paradiastole

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).