Book 8
6.32
But to-day we consider that all has been done that can be done in this line, and do not venture on fresh creations, in spite of the fact that many of the words thus formed in antiquity are daily becoming obsolete. Indeed, we scarcely permit ourselves to use new derivatives, so they are called, which are formed in various ways from words in common use, such as Sullaturit, Cic. ad Att. IX. x. 6. he wishes to be a second Sulla, or proscripturit, he wishes to have a proscription, while laureati posies, laurelled door-posts, for lauru coronati, crowned with laurel, are similar formations.
6.33
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * This passage is too corrupt to admit of emendation or translation. There seem to be references to vio for eo and to arqtitollens. for which cp. arquitenens. Septemntriones can hardly be selected for censure, as it is not uncommon.
6.34
These facts make catachresis (of which abuse is a correct translation) all the more necessary. By this term is meant the practice of adapting the nearest available term to describe something for which no actual term exists, as in the line A horse they build by Pallas' art divine, Aen. II. xv. It is an abuse to say aedficant, which means literally "they make a house. or as in the expression found in tragedy, To Aigialeus His sire bears funeral offerings, Perhaps from the Medus of Pacuvius It is an abuse to use parental of funeral offerings made by father to son. The following examples are of a similar character.
