asyndeton
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin asyndeton, from Ancient Greek ἀσύνδετον (asúndeton), from ἀ- (a-, “a-, un-, non-”) and the neuter substantive of σῠ́νδετος (súndetos, “bound, joined”), from συνδεῖν (sundeîn, “to join, to bind”), from σῠν- (sun-, “together”) + δεῖν (deîn, “to bind, to tie”). Equivalent to a- + syndeton.
Noun[edit]
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asyndeton (countable and uncountable, plural asyndetons or asyndeta)
- (grammar, rhetoric) Omission of conjunctions, especially for rhetorical effect.
- 1589, George Puttenham, The Arte of English Poesie, page 145:
- Asyndeton, or the Loose language... as thus. I saw it, I said it, I will sweare it.
- 1740, Benjamin Martin, Bibliotheca Technologica, 2nd edition, page 145:
- Asyndeton the Cop'latives denies. Faith, Justice, Truth, Religion, Mercy dies.
- 1835, L[arret] Langley, A Manual of the Figures of Rhetoric, […], Doncaster: Printed by C. White, Baxter-Gate, →OCLC, page 50:
- Asyndeton the copulative denies;
And sometimes haste and rage sometimes implies.
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Translations[edit]
rhetoric scheme
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Czech[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀσύνδετον (asúndeton, “unconnected”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
asyndeton n
Declension[edit]
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek ἀσύνδετον (asúndeton).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /aˈsyn.de.ton/, [äˈs̠ʏn̪d̪ɛt̪ɔn]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /aˈsin.de.ton/, [äˈs̬in̪d̪et̪on]
Noun[edit]
asyndeton n (genitive asyndetī); second declension
Declension[edit]
Second-declension noun (neuter, Greek-type).
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | asyndeton | asyndeta |
Genitive | asyndetī | asyndetōrum |
Dative | asyndetō | asyndetīs |
Accusative | asyndeton | asyndeta |
Ablative | asyndetō | asyndetīs |
Vocative | asyndeton | asyndeta |
Synonyms[edit]
- (Pure Latin) dissolūtiō
Descendants[edit]
Adjective[edit]
asyndeton
- inflection of asyndetos:
References[edit]
- “asyndeton”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- asyndeton in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Polish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀσύνδετον (asúndeton).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
asyndeton m inan
- (rhetoric, grammar) asyndeton
- Synonym: polisyndeton
Declension[edit]
Declension of asyndeton
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nominative | asyndeton | asyndetony |
genitive | asyndetonu | asyndetonów |
dative | asyndetonowi | asyndetonom |
accusative | asyndeton | asyndetony |
instrumental | asyndetonem | asyndetonami |
locative | asyndetonie | asyndetonach |
vocative | asyndetonie | asyndetony |
Derived terms[edit]
adjective
adverb
Further reading[edit]
- asyndeton in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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