ăpŏsĭōpēsis — Lewis & Short
a breaking off in the midst of a speech
The corpus record — Latin
aposiopesis
aposiopesis · f
a breaking off in the midst of a speech
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- Institutio Oratoria 3 · 0.17/10k
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Attestations
- aposiopesin Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria 9.3.59
- aposiopesis Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria 9.3.60
- aposiopesin Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria 9.3.60
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