释义 |
‖ protiˈmesis Obs. [mod.L., a. Gr. προτίµησις, n. of action f. προτιµᾶν to honour before or above.] Estimation of one thing above another; preference.
a1638Mede Wks. (1672) 285, ‘I will have mercy and not sacrifice’; it is no Antithesis, but a Protimesis, that ‘I had rather have mercy than sacrifice’. |