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prŏlepsis: is, f., = πρόληψις, in rhetoric, a mentioning a thing by a name which it has not yet received,
I anticipation, prolepsis (pure Lat. occupatio), Diom. p. 438 and 439 P.; or an allusion to a thing as having happened before it has actually come to pass, an anachronism, Ascon. ad Cic. Verr. 1, 45 fin.; or a refuting of an objection by anticipation (written as Greek), Quint. 4, 1, 49; 9, 2, 16.

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-|lshtext=<b>prŏlepsis</b>: is, f., = [[πρόληψις]]>, in [[rhetoric]], a mentioning a [[thing]] by a [[name]] [[which]] it has not [[yet]] [[received]],<br /><b>I</b> [[anticipation]], [[prolepsis]] ([[pure]] Lat. [[occupatio]]), Diom. p. 438 and 439 P.; or an [[allusion]] to a [[thing]] as having happened [[before]] it has [[actually]] [[come]] to [[pass]], an anachronism, Ascon. ad Cic. Verr. 1, 45 fin.; or a refuting of an [[objection]] by [[anticipation]] (written as Greek), Quint. 4, 1, 49; 9, 2, 16.
+|lshtext=<b>prŏlepsis</b>: is, f., = [[πρόληψις]], in [[rhetoric]], a mentioning a [[thing]] by a [[name]] [[which]] it has not [[yet]] [[received]],<br /><b>I</b> [[anticipation]], [[prolepsis]] ([[pure]] Lat. [[occupatio]]), Diom. p. 438 and 439 P.; or an [[allusion]] to a [[thing]] as having happened [[before]] it has [[actually]] [[come]] to [[pass]], an anachronism, Ascon. ad Cic. Verr. 1, 45 fin.; or a refuting of an [[objection]] by [[anticipation]] (written as Greek), Quint. 4, 1, 49; 9, 2, 16.
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