praeteritio
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
praeteritio (countable and uncountable, plural praeteritios)
- Alternative form of preterition
- 2009 April 4, Editorial, “Editorial: In praise of ... Cicero”, in The Guardian[1]:
- 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.