inversio

inversĭo, ōnis, f. [inverto], an inversion.

• I Verborum, i. e. an ironical inversion of meaning, Cic. de Or. 2, 65. 261.—
• II An allegory, transl. of Gr. ἀλληγορία, Quint. 8, 6, 44.—
• III A transposition, i. q. ἀναστροφή (as quoque ego for ego quoque), Quint. 1, 5, 40.

inversio, ōnis, f. (inverto), die Umkehrung, I) verborum, a) = ἀναστροφή, die Umsetzung, Versetzung (wie quoque ego = ego quoque), Quint. 1, 5, 40. – b) die versteckte Spottrede, Ironie, Cic. de or. 2, 261. – c) = ἀλληγορία, die Allegorie, Quint. 8, 6, 44. – II) die Umkehrung = umgekehrte Ordnung, Mart. Cap. 5. § 562.

inversio [CL] 1 change of order, inversion. transversio est exitus a verbo idemptitatis per vocalem aliquam commutationem. hec dividitur in ~onem et transmutationem. ‥ ~o est vocalium ordinis perversio per similitudinem proximantem sententiam efficiens dissimilem ‥ ut isti sunt juris ‘perditi’ qui leges legunt pro ‘periti’ Gerv. Melkley AV 75. 2 use of words to convey something other than their overt meaning. allegoria, id est ~o, aliud dicens aliud significans Gl. Leid. 28. 39.

inversĭō, ōnis, f. (inverto), inversion : verborum Cic. de Or. 2, 261, antiphrase, ironie || allégorie : Quint. 8, 6, 44 || anastrophe : Quint. 1, 5, 40.

inversio , onis. f.
倒裝。言龉兩崎。— verborum 倒裝之語。

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inversiō ōnis, f

• VERT-, an inversion: verborum, i. e. irony.