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
- L
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..." - M
Liber IX
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...alios quoque sunt, paromologian, anagcaion, ethopoiian, dicaiologian, prolempsin, characterismon, brachylogian, parasiopesin, parresian, de quibus idem dico..."