Significatio vocis oxymorus | Babel Free

Definitiones

oxymoronic; of or pertaining to a figure of speech in which two words with opposing meanings are used together intentionally for effect, as in the following

adjective, declension-1, declension-2

Exempla

“de te autem, Catilina, cum quiescunt, probant, cum patiuntur, decernunt, cum tacent, clamant.”

But to you, Catiline, by keeping quiet they approve, by allowing me to speak they vote, by their silence they shout out loud.

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