Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἀποσιώπησις

Third declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀποσιώπησις

Structure: ἀποσιωπησι (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: from a)posiwpa/w

Sense

  1. a becoming silent
  2. a rhetorical figure, when the sentence is broken off

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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