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Aristotle

Rhetoric Section 1

Section 848 of 882

Canonical reference 3.6.1

Ancient Greek

εἰς ὄγκον δὲ τῆς λέξεως συμβάλλεται τάδε, τὸ λόγῳ χρῆσθαι ἀντʼ ὀνόματος, οἷον μὴ κύκλον, ἀλλʼ ἐπίπεδον τὸ ἐκ τοῦ μέσου ἴσον· εἰς δὲ συντομίαν τὸ ἐναντίον, ἀντὶ τοῦ λόγου ὄνομα.

English

J. H. Freese, 1926

The following rules contribute to loftiness of style. Use of the description instead of the name of a thing; for instance, do not say circle, but a plane figure, all the points of which are equidistant from the center. But for the purpose of conciseness the reverse - use the name instead of the description.

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Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-13

Les règles suivantes contribuent à l’élévation du style. Employez la description au lieu du nom d’une chose. Par exemple, ne dites pas cercle, mais figure plane dont tous les points sont équidistants du centre. Pour être concis, faites l’inverse: employez le nom au lieu de la description.

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