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chiasmus
noun
(
plural:
chiasmi
)
An inversion of the relationship between the elements of phrases, e.g.
To stop too fearful, and too faint to go
-- Goldsmith. Used especially in classical languages, e.g.
haec queritur, stupet haec (this woman complains, this one gapes)
-- Ovid,
Ars Amatoria
, 1.124
Etymology:
chiasmus
from , from (to mark with a chi), from chi, written .
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