schema logu

Latin

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek σχῆμᾰ λόγου (skhêmă lógou).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈskʰeː.ma ˈɫɔ.ɡuː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈskɛː.ma ˈlɔː.ɡu]

Noun

schēma logū n (nominative plural schēmata logū, ablative plural schēmatīs logū)

1. (Late Latin, grammar and rhetoric) a figure of speech

   Synonym: figūra ēlocūtiōnis

   Coordinate terms: schēma dianoeās, schēma lexeōs

   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:schema logu.