# Institutio Oratoria 8.4.26

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

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est hoc simile illi, quod ἔμφασις dicitur; sed illa ex verbo, hoc ex re coniecturam facit tantoque plus valet, quanto res ipsa verbis est firmior. potest adscribi amplificationi congeries quoque verborum ac sententiarum idem significantium. nam , etiamsi non per gradus ascendant, tamen velut acervo quodam adlevantur:

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