παράλειψις

A. neglect, disregard, τῶν καθηκόντων Plu. 2.33a.

2. omission, κατὰ παράλειψιν τοῦ υ with the omission of . . , Ath. 11.490f ; κατὰ π. τοῦ "εὐκαίρως" Plu. 2.1037e ; opp. παραδοχή, Hierocl. in CA 19p.461M.

3. a rhetorical figure, in which a fact is designedly passed over, so that attention may be specially called to it, Arist. Rh.Al. 1434a25, 1438b6, Demetr. Eloc. 263, FrontoEp. 1.2, Hermog. Id. 2.6 ; κατὰ παράλειψιν Id. Inv. 2.5.