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noun greek

ăpostrŏphē

gen. ăpostrŏphēs · gender feminine
= ἀποστροφή (a turning away)
a rhetorical figure; when the speaker turns from the judges; his hearers
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.).
Perseus ID: n3100 Key: apostrophe