Praeteritio

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of preterition. alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable

    "Two millennia after his death, his speeches remain the model for modern orators, his tricks and tropes - tricolon, anaphora, praeteritio and the like - are still the stock in trade of the public speaker."

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"Two millennia after his death, his speeches remain the model for modern orators, his tricks and tropes - tricolon, anaphora, praeteritio and the like - are still the stock in trade of the public speaker."

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