catachresis

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ὕδωρ δὲ πίνων οὐδὲν ἂν τέκοι σοφόν → by drinking water you would never create anything great

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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).

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

cătăchrēsis, is, f. (κατάχρησις), catachrèse : Char. 273, 1.