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Epigrams [Epigrammata], Book 1, epigram 45 (1.45) (AD 85-86) [tr. Pott & Wright (1921), "Poet's Padding"] - Martial | WIST Quotations
Lest all overlook so tiny a book And brevity lead to its loss, I will not refuse such padding to use As "Τὸν δ̕ ἀπαμειθόμενος." [Edita ne brevibus pereat mihi cura libellis, Dicatur potius Τὸν δ᾽ ἀπαμειβόμενος.] Using a phrase ("to him in answer" or "answering him") that is repeated…