aposiopesisとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Latin aposiopesis, from Ancient Greek ἀποσιώπησις (aposiṓpēsis), from ἀποσιωπάω (aposiōpáō, “be silent”), from ἀπό (apó, “off, from”) + σιωπάω (siōpáō, “to be silent”).

発音

• IPA^(key): /ˌæpəsaɪəˈpiːsɪs/
  • ハイフネーション: apo‧si‧o‧pe‧sis

  Examples (breaking off in speech)
  I can't even ... But didn't she— How could you ...

名詞

aposiopesis (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 aposiopeses)

1. (rhetoric) An abrupt breaking-off in speech, often indicated in print using an ellipsis (…) or an em dash (—).

   Synonym: (廃れた用法) reticence

   • 1759, [Laurence Sterne], chapter VI, in The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, volume II, 2nd (1st London) edition, London: […] R[obert] and J[ames] Dodsley […], published 1760, OCLC 976409157, page 123:

     —"My ſiſter, mayhap," quoth my uncle Toby, "does not chooſe to let a man come ſo near her ****" Make this daſh—'tis an Apoſiopeſis.—Take the daſh away, and write Backſide,—'tis Bawdy.

   • [1835, L[arret] Langley, A Manual of the Figures of Rhetoric, […], Doncaster: Printed by C. White, Baxter-Gate, OCLC 1062248511, page 57:

     Aposiopesis leaves imperfect sense;
     And, sometimes, such a pause speaks eloquence.]

   • 1911, Max Beerbohm, Zuleika Dobson:

     “If you are not—” The aposiopesis was icy.

   • 1938, Samuel Beckett, Murphy, London: George Routledge & Sons, OCLC 939632162; republished New York, N.Y.: Grove Press, 1957, OCLC 855435111, page 164:

     “Have fire in this garret before night or—” / He stopped because he could not go on. It was an aposiopesis of the purest kind.

   • 1982, John Fowles, Mantissa, London: Jonathan Cape, →ISBN:

     This somewhat abrupt ending (または aposiopesis) is caused by a previous movement from the figure on the bed.

上位語

• brachylogy