apophasis

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

ăpŏphăsis: is, f., = ἀπόφασις (denial), rhet. fig.,
I whereby one, as it were, answers himself, Jul. Rufin. 8.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

ăpŏphăsis, is, f. (ἀπόφασις), négation : Isid. Orig. 2, 27, 3.

Latin > German (Georges)

apophasis, is, Akk. in, Abl. i, f. (ἀπόφασις), die Verneinung, Abwehr (rein lat. abnuentia od. negatio), Ggstz. cataphasis (rein lat. affirmatio), Aur. Augustin. rhet. 11. Isid. 2, 27, 3. Vict. art. rhet. p. 375, 38 H.

Latin > English

apophasis apophasis N F :: denial, rhetorical device where one answers himself