προσωποποιία

A. dramatization, the putting of speeches into the mouths of characters, Phld. Po. 5.12 (pl.), D.H. Vett. Cens. 3.1, Demetr. Eloc. 265, Marcellin. Vit. Thuc. 38, Herm. in Phdr. p.182 A.; opp. ἠθοποιία, Hermog. Prog. 9.

II. the putting of imaginary speeches into one's own or another's mouth ('I should have said . .', 'your father would have said . .'), Id. Inv. 3.10,15, Charis. p.284 K., Rutil. 2.6.

III. change of grammatical person, A.D. Adv. 131.16.