different between parenthetical vs appositio

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?pæ.??n.??t.?kl?/

Adjective

parenthetical (not comparable)

1. using, containing, or within parenthesis

   the parenthetical portion of the sentence "Bob (my best friend) works in finance"

2. that explains or qualifies something
3. that is incidental

Noun

parenthetical (plural parentheticals)

1. A word or phrase within parentheses.
2. (screenwriting) A descriptor or modifier enclosed within parentheses and put, indented, in a line of dialogue to describe how it should be acted or directed onscreen.

English

Etymology

From Latin

Noun

appositio (uncountable)

1. (rhetoric) Addition of an element not syntactically required for purpose of description or explanation.

See also

• parenthetical
• parenthesis

Finnish

Noun

appositio

1. (grammar) apposition
2. (rhetoric) appositio

Declension

Derived terms

• (grammar): appositioattribuutti

Latin

Etymology

From app?n? +? -ti?.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ap.po?si.ti.o?/, [äp???s??t?io?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ap.po?si.t?si.o/, [?p???s?i?t??s?i?]

Noun

appositi? f (genitive appositi?nis); third declension

1. apposition

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Descendants

References

• appositio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• appositio in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• appositio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette