hysteron proteron
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hysteron proteron (
approfondimento) m inv
- (linguistica) figura retorica che consiste nell'inversione dell'ordine temporale di una sequenza di eventi, spesso al fine di dare risalto all'evento di maggior rilievo
Lemma non sillababile
grecismo che significa "l'ultimo (è) il primo"
figura retorica
- Tullio De Mauro, Il nuovo De Mauro edizione online su internazionale.it, Internazionale