hypomone

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

hypŏmŏnē, ēs, f., = ὑπομονή, rhet. t. t.,

a holding back of the principal thought for a surprise (pure Lat. sustentatio, inopinatum), Rufin. Fig. Sent. 34; cf. Quint. 9, 2, 22.