LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun

ăpŏsĭōpēsis

Meaning

  1. a breaking off in the midst of a speech

ăpŏsĭōpēsis, is, f., = ἀποσιώπησις,
I. a breaking off in the midst of a speech, a rhet. fig. (in pure Lat., reticentia, q. v.), Quint. 9, 2, 54 (e. g. Verg. E. 3, 9; id. A. 1, 135; Ov. H. 13, 164; 20, 51 al.).

In English words that came into English from ăpŏsĭōpēsis

  • aposiopesisăpŏsĭōpēsis

Quick answers

What does ăpŏsĭōpēsis mean in Latin?
ăpŏsĭōpēsis, a noun, means “a breaking off in the midst of a speech”.