prolepsis

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Δεῖ τοὺς μὲν εἶναι δυστυχεῖς, τοὺς δ' εὐτυχεῖς → Aliis necesse est bene sit, aliis sit male → Die einen trifft das Unglück, andere das Glück

Menander, Monostichoi, 125

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

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.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

prŏlēpsis, is, f. (πρόληψις), prolepse [nom de diff. fig. de gramm. et de rhét.] : Ps. Ascon. Verr. 2, 1, 117.