emphasis

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

subs.

Since he lays such emphasis on the past: P. ἐπειδὴ πολὺς τοῖς συμβεβηκόσιν ἔγκειται (Dem. 294).

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.