cataphasis
From LSJ
μηδὲν κοτυλίζειν, ἀλλὰ καταπάττειν χύδην → not to sell by the cupful, but to dole out indiscriminately | not to sell by retail but wholesale
Latin > English
cataphasis cataphasos/is N F :: affirmation
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
cătăphăsis: is (acc. cataphasin), f.,
I an affirmation (pure Lat. affirmatio, aientia; opp. apophasis or abnuentia), Aur. Aug. Rhet. 11; Isid. Orig. 2, 27, 3.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
cătăphăsis, is, f. (κατάφασις), affirmation : Isid. Orig. 2, 27, 3.
Latin > German (Georges)
cataphasis, is, Akk. in, Abl. ī, f., die Bejahung (rein lat. aientia, affirmatio; Ggstz. apophasis, rein lat. abnuentia), als rhet. Fig., Aur. Augustin. de rhet. 11. Isid. 2, 27, 3. Iul. Vict. art. rhet. p. 375, 38 H.
