asyndeton
See also: Asyndeton
English
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that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth |
Etymology
From Latin asyndeton, from Ancient Greek ἀσύνδετον (asúndeton, “unconnected”).
Noun
asyndeton (countable and uncountable, plural asyndetons or asyndeta)
- (rhetoric) A stylistic scheme in which conjunctions are deliberately omitted from a series of words, phrases, clauses.
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Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἀσύνδετον (asúndeton, “unconnected”).
Noun
asyndeton m
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἀσύνδετον (asúndeton).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /aˈsyn.de.ton/, [aˈsʏn.dɛ.tõ]
Noun
asyndeton n (genitive asyndetī); second declension
Inflection
Second declension, Greek type.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | asyndeton | asyndeta |
| genitive | asyndetī | asyndetōrum |
| dative | asyndetō | asyndetīs |
| accusative | asyndeton | asyndeta |
| ablative | asyndetō | asyndetīs |
| vocative | asyndeton | asyndeta |
Synonyms
- (Pure Latin) dissolūtiō
Descendants
- English: asyndeton
References
- asyndeton in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- asyndeton in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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