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ăpostrŏphē, ēs, f., = ἀποστροφή (a turning away), a rhetorical figure, when the speaker turns from the judges or his hearers, and addresses some other person or thing, an apostrophe, Quint. 9, 2, 38; 9, 3, 24; Mart. Cap. 5, p. 171 (e. g. Cic. Lig. 3 sq.; id. Verr. 2, 1, 9 al.).

ăpostrŏphŏs (-phus), i, f., = ἀπόστροφος; in gram., a mark of elision, apostrophe, Don. p. 1742 P.; Diom. p. 430 P.; Prisc. p. 1287 P.