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enthymema

enthymema · n

A reflection

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Where it lives

Institutio Oratoria 19 · 1.11/10k
Saturae 1 · 0.4/10k
Noctes Atticae 3 · 0.27/10k
Controversiae 1 · 0.15/10k

What it meant

enthȳmēma — Lewis & Short

enthȳmēma, ătis, n., = e)nqu/mhma, rhetor. and dialect. t. t.

I A reflection, meditation, an argument (pure Lat. commentatio), Quint. 5, 10, 1; 5, 14, 1; 24; 8, 5, 4 et saep.; Cic. Top. 14; Juv. 6, 450.—

II A conclusion drawn from the contrary, Cic. Top. 13, 55; Quint. 8, 5, 9.

In the wild

enthymema Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria 5.10.2
enthymemata Seneca the Elder, Controversiae 1.pr.23
enthymemate Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae 12.2.14
enthymema Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria 5.14.24
enthymematis Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria 5.14.4
enthymema Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria 5.10.7

6 of 24 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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