The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromὑποβολή“a throwing under, a suggesting”
- English todayhypobole
From Ancient Greek ὑποβολή (hupobolḗ, “a throwing under, a suggesting”), from βάλλω (bállō, “to throw”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
hypobole
Today it means: A rhetorical figure in which several things are mentioned that seem to make claims against the argument, or in favor of the opposing side, but are then refuted one by one. Full definition →
Ancient Greek ὑποβολή