Figura umolchaniia

[E Wayles Browne]

It's praeteritio. See e.g. the website
 arts.uwaterloo.ca/CLASS/labyrinth/issue80/80faber.html

"As last example of a device that functions in the manipulation of the
speaker-audience relationship we offer praeteritio (a passing over).
Claiming that he will not deal with a certain topic, the speaker mentions
it anyway. Often rhetors will use praeteritio to make a point by innuendo
rather than by evidence. Consider the example, “I shall not delve into the
rumours that X was present when the horrible crime was committed.” In this
sentence the speaker alerts the audience to certain rumours and suggests
that X witnessed the crime; he has no hard evidence, but implies that
there may be truth to the statement. "
-- 
Wayles Browne, Assoc. Prof. of Linguistics
Department of Linguistics
Morrill Hall 220, Cornell University
Ithaca, New York 14853, U.S.A.

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> Could someone please give me the English or Latin equivalent of the term
> in
> rhetoric that corresponds to the Russian
>
> FIGURA UMOLCHANIIA
>
> Many thanks.
>
> Vladimir Padunov
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