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Abominatio – An Expression of Feeling by way of Detestation. 935
(Also called Apodioxis, Rejectio, or Detestatio.)
Abusio – One word changed for another only remotely connected with it. 674
(Also called Catachresis)
Accismus – Apparent or Assumed Refusal. 962
Accommodatio – 786
(A form of Gnome where the sense is accommodated,
being quite different from that which was first intended, and the sense is accommodated by analogy to quite a different event or circumstance.)
Accusatio – The use of a Counter Charge, or Recrimination. 966
(Also called Anticategoria, Tu Quoque, Accusatio Adversa and Translatio Adversarium)
Acrostichion – Repetition of the same or successive Letters
at the beginnings of Words or Clauses. 181
(Also called Acrostic and Parastichis.)
Acutifatuum – A Wise saying that seems Foolish. 816
(Also called Oxymoron.)
Addubitatio – An Expression of Feeling by way of Doubt. 929
(Also called Aporia, Diaporesis and Dubitatio.)
Adjunctum – Joint Yoke. 135
(Also called Synezeugmenon.)
Adumbratio – Visible Representation of Objects or Actions by Words. 444
(Also called Diatyposis, Eicasia, Enargeia, Hypotyposis, Icon, Imago, Phantasia and Repræsentatio.)
Ænigma – Enigma: A Truth Expressed in Obscure Language. 772
(See also Hypænigma and Hypænixis.)
Ætiologia – The rendering a Reason for what is said or done. 963
(Also called Apodeixis and Causæ Redditio.)
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Affirmatio – Spontaneous Affirmation. 960
Aganactesis – An Expression of Feeling by way of Indignation. 934
Agnominatio – The Repetition of Words similar in Sound,
but not necessarily in Sense. 307
(Rhyming Words. Also called Paronomasia and Annominatio.)
Allegory – Continued Comparison by Representation (Metaphor) or Implication (Hypocatastasis). 748
Allelouchia – (Repeated Alternation) 363 (Introverted Correspondence) 374
(Also called Chiasmos or Chiaston, Chiasmus and Decussata Oratio.)
Allœosis – Exchange of one Word for another. 490
(Also called Enallage and Enallaxis.)
Amœbæon – Repetition of the same Phrase at the End of successive Paragraphs. 343
(A form of Cycloides:The Repetition of the same Phrase at regular Intervals.). 342)
Amphibologia – Double Meaning. A Word or Phrase susceptible of two Interpretations. 804
Amphidiorthosis – A setting both Hearer and Speaker right by a Correction which acts both ways. (See also Prodiorthosis.) 912
Ampliatio – A retaining of an old Name after the reason for it is passed away.
(A form of Epitheton 440. See also Prolepsis 979.)
Amplificatio – By way of addition or amplification (Pleonastic figures). 405
Anabasis – An Increase of Sense in successive Sentences. 429
(Also called Anagoge, Auxesis and Incrementum. See also Catabasis.)
Anachoresis – A Return to the Original Subject after a Digression. 913
(Also called Regressio, Recessio and Epanaclesis.)
Anaclasis – Repetition of the same Word in the same Sentence, with Different Meanings. 287
(Various names and forms – Antanaclasis, Antistasis, Dialogia, Ploce, Refractio and Reciprocatio.)
Anacœnosis – An Appeal to others as having interests in Common. 968
(Also called Communicatio and Symboulesis; when used in a question it may be Erotesis.)
Anacoluthon – A breaking off the sequence of Thought. 720
Anadiplosis – Sentence begins with same word(s) that the previous sentence ended with. 251
Anæresis – A Parenthetic Addition by way of Detraction. 481
(Parenthetic Tapeinosis [A lessening of a thing in order to increase it; Antenantiosis] 159.)
Anagoge – An Increase of Sense in successive Sentences. 429
(Also called Anabasis, Auxesis and Incrementum. See also Catabasis.)
Anamnesis – An- Expression of Feeling by Way of Recalling to Mind. 918
(Also called Recollectio.)
Anantapodoton – Ellipsis of a later clause; without apodosis. 53
(A hypothetical proposition without the consequent clause.)
Anaphonema – An Expression of Feeling by way of Exclamation. 927
(Also called Ecphonesis and Anaphonesis.)
Anaphonesis – An Expression of Feeling by way of Exclamation. 927
(Also called Ecphonesis and Anaphonema.)
Anaphora – The Repetition of the same Word at the beginning
of successive Sentences. 199
(Also called Epanaphora and Relatio. See also Epibole.)
Anaschesis – A taking on one’s self. 981
(A form of Prolepsis 979.)
Anastrophe – The position of One word changed so as to be set over against the Other. 699
(Also called Parallage, Syncategorema, Trajectio and Inversio.)
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Anesis – Addition of Conclusion by way of lessening the Effect. 463
Annominatio – The Repetition of Words similar in Sound, but not necessarily in Sense. 307
(Also called Agnominatio and Paronomasia.)
Antanaclasis – Repetition of the same Word in the same Sentence, with Different Meanings.
(Various names and forms- Anaclasis, Antistasis, Dialogia, Ploce, Refractio and Reciprocatio.) 286
Anteisagoge – The Answering of one Question by asking another. 964
(Also called Anticatallaxis, Anthupophora, Compensatio and Contraria Illatio.)
Antenantiosis – A lessening of a thing in order to increase it. 159
(Also called Tapeinosis and Anæresis.)
Anteoccupatio – The answering of an Argument by anticipating it before it is used.
Anticipation beforehand. 979
(Also called Apantesis, Occupatio, Præmonitio, Procatalepsis and Prolepsis.)
Antezeugmenon – Yoked at the Beginning. 131
(Also called Injunctum and Proepizeuxis.)
Anthropopatheia – The Ascribing of Human Attributes, etc., to God. 871
(Also called Derech Benai Adam, Condescensio and Syncatabasis.)
Anthupophora – The Answering of one Question by asking another. 964
(Also called Anteisagoge, Anticatallaxis, Compensatio and Contraria Illatio.)
Anthypophora – A reply to an objection. 980
(A form of Open Prolepsis 979 .)
Anticatallaxis – The Answering of one Question by asking another . 964
(Also called Anteisagoge, Anthupophora, Compensatio and Contraria Illatio.)
Anticategoria – The use of a Counter Charge, or Recrimination. 966
(Also called Accusatio Adversa, Translatio Adversarium and Tu Quoque,.)
Antimereia – The Exchange of one part of Speech for another. 491
(Also called Allœosis and Enallaxis. A form of Enallage 490.)
Antimetabole – This figure repeats the word or words in a reverse order,
for the purpose of opposing one thing to another, or of contrasting two or more things. 301
(A form of Epanodos. Also called Commutatio, Diallelon and Metathesis.)
Antimetathesis – Dialogue, or A Transference of Speakers. 898
(Also called Polyprosopon.)
Antiphrasis – A new and opposite Name for a thing after the original Meaning has ceased. 691
(See also Irony, Permutatio and Sarcasmos. 807)
Antiprosopopœia – Antipersonification. The opposite of Prosopopoeia;
Persons represented as inanimate things. 870
Antiptosis – Exchange of one case for another. 507
(A form of Antimereia, which is a form of Enallage. Also called Allœosis and Enallaxis.)
Antistasis – Repetition of the same Word in the same Sentence, with Different Meanings. 286
(Various names and forms – Anaclasis, Antanaclasis, Dialogia, Ploce, Refractio and Reciprocatio.)
Antistrophe – A turning the Words of a Speaker against himself. 965
(Also called Biæon, Inverso and Violentum.)
Antithesis – A setting of one Phrase in Contrast with another. 715
(Also called Contentio, Enantiosis, antitheta, contraposita and opposita.)
Antonomasia – Change of proper name for appellative, or vice versa. 682
Apantesis – A meeting of an objection by anticipation. 979
(Also called Anteoccupatio, Occupatio, Praemonitio, Procatalepsis and Prolepsis.)
Aparithmesis – The Enumeration of the Parts of a Whole which has not been mentioned. 436
(Also called Synathrœsmus, Enumeratio, Congeries, Syrmos and Eirmos.)
Apeuche – Expression of Feeling by way of Malediction or Execration. 940
(Also called Ara, Comminatio, Execratio, Imprecatio, Maledictio and Misos.)
Aperta – The answering of an Argument by anticipating it before it is used. 979
(Open Prolepsis: the anticipated objection is both answered and stated.)
(See also Tecta, or Closed Prolepsis: the anticipated objection is merely stated or implied, not answered; or answered, but not plainly stated.)
Aphæresis – Front Cut. 149
Aphodos – A temporary Turning Aside from one Subject to another. 906
(Also called Digressio, Ecbole, Parabasis and Parecbasis.)
Apocope – End Cut. 150
Apodeixis – The rendering a Reason for what is said or done. 963
(Also called Ætiologia and Causæ Redditio.)
Apodioxis – An Expression of Feeling by way of Detestation. 935
(Also called Abominatio, Detestatio and Rejectio.)
Apologue– Fable; A Fictitious Narrative used for Illustration. 754
(Also called Fabula.)
Apophasis – Addition of Insinuation (implied) by way of Reasoning. 486
(See also Cataphasis 487.)
Aporia – An Expression of Feeling by way of Doubt. 929
(Also called Addubitatio, Diaporesis and Dubitatio.)
Aposiopesis– Sudden Silence. 151
(Also called Reticentia.)
Apostasis – The repetition of the same word after a break, or parenthesis. 206
(Also called Epanalepsis and Resumptio.)
Apostrophe – A Turning Aside from the Direct Matter to Address Others. 901
(Also called Aversio and Prosphonesis.)
Appositum – A Naming of a Thing by describing it. 440
(Also called Appositum and Epitheton. See also Ampliatio.)
Ara – 940
(Also called Apeuche, Comminatio, Execratio, Imprecatio, Maledictio and Misos.)
Association – When the Writer or Speaker associates himself with those whom he addresses. 900
Assumptio – Addition (full) of what is professed to be ignored. 485
(Also called Circumductio and Proslepsis.)
Asteïsmos (change) – An Expression of Feeling by way of Politeness. 917
(Urbanity as opposed to Rusticity.)
Asteïsmos /Asteismus (addition) – Politeness 488
(Addition by graceful disclosure of what is professedly concealed.)
Asteïsmos – See “Gnomon Of The New Testament” by Johann Albrecht Bengel,
Vol. 5, pg. 395.
Asterismos – The Calling Attention to by making a Star or Mark. 926
Asyndeton – No “Ands ”; Without Conjunctions 137
(Also called Asyntheton, Dialysis, Dialyton, Dissolutio, Epitrochasmos, Percursio and Solutum.)
Athrœsmos – Addition of Conclusion by way of a brief Summary. 468
(Also called Symperasma.)
Auxesis – An Increase of Sense in successive Sentences. 429
(Also called Anabasis, Anagoge and Incrementum.)
Aversio – A Turning Aside from the direct Subject-Matter to address others. 901
(Also called Apostrophe and Prosphonesis.)
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