anaphora

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

ănăphŏră, ae, f., = ἀναφορά.

I A rising or mounting up , the rising of the stars , Plin. 7, 49, 50, § 160; Firm. Math. 3, 3. —

II In rhet.

A The bringing up or repetition of a word at the beginning of successive clauses , e. g. Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 10, 26: Verres calumniatores apponebat, Verres adesse jubebat, Verres cognoscebat, etc., Don. p. 1773 P.; Charis. p. 250 P.; Diom. p. 440 P.—

B The improper reference of a word to a preceding word , e. g. Sall. C. 18, 1: conjuravere pauci, in quibus Catilina: de quā (sc. conjuratione), etc., Diom. p. 440 P. (Kritz here reads de quo; cf. Kritz ad h. l.).

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