apophasis
From LSJ
ξένῳ δὲ σιγᾶν κρεῖττον ἢ κεκραγέναι → it's better for a stranger to keep silence than to shout (Menander)
Latin > English
apophasis apophasis N F :: denial, rhetorical device where one answers himself
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
ăpŏphăsis: is, f., = ἀπόφασις (denial), rhet. fig.,
I whereby one, as it were, answers himself, Jul. Rufin. 8.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
ăpŏphăsis, is, f. (ἀπόφασις), négation : Isid. Orig. 2, 27, 3.
Latin > German (Georges)
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.
