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cavillatrix

cavillatrix · f

she who seeks to take by sophistry

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Where it lives

Institutio Oratoria 2 · 0.12/10k

What it meant

căvillātrix — Lewis & Short

căvillātrix, īcis, f.cavillator, II. (only twice in Quint.),

I she who seeks to take by sophistry: conclusio, Quint. 7, 3, 14; hence also sophistry, id. 2, 15, 25.

In the wild

cavillatricem Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria 2.15.25
cavillatrix Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria 7.3.14

Where it came from

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