inversio

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ἀλλὰ τῷ ὕψει τῶν θείων ἐντολῶν σου → but by the sublimity of thy divine commandments

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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.