appositio
From LSJ
πῶς δ' οὐκ ἀρίστη; τίς δ' ἐναντιώσεται; τί χρὴ γενέσθαι τὴν ὑπερβεβλημένην γυναῖκα; (Euripides' Alcestis 152-54) → How is she not noblest? Who will deny it? What must a woman have become to surpass her?
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
appŏsĭtĭo: (adp-), ōnis, f. appono,
I a setting before.
I Lit.: epularum, * Vulg. Eccli. 30, 18: cucurbitae, the application of, Cael. Aur. Acut. 3, 5.—
II Trop.: criminis, the imputation of crime, Lampr. Com. 5.
