Kitap 9
2.36
Nor are words only repeated to reaffirm the same meaning, but the repetition may serve to mark a contrast, as in the following sentence. The reputation of the leaders was approximately equal, but that of their followers perhaps not so equal. pro Lig. vi. 19. At times the cases and genders of the words repeated may be varied, as in Great is the toil of speaking, and great the task, etc. ; pro Muren. xiii. 29. a similar instance is found in Rutilius, but in a long period. I therefore merely cite the beginnings of the clauses. Pater hic tuus? patrem nunc appellas? patris tui filius es? Rutil. i. x. Is this your father? Do you still call him father? Are you your father's son?
2.37
This figure may also be effected solely by change of cases, a proceeding which the Greeks call πολύπτωτον It may also be produced in other ways, as in the pro Cluentio: lx. 167. But what was the time chosen for giving the poison? Was it on that day? Amid such a crowd? And who was selected to administer it? Where was it got? How was the cup intercepted? Why was it not given a second time? Quod autem tempus veneni dandi? illo die? illa frequentia? per quem porro datum? unde sumptum? quae porro interceptio poculi? cur non de integro autem datum?
