CICERO
FRAGMENTA INCERTAE SEDIS
F 1 Rutil. Lup. Schem. lex., RLM 4.31 (~ Charis. 4 = 370.18 Barw., GL 1.282.2; Diom. GL 1.446.2; Sacerd. GL 6.458.21, all of whom attribute the fragment to Cicero)
Παρονομασία. Hoc aut addenda aut demenda aut mutanda aut porrigenda aut contrahenda littera aut syllaba fieri consuevit. Id est huius modi . . . item: “At1 huius sceleratissimi opera, qui fuit lucus religiosissimus2 <nunc est locus desertissimus:>3 nimirum quoniam4 traditam sibi publicorum custodiam sacrorum non honori sed oneri5 esse existimavit.”
UNPLACED FRAGMENTS
UNPLACED FRAGMENTS
F 1 [= F 26] Rutilius Lupus, Figures of Diction (~ Charisius, Diomedes, Plotius Sacerdos)
Paronomasia. This generally occurs by either adding or removing or changing or lengthening or contracting a letter or syllable. For instance, . . . likewise: “But by the effort of this wicked man what was a most sacred grove is now a deserted place: no wonder, since he regarded the charge of sacred public property entrusted to him not as an honor but a burden.”1