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rhesis

rhesis [ῥῆσις], art of speaking well, rhetoric, rhetorical embellishment. gramaticam sequitur diasirtica, sinthesis illam, / lexis eam, resis posteriore gradu. / his gradibus crescens facundia possidet arcem J. Sal. Enth. Phil. 360; ergo relegetur logices speculato resis / in verbis leges gaudet habere suas Neckam DS II 197 p. 377; reseos et legum gloria floret ibi [Parisius] Ib. V 566 p. 453; recta loquela / grammatico, rhesi forma venusta placet Ib. X 50 p. 497; Gregorius, pater egregius, vestire lepore / verba studet; ridet resis [gl.: ornatus] in ore suo Garl. Epith. VII 428; sintesis et lexis fugiunt a sepe repexis, / floribus annexis resis [gl.: rethorica] non germinat ex hiis Id. Mor. Scol. 546.

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