climax

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

subs.

Culminating point: P. and V. θριγκός, ὁ (lit., coping stone) (Plat.).

Critical point: P. and V. ἀκμή, ἡ, ῥοπή, ἡ.

Reach a climax: P. ἐπʼ ἀκμὴν ἥκειν; see crisis.

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

clīmax: ăcis, f., = κλῖμαξ (a ladder),
I a rhetorical figure, consisting in a gradual increase in force of expression, a climax (pure Lat. gradatio), Mart. Cap. 5, § 536 (in Quint. 9, 3, 54, used as Greek, and transl. by gradatio).

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

(1) clīmax, ăcis, f. (κλῖμαξ), climax, gradation [rhét.] : Capel. 5, 536 ; [mot grec d. Quint. 9, 3, 54 ].