inversio

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

inversĭo, ōnis, f. [inverto], an inversion.

I Verborum, i. e. an ironical inversion of meaning , Cic. de Or. 2, 65. 261.—

II An allegory , transl. of Gr. ἀλληγορία, Quint. 8, 6, 44.—

III A transposition , i. q. ἀναστροφή (as quoque ego for ego quoque), Quint. 1, 5, 40.

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