asteismos

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

astĕïsmŏs, i, m., = ἀστείσμός; in rhet.,

the more refined style of speaking , = urbanitas, Serv. ad Verg. A. 2, 547 (in Charis. p. 247 P., and Diom. p. 458 P., written as Greek).