antimetabole
οὐ μακαριεῖς τὸν γέροντα, καθ' ὅσον γηράσκων τελευτᾷ, ἀλλ' εἰ τοῖς ἀγαθοῖς συμπεπλήρωται· ἕνεκα γὰρ χρόνου πάντες ἐσμὲν ἄωροι → do not count happy the old man who dies in old age, unless he is full of goods; in fact we are all unripe in regards to time
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
antĭmĕtăbŏlē: ēs, f., = ἀντιμεταβολή, a rhet. fig.,
I a reciprocal interchange, in Auct. ad Her. 4, 28, 39, called commutatio, e. g.: non ut edam vivo, sed ut vivam edo, Isid. Orig. 2, 21, p. 81 Lind. (in Quint. 9, 3, 85, written as Greek, Halm).
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
antĭmĕtăbŏlē, ēs, f. (ἀντιμεταβολή), conversion [fig. de rhét.] : Isid. Orig. 2, 21, 11 ; cf. Quint. 9, 3, 85.
Latin > German (Georges)
antimetabolē, ēs, f. (ἀντιμεταβολή, Quint. 9, 3, 85), eine rhet. Figur, gegenseitige Vertauschung (rein lat. commutatio bei Cornif. rhet. 4, 39, od. permutatio b. Auct. carm. de fig. 16), zB. non ut edam vivo, sed ut vivam edo, Isid. 2, 21, 11: per antimetabolen, Charis. 287, 15.
Latin > English
antimetabole antimetaboles N F :: reciprocal interchange
