| accumulatio |
| ak-kum-u-la'-ti-o | from L. “to heap up, to amass” |
| frequentatio | |
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Bringing together various points made throughout a speech and presenting them again in a forceful, climactic way. A blend of summary and climax. | |
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| "He [the defendant]
is the betrayer of his own self-respect, and the waylayer of the self-respect
of others; covetous, intemperate, irascible, arrogant; disloyal to his
parents, ungrateful to his friends, troublesome to his kin; insulting
to his betters, disdainful of his equals and mates, cruel to his inferiors;
in short, he is intolerable to everyone" — Ad Herennium, 4.40.52 |
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| Sources: | Peacham (1577) T3v ("frequentatio") | |
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