zeugma
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Borrowed from Ancient Greek ζεῦγμα (zeûgma, “yoking; a bond, a band”), from ζεύγνυμι (zeúgnumi, “to yoke; to join”), from ζεῦγος (zeûgos, “a yoke”).
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zeugma (plural zeugmata or zeugmas)
- (rhetoric) The act of using a word, particularly an adjective or verb, to apply to more than one noun when its sense is appropriate to only one.
- (rhetoric) Syllepsis.
- July 1963, Fred Sommers, “Types and Ontology”, in The Philosophical Review[1], volume LXXII, Bobbs-Merrill Reprint Series in Philosophy, page 343:
- The existence of zeugmas suggests the rule of transitivity. Zeugmas appear incorrect because they embody an allegedly univocal use of a term in a way which violated[sic] the rule of transitivity.
- 2008, Amanda Holton, The Sources of Chaucer's Poetics[2], page 104:
- Thus I would describe 'He took his leave and the wrong umbrella' as zeugma, but not 'He took his hat and umbrella'. Zeugma is an important element in Chaucer's poetic technique, not because he uses it, but because he so regularly turns it down.
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Some writers distinguish between zeugma and syllepsis, while others do not.
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zeugma m (uncountable)
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Borrowed from Ancient Greek ζεῦγμα (zeûgma, “bond; yoking”).
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zeugma m (plural zeugmes)
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zeugma n
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Ultimately from Ancient Greek ζεῦγμα (zeûgma). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
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zeugma n (plural zeugmata or zeugma's, diminutive zeugmaatje n)
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zeugma m (plural zeugmas)
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- “zeugma”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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From Late Latin zeugma, from Ancient Greek ζεῦγμα (zeûgma, “bond; yoking”).
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zeugma m (plural zeugmi)
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Borrowed from Ancient Greek ζεῦγμα (zeûgma, “bond; yoking”).
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- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈzeu̯ɡ.ma/, [ˈd̪͡z̪ɛu̯ɡmä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈd͡zeu̯ɡ.ma/, [ˈd̪͡z̪ɛu̯ɡmä]
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zeugma n (genitive zeugmatis); third declension
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Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | zeugma | zeugmata |
Genitive | zeugmatis | zeugmatum |
Dative | zeugmatī | zeugmatibus |
Accusative | zeugma | zeugmata |
Ablative | zeugmate | zeugmatibus |
Vocative | zeugma | zeugmata |
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- “zeugma”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- zeugma in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “zeugma”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia[3]
- “zeugma”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “zeugma”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- “zeugma”, in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976), The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press
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Learned borrowing from Latin zeugma, from Ancient Greek ζεῦγμα (zeûgma).
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zeugma f
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From Latin zeugma, from Ancient Greek ζεῦγμα (zeûgma, “bond, yoking”).
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- Hyphenation: zeug‧ma
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zeugma m (plural zeugmas)
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zeùgma f (Cyrillic spelling зеу̀гма)
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Etymology edit
From Latin zeugma, from Ancient Greek ζεῦγμα (zeûgma, “bond, yoking”).
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- IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈθeuɡma/ [ˈθeu̯ɣ̞.ma]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /ˈseuɡma/ [ˈseu̯ɣ̞.ma]
- Rhymes: -euɡma
- Syllabification: zeug‧ma
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zeugma m (plural zeugmas)
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- “zeugma”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014