Rhet. [mod.L., a. Gr. ἐρώτησις, f. ἐρωτάειν to question.] (See quot. 1845.)
1657. J. Smith, Myst. Rhet., 136.
1678–1706. in Phillips.
1721–1800. in Bailey.
1845. J. W. Gibbs, Philol. Stud. (1857), 206. Erotesis … is a figure of speech by which a speaker, in the form of an interrogation, boldly asserts the opposite of what is asked; as ‘Creditis avectos hostes?’
