emphasis
From LSJ
οὐκ ἐν τῷ πολλῷ τὸ εὖ, ἀλλ' ἐν τῷ εὖ τὸ πολύ → good is not found in plenty but plenty in good, quality matters more than quantity
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
subs.
Since he lays such emphasis on the past: P. ἐπειδὴ πολὺς τοῖς συμβεβηκόσιν ἔγκειται (Dem. 294).
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
emphăsis: is, f., = ἔμφασις, a figure of rhet.,
I emphasis, rhetorical stress (cf.: pondus, significatio), Quint. 9, 2, 64; 8, 2, 11; 8, 3, 86 al.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
emphăsis, is, f. (ἔμφασις), emphase [rhét.] : Quint. 8, 2, 11.
