zeugma

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ζεῦγμα (zeûgma, “yoking; a bond, a band”), from ζεύγνυμι (zeúgnumi, “to yoke; to join”), from ζεῦγος (zeûgos, “a yoke”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzjuːɡ.mə/, /ˈzuːɡ.mə/

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Noun

zeugma (plural zeugmata or zeugmas)

1. (rhetoric) The act of using a word, particularly an adjective or verb, to apply to more than one noun when its sense is appropriate to only one.
2. (rhetoric) Syllepsis.
   • 1963 July, Fred Sommers, Types and Ontology, in The Philosophical Review, Volume LXXII, Bobbs-Merrill Reprint Series in Philosophy, page 343,

     The existence of zeugmas suggests the rule of transitivity. Zeugmas appear incorrect because they embody an allegedly univocal use of a term in a way which violated^[sic] the rule of transitivity.

   • 2008, Amanda Holton, The Sources of Chaucer's Poetics, page 104,

     Thus I would describe 'He took his leave and the wrong umbrella' as zeugma, but not 'He took his hat and umbrella'.

     Zeugma is an important element in Chaucer's poetic technique, not because he uses it, but because he so regularly turns it down.

See also

• zeugma on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

• Silva Rhetoricae

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ζεῦγμα (zeûgma, “bond; yoking”).

Noun

zeugma m (plural zeugmes)

1. zeugma

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzœy̯ɣ.maː/

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Noun

zeugma n (plural zeugmata or zeugma's, diminutive zeugmaatje n)

1. zeugma

Noun

zeugma m (plural zeugmas)

1. zeugma

Etymology

From Late Latin zeugma, from Ancient Greek ζεῦγμα (zeûgma, “bond; yoking”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡zɛu̯ɡ.ma/, [ˈd̪͡z̪ɛu̯ɡmä]
• Hyphenation: zèug‧ma

Noun

zeugma m (plural zeugmi)

1. (rhetoric) zeugma

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ζεῦγμα (zeûgma, “bond; yoking”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈzeu̯ɡ.ma/

Noun

zeugma n (genitive zeugmatis); third declension

1. (Late Latin) zeugma

References

• zeugma in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• zeugma in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• zeugma in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎
• zeugma in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• zeugma in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• zeugma in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976) The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press

Etymology

From Latin zeugma, from Ancient Greek ζεῦγμα (zeûgma, “bond, yoking”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈzewɡ(i).mɐ/

Noun

zeugma m (plural zeugmas)

1. (rhetoric) zeugma

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zeǔɡma/
• Hyphenation: ze‧ug‧ma

Noun

zeùgma f (Cyrillic spelling зеу̀гма)

1. zeugma

Alternative forms

• ceugma (rare)

Etymology

From Latin zeugma, from Ancient Greek ζεῦγμα (zeûgma, “bond, yoking”).

Pronunciation

• (Castilian) IPA^(key): /ˈθeuɡma/, [ˈθeu̯ɣma]
• (Latin America) IPA^(key): /ˈseuɡma/, [ˈseu̯ɣma]

Noun

zeugma m (plural zeugmas)

1. (rhetoric) zeugma