ecbasis

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A figure in which the orator treats things according to their events or consequences.

Word forms

ecbasis

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἔκβασις (ékbasis, “way out, event”), ultimately from βαίνω (baínō, “go”).

Related words

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