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catachresis
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Orthography ID = 2008952
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LNS
catachrēsis, catachrēsis
catachresis
κατάχρησις
noun (f., 3
rd
Greek declension)
an improper use of a word
Abbreviations
catachrēsis, is, f.
, = κατάχρησις, a rhet. figure, an improper use of a word; in pure Lat. abusio, Paul. ex Fest. p. 58 Mull.; cf. Quint. 8, 6, 34; 8, 2, 5; and Don. p. 1775 P. (where, as in Cic. Or. 27, 94, it is written as Greek).
