apostrophes
Dictionary entries
- Entry →apostrophe, apostrophes:
Feminine · Noun
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
- Field:
- Literature
rhetorical figure when speaker turns away to address others; apostrophy;
gen. sg.loc. sg.
Examples
- M
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..." - M
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..."