catachresis
διὸ καὶ μεταλάττουσι τὴν φυσικὴν χρῆσιν εἰς τὴν παρὰ φύσιν αἱ δοκοῦσαι παρθένοι τῶν εἰδώλων → therefore those professing to be virgins of the idols even change the natural use into the unnatural (Origen, commentary on Romans 1:26)
Latin > English
catachresis catachresis N F :: improper use of a word; (pure Latin abusio)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
cătăchrēsis: is, f., = κατάχρησις, a rhet. figure,
I an improper use of a word; in pure Lat. abusio, Paul. ex Fest. p. 58 Müll.; cf. Quint. 8, 6, 34; 8, 2, 5; and Don. p. 1775 P. (where, as in Cic. Or. 27, 94, it is written as Greek).
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
cătăchrēsis, is, f. (κατάχρησις), catachrèse : Char. 273, 1.
Latin > German (Georges)
catachrēsis, is, Akk. in, Abl. ī, f. (κατάχρησις), der Gebrauch eines Wortes in uneigentlicher Bedeutung, die Katachrese (wie lat. abusio), Charis. 273, 1 u. 285, 4 u.a. Gramm.
