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gradatio

gradatio · f

the making of a staircase

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Where it lives

De Architectura 5 · 0.87/10k
De Oratore 1 · 0.17/10k
Institutio Oratoria 2 · 0.12/10k

What it meant

grădātĭo — Lewis & Short

grădātĭo, ōnis, f.id.. *

I Lit., the making of a staircase or series of steps, as in a theatre: lapideis et marmoreis copiis gradationes (theatri) ab substructione fieri debent, the seats ascending by gradations, Vitr. 5, 3.—

II Trop., rhet. t. t., a gradation or climax in speaking, Gr. kli=mac: gradatio est, in qua non ante ad consequens verbum descenditur, quam ad superius conscensum est, hoc modo: Nam quae reliqua spes manet libertatis, si illis et quod libet, licet; et quod licet, possunt; et quod possunt, audent; et quod audent, faciunt; et quod faciunt, vobis molestum non est? etc., Auct. Her. 4, 25, 34; Cic. de Or. 3, 54, 207; Quint. 9, 1, 34; 9, 3, 54; Isid. 2, 21, 4.

In the wild

gradatio Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria 9.1.34
gradationes Vitruvius, De Architectura 5.6.4
gradationes Vitruvius, De Architectura 5.7.2
gradatio Cicero, De Oratore 3.207
gradatio Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria 9.3.54
gradationes Vitruvius, De Architectura 5.3.3

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