Oratory, is a part of composition, particularly recommended by Quintilian, and denotes such an attention to the nature of the vowels, consonants, and syllables, in the connection of words, with regard to their sound, as will render the pronunciation most easy and pleasant, and best promote the harmony of the sentence. Thus the coalition of two vowels, occasioning a hollow and obscure sound, and likewise of some consonants, rendering it harsh and rough, should be avoided; nor should the same syllable be repeated at the beginning and end of words, because the sound becomes hereby harsh and unpleasant.—The following verse in Virgil's Æneid is an example of juncture.

Arma virumque cano, Trojae qui primus ab ortu.