apophasis
From LSJ
Λάλει τὰ μέτρια, μὴ λάλει δ', ἃ μή σε δεῖ → Modestus sermo, et qualis deceat, sit tuus → Sprich maßvoll, spricht nicht aus, was unanständig ist
Latin > English
apophasis apophasis N F :: denial, rhetorical device where one answers himself
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
ăpŏphăsis: is, f., = ἀπόφασις (denial), rhet. fig.,
I whereby one, as it were, answers himself, Jul. Rufin. 8.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
ăpŏphăsis, is, f. (ἀπόφασις), négation : Isid. Orig. 2, 27, 3.
Latin > German (Georges)
apophasis, is, Akk. in, Abl. i, f. (ἀπόφασις), die Verneinung, Abwehr (rein lat. abnuentia od. negatio), Ggstz. cataphasis (rein lat. affirmatio), Aur. Augustin. rhet. 11. Isid. 2, 27, 3. Vict. art. rhet. p. 375, 38 H.
