Lucretius, De rerum natura: Libri Sex, 1566

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              Proinde putare aliquem tum nomina distribuisse
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              Rebus; & inde homines didicisse vocabula prima;
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              Desipere est.</s>
              <s id="s.001508"> Nam cur hic posset cuncta notare
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              Vocibus, & varios sonitus emittere linguae;
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              Tempore eodem alii facere id non quisse putentur? </s>
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              Praeterea, si non alii quoque vocibus usi
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              Inter se fuerant, unde insita notities est
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              Utilitatis? </s>
              <s id="s.001510"> & unde data est huic prima potestas,
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              Quid vellet, facere, ut scirent, animoque viderent ? </s>
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              Cogere item pluris unus, victosque domare
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              Non poterat, rerum ut perdiscere nomina vellent;
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              Nec ratione docere ulla, suadereque surdis,
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              Quid sit opus facto: facile neque enim paterentur;
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              Nec ratione ulla sibi ferrent amplius auris
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              Vocis inauditos sonitus obtundere frustra.</s>
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              Postremo quid in hac mirabile tantopere est re,
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              Si genus humanum, cui vox, & lingua vigeret,
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              Pro vario sensu varias res voce notaret ? </s>
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              Cum pecudes mutae, cum denique saecla ferarum
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              Dissimilis soleant voces, variasque ciere,
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              Cum metus, aut dolor est, & cum iam gaudia gliscunt ? </s>
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              Quippe etenim licet id rebus cognoscere apertis.</s>
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              Inritata canum cum primum magna Molossum
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              Mollia ricta fremunt duros nudantia dentes;
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              Longe alio sonitu rabie restricta minantur:
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              Et cum iam latrant, & vocibus omnia complent.</s>
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              At catulos blande cum lingua lambere temptant
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              Aut ubi eos iactant pedibus, morsuque petentes
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              Suspensis teneros imitantur dentibus haustus;
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              Longe alio pacto gannitu vocis adulant:
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              Et cum deserti baubantur in aedibus, aut cum
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              Plorantes fugiunt summisso corpore plagas.</s>
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