LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun

ăpostrŏphē

Meaning

  1. a rhetorical figure

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

cum poēta persōnam alloquitur
apostrophē -ēs (f) — in Aeneis, ch. 20

ăpostrŏphē, ēs, f., = ἀποστροφή (a turning away),
I. a rhetorical figure, when the speaker turns from the judges or his hearers, and addresses some other person or thing, an apostrophe, Quint. 9, 2, 38; 9, 3, 24; Mart. Cap. 5, p. 171 (e. g. Cic. Lig. 3 sq.; Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 9 al.).

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What does ăpostrŏphē mean in Latin?
ăpostrŏphē, a noun, means “a rhetorical figure”.