catachresis

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Ὅρκον δὲ φεῦγε καὶ δικαίως κἀδίκως (κἂν δικαίως ὀμνύῃς) → Iurare fugias, vere, falso, haud interest → Zu schwören meide, gleich ob richtig oder falsch

Menander, Monostichoi, 441

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

cătăchrēsis: is, f., = κατάχρησις>, a rhet. figure,
I an improper use of a word; in pure Lat. abusio, Paul. ex Fest. p. 58 Müll.; cf. Quint. 8, 6, 34; 8, 2, 5; and Don. p. 1775 P. (where, as in Cic. Or. 27, 94, it is written as Greek).