tilitatis honorem, Officiique refers, &c? Met. 2. See alfo Ifaiab xiv. 8. Job.xxiv. 27. Judg. ix. 8. &c. Pfalm xcviii. 8. Ifa. xxxv. 1, 2. Prov. viii. 1. &c. & ubivis. N. When two are brought in difcourfing, 'tis called SERMOCINATIO. See Hofea xii. 7, 8, 9. &c. Eft etiam Profopopeia fingere Formas pro Perfonis; ùt, Fame, Invidia, Voluptatis, & multarum aliarum rerum in Virgilio, Ovidio, &c. N. In Introducing Perfons, Ratio eft habenda Decori; ut fcilicet confentanea Perfonis tribuatur Oratio: quâ de re prudenter HoratiusIntererit multum Davifne loquatur, &c. Art. Poët. Obferve the Characters of thofe that speak, Whether an honeft Servant or a Cheat,

Or one whofe Blood boils in his youthful Veins;
Or a grave Matron, or a bufy Nurse,

Extorting Merchants, careful Hufbandmen,
Argives or Thebans, Afians or Greeks.

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XX. EPIPHONEMA, Επιφώνημα, Acclamation or Sentence containing a lively Remark, from impwvéw, acclamo; AS, Quam ut adipifcantur omnes optant, eandem accufant adepti: Tanta eft Stultitia & Perverfitas! Cic. de Senect. molis erat Romanam condere Gentem! Virg. Æn. 1. Tantæne animis cœleftibus iræ? Virg. Æn. 1. Adeo in teneris confuefcere multum eft! Virg. Geor. 2. Tantum Relligio potuit fuadere malorum! Lucret. 1. See Pfalm ii. 12. Matth. xxii. 14. Pfalm lxxii. & ult. Atts xix. 20. Mark vii. 37. &c.

N. 1. THERE are a few FIGURES more OF LESS NOTE mention'd by Rhetoricians. And these are, 1. ATHROESMUS or SYNATHROESMUS, from valpoiw, congrego, συναθροίζω, a Gathering together; as, Grammaticus, Rhetor, Geometres, Pictor, Aliptes, Augur, Schenobates, Medicus, Magus; omnia novit; Juv. Sat. 3. See

Ifa.

Ifa. iii. 16. Ifa. i. 11. Rom. i. 29, 30. &c. This Figure is alfo called SYRMUS, Drawing together, from rugw, trabo; and HIRMOS, or Heirmos, Connection, from sgw, necto. 2. DICAIOLOGIA, Giving a juft Reason, from dínai, justus, & róyos, Ratio; called likewife ETIOLOGY, Giving a Reason, from airía, Caufa, & λéyw, dico; as, Sperne Voluptates, nocet empta dolore Voluptas. If the Reafon is evident in the Expreffion, 'tis call'd APODEIXIS, Demonftration. See Gal. vi. 7. Job viii. 11. Prov. vi. 27. Rom. i. 20, 21. &c. 3. EMPHASIS, Significancy, or, Earnest and forcible Expreffion, or, an Emphafis or Accent fet upon a Word in the speaking of it, from iupaiva, illuftro. See Eccl. x. 20. Job xvii. 14. Prov. xxx. 8, 9. Matth. xii. 35, &c. Emphasis eft etiam cum ex aliquo dicto latens aliquid eruitur, ùt Virg. de Cyclope-Facuitque per antrum Immenfum-En. 3. Ubi prodigiofam illam corporis magnitudinem è loci fpatio intelligimus. 4. EUPHONIA, a Well-founding in Words, from Eu, benè, and Owun, fonus. 5. ENALLAXIS, fo called by Longinus, or ENALLAGE, is an Exchange of Cafes, Tenfes, Perfons, Numbers, or Genders, from ivanharlw, permuto; as, Populo ut placerent quas feciffet Fabulas, for, Fabulæ ; Ter. in Prol. Andr. In eo anno Alexander moritur, for, moriebatur. Diceres illos indefatigatos, for, Aliquis diceret. Ubi te Ignavia tradideris, Salluft, for, Homines tradiderint. Turba ruunt, for, Turbæ. Gens armati erant, for. armata. N. It includes the Grammatical Figures Synthefis & Antiptofis, which look for in the Index: 6. HENDIADIS, One thing exprefs'd by two, from dia duoiv, Unum per duo; as, Maculis infignis & Albo, for, albis maculis; Virg. In predam partemque, for, prædæ partem; Geor. 3. 223. Cum canerem reges & prælia, for, prælia regum; Virg. Ecl. 6. 7. HYPERBATON, a Paffing

over, by which means the Order of the Words are difturb'd, from neglaive, tranfgredior; call'd also SYNCHYSIS, Confufion, and ANACOLUTHON, Following not in Order; as, Vina, bonus que deinde cadis onerarat Aceftes, Litore Trinacrio, dederatque abeuntibus heros, Dividit, for, Dividit vina, quæ bonus, &c. Virg. Æn. 1. See Ephef. ii. 1. Ephef. v. 3. 8. HYSTEROLOGIA, or HYSTERON-PROTERON, that is, Putting the last first, from reg, pofterior, & #goreg, prior; as, Moriamur, & in media arma ruamus; Virg. Æn. 2. 353. Valet atque vivit; Ter. He was bred and born at Holt. See Pfalm. vii. 14. Homer often ufes this Figure; hence fays Cicero, Refpondebo tibi ὕτερον πρότερον Ὁμερικῶς. Ad Attic. I. 16. 9. MERISMUS, or EPIMERISMUS, Distribution, from μɛigopal, divido; as, Cujus omnes corporis partes ad nequitiam funt appofitiffima; oculi ad petulantem lafciviam, manus ad rapinam, venter ad aviditatem; Rutil. Qua mare nunc terrafque metu, cælumque fatigat; Virg. See Pfalm. v. 9. 10. PARĀDEIGMA, Example, from magadiívu, juxta oftendo; as, Periculum eft, ne, quemadmodum Marii & Sylle Diffidium; ita Pompeii & Cafaris laceret Rempublicam. Idem hocce Pyrrhus factitavit; Ter. Eun. 11. PARELCON, call'd by fome Parolce, that is, Prolonging or adding to a Word, from magiλnw, protraho; as, Ehodum, boccine, quipote; and thus dum, pte, te, met, nam, quam, are Expletives added; as, Socia adefdum; Ter. 'Tis the fame Grammatical Figure as Paragoge. 12. PARRHESIA, Speaking the Whole freely, from av, omne, & péw, dico, either accufing openly, or freely owning the Thing charg'd and defending it; as, Fur es ait Pedio; Perf. Habetis confitentem Reum. Me igitur de invidiofis rebus, ut ille putat, attendite; Cic. See Job xxxii. 21, 22. 2. 10. Pfal. xlvi. 2, 3. &c. Some Rheto

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ricians likewife add the following as FIGURES, 1. GNOME, a Noted Saying univerfally applicable, from yvów, nofco; as, Obfequium amicos, veritas odium parit; Ter. Ne quid nimis; Ter. Velle fuum cuique eft; Perf. Frontis nulla fides; Juv. See Prov. x. 5, 19, &c. 2. NOEMA, a Reflexion, from vote, in animo verfo; call'd alfo CHREIA, an useful Obfervation applied to particulars, from xgopas, utor; as, A Fool's Wrath is foon known, but the Wife concealeth his Thoughts. See Prov. x. 19. Prov. x. 5. Eccl. xii. 11. &c. 3. HORISMUS, Definition, from ógíÇw, definio; as, Virtus eft vitium fugere; Hor. See Job xxviii. 28. Gal. v. 19, 20. Prov. xxvii. 3, 4, &c. 4. EXEGESIS, or EPEXEGESIS, Explicat on, from nya, explico; call'd alfo ECPHRASIS, from ingá, planè eloquor; as, P. Cana dubia apponitur. G. Quid iftuc verbi eft. P. Ubi tu dubites, quid fumas potiffimum; Ter. Phor. See Rom. xi. 7, 8. Ifa. li. 2. Rom. vii. 18. Ifa. i. 2, 3. Like to which is PROECTHESIS, Explaining what went before, from @goexlionu, priore loco expono; as, Tres Notus abreptas in Saxa latentia torquet; Saxa vocant Itali mediis quæ in fluftibus Aras; Vig. See Mark iii. 4. Matth. xii. 11, 12. Matth. ix. 12, 13. &c. 5. HYPOZEUXIS, Subjoining proper Words to Words, from vrò, sub, & Çɛúðvu, jungo; as, Animum vincere, iracundiam cohibere, victoriam temperare, &c. Cic. 6. 1SOCOLON, Equality of Parts, from, aquelis, & nov, Membrum or COMPAR Equality, where the Members of a Paffage anfwer each other in almost a like Number of Syllables; as, The Ox knoweth his Owner, And the Afs his Master's Crib ; Ifa. i. 5. See Amos v. 24. Prov. xxi. 18. Prov. xix. 29. Ifa. xxix. 1. &c. 7. PATHOPOEIA, Expreffing the Affections of the Mind, or working on the Paffions, from mál, Affectus, & new, fan

cio. See Ifa. xlix. 15. Jer. xxxi. 20. Jer. ix. 1, 2. Hof. xi. 8, 9. 1 Cor. iv. 14, 15. 2 Cor. ii. 4. Jer. xxiii. 9, 10. &c. 8. PANISMUS, Rejoicing, from Taavit, Paonem cano; as, Sing unto the Lord a new Song. O be joyful in the Lord all ye Lands; falm c. Vivamus mea Lefbia, atque amemus; Catull See Cant. ii. 13, 14. &c. 9. ANAMNESIS, Calling to Remembrance, from avaμsuvnouw, in mentem revoco; as, Pfalm cxxxvii 1. By the Rivers, there we fat down, yea, we wept when we remembred Sion See Luke xv. 17. Gen. xxxii. 10. Pfalm lxxvii. 5, 6. Prov. V. 12. &c. 10. PARADOXON, a Paradox or Sentence bringing in fomething ftrange and unexpected, from Taga, præter, & dóza, Opinio; as, In me quidvis barum rerum convenit que funt dicta in Stultum, caudex, ftipes, afinus, plumbeus; in illum nib l poteft: nam exfuperat ejus Stultia hæc omnia; Ter. Heaut. Non vitiofus Homo es, Zoile, fed es Vitium; Martial. Statuunt non furandum, & furantur. &c. Tully treats of thefe Paradoxes, 1. Quod folum bonum, honeftum. 2. Quod feipfâ contenta virtus fatis eft ad beatè vivendum. 3. Equalia effe Peccata. 4. Omnes ftultos infanire. 5. Omnes Sapientes liberos effe, & Stultos omnes fervos. 6. Quod folus Sapiens dives fit.

N. 2. Some add the following LOGICAL FIGURES to their Treatifes of Rhetoric, but somewhat improperly: 1. DILEMMA, a double Argu ment, from dis, bis, & λñμμa, Assumptio; as, If he be a good Man, why speak you ill of him? if he be naught, why do you keep him Company? See 1 Cor.ix. 17. Johnxviii. 23. Matth. xxi. 25. &c. 2. SYLLOGISMUS, a Conclufion from just Reasoning, from ournoyiÇoμas, Ratiocinatione colligo; it confifts of three Parts, Propofition, Assumption, and Conclufion, or Major, Minor, and Conclufion; as, Every Virtue is bonourable, Patience is a Virtue, Therefore Patience