A.neglect, disregard, “τῶν καθηκόντων” Plu.2.33a.
2. omission, κατὰ παράλειψιν τοῦ υ_ with the omission of . . , Ath.11.490f ; κατὰ π. τοῦ "εὐκαίρως" Plu.2.1037e ; opp. παραδοχή, Hierocl.in CA 19p.461M.
3. a rhetorical figure, in which a fact is designedly passed over, so that attention may be specially called to it, Arist.Rh.Al.1434a25, 1438b6, Demetr.Eloc.263, FrontoEp.1.2, Hermog.Id.2.6 ; “κατὰ παράλειψιν” Id.Inv.2.5.