anapodoton

English

Examples
if you only knew when in Rome if the shoe fits when the cat's away

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀναπόδοτον (anapódoton), alternative form of ἀνανταπόδοτον (anantapódoton) (whence anantapodoton), from ἀν- (an-, “not”) + ἀνταποδίδωμι (antapodídōmi, “to give back, correspond with”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌænəˈpɒdətən/

Noun

anapodoton (countable and uncountable, plural anapodota)

1. (rhetoric) A special kind of ellipsis in which a main clause implied by a subordinate clause is left out.

   Hypernym: ellipsis

See also

• aposiopesis
• anacoluthon
• Appendix:English lexicalized anapodota
• Appendix:Glossary of rhetorical terms

Further reading

• anapodoton on Wikipedia.Wikipedia