Quintilian

[ kwin-til-yuhn, -ee-uhn ]

noun

1. Marcus Fabius Quintilianus, a.d. c35–c95, Roman rhetorician.

Quintilian

/ kwɪnˈtɪljən /

noun

1. Quintilian?35?96MRomanPHILOSOPHY: rhetoricianEDUCATION: teacher Latin name Marcus Fabius Quintilianus. ?35–?96 ad , Roman rhetorician and teacher

Example Sentences

Quintilian's criticism is indorsed by all scholars,--Lyricorum Horatius fere solus legi dignus, in verbis felicissime audax.

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None of these nursery stories have come down to us, but Quintilian tells us that Aesop's fables resembled them.

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The orator must be himself moved, according to Quintilian, just as the poet, according to Aristotle.

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Quintilian classifies as tropes words or phrases converted from their proper signification to another.

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The only difficulty of this passage is, that Quintilian tells us, that this satire of Varro was of a former kind.

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