ζεῦγμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From the root of ζεύγνῡμι (zeúgnūmi, to join) + -μα (-ma), from *yewg-.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ζεῦγμα (zeûgma) n (genitive ζεύγματος); third declension

  1. That which is used for joining things
  2. A zeugma

Inflection

References

ζεῦγμα in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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