Zeugma

See also: zeugma, zeugmą, and Zeugmą

German

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Noun

Zeugma n (strong, genitive Zeugmas, plural Zeugmata)

1. (rhetoric) zeugma

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ζεῦγμα (Zeûgma).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈzeu̯ɡ.ma/, [ˈd̪͡z̪ɛu̯ɡmä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡zeu̯ɡ.ma/, [ˈd̪͡z̪ɛu̯ɡmä]

Proper noun

Zeugma n sg (genitive Zeugmatis); third declension

1. A town of Syria on the Euphrates and opposite to Apamea

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem), with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Zeugma
Genitive	Zeugmatis
Dative	Zeugmatī
Accusative	Zeugma
Ablative	Zeugmate
Vocative	Zeugma
Locative	Zeugmatī Zeugmate

References

• Zeugma in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Zeugma”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly