apostrophe

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

ăpostrŏphē: ēs, f., = ἀποστροφή (a turning away),
I a rhetorical figure, when the speaker turns from the judges or his hearers, and addresses some other person or thing, an apostrophe, Quint. 9, 2, 38; 9, 3, 24; Mart. Cap. 5, p. 171 (e. g. Cic. Lig. 3 sq.; id. Verr. 2, 1, 9 al.).

Latin > English

apostrophe apostrophes N F :: rhetorical figure when speaker turns away to address others; apostrophy

Wikipedia EN

Apostrophe (Greek ἀποστροφή, apostrophé, "turning away"; the final e being sounded) is an exclamatory figure of speech. It occurs when a speaker breaks off from addressing the audience (e.g. in a play) and directs speech to a third party such as an opposing litigant or some other individual, sometimes absent from the scene. Often the addressee is a personified abstract quality or inanimate object. In dramatic works and poetry written in or translated into English, such a figure of speech is often introduced by the vocative exclamation, "O". Poets may apostrophize a beloved, the Muses, God or gods, love, time, or any other entity that can't respond in reality.

Translations

ar: مناجاة; be_x_old: апастрофа; ca: apòstrofe; cs: apostrofa; de: Apostrophe; el: αποστροφή; en: apostrophe; eo: retorika alparolo; es: apóstrofe; eu: apostrofe; fi: apostrofi; fr: apostrophe; gl: apóstrofe; hr: apostrofa; it: apostrofe; ja: 頓呼法; mk: апострофа; nl: apostrof; nn: apostrofe; pl: apostrofa; pt: apóstrofe; ru: апострофа; sh: apostrofa; sk: apostrofa; sl: apostrofa; sq: apostrofa; sr: апострофа; sw: ritifaa; uk: апострофа; uz: apostrofa