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|lshtext=<b>rĕtĭcentĭa</b>: ae, f. [[reticeo]],<br /><b>I</b> a [[keeping]] [[silent]], [[silence]] ([[rare]] [[but]] [[good]] [[prose]]): [[quid]] taces? enicas me miserum tuā reticentiā, Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 52; Pac. ap. Non. 1, 31 (Trag. Rel. p. 94 Rib.): posterorum, Cic. Phil. 14, 12, 33: a jurisconsultis [[etiam]] reticentiae [[poena]] est constituta (viz. as to a [[defect]] in a [[thing]] sold), id. Off. 3, 16, 65.—<br /><b>II</b> In [[rhetor]].,= [[aposiopesis]], a [[pause]] in the [[midst]] of a [[speech]], Cic. de Or. 3, 53, 205; Quint. 9, 1, 31; 9, 2, 54; 57. | |lshtext=<b>rĕtĭcentĭa</b>: ae, f. [[reticeo]],<br /><b>I</b> a [[keeping]] [[silent]], [[silence]] ([[rare]] [[but]] [[good]] [[prose]]): [[quid]] taces? enicas me miserum tuā reticentiā, Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 52; Pac. ap. Non. 1, 31 (Trag. Rel. p. 94 Rib.): posterorum, Cic. Phil. 14, 12, 33: a jurisconsultis [[etiam]] reticentiae [[poena]] est constituta (viz. as to a [[defect]] in a [[thing]] sold), id. Off. 3, 16, 65.—<br /><b>II</b> In [[rhetor]].,= [[aposiopesis]], a [[pause]] in the [[midst]] of a [[speech]], Cic. de Or. 3, 53, 205; Quint. 9, 1, 31; 9, 2, 54; 57. | ||
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|gf=<b>rĕtĭcentĭa</b>,¹⁴ æ, f.,<br /><b>1</b> action de garder une chose par devers soi, de la taire ; silence : Pl. Merc. 893 ; Cic. Phil. 14, 33 ; Off. 3, 65<br /><b>2</b> [rhét.] réticence ou aposiopèse : Cic. de Or. 3, 205 ; Quint. | |||
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Revision as of 06:45, 14 August 2017
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
rĕtĭcentĭa: ae, f. reticeo,
I a keeping silent, silence (rare but good prose): quid taces? enicas me miserum tuā reticentiā, Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 52; Pac. ap. Non. 1, 31 (Trag. Rel. p. 94 Rib.): posterorum, Cic. Phil. 14, 12, 33: a jurisconsultis etiam reticentiae poena est constituta (viz. as to a defect in a thing sold), id. Off. 3, 16, 65.—
II In rhetor.,= aposiopesis, a pause in the midst of a speech, Cic. de Or. 3, 53, 205; Quint. 9, 1, 31; 9, 2, 54; 57.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
rĕtĭcentĭa,¹⁴ æ, f.,
1 action de garder une chose par devers soi, de la taire ; silence : Pl. Merc. 893 ; Cic. Phil. 14, 33 ; Off. 3, 65
2 [rhét.] réticence ou aposiopèse : Cic. de Or. 3, 205 ; Quint.
