zeugma
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Ancient Greek ζεῦγμα (zeugma, “yoking; a bond, a band”), from ζεύγνυμι (zeugnumi, “to yoke; to join”), from ζεῦγος (zeugos, “a yoke”).
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
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,
Usage notes [edit]
- Some writers distinguish between zeugma and syllepsis, while others do not.
Coordinate terms [edit]
Hypernyms [edit]
Translations [edit]
using a word to apply to more than one noun
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References [edit]
Catalan [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Ancient Greek ζεῦγμα (zeugma, “bond; yoking”).
Noun [edit]
zeugma m (plural zeugmes)
Latin [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Ancient Greek ζεῦγμα (zeugma, “bond; yoking”).
Noun [edit]
zeugma (genitive zeugmatis); n, third declension
Inflection [edit]
| 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 |
References [edit]
- zeugma in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879
Serbo-Croatian [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /zeǔɡma/
- Hyphenation: ze‧ug‧ma
Noun [edit]
zeùgma f (Cyrillic spelling зеу̀гма)
Spanish [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Latin zeugma, from Ancient Greek ζεῦγμα (zeugma, “bond, yoking”).
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
zeugma m (plural zeugmas)
Derived terms [edit]
Categories:
- English terms derived from Ancient Greek
- English nouns
- en:Rhetoric
- English nouns with irregular plurals
- Catalan terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Catalan nouns
- Catalan masculine nouns ending in -a
- Latin terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Latin nouns
- Serbo-Croatian nouns
- Serbo-Croatian feminine nouns
- Spanish terms derived from Latin
- Spanish terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Spanish nouns
- es:Rhetoric
- Spanish words with ze or zi
