characterismos

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

chăractērismŏs (-mus), i, m., = χαρακτηρισμός

characterization , the making prominent of the characteristic marks , rhet. t. t. (pure Lat. descriptio, depictio), Isid. Orig. 2, 21, 40; Porphyr. ad Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 7.