lamentantemque videam, & abjectam? Cic. de Grach. Eloquar an Sileam? Virg. Quid faciam? roger anne rogem? quid deinde rogabo; Virg. Quid igitur faciam mifer? dicam huic, an non? Ter. Eun. See Luke xvi. 3. En quid agam! rurfufne Procos irrifa priores Experiar? &c. Virg. Æn. 4. See alfo a remarkable Aporia in Ovid. Met. 8. where Althea deliberates of her Son Meleager's Death, &c. Revocat; redeam? non, fi me obfecret; Ter. Eun.— N. When a Figure thus objects and answers, 'tis faid to be in DIALOGISMO; otherwife in LOGISMO. N. Aporia is call'd alfo DIAPORESIS. See Phil. i. 22, 23. Pfalm cxxxix. 7. Lam. ii. 13. Rom. vii. 24, 25. &c. III. EPANORTHOSIS, 'Enavóplwois, Carrection, from inavopłów, corrigo; AS, Sed nimis urgeo; commoveri videtur Adolefcens; Cic. pro Lig. Filium unicum adolefcentulum habeo: ah quid dixi? habere me? Imo habui; Ter Heaut. Amplexabantur Inimicum meum, meum autem? imo vero Legum, Patriæ, Bonorum omnium ; Cic.Ep. 1. Quas ille Leges, fi modo Leges nominandæ, ac non Faces Urbis, & Peftes Reipublicæ; Cic. pro Mil. See alfo Rom. viii. 34. and Acts xxvi. Credifne Rex Agrippa? fcio te credere. See Gal. iv. 9. 1 Cor. xv. 10. Ifa. xlix. 15. Luke xi. 27, 28. &c. IV. APOSIOPESIS, ATσinois, Suppreffion, from anoráw, obticeo; AS, Ego te, furcifer, fi vivo; Ter. Eun. Quos ego-fed præftat motos componere fluctus; Virg. Æn. 1. Quem quidem ego fi fenfero Sed opus eft Verbis; Ter. Andr. Si quis me quærit rufus- Præsto est, define; Ter. Phorm. De noftrum enim omnium-non audeo totum dicere; Cic. See alfo 2 Cor. xii. 6. Pfalm vi. 4. Luke xix. 42. 1 Kings xxi. 7. John xii. 27. &c. V. APOPHASIS, 'Aróparis, Omiffion, from, ámè, ab, & Qáw, dico: It's ufual Forms are, Omitto, tacea, taceo, fileo, relinquam, mitto, prætermitto, prætereo, &c. AS, Mitto illam primam libidinis injuriam, mitto nefarias generi nuptias, mitto cupiditate matris expulfam matrimonio filiam; Cic. pro Cluent. Non agam tecum fummo Jure; non dicam, quod fortaffe obtinerem; Cic. Non referam ignaviam, & alia magis fcelefta, quorum penitere oportet: taceo furta, &c. Nec ea dico, quæ fi dicam, tamen infirmare non poffis; Cic. Ver. 1.Note, this Figure is often called PARALEIPSIS, a Paffing-over, from apaλsibw, prætermitto; and fometimes PARASIOPESIS, a Concealing, from παρασιωπάω, Tapaowaw, reticeo. See Philem. ver. 19. VI. APOSTROPHE, 'Aπospоn, Address or Turning afide, from anò, ab, & spiQw, verto; AS, Di cœptis (nam vos mutâftis & illas) afpirate: Ovid. Met. 1. Vos enim, Albani tumuli, atque luci, vos, inquam, imploro atque obteftor; Cic. pro Milon. Mufa mihi caufas memora; Virg. Æn. 1. Vi potitur: Quid non mortalia Pectora cogis Auri facra Fames? Virg. Vos, vos appello fortiffimi viri, qui multum pro Patriâ Sanguinem effudiftis; Cic. pro Milon. Vos ô clariffima Mundi Lumina; Virg. Et vos, ô Lauri, carpam, & te proxima Myrte; Virg. Munera Bacche tua; Virg. Unguibus, Accipiter, faucia facta tuis; Ovid. Trift. See alfo a moft beautiful Apoftrophe in Tully's fifth Tufc. Queftion, O Vitæ Philofophia Dux, &c. See alfo Pfalm 6. and Prov. vi. 6, 7, &c. and Pfalm ii. 9, 10. Hof. xiii. 9. Ifa. i. 2. Pfalm iii. 3. Gen. xlix. 18. &c. xlii. 5, VII. ANASTROPHE, 'Avaspo¶n, Sufpenfion, or INVERSION, which creates a pleasing Suspence, from avaspiw, retrò verto; AS, Quid deinde? quid cenferis? Furtum fortaffe aut Prædam aliquam? Cic. in Ver. Deinde cum diu fufpendiffet Judicum animos, fubjecit quod multo effet improbius. Arma Virumque Virumque cano; Virg. Æn. 1. And fuch as this of Virgil's, Ecl. 8. Paftorum Mufam, Damonis & Alphefibai, Immemor Herbarum quos. eft mirata Juvenca Certantes; quorum ftupefacta Carmine Lynces; Et mutata fuos requierunt Flumina Cursus ; Damonis Mufam dicemus & Alphefibai. Take away, in fuch a Cafe, the Inverfion, and place the Words in Grammatical Order, and you'll take away all the Majefty, Grace, and Harmony of the Expreffions, as the Archbishop of Cambray and Mr. Blackwall well obferve. 'Tis alfo called PARALLAGE, Transplanting; AS, Maria omnia circum; Virg. Tranftra per & remos; Virg. Italiam contra; Virg. Mecum, tecum, Quibus de Rebus, &c. VIII. EROTESIS, 'Epúrnois, or EROTEMA, Interrogation, from ipwráw, interrogo; AS, Et procul ô miferi, quæ tanta Infania, Cives? Creditis evectos hoftes? aut ulla putatis Dona carere dolis Danaum? fic notus Ulyffes? Virg. Æn. 2. Nonne ego te vidi Damonis peffime Caprum Excipere infidiis? Virg. Ecl. 3. Quoufque tandem, Catilina, abutere Patientiâ? Cic. Quem Virum aut Heroa Lyrâ vel acri Tibiâ fumes celebrare, Clio? Quem Deum? Hor, i. 12. 'Tis alfo call'd PUSMA, Question. See Jonas i. 8. Gen. iv. 7. Job viii. 3, 11. Zech. iv. 7. Job iii. 11, 12. Pfalm lxxvii. 7. Acts ii. 37. N. This Figure is likewife called ANACOENOSIS, Expoftulation or Communication, from avanovów, communico, when the Interrogation is made to an Enemy; or SYMBOULEUSIS, Confultation, from cuμbanów, fimul confulto; AS, Quin denique, quid cenfetis? cedo fi vos in eo loco effetis, quid aliud feciffetis? Cic. See alfo Ifa. v. 3, 4. &c. Mal. i. 6. Jer. xxiii. 23. Luke 1 Luke xi. 19. IX. PROLEPSIS, Пgóns, or PROCATALEPSIS, Prevention, from woo, ante, & rapCave, capio; AS, Malè judicavit populus; at judicavit : Non debuit, at potuit: Non fero, at multi clariffimi & fapientiffimi cives tulerunt; Cic. pro Planc. The Objection in a Prolepfis is call'd HYPOPHORA, an Objection, and is generally introduc'd with Etfi, licet, quanquam, dicat aliquis, querat aliquis, at inquis, &c. The Anfwer is call'd ANTHYPOPHORA, a Reply to the Objection, and is ufually brought in with Tamen, refpondeo bunc in modum, ac inquam ego, &c. AS, But fome Man will fay, How are the Dead raised up, &c? Thou Fool, &c. 1 Cor. xv. 35, 36. Dicet aliquis, hæc igitur eft tua difciplina? Sic tu inftituis adolefcentes? Cic. pro Cal. If the Objection is turn'd to an Argument against the Adversary, 'tis call'd ANTISTROPHE, a Back-ftroke; or BIANON, a violent Retort; or METASTASIS, Tranfmutation, AS, Imo equidem, neque enim fi occidiffem, fepeliffem. See alfo Matth. xv. 26, 27. 1 Kings xviii. 17, 18. If the Objection is rejected as abfurd, 'tis call'd a REJECTION. See Matth. xvi. 22, 23. Luke ix. 55. Acts viii. 20. Mark ii. 6, 7. Pfalm 1. 16. By fome the Objection only is call'd Prolepfis, and the Anfwer HYPOBOLE, a Subjection; or PROSAPODOSIS, a Reply; AS, Hic aliquis mihi dicat, Cur ego Amicum Offendam in Nugis? Hæ Nugæ feria ducunt In Mala; Hor. See alfo Rom vi. 1, 2 N. Prolepfis is alfo often call'd PRÆMUNITIO. See Ifa. xxxvii. 23. Matth. xxi. 24, 25. Rom. ix. 19, 20. Rom. vi. 15. &c. X. SYN. H X. SYNCHORESIS, Zufxwpnois, Conceffion, from συγχωρέω, concedo, AS, Sit Sacrilegus, fit fur, fit flagitiorum omnium vitiorumque Princeps; at eft bonus Imperator; Cic. pro Verre. Quid tum fi fufcus Amyntas? Et nigræ violæ funt & Vaccinia nigra; Virg. Imo habeat, valeat, vivat cum illâ; perfundat, pereat, perdat, nihil ad me attinet; Ter. Adelph. Neque te teneo neque dicta refello, I fequere Italiam ventis, pete regna per undas; Virg. En. 4. See alfo Rom. xi. 19, 20. Note, when we plainly give up one Part of the Argument to carry the reft, this Figure is called EPITROPE, Permiffion, from iTITPET, permitto; AS, Non dabitur, efto, prohibere Latinis: At trahere, atque Moras tantis licet addere Rebus; Virg. Græci in plurimis rebus excellunt. Refp. Tribuo Græcis Literas, do multarum Artium Difciplinam, Ingeniorum acumen, dicendi copiam, denique etiam fiqua alia fibi fumunt, non repugno: Teftimoniorum Religionem & Fidem nunquam ifta Natio coluit; Cic. pro Flac. See Eccl. xi. 9. Rom. ii. 17, &c. Prov. vi. 10. 'Tis alfo call'd EPICHORESIS, a Conceffion. Note, when an Objection is agreed to, and turn'd upon the Objector, 'tis call'd PAROMOLOGIA, a joint Confeffion, from waga, fimul, & quaλoyew, confiteor. See James ii. 19. XI. METABASIS, Merálaois, TRANSITION, from μerà, trans, & Baivw, eo; AS, Quoniam de genere belli dixi, nunc de Magnitudine pauca dicam; CIC. Hactenus Arvorum cultus, & fidera Coeli; Nunc te, Bacche, canam; VIRG. See a beautiful Tranfition from the Poet's own Narration to Hector's; Hom. II. 15. ver. 348. See also another in Virgil, Æn. 9. ver. 634, and Æn. 11. ver. 729. See likewife Horace, Lib. 2. Od. 13. See 1 Cor. xii. 31. 1 Cor. xv. I, 2. 1 Cor. xi. 17. To this Head may be refer'd PARECBASIS, or ECBOLE, or DIEXODOS, a Digreffion; 8 AS, |