# Noctes Atticae 1.7.11

Gellius, Noctes Atticae, Book 1. Latin.

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Verba sunt haec ipsius ex oratione, quam de imperio Cn. Pompei habuit: "Testis est Sicilia, quam multis undique cinctam periculis, non terrore belli, sed consilii celeritate explicavit." At si "explicuit" diceret, inperfecto et debili numero verborum sonus clauderet.

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