Kitap 9
2.87
I have already said more than was necessary on the subject of figures. But there will still be some who think that the following (which they call ἀνθυποφορὰ is a figure: Incredibile est, quod dico, sed verum: What I say is incredible, but true. ἀνθυποφορὰ = answer to imaginary objection. they say the same of Aliquis hoc semel tubit, neno bis, ego ter Some have endured this once, while no one has endured it twice, but I have endured it thrice. διέξοδος = going through in detail. (which they style διέξοδος ), and of Longius evects sum, sed redeo ad propositumr, I have made a long digression, but now return to the point. ἄφοδος strictly = departure, referring to the digression, rather than the return to the point. which they call ἄφοδος.
2.88
There are some figures of speech which differ little from figures of thought, as for example that of hesitation. For when we hesitate over a thing, it belongs to the former class, whereas when we hesitate over a word, it must be assigned to the latter, as for instance if we say, I do not know whether to call this wickedness or folly. Auct. ad Hrem. IV. xxix. 40.
