φιλοσοφώτερον καὶ σπουδαιότερον ποίησις ἱστορίας ἐστίν: ἡ μὲν γὰρ ποίησις μᾶλλον τὰ καθόλου, ἡ δ' ἱστορία τὰ καθ' ἕκαστον λέγει → poetry is something more scientific and serious than history, because poetry tends to give general truths while history gives particular facts
dŭis:
1 verb., v. do init.—
2 Num., v. bis init.
duis, [arch.],
1 c. bis : Cic. Or. 153
2 v. do.
