antimetabole

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

antĭmĕtăbŏlē: ēs, f., = ἀντιμεταβολή, a rhet. fig.,
I a reciprocal interchange, in Auct. ad Her. 4, 28, 39, called commutatio, e. g.: non ut edam vivo, sed ut vivam edo, Isid. Orig. 2, 21, p. 81 Lind. (in Quint. 9, 3, 85, written as Greek, Halm).

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

antĭmĕtăbŏlē, ēs, f. (ἀντιμεταβολή), conversion [fig. de rhét.] : Isid. Orig. 2, 21, 11 ; cf. Quint. 9, 3, 85.

Latin > German (Georges)

antimetabolē, ēs, f. (ἀντιμεταβολή, Quint. 9, 3, 85), eine rhet. Figur, gegenseitige Vertauschung (rein lat. commutatio bei Cornif. rhet. 4, 39, od. permutatio b. Auct. carm. de fig. 16), zB. non ut edam vivo, sed ut vivam edo, Isid. 2, 21, 11: per antimetabolen, Charis. 287, 15.

Latin > English

antimetabole antimetaboles N F :: reciprocal interchange