ARGUTIA ab alieno, when something is said, which seems repugnant either to the nature and property of a thing, or to common custom, the laws, &c. which yet in reality is consistent therewith; or when something is given as a reason of another, which yet is not the reason of it. For instance, Si Cuius nihil didicisset, errasset minus; again, Aurum hoc saeculum est, quia plurimus iam auro honor venit.
Argutiae ab allusione, those wherein allusion is made to some history, fable, sentence, proverb or the like; e. g. Multi umbram captant et carnem amittunt.
Argutiae à comparatis, when two things are compared together, which yet at first sight appear very different from each other, but so as to make a pretty kind of simile or dissimile; e. g. Par est pauper nil cupiens principi omnia habenti.
Argutiae à repugnantibus, when two things meet in a subject, which yet regularly cannot be therein; or when two things are opposed to each other, yet the epithet of the one is attributed to the other, e. g. Dum tacent clamant.