Pronunciation: a-pos-i-o-pee-sis
Alternate Spelling: praecisio, reticentia, obticentia, interruptio
Latin Synonyms: figure of silence
In Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, Antony interrupts his own speech at Caesar's funeral: O judgment! thou art fled to brutish beasts, And men have lost their reason. Bear with me, My heart is in the coffin there with Caesar, And I must pause till it come back to me.