Note 212 — Chapter VI · ROMAN COMEDY. PLAUTUS. ABOUT 254 TO 184 B.C.
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Alliterations and assonances:—'Vi veneris vinctus.' 'Cottabi crebri crepent.' 'Laetus, lubens, laudes ago.' 'Collus collari caret.'
'Atque mores hominum moros et morosos efficit,' etc., etc.
Asyndeta:—
'Laudem, lucrum, ludum, iocum, festivitatem, ferias.' 'Vorsa, sparsa, tersa, strata, lauta, structaque omnia ut sint.' etc., etc.
These are not occasional, but constantly recurring characteristics of his style. The thought and matter they express must, in a great measure, be due to his own invention.