{"slug":"tmp1039.tmp1039.opp-lat1","id":"latin:ogl-pl:tmp1039.tmp1039.opp-lat1","title":"Locorum Rhethoricorum Distinctio","title_source":"Locorum Rhethoricorum Distinctio","author":"Boethius. Severinus","genre":"other","date":"","tradition":"latin","coverage":"not-located","coverage_claim":{"status":"not-located","text":"No English translation could be identified: a language model asked twice could not name one, though it could not rule one out either. 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Composed during Boethius's early career (c. 480–524), the work organizes the attributes of persons and actions as outlined in Cicero's De Inventione, and it reflects Boethius's broader project of transmitting Greek learning to the Latin West. The text survives in a single medieval manuscript tradition, with earliest witnesses from the 9th–10th centuries, and was frequently copied alongside Boethius's logical works. It became a standard textbook in medieval schools for rhetorical training, cited by influential figures such as Alcuin and John of Salisbury, and shaped later rhetorical theory through its systematic treatment of loci.","historical_context":"Boethius (c. 480–524) composed this rhetorical treatise during his early career, before his imprisonment and execution under Theodoric the Great. The exact date is uncertain, but it belongs to his program of transmitting Greek learning to the Latin West. The work was produced in the Ostrogothic Kingdom of Italy, centered in Ravenna, within a scholarly community that sought to preserve and adapt classical Roman and Greek knowledge for a Christianized Latin audience. The text survives in a single medieval manuscript tradition, with the earliest witnesses dating from the 9th–10th centuries, often copied alongside Boethius's logical works, reflecting its use in the trivium. It was a standard textbook in medieval schools for rhetorical training, cited by authors such as Alcuin and John of Salisbury, and influenced later rhetorical theory through its systematic treatment of loci. The edition (ogl-pl) may not include full critical apparatus or variant readings from the manuscript tradition; readers should consult the standard critical edition for textual variants. This edition does not provide a complete commentary on Boethius's sources, particularly his debt to Cicero's Topica and Themistius's paraphrases; for source analysis, see Stump 1988.","significance":"Locorum Rhetoricorum Distinctio is a key late antique systematization of Ciceronian rhetorical theory, bridging classical rhetoric and medieval education. It was widely used in the trivium and influenced later rhetorical theory through its systematic treatment of loci. The work also exemplifies Boethius's role in transmitting Greek and Roman learning to the Latin West, and its manuscript tradition shows its enduring importance in medieval schools.","timeline":[{"date":"c. 480–524","event":"Life of Boethius; composition of Locorum Rhetoricorum Distinctio during his early career."},{"date":"9th–10th centuries","event":"Earliest surviving manuscript witnesses of the work."},{"date":"8th–9th centuries","event":"Alcuin cites the work, indicating its use in Carolingian schools."},{"date":"12th century","event":"John of Salisbury references the work, showing its continued influence."},{"date":"Medieval period","event":"The work is a standard textbook in the trivium, copied alongside Boethius's logical works."},{"date":"Modern era","event":"Critical editions and studies, such as Stump 1988, analyze Boethius's sources."}],"relations":[{"work":"Cicero's De Inventione","relation":"Primary source for the doctrine of attributes of persons and actions","key":"","label":null,"url":null},{"work":"Cicero's Topica","relation":"Influential on Boethius's treatment of loci","key":"","label":null,"url":null},{"work":"Themistius's paraphrases","relation":"Possible source for Boethius's systematization","key":"","label":null,"url":null},{"work":"Boethius's logical works","relation":"Often copied together in manuscript tradition","key":"","label":null,"url":null},{"work":"Alcuin's works","relation":"Cite this treatise","key":"","label":null,"url":null}],"external_links":[{"key":"wikipedia:Boethius","label":"Boethius","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boethius","reason":"Biographical context for the author"},{"key":"wikipedia:Cicero","label":"Cicero","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cicero","reason":"Primary source for the rhetorical theory systematized in the work"},{"key":"wikipedia:De Inventione","label":"De Inventione","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Inventione","reason":"Ciceronian work that provides the framework for attributes of persons and actions"},{"key":"wikipedia:Trivium","label":"Trivium","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trivium","reason":"Educational context in which the work was used"},{"key":"wikipedia:Alcuin","label":"Alcuin","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcuin","reason":"Early medieval scholar who cited the work"},{"key":"wikipedia:John of Salisbury","label":"John of Salisbury","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_of_Salisbury","reason":"Medieval scholar who referenced the work"}],"cautions":["The exact date of composition is uncertain; it is placed in Boethius's early career (c. 480–524) but no specific year is known.","The work survives in a single medieval manuscript tradition; the earliest witnesses are from the 9th–10th centuries, leaving a gap of several centuries from the original composition.","The edition (ogl-pl) may not include full critical apparatus or variant readings; consult the standard critical edition for textual variants.","This edition does not provide a complete commentary on Boethius's sources, particularly his debt to Cicero's Topica and Themistius's paraphrases; for source analysis, see Stump 1988."],"model":"deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash:floor","provider":"Relace","cost_usd":0.000565,"generated":"2026-11-15T06:05:04Z"},"links":[{"kind":"source","label":"Open Greek and Latin Patrologia Latina","url":"https://github.com/OpenGreekAndLatin/patrologia_latina-dev/blob/master/data/tmp1039/tmp1039/tmp1039.tmp1039.opp-lat1.xml"}],"checks":{"work":"tmp1039.tmp1039.opp-lat1","status":"pass","blocking":[],"warnings":[],"stats":{"passages":4,"translated":4,"commentary_passages":4,"commentary_units":22,"english_words":975,"source_letters":3709,"commentary_kinds":5},"model":"deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash:floor"},"work_notes":[{"unit":"dating","kind":"chronology","basis":"external","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"Boethius (c. 480–524) composed this rhetorical treatise during his early career, before his imprisonment and execution under Theodoric. 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BOETHa INCIPIT LOCORUM RHETORICORUM DISTINCTIO.\n\ni.Persona est quae in judicium vocatur;negotium, factum dictumve personæ,propterquod in judicium vocatur persona: et negotium suggerereargumenta non possunt; de ipsis enim quaestio est. Faciunt autem fidem negotio ea quae sunt personis ac negotiis attributa. Persona quoque facit negotio fidem, sed non in eo quod persona est, sed in eo quod ex attributis personae quamdam suscipit qualit-atem. Circumstantiae sunt,quæ convenientes substantiam quæstionis etficiunt. senim squi fecerit, et quod Fecerit, causaque cur Fecerit, vel locus tempusque quo fecerit, modus etiam facultasque si desint, causa negotiumque non stabit.Has circumstan lias in gemina Cicero partitur, ut eam, quae est quis circumstantiam in attributis personæ ponat ' sex vero quae reliqua? sunt,in attributis negotio constituat.tt primam quidem ex circumstantiis, quae est quis, quam personæ attribuit, secat in undecim partes: nomen, ut Verres; natura,ut barbarus; victus,utamicus nobilium; fortuna,utdives; studium, ut geometricus; casus, uL exsul; affectio, ut amans; habitus, ut sapiens; consilium; ut imo age,care pater, cervici imponere nostrae; facta, ut orationes bæ quæ extra illud factum dictumquesunt quod nunc in judicium vacatur.","english":"Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius begins the Distinction of Rhetorical Topics.\n\nThe person is that which is called into judgment; the matter is the deed or statement of the person on account of which the person is called into judgment: and the person and the matter cannot supply arguments; for the question is about them themselves. However, those things which are attributed to persons and matters make the matter credible. The person also makes the matter credible, but not insofar as it is a person, but insofar as it takes on a certain quality from the attributes of the person. Circumstances are those which, when they come together, constitute the substance of the question. For if who did it, and what was done, and the reason why it was done, or the place and time when it was done, and also the manner and the means are lacking, the cause and the matter will not stand. Cicero divides these circumstances into two groups, so that he places that circumstance which is \"who\" among the attributes of the person, and the six which remain among the attributes of the matter. The first of the circumstances, which is \"who,\" which he attributes to the person, he cuts into eleven parts: name, like Verres; nature, like a barbarian; manner of life, like a friend of nobles; fortune, like a rich man; pursuit, like a geometrician; chance, like an exile; affection, like a lover; disposition, like a wise man; plan, like \"finally, dear father, to place upon our neck\"; deeds, like those speeches which are outside that deed or statement which is now called into judgment.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"persona","severity":"info","text":"Persona is a technical term in rhetorical theory, denoting the defendant or accused party in a judicial case, distinct from the negotium (the matter at issue).","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"negotium","severity":"info","text":"Negotium refers to the deed or statement for which the person is called into judgment; it is the subject of the legal question and cannot itself supply arguments.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"Cicero","severity":"info","text":"Boethius here summarizes Cicero's division of circumstances (circumstantiae) into attributes of person and attributes of matter, as found in De Inventione 1.26–28.","cites":[],"named_sources":["Cicero De Inventione"],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"undecim partes","severity":"info","text":"Boethius lists eleven attributes of the person (nomen, natura, victus, fortuna, studium, casus, affectio, habitus, consilium, facta) following Cicero's scheme, though Cicero enumerates only eleven in De Inventione 1.34–36.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"Boethius","severity":"info","text":"This work, Locorum Rhetoricorum Distinctio, is a late antique Latin treatise that systematizes Ciceronian rhetorical theory, influential in medieval education.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The Latin text has minor orthographic variations (e.g., 'suggerere' for 'suggerere') that do not affect meaning.","The phrase 'imo age, care pater, cervici imponere nostrae' is a fragment from a lost source, possibly a play, and its exact origin is uncertain."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":2,"ref":"p2","source":"Reliquas vero circumstantias, quæ sunt quid, cur,quando, ubi, quomodo, quibus auxiliis, in attributis negotio ponit.Quid et curdicens,continentia cum ipso negotio in causa constituens. Quid vero secans nquatuor partes: nsummam facli,ut parentis occisio; ante factum,ut concitus rapuit gladium; dum fit,vehementer percussit; post factum, in abdito sepelivit. Quae omnia cum sint, tamen quoniam ad gestum negotium de quo quaeritur pertinent,non sunt ea facta quae in attributis personæ pertinent, vel numerata sunt. IlIa enim extra negotium de quo agitur posita, personam informantia, fidem ei negotio præstant de quo versatur intentio: hæc vero facta quæ continentia sunt cum ipso negotio,ad ipsum negotiumde quo quæritur pertinent. Postremas vera quatuor circumstantias Cicero ponit in gestione negotii, quæ est secunda pars attributorum negotiis.Et eam quidem circumstantiam,quæ est quando, dividit in tempus,ut nocte fecit; et in occasionem, ucunctis dormientibus. Ubi vero ex circumstantiis locum dicit,ut in cubiculo fecit. Quomodo vero,ex circumstantiis modum,ut clam fecit. Quibus auxiliis,ex circumstantiis facultatem appellat, ut cum multo exercitu.","english":"The remaining circumstances, which are what, why, when, where, how, and by what means, he places among the attributes of the action. He says that \"what\" and \"why\" are contained with the action itself, constituting them in the case. He then divides \"what\" into four parts: the summary of the deed, such as the killing of a parent; before the deed, such as he, provoked, seized a sword; during the deed, such as he struck violently; after the deed, such as he buried it in a secret place. Although all these are deeds, yet because they pertain to the action under inquiry, they are not those deeds which pertain to the attributes of the person or have been enumerated. For those, placed outside the action under consideration and informing the person, lend credibility to the action with which the issue is concerned; these deeds, however, which are contained with the action itself, pertain to the action under inquiry. Cicero places the last four circumstances in the management of the action, which is the second part of the attributes of actions. And he divides the circumstance \"when\" into time, such as he did it at night; and into occasion, such as while everyone was sleeping. \"Where,\" from the circumstances, he calls place, such as he did it in the bedroom. \"How,\" from the circumstances, he calls manner, such as he did it secretly. \"By what means,\" from the circumstances, he calls facility, such as with a large army.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"attributa negotio","severity":"info","text":"Cicero's 'attributa negotio' (attributes of the action) are the circumstances surrounding a deed, distinct from attributes of the person. Boethius here follows Cicero's De Inventione 1.26–27.","cites":[],"named_sources":["Cicero De Inventione"],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"quid","severity":"info","text":"Boethius divides 'quid' (what) into four temporal parts: summary, before, during, after. This fourfold division is a standard rhetorical tool for analyzing a deed.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"background","lemma":"continentia","severity":"info","text":"'Continentia' (contained with) is a Ciceronian term for circumstances inseparable from the action itself, as opposed to external attributes that inform the person. See De Inventione 1.27.","cites":[],"named_sources":["Cicero De Inventione"],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"gestio negotii","severity":"info","text":"'Gestio negotii' (management of the action) is the second part of Cicero's attributes of actions, covering when, where, how, and by what means. Boethius here explicates Cicero's classification.","cites":[],"named_sources":["Cicero De Inventione"],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"background","lemma":"Cicero","severity":"info","text":"Boethius's work is a late antique commentary on Cicero's De Inventione, influential in medieval rhetorical education. This passage shows his method of systematizing Cicero's categories.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"nquatuor","severity":"caution","text":"The Latin text has 'nquatuor', likely a scribal error for 'in quatuor' (into four). The English draft correctly reads 'into four parts'.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The Latin 'nquatuor' is ambiguous; emended to 'in quatuor' based on sense and parallel passages."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":3,"ref":"p3","source":"Sed ne id quod dictum est dum fit, idem putetur esse et id quod est in gestione negotii, haec discretio est, quod dum fit illud est quod eo tempore admissum est dum facinus perpetratur, ut percussio. In gestione vero negotii ea sunt quæ et ante factum,et dum fit,et post factum,quod gestum ost contineant. In omnibus enim tempus, occasio, ocus, modus, facultas inquiritur. Rursus dum fit, factum est quo administratum est negotium. Quæ vero sunt in gestione negotii, non sunt facta, sed facto ad hærentia,et quodammodo subjecta i psi quod gestum est negotio.Amplius ca quæ sunt in gestione negotii sine his quas sunt continentia cum ipso negotio esse possunt. Illa vero sine his esse non possunt: adjuncta vero negotio, ipsa quoque fidem faciunt quæstioni. Sunt autem ea quodammodo effecta et respicientia negotium quod agit:Jr hoc modo.\n\nNam circumstantiæ septem in attributis personæ vel negotio numeratæ sunt. Haec cum aliis cceperint comparari et quasi in revelationem venire, fiunt aut genus, aut pars,aut contrarium, aut eventus, aut majus, aut minus, aut simile, aut aeque magnum,aut disparatum. Haec itaque accidunt circumstantiis,quæ in attributis negotiorum numerata sunt; ut dum aliis comparantur, sumantur ex his argumentafactive dictive,quod in judicium vocatur.","english":"But lest what is said to be \"while it is happening\" be thought the same as what is in the \"management of the affair,\" this is the distinction: that \"while it is happening\" is that which was committed at the time the crime was perpetrated, such as a blow. In the \"management of the affair,\" however, are those things which contain what was done, both before the deed, while it is happening, and after the deed. For in all, time, opportunity, place, manner, and means are investigated. Again, \"while it is happening\" is the deed by which the affair was administered. But those things which are in the \"management of the affair\" are not deeds, but adhere to the deed and are in a way subject to the affair itself which was done. Moreover, those things which are in the \"management of the affair\" can exist without those which are containing with the affair itself. But those cannot exist without these: adjuncts to the affair, they themselves also lend credence to the question. They are, in a way, effects and look back to the affair which is being conducted: in this manner.\n\nFor the seven circumstances are enumerated in the attributes of the person or the affair. When these begin to be compared with others and, as it were, come into revelation, they become either genus, or part, or contrary, or outcome, or greater, or lesser, or similar, or equal, or disparate. These, therefore, happen to the circumstances which are enumerated in the attributes of affairs; so that when they are compared with others, arguments are taken from them, both active and dictive, which is called \"in judicium.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"in gestione negotii","severity":"info","text":"Boethius distinguishes 'in gestione negotii' (in the management of the affair) from 'dum fit' (while it is happening). The former includes circumstances before, during, and after the deed, while the latter refers only to the act itself.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"circumstantiae","severity":"info","text":"The seven circumstances (circumstantiae) are enumerated in the attributes of the person or the affair. When compared with others, they yield argumentative categories such as genus, part, contrary, outcome, etc.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"This passage transitions from defining the attributes of the action to explaining how circumstances, when compared, generate argumentative loci. The list of nine comparative categories (genus, pars, contrarium, etc.) is a key structural element.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"in judicium","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'in judicium vocatur' likely refers to the technical term 'in iudicium' used in rhetorical theory for arguments brought before a court. Boethius adapts this from Cicero's De Inventione.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"factive dictive","severity":"caution","text":"The phrase 'argumenta factive dictive' is unusual and may be a corruption or a technical term not fully explained. It could mean 'arguments concerning action and speech,' but the text is ambiguous.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The phrase 'factive dictive' is unclear; it may be a scribal error or a rare technical term.","The relationship between 'in gestione negotii' and 'continentia' is not fully defined; the text says the former can exist without the latter, but the logic is compressed."],"confidence":"medium","notes":[]},{"i":4,"ref":"p4","source":"Distant autem superioribus,quod superiora velfacta continebant, vel factis ita adhærebant, ut separari non possent: ut locus, tempus, et caetera quae gestum negotium non omittunt. Haec vero quae sunt adjuncta negotio, non inhaerent negotio, sed accidunt circumstantiis: et tum demum argumenta præstant, cum in comparationem venerint ea qua; adjuncta sunt negotio.\n\nSumuntur vero argumenta non ex contrarietate, sed ex contrario; et non ex similitudine, sed ex simili; ut appareat ex revelatione sumi argumenta, in adjunctis negotio; et ea esse adjuncta negotio, quae sunt ad ipsum de quo agitur negotium affecta. Consecutio vero neque in ipsis inest rebus, neque ex comparatione reperitur; sed rem gestam velan. tecedentia consequuntur vel comitantia. Etquoniam facilis eorum locorum est discretio, tractatum huc usque constitui. Explicit.","english":"They differ from the higher ones in that the higher ones either contained deeds done, or so adhered to the deeds that they could not be separated: such as place, time, and the rest which do not let go of the matter at hand. But these, which are adjuncts to the matter, do not inhere in the matter, but occur to the circumstances; and they furnish arguments only when those things which are adjunct to the matter have come into comparison.\n\nArguments are taken not from contrariety, but from the contrary; and not from similarity, but from the similar; so that it appears that arguments are taken from revelation in the adjuncts to the matter; and that those things are adjunct to the matter which are related to the matter itself which is under discussion. Consequence, however, neither inheres in the things themselves, nor is found by comparison; but it follows or accompanies the deed done, either as antecedent or concomitant. And since the distinction of these topics is easy, I have set the treatise thus far. The end.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"adjuncta negotio","severity":"info","text":"Boethius distinguishes 'adjuncts to the matter' from 'higher' topics (locus, tempus) that inhere in the deed. Adjuncts are external circumstances that yield arguments only when compared.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"revelatione","severity":"info","text":"'Revelation' here means a bringing to light or disclosure, not divine revelation. Boethius uses it to describe how arguments from adjuncts are uncovered through comparison.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"consecutio","severity":"info","text":"'Consequence' is a distinct topic: it neither inheres in things nor arises from comparison, but follows the deed as antecedent or concomitant. 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