paradiastole

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

părădĭastŏlē, ēs, f., = παραδιαστολή,

a figure of speech , in which two different but similar things are put together and distinguished (pure Lat. distinctio), Rutil. Lup. Fig. Sent. 1, 4; Rufin. § 20 (written as Greek, Quint. 9, 3, 65).