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διώκει παῖς ποτανὸν ὄρνιν → a boy chases a bird on the wing, vain pursuit

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antĭphrăsis: (better written as Gr.), is, f., = αντίφρασις,
I the use of a word in a sense opposite to its proper meaning; as, lucus, quod minime luceat, Diom. p. 458 P.; cf. Charis. p. 247 P. al.