A.becoming silent, Plu.Alex.52, Herod.Med.in Rh.Mus.58.71.
2. a rhetorical figure, when for emphasis, modesty, etc., the sentence is abruptly broken off, Quint. Inst.9.2.54, Demetr.Eloc.103, 264, Plu.2.1009e, Hermog.Id.2.7.
3. breaking off of friendship, Ptol.Tetr.192 (pl.).