# Institutio Oratoria 8.4.16

Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 8, Chapter 4. Latin.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/latin/quintilian/institutio-oratoria/8.4.16

obiecturus Antonio Cicero merum et vomitum, tu , inquit, istis faucibus, istis lateribus, ista gladiatoria totius corporis firmitate. quid fauces et latera ad ebrietatem? minime sunt otiosa; nam respicientes ad haec possumus aestimare, quantum ille vini in Hippiae nuptiis exhauserit, quod ferre et concoquere non posset illa corporis gladiatoria firmitate. ergo , si ex alio colligitur aliud, nec improprium nec inusitatum nomen est ratiocinationis, ut quod ex eadem causa inter status quoque habeamus.

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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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