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Pugilum Gloria (Ter. Hec. 33)
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 11 February 2009
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Cicero (Inu. 2, 166) defines gloria as frequens de aliquo fama cum laude, ‘much talk about a person to his praise.’ When the talk is by the person himself, the word takes the signification ‘boast’ (as early as Plaut. Mil. 22 gloriarum pleniorem).
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