλήθους διὰ μιᾶς ἐσήμανε λέξεως.

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Tryphon I Grammaticus, Περὶ τρόπων, ed. Leonhard von Spengel. 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/tlg0609.tlg001.local001/.