Rhet gre 1405b20-23καὶ ἐν τοῖς ἐπιθέτοις (21) ἔστιν μὲν τὰς ἐπιθέσεις ποιεῖσθαι ἀπὸ φαύλου ἢ αἰσχροῦ, (22) οἷον ὁ μητροφόντης, ἔστι δ’ ἀπὸ τοῦ βελτίονος, οἷον ὁ πα(23)τρὸς ἀμύντωρ·
Rhys Roberts 1924 engIt is better, for instance, to say ‘rosy—fingered morn’, than ‘crimson—fingered’ or, worse still, ‘red—fingered morn’.
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