Literary terms in Latin
The list of Latin translations of literary terms, sorted alphabetically according to each term's English name.
A
- allegory • Allegoria
- allusion • allusio
- antagonist • Antagonista
C
- chiasmus • chiasmus
D
- deus ex machina • Deus ex machina, Deus ex māchinā
G
- genre • genus
I
- in medias res • In medias res
- irony • Ironia
L
- leitmotif • Leitmotif
M
- metaphor • metaphora
N
- narrative • Narratio
O
- ode • ode
- onomatopoeia • onomatopoeia
P
- paradox • paradoxum
- personification • Personificatio
S
- simile • similitudo
- sonnet • sonnectum
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