# Institutio Oratoria 7.1.8

Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 7, Chapter 1. Latin.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/latin/quintilian/institutio-oratoria/7.1.8

interim et hoc tertium confessum est adulteros fuisse sed tibi, inquit accusator, illos non licuit occidere; exul enim eras, aut ignominiosus. de iure quaeritur. at si protinus dicenti occidisti respondeatur non occidi, statim pugna est. si explorandum est, ubi controversia incipiat, et considerari debet, quid primam quaestionem faciat. Intentio simplex, occidit Saturninum Rabirius;

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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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