hysteros

hysteros [only as n. in phr.hysteron proteron < ὕστερον πρότερον, cf. LL hysteroproteron] , (gram. & rhet.) hysteron proteron, reversal of natural or usual order. Bede ST 614 (v. hysterologia); quasi per ~on proteron ordineque prepostero perque suorum cedes propinquorum ‥ regnare plerique ceperunt Gir. PI I 20; ysteron et proteron tropus generatur Qui majora cernitis 15; ysteron proteron Gerv. Melkley AV 80 (v. hyperbaton 1); ad hunc locum pertinet et naturalis ordo sensuum mutatus, sive hysterologian sive histeron proteron sive sensuum metathesin Linacre Emend. Lat. lxii.

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