syllepsis

[ si-lep-sis ]

/ sɪˈlɛp sɪs /

noun, plural syl·lep·ses [si-lep-seez]. /sɪˈlɛp siz/. Grammar.

the use of a word or expression to perform two syntactic functions, especially to modify two or more words of which at least one does not agree in number, case, or gender, as the use of are in Neither he nor we are willing.

Compare zeugma.

Origin of syllepsis

1570–80; <Medieval Latin syllēpsis<Greek sýllēpsis, equivalent to syl-syl- + lēb- (variant stem of lambánein to take) + -sis-sis

OTHER WORDS FROM syllepsis

syl·lep·tic

[si-lep-tik], /sɪˈlɛp tɪk/, adjectivesyl·lep·ti·cal·ly, adverb

Words nearby syllepsis

syllable-timed, syllabogram, syllabography, syllabub, syllabus, syllepsis, syllogism, syllogist, syllogistic, syllogize, sylph

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Example sentences from the Web for syllepsis

For Ovid's use of syllepsis, see at vi 16 spem nostram terras deseruitque simul (p 234).
The Last Poems of Ovid|Ovid
The upmating of the persons, called in Greek syllepsis, touches the use of the personal pronouns.
An Outline of English Speech-craft|William Barnes

British Dictionary definitions for syllepsis

syllepsis

/ (sɪˈlɛpsɪs) /

noun plural -ses (-siːz)

(in grammar or rhetoric) the use of a single sentence construction in which a verb, adjective, etc is made to cover two syntactical functions, as the verb form have in she and they have promised to come

another word for zeugma

Derived forms of syllepsis

sylleptic, adjectivesylleptically, adverb

Word Origin for syllepsis

C16: from Late Latin, from Greek sullēpsis, from sul- syn- + lēpsis a taking, from lambanein to take

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单词	syllepsis
释义	syllepsis [ si-lep-sis ] / sɪˈlɛp sɪs / noun, plural syl·lep·ses [si-lep-seez]. /sɪˈlɛp siz/. Grammar. the use of a word or expression to perform two syntactic functions, especially to modify two or more words of which at least one does not agree in number, case, or gender, as the use of are in Neither he nor we are willing. Compare zeugma. Origin of syllepsis 1570–80; <Medieval Latin syllēpsis<Greek sýllēpsis, equivalent to syl-syl- + lēb- (variant stem of lambánein to take) + -sis-sis OTHER WORDS FROM syllepsis syl·lep·tic [si-lep-tik], /sɪˈlɛp tɪk/, adjectivesyl·lep·ti·cal·ly, adverb Words nearby syllepsis syllable-timed, syllabogram, syllabography, syllabub, syllabus, syllepsis, syllogism, syllogist, syllogistic, syllogize, sylph Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for syllepsis For Ovid's use of syllepsis, see at vi 16 spem nostram terras deseruitque simul (p 234). The Last Poems of Ovid\|Ovid The upmating of the persons, called in Greek syllepsis, touches the use of the personal pronouns. An Outline of English Speech-craft\|William Barnes British Dictionary definitions for syllepsis syllepsis / (sɪˈlɛpsɪs) / noun plural -ses (-siːz) (in grammar or rhetoric) the use of a single sentence construction in which a verb, adjective, etc is made to cover two syntactical functions, as the verb form have in she and they have promised to come another word for zeugma Derived forms of syllepsis sylleptic, adjectivesylleptically, adverb Word Origin for syllepsis C16: from Late Latin, from Greek sullēpsis, from sul- syn- + lēpsis a taking, from lambanein to take Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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