Brewer's: Syllogism

The five hexameter verses which contain the symbolic names of all the different syllogistic figures are as follow:

“Barbara, Celarent, Darii, Ferioque, prioris.”

Cesare, Camestres, Festino, Baroko, secundoe. Tertia, Darapti, Disamis, Datisi, Felapton,

Bokardo, Ferison, habet. Quarta insuper addit

Bramantip, Camenes, Dimaris, Fesapo, Fresison.

N.B. The vowel

Taking the first line as the standard, the initial letters of all the words below it show to which standard the syllogism is to be reduced; thus, Baroko is to be reduced to “Barbara,” Cesare to “Celarent,” and so on.

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