Crossword-Solution: APOPHASIS
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Apophasis | n. | A figure by which a speaker formally declines to take notice of a favorable point, but in such a manner as to produce the effect desired. [For example, see Mark Antony's oration. Shak., Julius Caesar, iii. 2.] |
We have 2 clues for the answer “APOPHASIS”
| Clue | Answers |
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| "I will not speak of his unsavory past." | 1 answer |
| device of mentioning a subject by stating that it will not be mentioned | 1 answer |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
RETAE
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with APOPHASIS (3)
The positive statement of Justin that Simon came even to Rome (under Claudius) can hardly be refuted from the account of the Apologist himself, and therefore not at all (See Renan, "Antichrist").] [Footnote 336: We have it as such in the [Greek: Megalê Apophasis] which Hippolytus (Philosoph.
Was the author of the Apophasis acquainted with this story? The Clementines make Simon’s associates Egyptians or rather Alexandrians.
Footnote 521: There have been many attempts to make this name mean something else than merely “Faith-Wisdom.” Dulaurier and Renan both tried to read it “πιστὴ Σοφία” “the faithful Wisdom” or “La fidèle Sagesse.” If we had more documents of the style of Simon’s _Apophasis_, we should probably find that this apposition of two or more nouns in a name was not infrequent, and the case of Ptah-Sokar-Osiris will occur to every Egyptologist.
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Appears in: NYT.
Used 1 time in crossword archives (1958).