inversio
καλῶς δρῶν ἐξαμαρτεῖν μᾶλλον ἢ νικᾶν κακῶς → I would prefer to fail with honor than to win by evil | I prefer to fail by acting rightly rather than win by acting wrongly | Better fail by doing right, than win by doing wrong (Sophocles, Philoctetes 95)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
inversĭo: ōnis, f. inverto,
I an inversion.
I Verborum, i. e. an ironical inversion of meaning, Cic. de Or. 2, 65. 261.—
II An allegory, transl. of Gr. ἀλληγορία,> Quint. 8, 6, 44.—
III A transposition, i. q. ἀναστροφή (as quoque ego for ego quoque), Quint. 1, 5, 40.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
inversĭō, ōnis, f. (inverto), inversion : verborum Cic. de Or. 2, 261, antiphrase, ironie || allégorie : Quint. 8, 6, 44 || anastrophe : Quint. 1, 5, 40.
Latin > German (Georges)
inversio, ōnis, f. (inverto), die Umkehrung, I) verborum, a) = ἀναστροφή, die Umsetzung, Versetzung (wie quoque ego = ego quoque), Quint. 1, 5, 40. – b) die versteckte Spottrede, Ironie, Cic. de or. 2, 261. – c) = ἀλληγορία, die Allegorie, Quint. 8, 6, 44. – II) die Umkehrung = umgekehrte Ordnung, Mart. Cap. 5. § 562.
