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copia: a standalone construct

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copia1 CONSTRUCTCopiaERASMUS · RHETORIC

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Rhetoric

abundance of expression: the skill of varying words and ideas in many ways, which Erasmus taught through graded exercises.

In rhetoric, copia refers to abundance of expression: the skill of varying words and ideas in many ways, which Erasmus taught through graded exercises. This meaning comes from Erasmus (1963) in On copia of words and ideas.[1]

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  1. Erasmus, D. (1963). On copia of words and ideas (D. B. King & H. D. Rix, Trans.). Marquette University Press. Open Library record

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