apophasis

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

ăpŏphăsis: is, f., = ἀπόφασις (denial), rhet. fig.,
I whereby one, as it were, answers himself, Jul. Rufin. 8.

ăpŏphăsis, is, f. (ἀπόφασις), négation : Isid. Orig. 2, 27, 3.

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.

apophasis apophasis N F :: denial, rhetorical device where one answers himself