Middle English Dictionary Entry
antitesis n.
Entry Info
| Forms | antitesis n. |
| Etymology | L antithesis, from Gr. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Gram. The substitution of one case for another.
Associated quotations
- c1450 Battlefield Gram.(Trin-C O.5.4)118 : How many ffygures of construccion haste? Fyue, viz. prolempcis, silempcis, zeuma, antitecis, & sintecis.
- c1450 Battlefield Gram.(Trin-C O.5.4)120 : How knowest antitecis? A settyng on case for an othyr, as sermonem quem audistis non est meus.