apostrophe, apostrophes:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension · variant: 6th
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
- Field:
- Literature
rhetorical figure when speaker turns away to address others; apostrophy;
Inflections
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | apostrophe | apostrophae |
| Gen. | apostrophes | apostropharum |
| Dat. | apostrophae | apostrophis |
| Acc. | apostrophen | apostrophas |
| Voc. | apostrophe | apostrophae |
| Abl. | apostrophe | apostrophis |
Examples
Liber IX
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...XXXVIII. Aversus quoque a iudice sermo, qui dicitur apostrophe, mire movet, sive adversarios invadimus: "quid enim tuus ille..."Liber IV
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...debet fatiget. LXIII. Sermonem a persona iudicis aversum (apostrophe dicitur) quidam in totum a prohoemio summovent, nonnulla quidem..."