LekhoriLekhoriArgued by means of force rather than logic.
Philonous’ reply is perhaps less interesting for its a baculo dismissal of the argument than for a nuance in its first sentence.
Learned borrowing from Latin ā baculō (literally “by means of the rod”), from ā (“of, from”) + baculō (“sceptre, rod”), ablative singular of baculum.
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