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apostropha

apostropha, ae, f. u. apostrophē, ēs, f., (ἀπολστροφή), die Abkehr, eine rhet. Figur, wenn der Redner in seinem Vortrage sich von dem Richter ab- u. zu dem Gegner hinwendet u. ihn anredet, Quint. 4, 1, 69. Serv. Verg. Aen. 2, 56. Ps. Ascon. in Cic. II. Verr. 1, 25. Mart. Cap. 5. § 523. Hier. in Ierem. 13 (rein lat. aversus a iudice sermo, Quint. 4, 2, 106; 9, 2, 38, sermo a persona iudicis aversus, Quint. 4, 1, 63, od. bl. oratio aversa, ibid. § 67, u. aversio, Aquil. Rom. § 9).

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