The corpus record — Latin

părădĭastŏlē

părădĭastŏlē · f

a figure of speech

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What it meant

părădĭastŏlē — Lewis & Short

părădĭastŏlē, ēs, f., = paradiastolh/,

I a figure of speech, in which two different but similar things are put together and distinguished (pure Lat. distinctio), Rutil. Lup. Fig. Sent. 1, 4; Rufin. § 20 (written as Greek, Quint. 9, 3, 65).

Where it came from

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