aphorismus

== English == === Etymology === From Latin aphorismus, though the meaning is closer to Ancient Greek ᾰ̓φορῐσμός (ăphorĭsmós). === Noun === aphorismus (plural aphorismi) (rhetoric) A figure of speech that questions whether a word is properly used, as in "How can you call yourself a man?". ==== Related terms ==== aphorismos == Latin == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek ᾰ̓φορῐσμός (ăphorĭsmós). === Noun === aphorismus m (genitive aphorismī); second declension aphorism ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== Portuguese: aforismo Spanish: aforismo === References === "aphorismus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)