英语词汇aposiopesis的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	aposiopesis
词源	aposiopesis n. rhetorical artifice wherein the speaker suddenly breaks off in the middle of a sentence, 1570s, from Latin, from Greek aposiōpesis "a becoming silent," also "rhetorical figure of breaking off," from aposiōpan "become silent," from apo "off, away" (see apo-) + siōpē "silence," which is perhaps from a PIE swī- "to be silent," but Beekes suspects it is Pre-Greek (non-IE). Related: Aposiopetic. Entries linking to aposiopesis* apo- before vowels ap-, word-forming element meaning "of, from, away from; separate, apart from, free from," from Greek apo "from, away from; after; in descent from," in compounds, "asunder, off; finishing, completing; back again," of time, "after," of origin, "sprung from, descended from; because of," from PIE root *apo- "off, away" (source also of Sanskrit apa "away from," Avestan apa "away from," Latin ab "away from, from," Gothic af, Old English of "away from," Modern English of, off). updated on September 23, 2022
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aposiopesis n.