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Cornificius
Quintus Cornificius () was a Roman author of a work on rhetorical figures, and perhaps of a general treatise (''ars'', or ''techne'') on the art of rhetoric.〔Quintilian, ''Institutio Oratoria'', iii.1.21, ix.3.89〕
==''Auctor ad Herennium''==
He has been identified with the author of the four books of ''Rhetorica'' dedicated to a certain Gaius Herennius (otherwise unknown).〔''Rhetorica ad Herennium'' (1.1 )〕 The work is generally known under the title of ''Auctor ad Herennium'', or ''Rhetorica ad Herennium'' or ''Ad C. Herennium de ratione dicendi''. The chief argument in favor of this identity is the fact that many passages quoted by Quintilian from Cornificius are reproduced in the ''Rhetorica''. Jerome, Priscian and others attributed the work to Cicero (whose ''De inventione'' was called ''Rhetorica prima'', the ''Auctor ad Herennium'', ''Rhetorica secunda''), while the claims of L. Aelius Stilo, M. Antonius Gnipho, and Ateius Praetextatus to the authorship have been supported by modern scholars.
Internal indications point to the date of compositions as 86 BC-82 BC/ the period of Marian domination in Rome. The unknown author, as may be inferred from the treatise itself, did not write to make money, but to oblige his relative and friend Herennius, for whose instruction he promises to supply other works on grammar, military matters and political administration. He expresses his contempt for the ordinary school rhetorician, the hair-splitting dialecticians and their sense of inability to speak, since they dare not even pronounce their own name for fear of expressing themselves ambiguously. Finally, he admits that rhetoric is not the highest accomplishment, and that philosophy is far more deserving of attention. Politically, it is evident that he was a staunch supporter of the Populares.
The first and second books of the ''Rhetorica'' treat of ''inventio'' and forensic rhetoric; the third, of ''dispositio'', ''pronuntiatio'', ''memoria'', deliberative and demonstrative rhetoric; the fourth, of ''elocutio''. The chief aims of the author are conciseness and clearness (''breviter et dilucide scribere''). In accordance with this, he ignores all rhetorical subtleties, the useless and irrelevant matter introduced by the Greeks to make the art appear more difficult of acquisition; where possible, he uses Roman terminology for technical terms, and supplies his own examples of the various rhetorical figures. The work as a whole is considered very valuable.
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