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Nor are words only repeated to
reaffirm the same meaning, but the repetition may
serve to mark a contrast, as in the following sentence.
[p. 467]
“The reputation of the leaders was approximately
equal, but that of their followers perhaps not so
equal.”1 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.”;2 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?3
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