aphorismus

See also: Aphorismus

English

Noun

aphorismus (plural aphorismi)

1. (rhetoric) A figure of speech that questions whether a word is properly used, as in "How can you call yourself a man?".

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ᾰ̓φορῐσμός (ăphorĭsmós).

Noun

aphorismus m (genitive aphorismī); second declension

1. aphorism

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	aphorismus	aphorismī
genitive	aphorismī	aphorismōrum
dative	aphorismō	aphorismīs
accusative	aphorismum	aphorismōs
ablative	aphorismō	aphorismīs
vocative	aphorisme	aphorismī

Descendants

• Portuguese: aforismo
• Spanish: aforismo

References

• "aphorismus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)