Chiasmus
WordNet
noun
(1) Inversion in the second of two parallel phrases
WiktionaryText
Etymology
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Noun
- An inversion of the relationship between the elements of phrases
- To stop too fearful, and too faint to go -- Oliver Goldsmith.
Usage notes
Used especially in classical languages,
- haec queritur, stupet haec (this woman complains, this one gapes) -- Ovid, Ars Amatoria, 1.124