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abusio

abusio · f

a harsh use of tropes

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Where it lives

Orator 1 · 0.54/10k
Institutio Oratoria 5 · 0.29/10k

What it meant

ăbūsĭo — Lewis & Short

ăbūsĭo, ōnis, f.abutor.

I In rhet. lang., a harsh use of tropes, Gr. kata/xrhsis, Auct. Her. 4, 33, 45; Cic. Or. 27, 94; Quint. 8, 2, 5: per abusionem, id. 3, 3, 9 al.—

II In gen., abuse, misuse (eccl. Lat.).

In the wild

abusionem Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria 10.1.12
abusionem Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria 3.3.9
abusio Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria 8.6.35
abusionem Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria 8.6.34
abusio Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria 8.2.6
abusionem Cicero, Orator 94

Where it came from

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