zeugma
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Ancient Greek ζεῦγμα (zeugma, “bond; yoking”).
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[edit] Noun
zeugma (plural zeugmata or zeugmas)
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- (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.
- (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.
- 1963 July, Fred Sommers, Types and Ontology, in The Philosophical Review, Volume LXXII, Bobbs-Merrill Reprint Series in Philosophy, page 343,
[edit] Usage notes
- Some writers distinguish between zeugma and syllepsis, while others do not.
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[edit] Translations
using a word to apply to more than one noun
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[edit] Etymology
From Ancient Greek ζεῦγμα (zeugma, “bond; yoking”).
[edit] Noun
zeugma m. (plural zeugmes)
[edit] Latin
[edit] Etymology
From Ancient Greek ζεῦγμα (zeugma, “bond; yoking”).
[edit] Noun
zeugma (genitive zeugmatis); n, third declension
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| Number | Singular | Plural |
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| nominative | zeugma | zeugmata |
| genitive | zeugmatis | zeugmatum |
| dative | zeugmatī | zeugmatibus |
| accusative | zeugma | zeugmata |
| ablative | zeugmate | zeugmatibus |
| vocative | zeugma | zeugmata |
[edit] References
- zeugma in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879
[edit] Serbo-Croatian
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- IPA: /zeǔɡma/
- Hyphenation: ze‧ug‧ma
[edit] Noun
zeùgma f. (Cyrillic spelling зеу̀гма)
[edit] Spanish
[edit] Etymology
From Latin zeugma, from Ancient Greek ζεῦγμα (zeugma, “bond, yoking”).
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Noun
zeugma m. (plural zeugmas)
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