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praeteritio en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable) Alternative form of preterition.
    • 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. 2009 April 4, Editorial, “Editorial: In praise of ... Cicero”, in The Guardian:

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praeteritios Number=Plur lexicographic