paradiastole

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πρᾶγμα ἐλπίδος κρεῖσσον γεγενημένον → the thing worse than one expected

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

părădĭastŏlē: ēs, f., = παραδιαστολή,
I a figure of speech, in which two different but similar things are put together and distinguished (pure Lat. distinctio), Rutil. Lup. Fig. Sent. 1, 4; Rufin. § 20 (written as Greek, Quint. 9, 3, 65).

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

părădĭastŏlē, ēs, f. (παραδιαστολή), paradiastole [fig. de rhét.] : Rut. Lup. Fig. 1, 4.