asyndeton

See also: Asyndeton

English
Examples (rhetoric)

that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth
- Abraham Lincoln

Etymology

From Latin asyndeton, from Ancient Greek ἀσύνδετον (asúndeton, “unconnected”).

Noun

asyndeton (countable and uncountable, plural asyndetons or asyndeta)

  1. (rhetoric) A stylistic scheme in which conjunctions are deliberately omitted from a series of words, phrases, clauses.

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀσύνδετον (asúndeton, “unconnected”).

Noun

asyndeton m

  1. asyndeton

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀσύνδετον (asúndeton).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /aˈsyn.de.ton/, [aˈsʏn.dɛ.tɔn]

Noun

asyndeton n (genitive asyndetī); second declension

  1. (rhetoric) asyndeton

Inflection

Second declension, Greek type.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative asyndeton asyndeta
Genitive asyndetī asyndetōrum
Dative asyndetō asyndetīs
Accusative asyndeton asyndeta
Ablative asyndetō asyndetīs
Vocative asyndeton asyndeta

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Adjective

asyndeton

  1. nominative singular neuter of asyndetos
  2. accusative singular masculine of asyndetos
  3. accusative singular neuter of asyndetos
  4. vocative singular neuter of asyndetos

References
  • 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
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