subdistinctio

subdīstīnctio, ōnis, f. (subdistinguo), I) = ὑποστιγμή, das Komma, Diom. 438, 5. Prisc. 18, 11. Donat. 372, 16 u. 17 K. Cassiod. de orthogr. 146, 1 K. – II) als rhet. Fig. = περιδιαστολή, die genaue Unterscheidung, Auct. carm. de fig. 115. p. 67 Halm.

subdistinctio [CL sub-+distinctio] 1 subordinate division, subdivision, part of a part; b (w. ref. to use of punctuation marks to separate minor divisions of a text). habet pulmo duas distinctiones maximas et quinque ~ones parvas quas pelliculas nuncupamus Ps.-Ric. Anat. 41 p. 26; ‘in ista questione’: hic ponit primam distinctionem. ‘si queratur, etc.’: hic ponit secundam distinctionem, que est ~o prime distinctionis Ockham Pol. II 738.  b yposticen, ~o GlC Interp. Nom. 334; s799 punctorum ‥ distinctiones vel ~ones licet ornatum faciant pulcherrimum in sententiis, tamen usus illorum propter rusticitatem pene recessit a scriptoribus Alcuin Ep. 172; positure, þa sind on odre wison gehatene distinctiones. ‥ ~o, þæt is undertodal Ælf. Gram. 291; quemadmodum psalmorum versus metris et ~onibus, ita et hos metris, distinctionibus, ~onibus, colis viz. comatibus et periodis, limitavimus H. Bos. Gl. Pref. 349; figuris indicantibus ubi colon, ubi coma, ubi periodus, id est ubi ~o, aut media distinctio, aut distinctio facienda est J. Sal. Met. 850C. 2 subordinate distinction, distinction made within a distinction. ~o. et subdistinguo in hoc: aut fit deterius jus actoris et tunc non excusatur mora, aut non fit deterius et tunc excusatur W. Drogheda SA 31 tit..

subdistīnctĭō, ōnis, f. , ¶ 1 [rhét.] distinction qui oppose successivement des choses semblables, paradiastole : Carm. fig. 115 ¶ 2 ponctuation faible, virgule : Diom. 438, 5.