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figura
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See: arrangement, contour, form, shape


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100) The employment of figurae in rhetoric was not merely ornamental; it was predicated on the belief that certain words, suitably arranged, could produce a vivid mental image in the listener or r eader.
The term figurae designated a number of different aspects of human experience; it could refer, among other things, to talismans, to facial expressions, to music, and to dance.
 
 
 
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