characterismon
Dictionary entries
- Entry →characterismos, characterismi:
Masculine · Noun
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
characterization; making prominent of characteristic marks (L+S);
acc. sg.
Examples
Libri XIV-XV
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...descriptionem cuiusque virtutis; hanc Posidonius 'ethologian' vocat, quidam 'characterismon' appellant, signa cuiusque virtutis ac vitii et notas reddentem..."Liber IX
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...alios quoque sunt, paromologian, anagcaion, ethopoiian, dicaiologian, prolempsin, characterismon, brachylogian, parasiopesin, parresian, de quibus idem dico..."