antiptosis
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek ἀντίπτωσις (antíptōsis).
Pronunciation
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- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 307: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "UK" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˌantɪpˈtəʊsɪs/
Noun
antiptosis (countable and uncountable, plural antiptoses)
- (grammar, rhetoric) Substitution of one grammatical case for another.
- 1997 April, John Rauk, “The Vocative of Deus and Its Problems” in Classical Philology, volume XCII, № 2, page 143:
- As a vocative form, deus is a clear violation of established norms. The grammarians occasionally encountered apparent examples of such vocatives in the texts they taught, and they explained them either by invoking the figure of antiptosis, in which the “correct” case is replaced by another, or by appeal to the concept of euphonia.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:antiptosis.
- 1997 April, John Rauk, “The Vocative of Deus and Its Problems” in Classical Philology, volume XCII, № 2, page 143:
Hypernyms
Translations
substitution of one grammatical case for another
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