antimetabole

From LSJ
Revision as of 09:31, 13 August 2017 by Spiros (talk | contribs) (Text replacement - "]]>" to "]]")

ἐὰν ᾖς φιλομαθής, ἔσει πολυμαθής → if you are studious, you will become learned

Source

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).