# Institutio Oratoria 2.11.1

Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 2, Chapter 11. Latin.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/latin/quintilian/institutio-oratoria/2.11.1

iam hinc ergo nobis inchoanda est ea pars artis, ex qua capere initium solent, qui priora omiserunt; quanquam video quosdam in ipso statim limine obstaturos mihi, qui nihil egere huiusmodi praeceptis eloquentiam putent, sed natura sua et vulgari modo et scholarum exercitatione contenti rideant etiam diligentiam nostram exemplo magni quoque nominis professorum, quorum aliquis, ut opinor, interrogatus, quid esset σχῆμα et νόημα, nescire se quidem sed, si ad rem pertineret, esse in sua declamatione respondit.

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Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, ed. Harold Edgeworth Butler. Text: the Perseus Digital Library, canonical-latinLit, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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