emphasis
λύχνον μεθ' ἡμέραν ἅψας περιῄει λέγων ἄνθρωπον ζητῶ → he lit a lamp in broad daylight and said, as he went about, I am looking for a man
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
since he lays such emphasis on the past: P. ἐπειδὴ πολὺς τοῖς συμβεβηκόσιν ἔγκειται (Dem. 294).
Latin > English
emphasis emphasos/is N F :: emphasis; stress
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.
Latin > German (Georges)
emphasis, eos, Akk. im, Abl. ī, f. (εμφασις), I) der Anblick, rein lat. intuitio, Chalcid. Tim. 239 in. – II) der Nachdruck-, die Kraft des Ausdrucks, der noch mehr bedeutet u. in sich ahnen läßt, als er eigentlich ausspricht, die Emphase, Quint. 8, 2, 11 u.a. Diom. 456, 29 (wo Genet.). Serv. Verg. Aen. 2, 79 u. 394: expressius cum emphasi pronuntiare, Cassian. coll. 23, 16.
