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 (aphorismós).

Noun

aphorismus m (genitive aphorismī); second declension

1. aphorism

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	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)